Luke 4-14-12 USAPL Collegiate Nationals 2012

USAPL Collegiate Nationals 2012, Baton Rouge

I did not have a very good start to this meet. I got sick with cholera (not really) and threw up the night before lifting, stayed up until 2 coughing, woke up at 6:40 and weighed in light at 158 pounds. I had a bad cough the whole trip and almost threw up again between 225 and 315 when warming up for squats. Considering this, I did pretty well.

Squat

207.5 kg (457 lbs) 2 whites. 1 red for depth. easy

217.5 kg (480 lbs) 2 whites. 1 red for depth. 16 pound meet PR. This one felt pretty hard and I only would have gone up 5 kilos, but I decided to go for 500 since I already had a big lead

227.5 kg (501 lbs) 3 reds. Failed just out of the hole. I blame the cholera.

Bench

95 kg (210 lbs) 3 whites. easy

105 kg (231 lbs) whites. pretty easy. 5 pound meet PR.

110 kg (243 lbs) 3 reds. almost had it, but failed in the transition to lockout

Deadlift

195 kg (430 lbs) 3 reds. went up super fast, but I fell forward and dropped it at the top.

202.5 kg (446 lbs) 3 whites. easy. I wanted to repeat my first because I was scared, but Mis made me move up because it was so easy

217.5 kg (480 lbs) 3 whites. easy. 28 pound meet PR. Had 10+ pounds in me.

Total: 540 kg (1190 lbs) 49 pound meet PR

Pretty good meet. I definitely had more in me, but the judging was very strict and I was not feeling near my best. I hit a triple body weight squat and deadlift. Thank you everyone that helped, especially my teammates for cranking my wraps, helping me warm up, and bringing me tums and other requests, Misael for submitting my attempts and helping in general, and Dave for handling my gear, coaching, and eating my tasty cakes.

2011 USAPL Collegiate Nationals

4/2/11

Location: Scranton, PA (The Electric City)

Bodyweight: 73kg / 162.9lbs

Weight Class: 75kg / 165.3lbs

Age: 20

Squat

380

402

418 (+16 lb PR)

Bench

253

265 (1 white -- got it up)

265 (1 white -- got it up)

Deadlift

402

429

451 (1 white -- got it up, would have been +22 lb PR)

Total: 500 kg / 1100 lbs (+16 lb PR)

Wilks: 360.000

I don't know what happened on my bench. 265 went up easily several times in practice, I thought I would hit much more. It was much easier to touch higher on my chest than I remembered in practice (not good?). Maybe the sleeve torque was wrong (don't think so), maybe loosing ~7 lbs did it?

Deadlift was a hitch, but not my worst ever.

USAPL California State Championships

2/19/11

BW: 73.3 kg

Weight Class: 75 kg

I had to clean up my diet a lot, but not cut significantly (no cardio involved).

Squat

363 3 whites

385 2 whites, my elbow hit my leg

402 3 whites

Bench

235 3 whites

242 3 whites

248 3 whites

all easy

Deadlift

402 3 whites

429 3 whites

I declined my last attempt cause I hit collegiate national total (1079.9 > 1075).

Pretty filthy meet overall. I hit exactly what I planned for.

Mad thanks to UCLA Powerlifters for backing me, clearly couldn't have done it without them.

Qualifying Totals

Since Greg keeps talking about the qualifying totals for Collegiate Nationals, I figured that I would just post a list of them on the blog.

Men's (in lbs):
132 - 885
148 - 1025
165 - 1075
181 - 1145
198 - 1250
220 - 1275
242 - 1290

Women's (in lbs):
105 - 391
114 - 418
123 - 440
132 - 462
148 - 507

These totals must be made at a USAPL meet after Jan 1 of the year in which you will be competing. For us, that meet would probably be the February meet at Velocity Sports Performance. I should also add that these totals can be made either raw or with equipment, but 99.9% of people at nationals will be using equipment.

Deadlifts

4/15/10

Deadlifts

worked up to 335 x 1

then my midterm tomorrow called me

Good Luck Matt and Dean @ Collegiate Nationals

Bring Back the Biggest Sword (for Dave, and the rest of us)