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.

Luke 1-24-12 Bench

Bench in my katana

225 x 3 board, 2 board, chest

225 x 2

235 x 1 PR slow ass lockout

225 x fail, fail with belt on

2 board in shirt

235 x 3

245 x 3 PR

Ultra Wide Grip Bench

155 x 8 x 3

Pendlays

135 x 5

155 x 5

175 x 5

Close Grip Lat Pulldown chinups grip

200 x 5

stack (250) x 5, 4

Triceps Pushdowns

stack (150) x 15 x 3

Shrugs

Ab Wheel

Luke 11-9-11 Bench

Most humiliating day of my life :( but the workout went ok

Bench in KATANA

205 x 1 @ 8- not hard to touch

225 x 1 good

225 x 1 shitty

225 x 1 good

3 board in KATANA

235 x 3 easy

2 board in KATANA

235 x 3 easy

Luke 11-1-11 Bench

Bench with the shitty Katana

225 x fail (used belt, went down too slow, hard to touch)

225 x 1 x 3 sets (used no belt, was able to grind out every rep)

Green doubled Band lightened bench from pin 6

225 x 3

255 x 3

275 x 3

300 x 3

315 x 3 @ 10-

Pendlays

Ro uses too much English

triceps biceps shrugs pulls

Luke Bench 10-11-11

Bench

225 x 4 board, 3 board, 2 board,

235 x same as above

225 x same

245 x 3 board x 3, 2nd rep was really good

245 x 3 board x 3

255 x 3 board x 3

I just want to say I hate equipped lifting, especially shirted bench

Triceps

Pendlays

up to 185 x 6

Pull ups

Overhead Shrugs

70's x 50 x 3

Luke 8-4-11 First Equipped Bench

Bench

45 x 10, 95 x 8, 135 x 5, 185 x 1

205 x 3 to 3 board (added katana)

225 x 3 to 2 board

235 x 3 to 2 board

235 x 3 to 2 board

235 x 2 to 2 board + fail to chest= got it to chest and had no pop... fuck

245 x 3 x 2 to 3 board. lockout felt decent, but needs work

Dumbbell Triceps Extension

30's x 10 x 4

Pendlay Rows

135 x 8 x 2

155 x 8

Hammer Curls

45's x 8 x 4

Overhead shrugs on shoulder press machine

60's x 50

70's x 30

80's x 30

70's x 30

70's x 30

Ab Wheel

Luke 9-6-11 Squat

My breast nuggets are still sore from incline bench on sunday. I felt super exhausted after work (biked 12 miles today) so I took a 30 minute nap before gym. I felt surprisingly good at the gym though.

I ordered my gear today. Although I believe that raw lifts are a much truer measure of strength than equipped, USAPL collegiate nationals is backward and ignorant of this fact, thus I must compete in gear to have any chance at placing.

My order:

Titan Super Centurion Squat Suit- Size 36 (148)- Wide Stance- Blue

Titan Katana Bench Shirt- Size 40 (165)- Angled Sleeves- Blue

Titan THP Knee Wraps (most supportive and tightest)- 2 meters

It cost $237 for all items including shipping. With student discount the super centurion was $115 (regular would have been $90) the Katana was $90 (super would have been $109) and the wraps were $16.50 I think. They said they would try to get it to me by Sept 30, but orders usually take 4-6 weeks.

Squat

45 x 10, 135 x 8, 225 x 4, 275 x 2, 325 x 1

365 x 3 @ 8+

385 x 3 @ 9

400 x 3 @ 9+ (5 pound PR) maybe 2 white light depth

Lowish Pin Squats (3 inches above parallel, full pause at bottom)

315 x 3 @ 10-

315 x 5 @ 9

315 x 5 @ 8

Zercher Squat

225 x 6

245 x 6

255 x 6

uhhg these suck

Abs and Foam Roller Transversus and Stretching

Bench

Bench (w/ my size 42 Katana)

225 x 2 -3 board

245 x 1 -2 board, basically touched my abdomen lol

This shirt is clearly not broken in enough to use at the upcoming meet. I stretched out the sleeves this weekend with 2 liter soda bottles but the sleeves are still too small or my arms are too big (unlikely).

I tried out Dave's size 44 Katana with custom sleeves and my arms fit much better (thank you Dave for having 26+" arms):

245 x 1(3 board) + 1(2 board)

245 x 1, 1 -to chest

260 x 1

Main problem now is ass coming slightly off the bench.

Edit: Here's the rest of the workout I finished today (10-20-10)

Push press

135 x 5, 5, 5

Cable rows

220 x 8, 8

Barbell curls

80 x 8, 8

Midday BW: 184lbs -hopefully I'm around 182 in the morning

Katana Videos

These were taken from Wednesday (7/29)
415 off 2 board
405 off 1 board

katana trening

Back in the Katana for the first time since my meet (about a month).

Bench Press:
315 X 2 (shirt seater)
355 X 1 (3 board)
385 X 1 (2 board)
415 X 0 (2 board). fell out of the groove on the way up
415 X 1 (2 board)
405 X 1 (1 board)

Floor Press:
225 X 4
245 X 4
265 X 4
275 X 4

Parallel Bar Skullcrushers
Kettlebell Tricep Extensions
Abs