Qualifier for the 2010 American Cup

Venice Beach [9/12/09]
Full Power

I emailed Steve Dennison about qualifying for the American Cup on Tuesday night (9/8). He said if I totaled 1400 at the meet, I'd be in. I was in the middle of a RAW training cycle and hadn't been in my SQ or DL suit since June and I hadn't touched in my shirt since then either. I figured I needed to go 501/363/540 for a 1404 which I thought would be pretty doable. I decided to do the meet on Wednesday (9/9). I practiced touching in my shirt that night and put on my SQ suit and did some heavy walkouts. I lost 10lbs between Thursday (9/10) and Saturday's 6am weigh in.. it was a bitch. The plan was to do 501/363/540 all on seconds and call it a day.

Squat:
474 good (slow. took it down too slow and went too deep)
501 good
545* good

Bench:
363 2 reds (got a long press command)
363* good
pass

Deadlift:
501 good
540* good
562 2 reds

1449 total @ 162.5 BW

*Congrats to DEAN for breaking more records and a CLUTCH 3rd attempt bench to get him to the deadlift!

Go to Venice Beach This Weekend

Big Squattin'

Also, James "Priest" Burdette will be there (the 600+ single-ply 198 bencher who contacted us). I'll be in San Diego, so Dean-o/Steve/Brent, I'd recommend at least stopping by to see what's up.