Goal Accomplished! APF Senior Nationals 2009
My goal for this meet was to total 1,000 lbs. Months ago, some of my teammates told me, "Don’t underestimate yourself, I bet you will total 1,050." I thought they were nuts at the time, since that would have been a 120 lb PR total.
But it turns out there were right… I totaled 1,050.5 lbs!
This whole meet was much more of a challenge than than my first one. It was in Florida, for one, so I had to travel to get there. I had a horrible travel experience, almost didn’t even make it to West Palm, but by a miracle of God I made it. Also, this was Nationals, so I was much more nervous. I really didn’t want to go through such a nightmare to get there and then bomb.
I weighed in 5 lbs lighter than I did at my first meet, and then spent the rest of the day after weigh-ins stuffing my face. I ate so much I swear I will never be hungry again.
On Saturday, the girls and lightweight men competed. I got my opener squat at 402, then jumped to 434 for my second attempt. I missed that one. The judges said I didn’t have control of the bar, but the good thing was it didn’t feel too heavy. So I did 434 again on my third and got it. 32 lb PR on squat.
I don’t know what all of my bench attempts were because while I was lifting, I didn’t want to know. I got all three attempts, and my third was 253. This training cycle, I finally got comfortable benching. It was really hard for me at first, as it is a very technical lift. Rick, my coach, and my teammates helped me a ton with learning how to bring my elbows in and use my lats more to press the bar. This was a 66 lb PR on bench.
Deadlifts were fun. I got my opener at 342 and jumped to 363 on my second. Got 363 and it was easy. Rick gave me 385 on my third. I ALMOST got it! Now, I have never even tried anything more than 375 in my life. I psyched myself up and went for it. I got the bar 1 inch from lock-out, and all I had to do was get my knees locked. I was too far back on my heels and I felt like I was standing there forever trying to lock my knees. Well I did get my knees locked, but at that moment I was too far back on my heels and I dropped the bar and fell backwards. I didn’t even realize what happened till I was on the ground! It was pretty funny, I wasn’t upset because I had already gotten a 21 lb PR and that third attempt was for fun. Later, Rick told me he knew I wouldn’t get it but wanted to see me try.
At the end of the weekend, I beat my goal, placed 3rd, and qualified for WPC Worlds in England! Big Iron won Best Team, and all of my teammates also qualified for Worlds. Congrats to all of the BIG team who competed, Mandy Bennet, Krystal Cary, Al Caslow, Mick Manley, Mike Cartinian, and Aaron Wilson.
June 28, 2009 at 9:34 am
‘From the Mind of a Figure Girl’…. i love it
August 16, 2009 at 9:17 am
Congratulations! Awesome lifting and sounds like you had a lot of fun, too!