Failure at my first raw meet
That was on July the 27th – the First São Paulo Raw Bench Press Meet. I was opening with 75kg “just to make sure”, but everyone – myself included – expected something around 95kg. After all, I always lift better at meets than at the gym – I had done 92kg at the gym.
Never went beyond 75kg.
Reasons? Not sure: until 15 minutes before I was still typing the results spreadsheet; people were discussing political issues related to PL in the country while I was already wrapping my wrists; I expected myself to apply advanced “qigong” techniques which I still lack… whatever it was, it made me fail on a day where I was physically at my best.
Well… what can I say? S* happens.
The week after that I was obviously suspicious and tried my strength at the gym: 2 sets of 3X100kg + 2 sets of 2X110kg, easy. Some little veins burst open over my face – blood shot eyes, too.
No problems with my strength…
