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Cal State Games Meet Summary
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How to Suck at Lifting but Still Feel Hopeful About Hitting Decent Weight

Weighed in at 252 after a ridiculous amount of eating the night before the meet. Everything felt pretty good.

Squat
451: easy, no problem here
485: not too bad, a little slow
501: got crushed, a little suprising

Bench:
352: felt way too slow, knew I was in trouble. Still went for a PR
374: got halfway up and stalled.
374: no way

Deadlift:
507: felt OK
540: went up easy and then started stalling at the very top. Fought it, but ended up hitching slightly, so no lift.

So, all I ended up doing was 1344 for a small total PR. I was good for 485/363/530, but wanted lift PRs. Lessons learned next meet:

1. Get stronger
2. Go for the total next time
3. 2nd attempts should ALWAYS be something you\'ve hit in the gym.

In any case, the rest of the weekend was spent hitting various breweries in/around San Diego with my girlfriend/other friends, so that was awesome.

Game Plan:
I\'ll change my training to focus more on hitting singles @8,9 RPE. A lot of my training leading up to this was more in the 8/5 rep range. This really helped on squat, but obviously didn\'t do jack for my bench/dead.

In any case, thank God, moving on, will come back and hit the Class I total in November.

Week 34

Day 1 - 7/12/10

Back Squat (Belt) - 1RM: lbs

451 lbs x 1 reps x 1 sets @ 8.5 RPE - 93% of 1RM
485 lbs x 1 reps x 1 sets @ 9.5 RPE - 98% of 1RM
501 lbs x 1 reps x 1 sets @ 11 RPE - 0% of 1RM

Bench Press (Pause) - 1RM: lbs

352 lbs x 1 reps x 1 sets @ 9 RPE - 95% of 1RM
374 lbs x 1 reps x 1 sets @ 11 RPE - 0% of 1RM
374 lbs x 1 reps x 1 sets @ 11 RPE - 0% of 1RM

Conventional Deadlift (Belt) - 1RM: lbs

507 lbs x 1 reps x 1 sets @ 9 RPE - 95% of 1RM
540 lbs x 1 reps x 1 sets @ 11 RPE - 0% of 1RM

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