Wellington and Central Powerlifting Association Club Lift 2019, Wai Weight Gym, Masterton

Ok, so competition time.

Last two and a bit weeks of training were spent in hotels across China and Taiwan.  Last two weeks of training generally involved a treadmill, a cycle, or sporadically, a smiths machine.  I highlighted that in another post.  Then I managed to pick up a sore throat and a cough on the last few days of the China trip, and that has stuck with me.  So once returned, I had one light bench session that I logged earlier too.

So, Saturday morning, 6.45am leave the house and drive to a small town called Masterton.  The competition was being held in a local gym, set beside a house, amongst other houses, and actually set in the backyard.  Wai Weight Private Gym.

In the smaller meets here they tend to do things differently, mainly to make it easier on the team.  So weighins were really early, and the bench only crowd fitted into the normal flow of flights.  So all three flights did their squats, and then when they came back to bench the bench only team fitted in there.

So, weigh in was at 8.30am,  117.05kg, so easily under the cut off.  Lifting started just after 1pm.  So McDonalds breakfast, some mixed stuff to eat, a litre or so of rehydration and all good to go.  Warmed up early, and then timed the last three to the flight before, two singles at 140 and the last bench at 160 when the last lifter of the previous flight hit theirs.

Lifts
Opener: 170kg (good)
Rattle... normal for me to shake a little in competition.  But easy and fast.

Second: 190kg (good)
Rattle, but also comfortable.

Third: 200kg (good)
Felt good, down, and mostly up.  Then the smith machine training got me and I went out of position on the right hand, with the bar heading back towards my feet.  Locked out left, and forced the right hand back and into position to lock out.  Red from centre, white from each end as the bar didn't seem to go down, so its good.  Can't happen in bigger meets, but I shouldn't be training on a smith machine either.

So, a good performance considering some challenges along the way.   Training cycle was good, some progress made on numbers, hit PRs.  Time for the next block.  Target 6th June, Regional Bench Only Meet.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvVax0SAV6y