Well, meet #103823478 in the books.

Just kidding... but that's what it feels like sometimes.

Meet week itself was pretty low key.  I didn't need to cut weight or water load and even Christian water cut was smooth and easy.  He headed up Friday to weigh-in. I stayed back to train some clients and get the kids from school.  Finally made it up there around 8:30pm.  Thankfully it was only a 45 minute drive.

Go read Christian's log to see how Saturday's meet went.  He did well and the other guys on our team all hit some pretty rad PR's.

Weigh-ins went smooth.  Weighed in about 3 pounds under.  Had my girl and training partner Ang there as well as two other girls on the IPA team.

Squats

Warm ups - bar, 2x10, 95x5, 135x3, 185x1, 205x1, 235x1 (light wrap)
Opener - 265, super easy and smooth and I finally felt like I knew how to squat again.
2nd attempt - 292, again, really really smooth and feeling confident.
3rd attempt - 319, miss. I felt myself buckle on the way down which led to a small break in my mid back. and just couldn't recover.

Going into the meet, I was hoping to hit 340ish, so I was well off what I squatted at the Arnold (330) but considering that I was just salvaging pieces the last 4 weeks, I just went with the flow.  Little upset but got over that quickly.

Bench

Warm-ups - bar, 2x10, 75x5, 95x3, 115x2, 135x1, 155x1

Opener - 170, good.  Not "as fast" as I would've liked, but smooth

2nd attempt - 181, miss. Not really sure here, just think I wasn't tight.

3rd attempt - 181 good. Recovered it nicely and it actually moved really well.

Overall, 9 pounds off my best meet bench of 190, but again, working with broken pieces.

Deadlift

Warm-ups - 135, 2x5, 185x2, 225x1, 255x1, 275x1

Opener - 300x1, Good.  Should've moved faster, but something in my set up has been off.

2nd - 319 good.  Tough off the ground, but stayed with it.

3rd - 330 good.  I knew if I could get it moving, I'd lock it out.

I pulled 350 at the Arnold conventional and 360 the year before (conventional).  So I know it's there and I'll just have to see if sumo is what I should keep working with.

Not a great meet.  Barely broke 800 total, but I kept my head out of my a$$ and had a good time.  Christian and I put together a video talking more in depth about the training cycle, what was good and what was not so good.  So stay tuned for that.