T-Bone Strength Meet Report

Had an alright day:

Bench: 415 Smoke Show
435 almost did a jm press with it
435 went to far forward

Deadlift: 465 smoke show
485 smoke show
501 hand nearly ripped

Won my weight class cant complain considering I took only 2 days rest for this meet. I've decided if I'm going to compete in powerlifting any longer that I have to have a Katana for benching. Its without question the best single ply bench shirt out there. My MaxDL deadlift suit worked great and I think will work for me for quite sometime. I'm currently fitting a Katana right now on LiftingLarge.com

Although I'm training Strongman primarily now, there is no question I'm going to compete in powerlifting still no doubt. I still want to get this darn 500 pound bench out of the way so I think I'm going to train the bench more than I did. Things I've learned from this meet are the following:

The maximum amount of days someone should rest for a meet is between 6-9 days.

Stay hydrated throughout the day. I drank a ton of fluids throughout the day and I know that helped me while I was lifting.

Don't over warm-up. I literally took 3 warm-up lifts on the bench and pulled out a competition pr of 415 on the bench. On the deadlift I took 2 warmups with 135 and 315. I don't think you should over warm-up and tax your body more than you should.

Always double check your equipment. I didn't remember which shirt I wore in training and in competition. Therefore I figured screw it and I just brought both. I figure a good rule of thumb is to bring all shirts to a meet and also label each shirt so you know which is which.

All in all a good learning experience. I would definitely do another push pull meet in the future but I don't know about venice beach that place was hardcore filthy!

500 will be mine!