Meet Day

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I competed on the weekend as well.
Last comp was 7 weeks prior and i got 515kg total. Need 525 to
qualify for Nationals. So i asked Dave about doing a short 7 week reduced volume prep aimed at getting the 525.

Squats started terrible i opened on 195 weight was too light no depth.
Plan was for big jumps to 3rd of 225 but feeling unsure went 205. Again 2 reds for depth i asked the question ref said very close. By now very worried i asked for 210 and smashed very deep and came back up like an opener. 3 white... 2.5kg PR Felt like id be good for 230 i have never had to push hard at all in a comp squat since doing Sheiko/ Daves programs and have put 30kg on it in 26 weeks. A little peeved i still havent found the limit..

Bench went 95kg easy, 105kg easy which i couldnt lock out 7 weeks ago the board work has paid off. My Dad who coached on the day and I hereby got excited and called for 112.5kg. Silly move i JUST couldnt lock out. Still a big stregnth improvment and 2.5kg PR.

Deadlifts by now it was 5.15pm having done my first squat at midday i was over it. Slapped myself around to wake up 200kg easy opener 210kg easy 2nd to get my 525kg Total!! 5kg PR! 220kg 3rd i couldve done but i think my mind had gone home it flew up to my knees and i gave up.

So i hit the 525kg nail on the head! If i can total that on a bad day im good for over 550 on a smarter day. 10kg Total PR

As SP said i hope you realise how much you do for us and how appreciated it is Dave! 6 months ago my best total was 472.5 and i was banging my head on a wall going nowhere! Now im up 52.5kg and have come from thinking id never move forward to feeling confident to total up there where i want to be...

Theres some Vids of my meet floating around ill get them up some time..

[spsfw]

Well done Aaron. Great lifting. I'll upload the vids I have later today.

[joeldibattista]

Congrats mate - PB total and Nats qualifying total, great suff!

[Deleted]

Thanks Comrades!!!
No rush SP, cheers!

[Deleted]

Well done Aaron.

[spsfw]

How many reds did you get for the squats you missed? They look pretty good to me.
Here is the squats vid:


bench:


deadlifts:

[Deleted]

Thanks SP!!!
Wow they are deeper than i thought. I got 2 reds, then 3 reds on the second. Bastards.
3rd looked bloody easy for a PR haha.
Hmmm maybe i wasnt quite as close on last bench as i thought.

Not sure what happens to my Sumos for 10kg difference they looked worlds apart.
They guy there videoing got my postal adress he is sending a DVD from the higher angle
i might be able to see what im doing wrong.

Cheers again SP

[spsfw]

mate- the squats all looked good and came up like warm ups!

[joeldibattista]

Squats were easy mate, you need to be opening with that at Nats - you're surely good for 230+

That last bench was very close.

I think you may have ground that last pull out?

[robwhite]

Those squats definately looked below parallel to me. Cant believe they red-lighted you!

[benburgess]

Robbed on squat no doubt.

SP, Aaron, Bagpipe...do any of these refs that judge your meets ref at the worlds?

They seem a mile off.

[spsfw]

centre ref is a Cat 1 ref, who regularly refs at the worlds and invented the Wilks formula.

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Thanks Guys you make me feel more confident! But ill still get deeper just to put it beyond doubt
it was a brand new suit so that didnt help.
Joel i wont open on that! I have 6 months ive put 30kg+++ on my squat in the last 6 months ill open
on 235kg!! Sorry i didnt come and catch up i was stuffed after the meet i was on the road home at 4am!!

And as for the refs they just dont like us because we dont admit that secretly we still do their periodisation and just "pretend" that Dave and Sheiko are taking us to dizzying heights hahaha

[benburgess]

Nov 30, 2009 15:29:22 GMT -5 spsfw said:

centre ref is a Cat 1 ref, who regularly refs at the worlds and invented the Wilks formula.

D'you reckon you get more sqs passed at the worlds then when you lift locally Steve?

[spsfw]

To be honest I think it really depends on who is ref. Here in Oz there has been a real push to tighten up on reffing and this has meant there are no 'gift' lifts and they tend to operate with the view that the lifter must leave no doubt. I have witnessed some very inconsistent refereeing at the worlds, with some people getting dodgey lifts through and others having to put their butt on the floor to get a lift passed. I personally could not get a squat in at the 2007 worlds, so I'm not going to say that refereeing at the worlds is easy. I guess at the end of the day all the lifter can do is their best- its just frustrating when sometimes you feel you are being asked to go beyond the rules. All in all I'd say the refereeing in Oz and New Zealand is about as tough as it gets, so I think we could expect to get a good run on any international stage. I'm a national level referee here as well so I am probably seeing from both sides (lifter and referee)- but I think while the refereeing is tough, at least here its consistently tough. I found the worlds a little disheartening- not so much from my own performance, but watching others lift and being puzzled at the calls I was seeing.

[Deleted]

Well said.

My little jokes aside the fact of the matter is if the refs here are hard on me and make me technically proficient, then if i ever do get to worlds level i wont feel the added pressure on having to deal with strict reffing. That will be the norm. So all in all they are probably doing us a favor.

[joeldibattista]

Nov 30, 2009 16:13:29 GMT -5 @aaronhawkins said:

Joel i wont open on that! I have 6 months ive put 30kg+++ on my squat in the last 6 months ill open
on 235kg!! Sorry i didnt come and catch up i was stuffed after the meet i was on the road home at 4am!!

Good point - get it done.

No worries, we can have a beer or 10 after Nats.

[robwhite]

Looks like rock-bottom ATG squats are the only option. Damn ....