First powerlifting meet reflections

It's now a 5 days since I stepped out for the first time as a competitor on a powerlifting stage. I had hoped to tap out my thoughts sooner but bills have to be paid and two days after the event I was on a plane criss crossing the country for work.

It's hard to convey just how much fun I had on the day. Surprisingly I ended up having a few nerves primarily because of the unfamiliar environment and the less than ideal warm up arrangements. However once into the swing of things I had an absolute ball. In fact as much as I enjoyed the team environment cheering on the rest of the PTC team and living through their lifts as well was just as much fun.

Overall it was a great success for the PTC team. We had a number of records set, Yianni the dynamo came third overall at a bodyweight of 66kgs after some monster lifts and we filled 6 of the top 10 places. Most of the crew hit PB's in some form and we delivered well against our rival team muscle pit. Most gratifying was the overall team spirit, everyone was helping wrap, load bars or just screaming like a mutha! Even better we had a bunch of PTC members stop by to watch the lifts and in some cases (thanks Dee) stayed the whole day.

Personally I was more than happy with my meet. While I will detail each section of lifting in subsequent posts I managed to PB squat by 10kgs and got a real appreciation for the rigor of doing 9 limit lifts in a short period of time. I will save my overall learnings for the last post in this series but suffice to say I learned a hell of a lot and am much better placed for nationals in 6 weeks.

Below is super Greek Yianni squatting deep with 200kg and then blasting it straight up out of the hole all at a body weight of 66kg and in his early 20's..yup the guy is a freak.

Shut up and lift

Thomo