My First TSC Experience

Well, I've now made my first step into competitive lifting. I traveled to Stones Gym in San Jose (155 miles) and lifted with Jordan Vezina and Bert Bower. It was a fun event with great, and encouraging people.

So how'd I do? I set a PR in the deadlift with a 405 lb pull. I never even attepted that before, my best before was 387.5.

Pullups were alright, I wasn't used to pause reps so that set me back a little. I did 18 pullups, not a PR but still good considering different circumstances.

Snatches went pretty well I think. I learned that you can do more if you rest in the overhead possition. I went with a previous best of 70 reps in 5 min, expecting to get 80. However with my new knowledge I was able to crank out a solid 85 reps. I was very happy with that, and look foreward to improving. My biggest problem was that I was getting a forearm pump, that made things harder.

My rank was 42 out of 79. I was hopping for something towards the middle and it looks like I succeeded. My deadlift ranked 40, my pullups ranked 27, and my snatches ranked 54.

My goals for next time are to deadlift 445 (or a triple bodyweight), 25 pullups, and 120 snatches.

Had a ton of fun, now time to get ready for the Fresno Ironman. It will be December 6.

God bless.