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Sat (9/7) RPS Legion 580 Barbell Powerlifting Meet Monaca, Pa Men's 50-54 Raw Modern 198 Squat 325 - good lift 350 - good lift 375 - good lift Bench Press 275 - good lift 300 - good lift 310 - no lift Deadlift 425 - good lift 465 - good lift 480 - good lift Total: 1155 All-in-all, a pretty good meet.  For the past several months, I've been hovering around 187-188 and was having some trouble dropping down closer to 180 so decided to gain some pounds and compete at a more natural 198.  Weighed-in at 194 without cutting. This was my first raw full power meet in almost ten years.  In the past, as I've gotten older and accrued injuries, it has gotten harder-and-harder to train raw for a duration.  Thus, single-ply has been my go-to for a long time, mainly to compete relatively healthy.  However, leading up to this meet, I felt mostly OK raw, so decided to try. I opened pretty conservatively with squats.  Both knees can be unpredictable but the opener felt super easy.  Sticking with the plan, 350 and 375 both felt pretty light.  I think I would've been good for 395-405 for my 3rd attempt.  The bench they were using was a little slick which messed up my positioning.  I just couldn't get a solid base on any attempt.  All three attempts felt strong though.  I got the 310 with a pause and pressed it pretty good but had some hip movement off the bench and was red-lighted.   I think I opened a little too low on deadlift.  The 425 was way too easy for the opener.  In retrospect, I should've gone 440-500-.  The 465 was a little slow which is why I took 480 for my final attempt.  If I had opened with 440 and made a jump to 500, I think it would've went.  The goal is to get back to 500, under 200lbs. bodyweight and over age 50. The 480 deadlift is below.  Thanks to my wife for the stellar videography.  🙄 480 deadlift  

He said RGT not RT. RGT is very good.

Jaland, Awesome pinch once again! Vegas has you as co-favorite with HT to win Kong '24.

I wish I could buy G5s (and G8s) easily. At least I have a good source for 9/32"  CRS, that should rate around the same at 6" as an average G5 if I only do the underhand part. So strange that I can buy that easily in a country that uses the metric system. Maybe because of the car industry. Anyways, nice bend London!

Warm-up....   (Right Hand) 1 x 1  filed #2.5 max effort 1 x 2 filed #2.5 negatives  1 x 3 normal #2.5 mms (last 2 reps assisted) 1 x 4 #2 mms overcrush reps 1 x hold #2 (15 sec) ...Trainer pump finish (32 reps) (Left Hand) 1 x 2 #2 mms 1 x 3 #2 (assisted mms reps) 1 x 2 #2 mms (last rep cheated shut) 1 x 5 #1.5 mms ...Trainer pump finish (25 reps)   Note: During the set, I occasionally have a bad habit of using my ring finger to climb over my setting finger. This usually puts my whole hand too low and my pinkie trys to fall off. It's easily fixable though. Just another one of those micro adjustments that need to be made.