View Full Version : First meet since Highschool. RAW
TrettinR
05-02-2009, 09:55 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsA7wF7-6ZQ
This was my first competition since High school. I am a 22 year old senior in college now. This was done in the USAPL at the MN state open, happened a couple months ago. Went 9 for 9, had a great day. I'm hoping of doing Raw Nationals in July.
If anyone can tell me how to embed the video or do it for me that would be great, thanks.
Also I recently changed my deadlift from sumo to conventional and feel much more comfortable and stronger there
Newbtime
05-02-2009, 10:02 AM
nice bench, shoulda gone for more on deadlift and squat.
TrettinR
05-02-2009, 10:05 AM
Ya, I wasn't quite sure where my squat was. I had been training it heavy but not powerlifting heavy up until 8 weeks out and didn't want to miss the lift. My training partner there told me to go heavier, should've listened.
And the deadlift I really wanted to break 1400 so I didn't push myself as hard as I could have
freeride88
05-02-2009, 11:02 AM
Wow, seriously disproportional bench press. Good meet.
Poppy83
05-02-2009, 11:55 AM
Congratulations! Everything looked pretty smooth. Which suit were you wearing? I could not read it.
TrettinR
05-02-2009, 12:22 PM
Wow, seriously disproportional bench press. Good meet.
Thanks. I've been training my squat and dead really hard lately and starting to even that out. Although my bench is still much better than my squat and dead.
TrettinR
05-02-2009, 12:23 PM
Congratulations! Everything looked pretty smooth. Which suit were you wearing? I could not read it.
No suit. Titan singlet. Raw competition
skinnycalves
05-02-2009, 01:14 PM
your squat form is perfect
goosefrabbas
05-02-2009, 02:26 PM
Great job! Very impressive.
19george
05-02-2009, 06:17 PM
Nice. Grats on the record.
cjdelaney
05-05-2009, 01:04 PM
Did you buy any Zubaz gear from the gym?
TrettinR
05-05-2009, 01:46 PM
Did you buy any Zubaz gear from the gym?
I got a Zubaz hat for free from them. The pants were surprisingly expensive, so unfortunately I didn't get any pants
cjdelaney
05-06-2009, 11:43 AM
I got a Zubaz hat for free from them. The pants were surprisingly expensive, so unfortunately I didn't get any pants
Yeah, Zubaz pants are a pretty hot commodity.
I train at "The Press" once in a while when I'm visiting the Twin Cities. I'm always resisting the urge to buy an entire Zubaz wardrobe.
Great meet BTW.
TrettinR
05-06-2009, 11:49 AM
Yeah, Zubaz pants are a pretty hot commodity.
I train at "The Press" once in a while when I'm visiting the Twin Cities. I'm always resisting the urge to buy an entire Zubaz wardrobe.
Great meet BTW.
Thanks. And it took quite a bit of restraint not to drop like $200-$300 on Zubaz gear
wow strong performance, very impressive
great first meet man, and best of luck in your future efforts.
bOOgie CurlZ
05-06-2009, 02:51 PM
nice video op............keep up the hard work brah
When you say you hadn't competed since high school were you only out of competition for that long but kept lifting seriously or were you only lifting casually and then began training for the meet? Also, what was your total like about a year before that meet?
Numbers are insane. Are a little lopsided but that's exactly how I am.. except I'm about 100 pounds behind you on bench and squat. Your squat form is great too. Looks like you could of hit more that day.
Anddd did you start out pulling sumo or did you pull conventional and make the switch?
I know mad questions but gotta ask some one.
TrettinR
05-11-2009, 09:06 PM
When you say you hadn't competed since high school were you only out of competition for that long but kept lifting seriously or were you only lifting casually and then began training for the meet? Also, what was your total like about a year before that meet?
Numbers are insane. Are a little lopsided but that's exactly how I am.. except I'm about 100 pounds behind you on bench and squat. Your squat form is great too. Looks like you could of hit more that day.
Anddd did you start out pulling sumo or did you pull conventional and make the switch?
I know mad questions but gotta ask some one.
Ya, I was lifting seriously, but played football a year in college and baseball for three. I formally "retired" from both and didn't want to not do anything so I got back into powerlifting.
I ran a more powerlifting split for the first year and a half of college then switched to a more bodybuilding split up until about 8 weeks out for the meet. My sophomore year in college I actually squatted 500 raw, I doubt my depth was good though.
After switching to the bodybuilding split my squat numbers dropped since I was only squatting once a week because of baseball and wasn't lifting as heavy. My bench numbers slowly increased though. Actually I NEVER deadlifted in college until about 8 weeks from the competition so I feel like I have alot of room for improvement there.
Also I had always pulled sumo (powerlifting coach in Highschool had me doing that). Lately though I've been getting help with my deadlift from Professional Strongman Karl Gillingham and I've switched to sumo and it feels alot more comfortable. I've recently hit 530 pulling conventional and 605 out of the rack just below the knees.
Not really sure what my numbers were a year before that meet. But I'll guess around.... 475 (my squat went NO where during baseball)/ 365/ 455
Oh ok that's cool. You look like you should have no problem putting on anohter 100 to your DL.
What school you play at? And why'd you "retire."
TrettinR
05-12-2009, 02:45 PM
Oh ok that's cool. You look like you should have no problem putting on anohter 100 to your DL.
What school you play at? And why'd you "retire."
Carleton College, small private liberal arts college in southern MN. It's D3. And I quit because I just wasn't having any fun and I wasn't planning on spending a ton of time on an extracurricular I wasn't enjoying.