Project Improvement 2012: A 3DMJ Production.

[hcoyle545]

Good luck, you'll train them weights

[arian11]

1 Days Out from USAPL Florida State Open

Bodyweight: 215.8

My body is ready. I'm pretty excited that I put myself in a good position so I won't have to pull any tricks to make weight. Hitting up the gym to train a client, foam roll/stretch, then getting on the road around 4 for Ft. Lauderdale!

See you tomorrow bro, lets get it!

[CROMAGS1985]

Good luck.

[psychodiver9]

Good luck today. Can't wait to hear

[FrmrHoss]

Way to stick with that 551 squat man - that was an epic grind.

[alwaystranquil]

Way to stick with that 551 squat man - that was an epic grind.

Oh boy.

In for the results..

[wrkoutfrq]

Way to stick with that 551 squat man - that was an epic grind.

this FTMFW... I knew you were a grind artist but that was epic even for you!

[ErickStevens]

551/292/617/1460 @ 212. Won the 220s. Time to get this bench up (and my bodyweight), it's time to grow!

[psychodiver9]

Nice job E!

[alwaystranquil]

Good job man. Depending on when your next meet is, I think you'll have 1500 in the bag.

Also, hope there's a video of that squat grinder.

[FrmrHoss]

What was the 3rd attempt on bench?

Can't believe you gave yourself 8 lbs to spare in the 220 class . SSB put on one helluva show down there from what I saw posted on ********

[MarkVI]

551 grind of peace. That was really impressive!

[The Solution]

551 grind of peace. That was really impressive!

Epic Video and Epic Haircut. Eric's emotion after nailing that squat shows his true drive and motivation in the gym. Good work today Eric

[KelseaMarie]

551/292/617/1460 @ 212. Won the 220s. Time to get this bench up (and my bodyweight), it's time to grow!

Time to get my bake on!

[alwaystranquil]

Epic Video and Epic Haircut. Eric's emotion after nailing that squat shows his true drive and motivation in the gym. Good work today Eric

Aware me on video?

[Kent.White]

Nice squat and deadlift numbers. Can't wait to see the vid.

[adamsz]

Great work winning your class broseph. Now it's time to get that bench of yours up, seriously. Anything under 315 in competition is inexcusable for you. I wanna see 1500 next time.

[Jason2459]

So looking forward to seeing this vid. Great job!

[samsont]

Nice meeting you at the meet man.


I missed the squats and most of the benches but saw your pulls. strong pulls.

[The Solution]

Time to get my bake on!

LMAO!!!!

Aware me on video?

I am sure Eric will post it, you can check his ********.

[arian11]

Epic Video and Epic Haircut. Eric's emotion after nailing that squat shows his true drive and motivation in the gym. Good work today Eric

The funniest part was after his 1st squat attempt, which he crushed, he comes walking out all fast saying "that was a misload" or something. Everyone got worried that they messed up his attempt or something. Then Erick had to explain he was just saying that as a mental thing because it was so easy for him lol. Silly Erick scaring everyone.

[Jason2459]

The funniest part was after his 1st squat attempt, which he crushed, he comes walking out all fast saying "that was a misload" or something. Everyone got worried that they messed up his attempt or something. Then Erick had to explain he was just saying that as a mental thing because it was so easy for him lol. Silly Erick scaring everyone.

goodstoryman.

Like you going through TSA saying "I'm dabomb"

[L The Pirate]

Erick-Awesome job yesterday bro. Sorry we had to bounce early. my sick 2.5 year old was at the end of his patience. You killed it brother, great work!

[ErickStevens]

This was the first meet I had to both coach at and lift at in the same day. In addition to that this was the latest I had ever competed so I think that hurt my performance a little bit. We didn't weigh in until noon so all I had was some sips of water here and there and a protein shake. The early session went by fast and even though it wasn't their best day both of them won their weight classes and Meghan took home Best Female Lifter with a 796 total @ 132. Once the awards were over I got weighed in and unsurprisingly was well below the cut off at 212.

During warm ups I got saddled with a bunch tall dudes and high bar squatters so the rack height was uncomfortably high. There were a ton of lifters and we were tight for time so I decided to not adjust the rack height for my warm ups. This was a retarded decision by me because when I hit my last warm up single of ~460 it was basically a grinder. I began freaking out (not realizing I was basically high bar squatting) and rushed the the scorers table to change my opener but unfortunately it was too late. Luckily once I got on the platform everything went better.

Opener - 501. Easy and deep. 3 Whites.

2nd - 529. Slower than usual out of the bottom but fairly easy once I got out of the hole. 3 Whites.

3rd - 551. Holy fuking hell. It felt like I was under the bar for an eternity. I had zero pop out of the hole so I had to grind for about 8 seconds before I stood back up. 3 whites. 11lb meet PR.

I started warming up for bench and immediately felt off. My bench has always sucked but I felt like it had improved enough during this training cycle in order for me to grab at least a small meet PR.

Opener - 275. Easy as it should be. 3 Whites.

2nd - 292. Slow but smooth even though my right arm tried to derp. 3 Whites.

3rd - 297.5 I decided to take a conservative jump in order to go 3/3 on bench. My left arm was basically locked out but my right arm just didn't finish. 3 Reds, No Lift. FML.

Deadlift warm ups felt amazing but at the same time my lower back was tightening up pretty bad. I knew I had the 220s wrapped up so I decided to make sure that I got a PR total.

Opener - 573. Easy. 3 Whites.

2nd - 600. Easy, maybe even faster than my opener. 3 Whites.

3rd - 617. Slow but smooth. I think I could have pulled 623 but I didn't want to risk it. 5lb meet PR to ensure a PR total of 1460.



First place in the 220s and a 17lb meet total PR. I wasn't very satisfied with my performance as I felt off the whole day but you can't be too disappointed when yo go home with some PRs and a gold medal.

I finally got drug tested which (as strange as it may sound) was a goal of mine this year.

Got to hang out with fellow fam members Arian, Stig, and L the Pirate so that was cool. I'm sorry I wasn't as lean as you *******s expected. I'm going full Arian from now on.

Where do I go from here? Well obviously Raw Nationals will be my next meet. I think I've hit my strength ceiling at this body weight so this will be the last time I compete as a 220 in 2013. I have plenty of room to grow into the 231 class so that should be a fun ride. I'm going to talk to Mike and hopefully we can figure out something to improve my bench because it's basically crippling my total. We'll see what some weight gain and plenty of hard training will do.

[ErickStevens]

Nice job E!

Thanks man.

Good job man. Depending on when your next meet is, I think you'll have 1500 in the bag.

I think with some weight gain and more training I will easily break the 1500 barrier at Raw Nationals.

What was the 3rd attempt on bench?

Can't believe you gave yourself 8 lbs to spare in the 220 class . SSB put on one helluva show down there from what I saw posted on ********

The right arm derped again. I was proud of my team as usual. 3 golds and a best lifter trophy. Not too shabby.

551 grind of peace. That was really impressive!

It's what I do.

Epic Video and Epic Haircut. Eric's emotion after nailing that squat shows his true drive and motivation in the gym. Good work today Eric

Thanks!

Time to get my bake on!

Oh lawd.

Nice squat and deadlift numbers. Can't wait to see the vid.

Thanks. Don't know what happened on the bench. I feel like I let the Bench Gods (you/Zack/Dan) down. Next time.

Great work winning your class broseph. Now it's time to get that bench of yours up, seriously. Anything under 315 in competition is inexcusable for you. I wanna see 1500 next time.

I know. It makes me sick to think that if I had just a decent bench (~350) I would already have a 1500+ total.

So looking forward to seeing this vid. Great job!

Thanks!

Nice meeting you at the meet man.


I missed the squats and most of the benches but saw your pulls. strong pulls.

Nice meeting you too dude.

The funniest part was after his 1st squat attempt, which he crushed, he comes walking out all fast saying "that was a misload" or something. Everyone got worried that they messed up his attempt or something. Then Erick had to explain he was just saying that as a mental thing because it was so easy for him lol. Silly Erick scaring everyone.

Last warmup: 460 x 1 @ 10
Opener: 501 x 1 @ 8

Makes sense.

Erick-Awesome job yesterday bro. Sorry we had to bounce early. my sick 2.5 year old was at the end of his patience. You killed it brother, great work!

It's alright dude, no worries. See you soon hopefully!

[ErickStevens]

Week 1, Day 1 of USAPL Raw Nationals Prep

Squat (w/ belt)
320 x 6 @ 7
370 x 6 @ 9

2 Board Bench (Light Touch)
225 x 3 @ 7
255 x 3 @ 9

Tate Press
40 x 6 @ 8
45 x 6 @ 9

Notes

Sandbagged today. Lower back is thrashed. I'm going to start doing my fluff/accessory/conditioning stuff on Tuesday/Thursdays in order to minimize my time in the gym.

[vitornoob]

Eric, dis u?












Nice job on everything, DL looks easy as phuck, sir

[alwaystranquil]

Post the vid you SOB, I'm unaware of your ********.


Also, I'm a bit surprised you want to move up to 230 when you showed up to a 220 meet 8 pounds under. I don't know a lot about PLing comps, but I'd think competitively, your best bet would be to put on weight to 225ish and then do a tiny water/diet cut to make 220.

[Jason2459]

Post the vid you SOB, I'm unaware of your ********.

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ummm look four posts up.

It was well worth the wait.

[alwaystranquil]

ummm look four posts up.

It was well worth the wait.

Disregard the video comment, I'm a *******.

I also just saw he posted it in the Lifting Vids thread in nutmisc.