Jesse made sure to remind me that I never did a write up of this so here it is.
I had a whole wedding weekend leading up to this since one of my best friends was getting married. What that meant for me was Thursday through Saturday doing too much drinking and not enough sleeping or eating for my own good. I made an effort to not drink too much and kept it under control because I still wanted to do a couple things at the record day. To add to all of the other things going on though I had a pretty nasty sinus infection going on at the same time. All of this add up to me not feeling too good and having just north of zero energy on Sunday. Once I got started lifting I started to feel a little better, but I never really felt "on" all day. My lifting didn't really reflect this though, and I'm not sure I could have put up much better numbers even if I would have felt better. I basically cherry picked a few lifts that I wanted to set the all time record in regardless of class, and went for those and saved my energy by going more for quality than quantity of records. I also judged a little bit.
James Lift
I had to do this since Al called me out to be the first person to break the 200 pound mark. I consider this an accomplishment because it is a very difficult lift. Part of the reason that the mark has never been hit before is because most people don't want to or can't do this lift.
I hit 202 without too much difficulty and left it at that so I could try to improve on it next time.
Team Deadlift – Fulton Bar, Ciavattone Grip: 670#
Troy and I knew we could hit this easy and wanted to get the all time record back. We jumped to 700 after this and it was too much. I think we could have hit 680 or so, but that'll be for another day.
Clean and Seated Press: 247#
This was just a lift that I saw and knew I could get the all time record because this is how I do all my pressing at home minus the clean. My ceilings are too low for me to stand so I press seated with no back support.
Clean and Press – On Knees: 227#
I don't even know what made me want to try this. This is the only lift that Jesse didn't get video of, and it's the one I wanted to see most. I have no idea how I managed enough hip drive to get the bar high and then was able to get under the bar. Pressing was not an issue, but the clean is very difficult. Darren said something close to this after I managed to finish the lift, "That was the most impressive thing I've ever seen."
Vertical Bar Deadlift – 1 Bar, 1″, Left Hand: 215#
I didn't even push myself on this. 215 was loaded on the bar and it was enough to get the record so I did it and moved on.
Deadlift – No Thumbs: 602#
I really only did this because it at least resembles some strongman training for the day. Since this meet was 4 weeks before one of the biggest strongman meets in this part of the country I needed to train a little at least. Considering how I felt, and that an ugly 625 is the most I've ever deadlifted, I was pretty impressed with myself being able to pull this clean. I don't think not having my thumbs on the bar effected my grip too much really though.
Clean and Press – Middle Fingers: 87#
I could have easily done 20-30 more pounds on this, but again this is what was on the bar already and it was enough for the record so I did it and moved on. Maybe another day I'll try to get more.
Deadlift – One Leg, Right: 205#
I think Troy or Jesse was trying these so I said what the hell and jumped in. I think I've pulled more than this messing around, but that was with being able to move my foot.
Deadlift – One Leg, Left: 205#
Same as above.
Deadlift – Ciavattone Grip, Left Arm: 235#
I'm not sure why I decided to try this, but I am pretty please with it. This was tough to keep balanced, and therefore hard to keep a grip on.
Team Deadlift: 1097#
This should have been attempted much, much earlier in the day, but it wasn't and it still turned out alright. I'm not totally sure why Troy and I do well together on the team deadlift events since there is around a 6 or 7 inch height difference, but it works. Watching the video I figured out why it felt so hard for me to lock this out though, Troy was locked out and I still had a few inches to pull. So not only was I pulling my end of the bar, but I was levering some of his up too. I think the next time we attempt this it will be when we are both a little fresher and hopefully we can get around 1150. I would like to hit 1200 in the near future too.
This was a really fun day and there was a lot of impressive lifts to be seen. Thanks to Jesse and Allison for putting it on and supplying some wonderful burgers.
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