well what a meet!!. saw some incredible lifting but none of it was mine. =0l
i weighed in at 298.2. opened with a 562 and missed it. so......tried it agin on my second attempt and hit it easily. went 606 on my third and missed it at lockout. oh well. get her next time.
now for the good stuff. mendy absolutely smoked a 881 then a 904 as well. nice to know i was in his weight class. hes the biggest 308 i have ever seen. i felt like a little weenie sitting beside him while we lifted. his 904 was redlighted but after reviewing the films thay may over turn it. he locked it out no prob but racked it before the rack command. this guy is the most powerful bencher i have ever seen. the 881 and 904 blew off his chest and never slowed down til about 2 inches from lockout. the bar looked like it was projected from a cannon. absolutely incredible.
after seeing him i will definatley change my bench work to train for more explosive power out of the hole. i had a chance to talk with him a couple of times and he's a very nice guy, unlike some of the rumors ive heard. met his sister shawna as well and she seemed very nice. she put up some incredible numbers too in full power.
on a side note i finished second in the open 308s behind mendy. just goes to show that anyone can place high depending on who shows up and who bombs out. my 562 tied the existing old guys world record and i didnt know it til after i gave them my openers as it wasnt posted on the web and they didnt post them at the meet til after i gave my opener on friday. if i had known i would have opened 1 kilo higher. odd that the world and national record are different, but thats the way it is.
too may other incredible lifts to post them. ill post the meet results once the are available.
what a fucking weekend!!!!! dayam!!!!!
i weighed in at 298.2. opened with a 562 and missed it. so......tried it agin on my second attempt and hit it easily. went 606 on my third and missed it at lockout. oh well. get her next time.
now for the good stuff. mendy absolutely smoked a 881 then a 904 as well. nice to know i was in his weight class. hes the biggest 308 i have ever seen. i felt like a little weenie sitting beside him while we lifted. his 904 was redlighted but after reviewing the films thay may over turn it. he locked it out no prob but racked it before the rack command. this guy is the most powerful bencher i have ever seen. the 881 and 904 blew off his chest and never slowed down til about 2 inches from lockout. the bar looked like it was projected from a cannon. absolutely incredible.
after seeing him i will definatley change my bench work to train for more explosive power out of the hole. i had a chance to talk with him a couple of times and he's a very nice guy, unlike some of the rumors ive heard. met his sister shawna as well and she seemed very nice. she put up some incredible numbers too in full power.
on a side note i finished second in the open 308s behind mendy. just goes to show that anyone can place high depending on who shows up and who bombs out. my 562 tied the existing old guys world record and i didnt know it til after i gave them my openers as it wasnt posted on the web and they didnt post them at the meet til after i gave my opener on friday. if i had known i would have opened 1 kilo higher. odd that the world and national record are different, but thats the way it is.
too may other incredible lifts to post them. ill post the meet results once the are available.
what a fucking weekend!!!!! dayam!!!!!
