It was a really fun day over at Blackbox, with a lot of very strong guys and girls. I weighed in at 80.3kg/177lbs and felt decent. Snatches went great, I hit 100kg/220lbs in competition for the first time, a milestone lift. Clean and Jerk was a bit of a mess, but that’s how it shakes […]
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Meet #7 December 2019; Big Bend Winter Meet
This was the first sanctioned USAW meet at Big Bend Strength and Conditioning, run by Brian Chambers. This was a really fun meet – I worked as center judge for the ladies session, and when that ended I got suited up to lift with the Men’s session. I weighed in at 79.7kg – about 175lbs. […]
Meet #6 September 2019; American Open 3
This was my first National level event, I signed on last-minute for it, since it was in Daytona, Florida – a fairly workable 4 hour drive from Tallahassee. I was originally scheduled to lift on Saturday morning. I was contacted Thursday and informed I would be lifting on Friday night, instead of Saturday morning. On […]
Meet #5 July 2019; Florida State Championship
I weighed in at 79kg/174lbs for the 81kg Masters class and left with a beautiful gold medal. This was my first “big” meet since returning to sport, my first time in a State Championship since collegiate USAPL state championships in college back at FSU. I was super nervous, but my Dad drove down and I […]
Meet #4 June 2019; Black Box
I weighed in at 79.5kg(175lbs), for the 81kg class. This was a tune-up meet, 3 weeks before the Florida State Championship meet. I opened lighter than planned on all lifts and I’m glad I did. I went into this with no one to count attempts for me, and, fortunately, a coach out of Black Hive […]
Meet #3 May 2019 Big Bend Spring Classic
This was a tune-up meet, preparing for States. It was an unsanctioned (non-USAW) olympic weightlifting meet on 5-25-2019 at Big Bend Strength and Conditioning. 1st annual Tallahassee Classic. Weights lifted were in pounds, not kg, with 5lb minimum jumps Bodyweight 81kg, mens 35-40 age group Snatch attempts; 185lbs/195lbs/205lbs Clean and Jerk attemps; 245lbs/260lbs/270lbsXTotal; 465lbs
Meet #2 Oct 2018; Cookies&Kilos in Atlanta, GA
This was my first USAW meet since returning to sport and training. This was also 5 months after Rotator Cuff surgery and Biceps Tenodesis procedure on the right shoulder/arm. I weighed in about 80kg and progressed as follows…. SN: 80kg/85kg(miss)/85kg CJ: 112kg/withdraw/withdraw TOTAL: 197kg The goal was to qualify for Master’s National Championship, I needed […]
Surgery June 2018; Rotator Cuff + Biceps Tenodesis
About 2 months after my first meet, I realized that my shoulders were FUBAR from prior injury. I had full SLAP tears on both shoulders, but the right side was the one that had the most pain. I went in for surgery in May of 2018 for this. WIthin about 30 days, I was back […]
Meet #1 Dec 2017; Capital City Barbell
This was my first meet back after a 15 year break from training these lifts. I took 4 weeks, prior to the meet, to brush back up on skills. A lifter at Capital City Barbell, Robert Estridge, spent a few sessions with me to try to re-teach me the Snatch lift. As the video shows, […]