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Overall Goal: NASA Colorado Regionals, November 2009.
- Squat 440
- Bench 270
- Dead 500
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Motivation Level: 8/10
Personal Info And Background:
Real Name:
Drew
Sex:
Male
Age:
43
Location:
Evans, Colorado, United States
Occupation:
Aspiring novelist
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When I Started:
May, 2005
How I Started:
I started lifting in May '05. At that time it was simply to get in shape. In July '06 I changed my focus to powerlifting and have loved it ever since.
Why I Love It:
It's a release for me. It's a great exhilaration to make a new personal record and to push or pull a heavy weight.
How I Stay Motivated:
Some times it is hard to be motivated. Typically I search youtube.com for powerlifting videos of the great lifters and that makes me really want to hit the gym.
BB Accomplishments:
2008 NASA Colorado State Powerlifting meet -- 2nd place 242 lbs Master class
2009 NASA Colorado State Powerlifting meet --
1st place 242 lbs Master 1 class. State record for squat (424 lbs) and deadlift (475 lbs)
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For every day I'm lifting light, someone else is lifting heavy. That motivates me to lift harder.
You might be a powerlifter if people at gym tell you someone is looking very 'cut' and you think they had a terrible accident in the kitchen.
What type of injury was it? How long were you injured? How did you recover?
partial tear of a bicep tendon in the shoulder. Lots of icing and stretching, and laying off any shoulder work for three or four weeks helped. Haven't had a problem since.
- Updated Aug 31, 2008 10:41am
What is the most common reason that somebody gets injured while lifting?
Starting out heavy without proper warm-up and not paying attention to form.
- Updated Aug 31, 2008 10:41am
What is the most dangerous weightlifting exercise? Why?
Squats... too many things to go wrong, but it's also one of the best lifts to do as well.
After either making no progress or even losing strength in the last three powerlifting meets it's time to do some serious evaluation of my lifting strategies. The last eight months of this year I've been doing what everyone else suggested. Hey, it worked for them and they made gains. Me, doing...
let me know how the powerlifting meet comes along for you. there's one in san diego shortly after i get back from the desert. would love insight into how it went from a fellow 40+er.
Also, Can't really tell by the front view but looked like the lower back rounded which is hard not to do on a max effort but hit those GM's and will strengthen the lower back to keep the arch.
Just noticed your DL video on the main profile page, I normal just jump straight to the blog. Now, I'm no guru but watching the vid looks like you are pretty close to a sumo stance and you may want to try and just bring your hands inside the thighs to pull and keep the feet were they are or maybe adjust a little and go full sumo style.
