Push Pull meet August 23rd

I competed in my first powerlifting meet last Saturday.  It was an AAPF Push Pull meet up in Brigham City.  Compared to my previous taekwondo tournaments, it was amazingly well organized.  Jon and his team did a great job.

Wow, what fun.  I benched 130 kilos and deadlifted 185 kilos.  I felt like I could have done more on both, but it was probably good to not try to push it too hard my first meet and keep everything positive.  But, thats the most I've deadlifted since I started doing them a few months ago.  I think once I iron out some issues with my form, I'll be pulling 100 pounds more pretty soon, and hopefully even more than that in a few months.

Stump, Kyle (Mossie), Jeff and Parker were all at the meet too.  It was Parkers first time benching in a shirt at a meet.  I have no idea what this is like, but apparently it takes some work to get it right.  Stump benched 160 kilos, and I believe Jeff benched 175 kilos.  Moosie benched 220 kilos and came really close on his attempt at what I believe was 227.5 kilos.  Moosie is truely an inspiration, very impressive lifting by the big guy.  Actually, everybody was inspiring.  I had a great time and look forward to the next one.   ( It was nice to compete at something with people my own age, unlike my last taekwondo tournament. )

Here's a video of my deadlift opener...