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Hawk goes 8 for 9 and sets American Record

chicken_hawk

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A little set up. I had a pling meet in March where I totalled 1563 raw @255lbs. (275lb class) . Nothing spectacular, but when I looked at the uspa records I noticed I was 20lbs above the masters 242 total record. One caveat though the uspa has 2 raw divisions. ..one with knee wraps and one without. Currently I had been using them, but the record was without.

Anyway, I decided to go for it and lost 5 lbs with diet then another 11 witj a water cut to make the 242's. I put back on the 11 lbs before the meet, so that was great. However, I had added nerves due to the goal. My strategy for the meet was to play it safe and try to hit my previous lifts of S:566 w/wraps, B:413, and DL:587.
Squat
1st 530 cake
2nd 562 cake
3rd 578 cake but two reds as my handler gave up commaned to soon. Shit 4lbs back and I knew the bench would be tough...having cut.

Bench
1. 391 tough
2. 407 really tough but got it. Shit aint got much more.
3.413 Griiiiiiiiiiind but made it

DL
1. 530 easy
2. 567 we thought this would break the record, but tied it. Shit ...howndo I play this? F it lets add 5.
3. 573 made it.

Results:
1st 242 Raw open
1st 242 Raw Masters
242 Masters Raw 40-44 total American Record.


Hawk is a happy guy !
 

Magnus82

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Wow that's awesome Hawk! Certainly among the elite. Hope you have enough strength to keep your wife from giving you the beat down for scheduling it on her birthday! Great job brother!
 

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Good on ya, Hawk. Are you using any of the preparation/focus techniques from the book u were reading?
 

chicken_hawk

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Wow that's awesome Hawk! Certainly among the elite. Hope you have enough strength to keep your wife from giving you the beat down for scheduling it on her birthday! Great job brother!

Yeah, no doubt! I'm serving her mojito's at the moment hoping she will forget! LOL

Hawk
 

chicken_hawk

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Good on ya, Hawk. Are you using any of the preparation/focus techniques from the book u were reading?

Yes, this is an old school practice but in the age of chains and bands it has fallen out of vogue. Walkouts and isometric holds with 120% of my max. Basically I would train as normal for the day then use 120% and walkout or unrack the weight. then just dip 2-4" and hold it for a 5 count. It really preps your cns and builds a ton of confidence.

Hawk
 

squatster

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Nice man - great job - this is the stuff I like to here -there are a real lot of big guys out there now but don't see many strong people in the gyms now a days
 

chrisr116

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Good job brother. I remember you had some issues with some guys in your gym. Actions speak louder than words.
 

txpipeliner88

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Holy hell brother this is awesome!!!! Incredible work man just goes to show how much your hard work has paid off