Aidens ascension to strong - Texas Method

[AidenBloodaxe]

I find following peoples logs here very interesting & motivating so my logic was to create my own & maybe serve that purpose too, along with just tracking my progress & possibly being constructively criticised when need be. I was gonna make a log in the competitive area, but I'm not officially a competitor since my first PL meet is on Saturday April 10th.

I'm currently 19 years old, 5'5" @ 200lbs/90kg & on a quest to 70sbig. I'm not particularly fussed about my weight at the minute, but closer to meet time I may consider dropping a little weight to compete in the 85kg category.

I'm currently using the Texas Method & here I will outline my version thereof:

M,W,F Schedule
Week one / two
Mon
Squat 5 x 5
w1 Bench / w2 Press 5 x 5
Rack Pull 1 x 5

Wed
Squat 80% x 2 x 5
w1 Bench 90% x 3 x 5 / w2 Press 3 x 5 of previous weeks 5 x 5RM
Chins 3 x failure (Currently 6-8 reps)

Friday
Squat 5RM
w1 Bench / w2 Press 3, 4 or 5RM (usually 3RM & then add an extra rep each week on bench intensity day until I get to 5 & add weight)
Halting DL 1 x 8

*Notes:

Since finishing SS I have omitted the cleans from my programming, however I warm-up all my pulling with them & will be incorporating them back into my programming in the future.
I have been using TM for just a few months & prior to that I was on SS. Altogether I've been training for 13months not including the intermittent breaks I've had due to the usual problems life throws at ya.
I live in the UK & therefore use the metric system, however I will also convert the weight used into pounds for anybody who may prefer it that way, I will do this by multiplying kilograms by 2.2 & will not be pedantic over how accurate that may be.
My benching is terrible & I will occasionally do some assistance work for it, I should program some for consistency however it will only aggravate my shitty shoulders/triceps/elbows even more at the minute because they seem to be constantly painful & stiff, my pressing regressed considerably just as I switched to TM, but now it is slowly rising back to the levels it was at just as I made the switch to intermediate programming.

[AidenBloodaxe]

Friday
12/02/10
Got my lifting belt Today! I've been playing with it like a child at Christmas, testing out which holes I'm going to use etc. It is a generic leather duel prong belt with a suede finish 4inches by 10mm. Pretty cheap & seems pretty good. I spent all morning breaking in the fibres by rolling it & crunching it like how rip demonstrated with Mike Hom(http://vimeo.com/8390351) & wore my forearms out quite a lot which I shouldn't have done because being 5 foot 5 with tiny woman hands my grip is shitty anyway & I had HDLs planned which I make sure I use a regular grip for in attempt to improve my grip.

(I'm not sure whether I'm going to consistently log my warm-ups, but for today's two workout logs I will, maybe it will serve a good purpose in the future? [After the warm-up weights I'm going to put a '*' next to my work set weights)

Squat
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 5
*Belt on
120kg / 264lbs x 2 x 2
140kg / 315 x 2
*162.5kg / 357lbs x 5(didn't up the weight this PR friday because I was playing around with my belt, getting to grips with it & how it feels to squat in it.)

Press
20kg / 45lbs x 5
40kg / 90lbs x 5
50kg / 110lbs x 3
60kg / 135lbs x 3
*71kg / 156lbs x 4 - missed #5, triceps wouldn't lock it out.

Warm-ups to Halting Deadlifts:
Clean - Hookgrip
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 3
40kg / 90lbs x 3
60kg / 135lbs x 3
80kg / 176lbs x 3
DL - Regular double overhand
100kg / 225lbs x 3
120kg / 254lbs x 3
140kg / 315lbs x 2
HDL - Regular double overhand
*162.5kg / 357lbs x 8

Monday
15/02/10

Squat
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 5
*Belt on
120kg / 264lbs x 3
140kg / 315 x 2
*157.5kg / 346lbs x 5 x 5 - Set 1 & 2 felt immaculate & light, 3 & 4 were torturous. For set 5 I got Dan to slap me, shout encouragement & spot me & magically it felt light as hell!

Bench
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 5
40kg / 90lbs x 5
50kg / 110lbs x 3
60kg / 135lbs x 3
70kg / 154lbs x 2
*87.5kg / 192lbs x 5 x 5 - Apart from the 1st set which felt fine the other 4 sets were grinders, I didn't think I would make the remaining 3 sets after set 2 yet I managed to grind all those fuckers out; amazing.

Warm-ups to Rack Pulls:
Clean - Hookgrip
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 3
60kg / 135lbs x 3
80kg / 176lbs x 3
100kg / 225lbs x 1

DL - Hookgrip
140kg / 315lbs x 3
Belt on
160kg / 352lbs x 2

Rack Pull (from immediately above the patellar)
170kg / 374lbs x 1
180kg / 405lbs x 1
* 192.5kg / 423lbs x 5 - Did the work set with straps(double overhand), I underestimated my work set because I could have easily pulled 200kg / 440lbs for 4 or 5reps, but I'm not going to get greedy & I'll continue to add 2.5kg / 5lbs to RPs each week because I most definitely wouldn't like get stuck.

Assistance: I did a set of dips to failure which was about 12 or 13reps, but didn't do any sets across because I noticed that the workout took me 2.5hours & I needed to go do some 70sbig food shopping because the store I shop at shuts at 5PM & it was 4:20pm when I had finished pumping steel.

[IlPrincipeBrutto]

Hi Aiden,



I live in the UK & therefore use the metric system,

Lucky you. Here in London my gym has Imperial discs, all marked in pounds. And everyone seems to be weighed in stones and pounds, which for someone who grew up on the Continent is quite confusing :-)

Good luck for your first meet.

IPB

[AidenBloodaxe]

Hi Aiden,



Lucky you. Here in London my gym has Imperial discs, all marked in pounds. And everyone seems to be weighed in stones and pounds, which for someone who grew up on the Continent is quite confusing :-)

Good luck for your first meet.

IPBHaha, are imperial disks common down there? There are certainly none around here & thanks.

[IlPrincipeBrutto]

Haha, are imperial disks common down there?

I think it depends on the gym. If I remember correctly, Virgin gyms use non-oly Kg discs and barbells (the ones from Technogym). My gym has got York ones, which are marked in pounds, and proper oly-bars.

IPB

[AidenBloodaxe]

I think it depends on the gym. If I remember correctly, Virgin gyms use non-oly Kg discs and barbells (the ones from Technogym). My gym has got York ones, which are marked in pounds, and proper oly-bars.

IPBWe have proper oly-bars, not the greatest though & the plates are those very popular, generic baked hammer tone ones.

[AidenBloodaxe]

Felt really stiff from Mondays volume day, probably because I only managed to get 4,000kcal on Monday. Fortunately light day takes this into account. :)

Squat
20kg / 45lbs x 3 x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 5
125kg / 275lbs x 2 x 5

Press
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 5
40kg / 90lbs x 5
50kg / 110lbs x 3
60kg / 135lbs x 3 x 5

Chins
6 - Excruciating pain in both of my biceps & elbows in general, I tried to do more, but the pain wouldn't let me. Really don't know what's up with 'em. They feel better during a workout when the blood is flowing, though when worked directly they hurt which is what makes me think the injury has to be muscular or tendon-related, but later that day the pain was extremely sharp (like a toothache / abscess) & with a dull pain also surrounding the whole of my elbow & 1/3 the way down my forearm & I couldn't really control my arm & something inside was vibrating a lot which made me think it might be a trapped nerve or something; I really don't know. Anyway, hopefully it subsides before Friday so I can hit some PRs without the extra discomfort of whatever is up with these stupid arms.

[AidenBloodaxe]

Got a 2,000+kcal breakfast ^_^ with lots of coffee(meaning I should perform well).

Squat
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 5
*Belt on
120kg / 264lbs x 2
140kg / 315lbs x 2
*165kg / 363lbs x 5 - As easy as 1,2,3...4,5!

Bench
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 5
40kg / 90lbs x 5
50kg / 110lbs x 3
60kg / 135lbs x 3
70kg / 154lbs x 2
*91kg / 200lbs x 5 singles. Practised the "press" & "rack" commands during the singles, thanks to some random person who I told what to do. All of the singles were pretty damn easy, I thought the pause would have made my pressing ability much shitter, but it didn't seem to effect it much today.

Warm-ups to HDLs:
Clean - Hookgrip
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 3
60kg / 135lbs x 3
80kg / 176lbs x 3

DL - Hook-grip
*belt on
120kg / 264lbs x 3
140kg / 315lbs x 2
HDL
*165kg / 363lbs x 7 - Didn't do the final #8 rep because I had clearly drank too much water before the set & it came up just as I was squeezing into pulling position for the 8th rep.

[AidenBloodaxe]

Back at college today, will convert weights used to pounds later.

Squat
20kg x 2 x 5
60kg x 5
100kg x 5
*belt on
120kg x 3
140kg x 3
*160kg x 5 x 5 - Hard.

Press
20kg x 5
40kg x 5
50kg x 3
*63kg x 5 x 5 - Pretty damn easy.

Warm-ups to Rack Pulls:
DL - Hookgrip
60kg x 5
100kg x 3
140kg x 3

Rack Pull
160kg x 2
180kg x 1
*straps
*197.5kg x 5 - Meh.

[The Laughing Man]

Nice squatting mate, numbers are really getting up there, keep it up.

And don't worry about pounds, metric system FTW!

[AidenBloodaxe]

Haha! Thanks, my hips weren't very happy with me this morning though.

[AidenBloodaxe]

Amazingly I wasn't sore at all today, this is the first time I've felt fully recovered on a Wednesday. Everything was really explosive.

Squat
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 5
125kg / 275lbs x 2 x 5

Bench
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 5
40kg / 90lbs x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 3
70kg / 154lbs x 3 x 5

Light Snatch(instead of chins because my biceps are still playing up & because I felt so great)
20kg / 45lbs x lots
40kg / 90lbs x 3
50kg / 110lbs x 2
60kg / 135lbs x 3 x 3

[AidenBloodaxe]

Squat
20kg / 45lbs 2 x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 5
*belt on
140kg / 315lbs x 3
*167.5kg / 368lbs x 5

Press
20kg / 45lbs x 5
40kg / 90lbs x 4
50kg / 110lbs x 2
60kg / 135lbs x 2
*belt on
*72.5kg / 160lbs x 4 - missed #5 again, & only got 4 reps like last week, but the weight has increased whilst the reps constant so at least I can see improvement.

Hang Clean
20kg / 45lbs x 5
50kg / 110lbs x 3
60kg / 135lbs x 3
70kg / 154lbs x 2

Clean(deciding to clean instead of HDLs & Rack pulls)
*87.5kg / 192lbs x 5 x 3

[AidenBloodaxe]

Unusual session today.

Squat
20kg / 45lbs 2 x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 5
*belt on
140kg / 315lbs x 3
*162.5kg / 357lbs x 5 x 5 - Unbelievably easy & I don't have a clue why!? Excluding the last 2 reps of set 5, every rep was easy & explosive & the surprising part is that I had such terrible sleep last night, I've been revising for my maths exam all weekend & I actually had algebraic nightmares. I kept waking up thinking of quadratic equations & other algebra-related stuff & I don't even feel fatigued.

Bench - Sep, my polish friend talked me into benching with him today & I figured that I don't have much to lose, so I did. So after warm-ups he had me do the following:
*87.5kg / 192lbs x 6 x 4 - My triceps didn't like the extra rep each set, these work sets were essentially the same as last weeks 87.5kg / 192lbs x 5 x 5
* 100kg / 225lbs x 5 - To my disbelief I actually made this, I didn't think I had it in me, especially after the 6 x 4, the last rep was the slowest rep in the world though.
& then he had me do assistance:
DB Bench
*35kg / 77lbs each hand x 8 x 3 - I have never really DB Benched & evidently so because my form was terrible. My triceps hate me, they've been constantly sore since I finished pressing.

DL
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 3
140kg / 315lbs x 3
160kg / 352lbs x 1
185kg / 408lbs x 6 - Extra rep was because I forgot how many I did, afterwards Sep assured me I did 6. The set was pretty damn easy, I forgot to put my belt on as well.

[The Laughing Man]

Shit mate, your catching me there on the squat, you must be damn close to 200kg now! Good stuff.

[AidenBloodaxe]

Shit mate, your catching me there on the squat, you must be damn close to 200kg now! Good stuff.Ha! It'd be nice if I am. I'm thinking about walking out of the rack with my planned opener, 2nd attempt & 3rd attempt after my heavy 5s on Friday just to see how they feel because I obviously have very little experience with max attempts & I just wanna see what that weight feels like on my back.


Wednesday 03/03/10 - Light / Recovery day

Felt awful today, I was so stiff & tight & everything felt ridiculously heavy. It took quite a while to get warm & loose enough to get under the bar today, my pecs & shoulders were that sore & tight. I never usually have any trouble getting under the bar.


Squat
20kg / 45lbs x 3 x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 5
125kg / 275lbs x 2 x 5

Press
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 5
40kg / 90lbs x 5
50kg / 110lbs x 3
60kg / 135lbs x 2 x 5

Didn't even think about trying any sort of pulling today, the time would be better spent eating & power napping :) .

[AidenBloodaxe]

Squat
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 5
*belt on
140kg / 315 lbs x 3
* 170kg / 375lbs x 5 - Easy, explosive.
Rack Walk-outs(Planned lifts for meet)
180kg / 405lbs - Felt really light on my back.
190kg / 420lbs - Felt like it'd be challenging to squat.
200kg / 450lbs - Felt like it'd be pretty damn hard to squat, I have 4 more weeks to get stronger anyway.

Bench - Still sore & stiff as hell from Monday.
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x5
40kg / 90lbs x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 3
80kg / 175lbs x 2
90kg / 200lbs x 1
*100kg / 225lbs x 3 - Used wrist wraps borrowed from a Strongman friend because my wrists felt dodgy.

Clean
20kg / 45lbs x 5
40kg / 90lbs x 3
50kg / 110lbs x 3
60kg / 135lbs x 3
*80kg / 175lbs x 3 x 5 - Did 90kg/200lbs for a double, but I was quite fatigued so settled for these work sets.

[AidenBloodaxe]

Squat
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 5
*Belt on
120kg / 264lbs x 2
140kg / 315 x 2
*165kg / 363lbs x 5 x 5

Press
20kg / 45lbs x 5
40kg / 90lbs x 5
50kg / 110lbs x 3
*belt on
*64kg / 140lbs x 5 x 5

Deadlift
60kg / 135lbs x 3 - Cleaned
100kg / 225lbs x 3
140kg / 315lbs x 2
*belt on - for the first time during deadlifts!
160kg / 352lbs x 1
*182.5kg / 410lbs x 5 - Hookgrip used, is it common to have a hookgrip stronger than alternate grip? My hookgrip has far surpassed my alternate. I'm 5'5" & have tiny hands too.

[AidenBloodaxe]

Squat
20kg / 45lbs x 5 x 3
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 5
120kg / 270lbs x 5 x 2

Bench
20kg / 45lbs x 5 x 2
40kg / 90lbs x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 3
72.5kg / 160lbs x 5 x 3

[AidenBloodaxe]

Squat
20kg / 45lbs 2 x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 5
*belt on
140kg / 315lbs x 3
160kg / 352lbs x 1
*170kg / 375lbs x 5 - Way too easy, I may jump straight up to 175kg / 385lbs next Friday.

Press
20kg / 45lbs x 5
40kg / 90lbs x 4
50kg / 110lbs x 2
60kg / 135lbs x 2
*belt on
*74kg / 163lbs x 3 - DAMMIT! Missed #4 & #5.
*73kg / 161lbs x 1 - Damn! Wanted to do 2 reps to make up for the 2 missed reps with 74kg, I think I missed them because I had cooled off, I forgot how little rest I need between pressing otherwise I get cool.

Cleans
20kg / 45lbs x 5
40kg / 90lbs x 3
50kg / 110lbs x 2
60kg / 135lbs x 2
*Hang
70kg / 154lbs x 2
*82.5kg / 176lbs x 3 x 3

Rope chins (neutral grip is nice to my shoulders)
4 x 4

[AidenBloodaxe]

Squat
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 5
*Belt on
140kg / 315 x 2
*167.5kg / 368lbs x 5 x 5 - Wasn't easy, but I nailed them.

Bench Press
20kg / 45lbs x 5
40kg / 90lbs x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 3
80kg / 176lbs x 2
* 90kg / 200lbs x 5 x 5 - Warm-ups felt light today so I decided to make the 7.5kg jump & I made it!


Deadlift
60kg / 135lbs x 3 - Cleaned
100kg / 225lbs x 3
140kg / 315lbs x 2
*belt on
160kg / 352lbs x 1
*185kg / 415lbs x 5 - Lightweight!

[AidenBloodaxe]

Squat
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 5
*Belt on
140kg / 315 x 3
160kg / 360lbs x 1
*172.5kg / 380lbs x 5 - Explosive, still had plenty left in the tank.

Bench Press
20kg / 45lbs x 5
40kg / 90lbs x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 3
80kg / 176lbs x 2
90kg / 200lbs x 1
*102.5kg / 230lbs x 5 - Grinders!

Cleans
20kg / 45lbs x 5
40kg / 90lbs x 3
60kg / 135lbs x 3
70kg / 155lbs x 2
80kg / 176lbs x 1
85kg / 186lbs x 1
90kg / 200lbs x 1 - This felt easy & I was supposed to do these for my sets across, but I was really wearing the wrong underwear & I actually devoured my junk a few times during the warm-ups & had to call it a day :( .

[AidenBloodaxe]

I MESSED UP! I REPEATED LAST MONDAYS SQUAT WORKOUT ON ACCIDENT!?

I also read Machiavellis' The prince during the rest periods for all of my work sets, it's only a short read(97 little pages).

Squat
*167.5kg / 370lbs x 5 x 5

Press
*65kg / 143lbs x 5 x 5

Deadlift
*187.5kg / 417lbs x 5

I'm gonna have to eat like a mastodon all this week because I want to jump straight to where I should be next Monday.

[AidenBloodaxe]

Wednesday 24/03/10 - Light recovery day

* Squat
130kg / 286lbs x 2 x 5
*Bench
70kg / 154lbs x 2 x 5



PR Friday 26/03/10 - Intensity day
*Squat
178kg / 390lbs x 5 - Easy

*Press
75kg / 165lbs x 4

*Cleans
90kg / 200lbs x 3 x 3

[AidenBloodaxe]

Squat
*172.5kg / 380lbs x 5 x 5 - Was able to make the big jump after fucking up last weeks workout.

Bench
*92.5kg / 203lbs x 5 - Realised that I wouldn't be able to do this for another 4 sets & so I decreased the weight.
*91.5kg / 201lbs x 5 x 4

Deadlift
*190kg / 420lbs x 5

[The Sun]

nice progression. I just hope my lack of eat&sleep won't affect my Texas Method progress so I can catch up with you, someday.

[IlPrincipeBrutto]

I also read Machiavellis' The prince during the rest periods for all of my work sets

that's some serious undertaking. I started with it many, many years ago, but stopped after a few pages bcause I found it really hard going. I suppose you are reading a translation, hopefulyl in modern English, and that could actually make it easier. I read it in the original version, which is written in archaic form, and despite Italian being my mother tongue, I struggled in many places.

IPB

[AidenBloodaxe]

nice progression. I just hope my lack of eat&sleep won't affect my Texas Method progress so I can catch up with you, someday.Why don't you address your eating & sleeping habits?



that's some serious undertaking. I started with it many, many years ago, but stopped after a few pages bcause I found it really hard going. I suppose you are reading a translation, hopefulyl in modern English, and that could actually make it easier. I read it in the original version, which is written in archaic form, and despite Italian being my mother tongue, I struggled in many places.

IPBYeah, it's one of the latest translations in modern english(published January 2009).

[The Sun]

Why don't you address your eating & sleeping habits?

.


I still live with my parents and I don't make enough money to live by my own, yet. therefore, I wake up really easy by the noises in the house. I tried talkin to them, they won't listen.


bout the food - my parents are stupid. you know the deal "milk is bad, red meat is bad" etc.. I'm doing my best to eat lots. :)

[AidenBloodaxe]

Squat
*130kg / 286lbs x 5

Press
*60kg / 135lbs x 5

Only worked up to these light single sets because my gym is under construction & I was in the way.

[AidenBloodaxe]

Squat
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 5
*belt on
140kg / 315lbs x 3
160kg / 337lbs x 1
*180kg / 405lbs x 5 - Easy. Four plates, cool.

Bench
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 5
40kg / 90lbs x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 3
80kg / 157lbs x 2
*100kg / 225lbs x 5 - Shoulders & elbows were really playing up during warm-ups, pretty sure I have a rotator cuff injury & tendinitis is both elbows.

*Light, Fast Deadlifts

[The Sun]

I want that squat :(

how much do you weigh right now?

bout the bench, how's your technique? did you try following Dave Tate's?
I benched yesterday 97.5kg 5x5 across with cracked wrist, but elbow is from my experience far worse.

[AidenBloodaxe]

I want that squat :(

how much do you weigh right now?

bout the bench, how's your technique? did you try following Dave Tate's?
I benched yesterday 97.5kg 5x5 across with cracked wrist, but elbow is from my experience far worse.Hovering between 201 & 203lbs.

I'm sure my technique is fine, I think I just have shitty shoulders. My biceps feel awfully stretched at the bottom position all the time, I have some kind of muscular pain in my left forearm throughout the whole rep, both my elbows constantly have a dull-ache & my shoulders generally hurt all the time after benching. Probably just my anthropometrics or something or maybe my technique is actually shitty? I may record my bench in the near future & ask for peoples opinions. I have no problem pressing overhead though.

Dave Tates technique isn't far from what I use right now.

[AidenBloodaxe]

Squat

20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 5
*Belt on
140kg / 315lbs x 3
160kg / 359lbs x 1
*175kg / 386lbs x 5 x 3 - Decided to lower the volume for this week as my meet is on Saturday.

Bench
20kg / 45lbs x 2 x 5
60kg / 135lbs x 5
80kg / 180lbs x 3
*92.5kg / 205lbs x 5 x 3 - Surprisingly easy & painless, I could've done the other 2 sets.

Deadlift
60kg / 135lbs x 5
100kg / 225lbs x 3
140kg / 315lbs x 3
160kg / 359lbs x 1
190kg / 427lbs x 1
200kg / 450lbs x 3 - Ja! Se upp! Easier than I expected, definitely had 2 more in the tank though #1 & #2 were double-overhand & I had to use alternate grip for #3.

[Kincain]

hey, how did the meet go?

[AidenBloodaxe]

hey, how did the meet go?The meet went great. I set 3records in the 95kilo junior weightclass for IAWA.

Squat
1st - 180kg / 405kbs
2nd - 190kg / 427lbs
3rd - 200kg / 450lbs * this was an IAWA record & a personal record.

Bench
1st - 100kg / 225lbs
2nd - 102.5kg / 230lbs
3rd - 105kg / 235lbs - X

Deadlift
1st - 195kg / 438lbs
2nd - 205kg / 455lbs* this counted for two IAWA records because I pulled it double overhand. So it broke the record in weight & was able to be counted for a record ciavattone deadlift what with it being an all-round weightlifting association.

3rd - 212.5kg / 470lbs - X failed to lock this baby out, I almost had it, but the 4-5 hour long meet got the best of me.

So overall it was a good 1st meet, I lifted 7/9, came first in my weightclass & got a 507.5kg / 1,121lbs total.

Results can be found here: http://powerhousegym.org.uk/Results.html

[jameson]

Congrats on the PR's, IAWA records, and the win. Good job!

[Kincain]

certainly nice job! keep up the good work :)

[The Sun]

congrats Aiden. great job!