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Reformd 4.0 Bench-Only Recap
3 Jan 2026
Did a slightly crazy thing - 2 meets in 2 weeks
Wanted to give the bench-only experience a go just to see what it's like. And also in case my knees retire me from full power early against my will.
What I learnt
1. It's so fast...over like in less than an hour
(Also pretty sure cos we had the dream team for spotter loaders)
2. So first lift nerves is not a squat thing but a first-lift-of-the-whole-meet thing.
3. My coach @jonus.ong is a magician cos I'm a problem child.
Honestly weren't sure how this meet would turn out after getting this crazy lower back muscle spasm a week out that rendered me quite useless for a few days.
Anyway, mission accomplished. Squeezed out the new NR of 85.5 and bagged some cash.
Many thanks to @reformd_training and @powerliftingsingapore for organising and all the volunteers and referees for making this possible.
More Bench-only maybe?
3 Jan 2026
Did a slightly crazy thing - 2 meets in 2 weeks
Wanted to give the bench-only experience a go just to see what it's like. And also in case my knees retire me from full power early against my will.
What I learnt
1. It's so fast...over like in less than an hour
(Also pretty sure cos we had the dream team for spotter loaders)
2. So first lift nerves is not a squat thing but a first-lift-of-the-whole-meet thing.
3. My coach @jonus.ong is a magician cos I'm a problem child.
Honestly weren't sure how this meet would turn out after getting this crazy lower back muscle spasm a week out that rendered me quite useless for a few days.
Anyway, mission accomplished. Squeezed out the new NR of 85.5 and bagged some cash.
Many thanks to @reformd_training and @powerliftingsingapore for organising and all the volunteers and referees for making this possible.
More Bench-only maybe?
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