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Squat: 3/3
225kg • 496lbs ⚪️⚪️🔴 (depth)
237.5kg • 523lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️
247.5kg • 545lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️ (+7.5kg ATPR)

Honestly, this squat was a source of so much anxiety for me for the last month. From the constant hip and knee issues I’ve dealt with in the last year, to just overall confidence on the lift being very low. Ironically, it was by far my most successful lift of the day, ending the session with 7.5kg all time pr 🫶🏽

@ian_adaptive.sp absolutely goated peak for the squat, definitely the strongest single lift improvement I’ve ever felt on meet day compared to last prep single.

Bench: 2/3
137.5kg • 303lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️
142.5kg • 314lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️
145kg • 320lbs 🔴🔴🔴

Bench felt so strong all prep, so I was little bit disappointed with how it showed up yesterday. I felt that I was capable for 150kg and it just really didn’t go my way unfortunately. My back was really tightening up at this point which was making it quite difficult to set my arch, meaning I just ended up feeling flat. If I can hone in on some technical aspects, I feel I have the strength to load the blue soon 🤞🏽

Deadlift: 1/3
280kg • 617lbs ⚪️⚪️⚪️
305kg • 672lbs ⚪️⚪️🔴
310kg • 683lbs 🔴🔴🔴

Honestly I’m not too mad at how my strength showed up on the day. After bench, my back was seizing when moving into extension, making it very difficult to get my hips forward to really sell the lift.

The pull that got away! 305kg/672lbs originally got ⚪️⚪️🔴, but ended up getting overturned to a no lift :(

A completed lift would have given me a 695kg total, which is a 2.5kg total pr. Unfortunately, this is the first meet of 8 now that I’ve ever gone down in total, and not hit all new PRs in all 3 lifts 🤣

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Thank you @christian.adaptivesp for the amazing game day handling! Love this dude

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My favourite lift of the day!

247.5 • 545 for 7.5kg/17lb atpr with room
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240kg/530lbs x 2 

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