19 Jun Team Samson Powerlifting- RPS Redemption III Meet Recap- Filipe Gusmao

This post is pretty long over due, sorry Filipe! Byrd, Driggers,  Mr. Dove, and I went down to Ft. Meyers, Florida to give our teammates a hand at the RPS Redemption III meet, hosted by Bert, and Mindy Underwood. The Underwoods always run a top notch meet, that is quickly becoming one of the premier meets in Florida. I was pretty excited to see Filipe Gusmao lift. This was his first meet back after tearing his tricep. He had a very good meet and had some fun competition, and came really REALLY close to winning his weight class. We’ll see how his offseason goes, but his next meet SHOULD be an equipped meet. Here are the videos, and hid write up of the day.

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Competed in the RPS Redemption Meet III this past Saturday in the 198 raw modern open class. It was my first meet back after having my left tricep reattached 7.5 months ago. I went 6 for 9 best lifts were 606.27lbs Squat (6.27lb meet pr), 330.69 Bench, and 551.16 Deadlift (11.16lb meet PR) adding up to 1488.12 total (3.12 lb meet PR). Post op I couldn’t bench the bar but when I started to slowly add weight again I told myself that if I got it back up to 315 in time that I wou…ld do this meet. I was able to work up to 345 in prep but 330.69, 40lbs off my best in a meet, is all my tris could handle at the meet after squats. Meet was judged tight so I was conservative on my squat and left some pounds on the platform there. Ben Sheard and I were back and forth all day on the platform and when he missed his second deadlift I had a chance to beat him and win the class by pulling my third, but didn’t have it that day. See you next time Ben. All in all it was a good first meet back. I was able to come away with a few lift PRs and small total PR even though I was post op. Thanks to Adam, Byrd, Brian, Conrad, Shane, Ria, Todd, Lisa, and Jason for all the help. Always fun sharing the platform with my teammates from Team Samson and the lifters from the PRS team. Thanks for putting on another great meet Mindy and Bert.

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Team Samson was founded by Adam Driggers who built the Team Samson compound. Some of the biggest names in powerlifting have trained with Team Samson including Dondell Blue, Al Caslow, and Gary Frank. What began as a small group of members has grown into an accomplished team of lifters that continue to chase after new strength gains. Team Samson is made up of pro lifters Brian Carroll, Clint Smith, and Jonathan Byrd along with lifters in various stages of their lifting career including Adam Driggers, Keith Price, Filipe Gusmão, Mike Holman, Paul Key, Shane Ford, Shane Shepperd, and Tony Garland.

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