Powerlifting is a sport that is an experience every time you train and compete.  Sometimes things go great!  Sometimes they don’t.  Lately it seems there has been a lot more downs that ups for me.

Sometimes I wonder how much time we spend training for competitions versus how much time we spend recovering from injuries.

I decided to do this meet even after my meet prep didn’t go very well.  Brian didn’t want me to compete because of the health issues and weight loss that impeded training and he knew I wasn’t in optimal condition to compete.

I take full responsibility for making the decision to compete and even though I suffered a fluke injury on my opening squat, that shouldn’t reflect negatively on the coaching or training I received throughout meet prep.

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If you’ve been following my log, you know that my meet prep wasn’t the best leading up to this meet.  I had the flu, bronchitis and pneumonia which helped me drop almost 30 lbs leading up to the meet.

I decided I was going to compete and dropped my expectations and openers and wanted to go and have fun with our Outlaw Team without any expectations and just have a positive experience getting back on the platform after rehabbing my back.

Two days before the meet I weighed 279.  I managed to bring my weight up to 294 on meet day (which will be an article in itself) so I’ll explain how I did it later.

On meet day I felt fantastic.  My briefs felt like they fit perfect and my warmups felt super fast and snappy!

I started to get excited that this day might turn out to be much better than expected.

I originally had planned to open up at 940 for my first squat but after my meet prep and weight loss, I decided to open with a conservative 848 which I’ve hit numerous times.

I felt good and ready to smash my opening squat attempt.

Everything was going well, my descent was nice and controlled and when Matt called me up after hitting depth I started pushing and felt and heard my right knee “pop” and voila my meet was finished.

I’m going to try and get an ultrasound on my knee to see if there is anything torn or damaged.  I don’t think it’s anything serious, I can still walk but it’s tender and definitely needs a little time to heal.

I think my modelling days on the runway in France are over.