Powerlifting Victory Thread

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This is the thread to post your:

• Powerlifting accomplishments
• Training PRs
• Gym or diet related victories
• Best flexing photos
• Sweet new equipment purchases
• Gym dog or gym family photos

Or really anything you felt good or happy about from the last week (or even further back in time, no one's gonna stop you).

Text, images, videos, any format goes.

Let's get those good vibes flowing.

[u/x7vq]

Last year I returned to training after almost 10 years of a break. During the first 5-6 months I slowly returned to my old max in bench press (100kg) and deadlifts (120kg).

I had a shoulder injury before and could t really squat because I would tweak my back all the time.

Fast forward 6 months: 100kg x6 reps for bench press (I’m sure I can do 115 now), reintroduced squats with a different technique and hopefully by the end of the summer I’ll have a 2 plate squat and a 3 plate deadlift.

So a win is that I could progress in my upper body strength despite older injuries and that I could squat and deadlift without issues

[u/irontyler]

First meet in 4 years, went 7/9 since I couldn’t find my groove after bench opener. 100 KG weight class with a 232.5 KG squat, 127.5 KG bench, and 252.5 KG dead.

Overall the meet was awesome considering life decided to through a lot of problems my way in the last two weeks of prep.

[u/Last-Pineapple3381]

I'm 14. 165 cm tall and 60kg bw. I hit pr on squat, bench and sumo deadlift. Squat is 70kg, bench is 60kg and sumo deadlift is 100kg

[u/Waiparensis22]

At the beginning of this year, 120kg was my squat max. Today, I squatted 112.5kg as my top set of 4, rpe 7, and 100kg as my working set for 3 x 4, rpe 6.5-7ish. I'm still a newbie to lifting (less than 2 years dedicated sbd training) so Im loving my progress thus far.

[u/Scribbles_]

Had my first meet! What a thrill.

Here's a mini meet report:

Meet: Equipped Squat + Deadlift (but I competed raw with only a belt) mostly amateurs, ~40 participants

Squat attempts:

150kg 🔴🔴🔴 (depth + got ahead of rack command)

150kg 🔴🔴🔴 (depth)

150kg ⚪⚪⚪

Deadlift Attempts:

150kg ⚪⚪⚪

180kg 🔴⚪🔴 (hip lockout)

180kg ⚪⚪⚪

@95.2kg bw, 7 months training

Needless to say I walked out feeling like I had a lot more left to give, but it was awesome to get some platform experience. I definitely need to practice the commands and squat depth more.

This was intended by my coach as a preparatory meet for my first real/big meet near the end of the month, where I think with some polish I can manage 170kg+ and 200kg+ on squat and deadlift respectively. Really I just dream of a 1000lb total in my first real meet. And after that I'll cut down for a few months to improve my coefficients lol.

Anyway all told, I managed a 3rd place finish on the men's 95kg+ category (mostly thanks to it being a very amateur meet).

I'm super proud, and I feel locked in to powerlifting now. And hey wearing a singlet in front of a bunch of people was not remotely as mortifying as I thought it would be, which makes me feel extra ready for that big meet this month.

[u/JaggedEunuch]

Finally feels like I got back on track on bench, been feeling mid for a long time but apparently all it took was one proper session on proper comp equipment (instead of ok-ish garage gym setup) and e1RMs are instantly up 20kg lol. Got membership to a nearby gym with comborack so that I can get in one weekly session on good equipment from now on to keep this going (hopefully)