Starting lifts!

Well, Tuesday was a bit of a gong show with trying out some starting numbers.  I've been drinking about 6L of water a day and, well, that's not particularly helpful when playing around with heavy singles.  235lbs for squats went up without incident (240lbs would have meant a puddle on the floor) and my depth was good so that'll be where I'll start and I'll go from there.

Squat: 107kg
Bench: 52kg
Deadlift: 120kg

Robin lent me her singlet and it fit so that's awesome (thanks Robin!).  I'm still about 6lbs over the weight class I was hoping to lift in (yay for being a woman) so we'll see if playing around with water will work.  If not, it's all good!

Edited to add:

Here's How I Did

It was a fantastic first introduction to powerlifting.  Everyone at the meet was so supportive.  Ryan and Rhea Fowler helped Tiff and I with our warm ups and Ryan Stinn explained the judging process and then did a mock judged lift with us during the warm up so we'd be used to the cues, etc.  For my lifts, I ended up going with some more conservative numbers and hit all of my squats, all of my bench press attempts but only the first deadlift.  It's a good thing I went with a number I knew I could hit because if I had missed my first deadlift attempt, I would have missed out on getting my first total.  I used wrist wraps and a belt for my lifts but otherwise lifted raw.

Here's what I did:
Squat: 112.5kg (247.5lbs)
Bench Press: 55kg (121lbs)
Deadlift: 120kg (265lbs)

My total was 287.5kg and was enough to just barely qualify to compete at Nationals this year in Charlottetown.  Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it so I'll just have to requalify at Provincials in the fall in hopes that next year's Nationals are a little closer to home!

Figuring out my lifts for Last Chance

On the very last day, I got my application in to Ryan to compete in the 2010 Last Chance Powerlifting Meet in Moose Jaw next weekend.  Robin has kindly offered to lend me her singlet and I'm trying to find a tee shirt that covers my delts and reviewing the nine million page document of rules that govern the meet.

I've been playing around with some numbers and I'll make my decision after squats, bench and deadlift on Tuesday night.  I'm just going to think about the numbers in kilos as pounds are about 2.2 times more scary.

For squats, if I get 230lbs for my 5's, I'll go for 108kg, 113kg and 118kgs.  If not, then do 105kg, 110kg and 115kg.  The first set pretty much will get me a double bodyweight 1RM!  I'd be super excited to hit that milestone.

Bench is set.  It's a very weak lift for me and the pause at the bottom makes it really hard.  I'll start with 52kg then try for 54kg and 56kg.

Deadlift is last.  If I get 255lbs for 5, I'll go for 125kg, 130kg and 136kg.  If not, I'll play it a bit safer and go 120kg, 125kg and 130kg.  I'm really wanting 136kg, though.  Really, really badly.