Massive Deadlift P(ee)B!

[SpecialSundae]

Deadlifts have always been my sticking point in competition. I'll go to pull the second or third lift and it'll feel tough and I'll just give up! 

 

Third attempt deadlift (135kg) - 2 December 2016 - Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships 

 

Yesterday I did my first competition for six months. My coach took charge of my attempts. I opened at 130kg (I've done it in training whilst feeling like death, so no fear on that) and then put 140kg in for my second attempt. I was terrified. It was tough. It went up but, as many of you will be aware, there are times when you go to pull a deadlift and a little bit of wee will leak out. It was just a tiny bit at 140kg but I locked out!

 

My coach then put in my final attempt. He didn't tell me what it was. He just told me to cling on for dear life and not to stop pulling with no sense of self-preservation. Whatever happened, don't stop pulling until you succeed or the lift would fail to be legal (i.e. hitching or foot movement). 

 

So I did. I grabbed onto that bar, I pulled through my sticking point, I tried to lock it out. I tried so hard that I wet myself and the platform but I didn't let go. I didn't give up on myself! 

 

I didn't give up on myself!

 

I may not have locked out that deadlift but I beat my deadlift demons down and I'm walking away thinking that there's a lot more there rather than hating myself for giving up when I could have got it!

 

 

[Grymm]

 

 

[SpecialSundae]

4 hours ago, Grymm said:

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They're bad weights and need to be punished!

[wildross]

As you know, the mental barriers are every bit as real as the physical.  Congrats on crossing this one!