I Benched 107.5 kg in Competition 3-16-08

[calmus]

 

I'm "full" and "curvy". 

Where are the pics? 

[ripitupbaby]

Where are the pics? 

You don't get to see them because you called me dragon lady!   


Actually, there are some offseason pics on the FBB Board.

[ripitupbaby]

I had a pretty good shirt workout last night, so I am back to feeling pretty good about this meet.   

My lifts are not consistent...I can totally get one lift just about perfect, and then I can totally bomb the next lift.  So who knows about the meet...but I can definitely press 225 as long as I can keep it in the groove.  (which is about 50% of the time  )

-3 board 185 x 2
-2 board 205 x 2
-1 board 225 x 2
-225 x 1 touch
-225 x 1 touch (FAIL...It got stuck on my chest and then I took it backwards to my spotter)
-225 x 1 touch
-225 x 1 touch (I got this one but then didn't really lock it out)
-4 board 300 x 1   
-205 x 1 touch (I got this pretty good at the end of the workout.  I think it might be a good opener.)

The two that I got with 225 without messing up were totally good...but I didn't do the press command.  I the pause is long enough but I need to work on the press command...there's so much going on just to do the lift!

[Stubborn]

Whoa! A 300lb lockout is massive for you! Good job!

[ripitupbaby]

Whoa! A 300lb lockout is massive for you! Good job!

I gotta go back and check the video on that one cuz it felt almost a little too easy.   

[Stubborn]

I gotta go back and check the video on that one cuz it felt almost a little too easy.   

Go easy on the gear sweetie!

[ripitupbaby]

Go easy on the gear sweetie!

hahaha  not exactly what I was implying.  I was wondering how much work my spotter did!   

[powerpack]

hahaha  not exactly what I was implying.  I was wondering how much work my spotter did!   

You mean your bench work out is his trap work out 

[freespirit]

lol rip's a little bitty thing...poor girl needs to put some more junk in that trunk in the off season for sure! 

Crankypants! 

[ripitupbaby]

OK, I set out to bench 225, and I did. 

So f*ck the haters, here's the video.   

My ass came off the bench a little, but I was still pretty happy with it.  I think the pause was long enough.  I got one more workout to get it right before the meet.  This is in the back of my friend's supplement store btw.

And 225 x 2 with the 1 board.

[calmus]

Good lifts and good vocalizations..... 

[Luv2Hurt]

Nice job Rip!!  Man the lift off even caught the bench a little and you kept it together.  Looked strong and clean.  I'm thinking maybe you may be able to get a little more before the meet    Awesome job keep pushing hard!!! 

Pretty bad ass you are 

[ripitupbaby]

Thanks guys.  Yes, I grunt a bit when I bench and I was a little excited about that lift.   

The rack on the bench is as low as it will go, and it's still too tall for me!   

[thewickedtruth]

wait..

i was supposed to be paying attention to the benching in that vid?! 

[cauthon]

Lockout to spare. You just need to polish it up. What fed are you competing in? You might want to train with full commands for your last workout.

[ripitupbaby]

Lockout to spare. You just need to polish it up. What fed are you competing in? You might want to train with full commands for your last workout.

APF on February 23, and USPF on March 16.  Yeah, I had intended to do the full commands on this last workout, but there was too much going on lol.

There is a press and rack command for APF, and I heard that for USPF there is no press command, but there is a "start" command.   I guess the bencher just determines the length of the pause and then the head judge decides if it's long enough...seems kinda weird to me to do it that way. 

[powerpack]

I am impressed 

[davidpaul]

congrats on the lifts. not that they surprised me. Next target 285.

[Overload]

Awesome!!!

Very easy lift!

it's hard to tell if your butt came off or not but it looked like a clean lift to me...

Keep doing what you are doing!

[freespirit]

Lifting: 10 points. Grunting: 7 points. I believe you need some work on the grunting

All kidding aside, those where good lifts. 

[tu_holmes]

Lori, of all the motherfuckers on earth, you tha' mother fuckest.

Very nice lift Steele... You're now outbenching 80% of all people who ever step foot in a gym.

Can't wait to hear about the meet.

[haider]

wait..

i was supposed to be paying attention to the benching in that vid?! 

With your musclebear inclinations, who knows what the hell you pay attention to 

[ripitupbaby]

haha thanks, you guys ROCK.  I'm pretty psyched about that lift...it took a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to get there. 

I'll post more videos when I get to 285.   

Actually I'll get more vids at the bench meet and hope that I don't bomb out!

[MisterMagoo]

ya did it! fuckin' right! 

i'd be tempted to say take it easy next week, since you know you can do it, that way you're not too burned out for the meet itself.

i gotta say once you really get adjusted to that shirt 225's gonna be easy warmup, i think. that 285 vid may not be far off.

[ripitupbaby]

ya did it! fuckin' right! 

i'd be tempted to say take it easy next week, since you know you can do it, that way you're not too burned out for the meet itself.

i gotta say once you really get adjusted to that shirt 225's gonna be easy warmup, i think. that 285 vid may not be far off.

Yeah definitely taking it easy next week.  I got one more shirt workout this Saturday just to basically figure out my opener and make sure I can do it clean.  And then I chill.

I am a little reluctant to open at 225.  I tried 205 during the last workout to see if it would be a good opener, and I got it, but I really struggled to get the bar down to my chest.  I had to literally PULL the bar down to my chest.

I assume that 225 will be much more consistent for me by the time the March 16 meet rolls around, and then who knows what's after that.