Thanks for all the support and encouragement, everyone! Thanks, Justin, for coming to coach and cheer me on. That really meant a lot to me. The meet was a great experience. It was exciting, gratifying and humbling at the same time. Of course it felt great to set a state record in the deadlift. However, I also realized how much I have to work on some very basic form issues. You can see my flawed deadlift form in the video, but now I think I can do it better. I have a lot of work to do on my squat. I failed all three of my squat attempts, partly because I didn't really comprehend the rules beforehand and I also didn't realize that I wasn't squatting below parallel (I always thought I was). I saw some truly great lifters and really enjoyed watching them. I hope some others from CFDR will consider competing in the future. Based on the deadlift results from last week, it looks like some of you should!!
Merylon February 22 2010 - 5:11 PM
Doug - that is effing awesome. I'm just happy to hear that you were able to get there....last time i saw you i thought your car might be permanently stuck in Justin's parking lot.
seriously though, what an amazing accomplishment. congrats, man!
seriously though, what an amazing accomplishment. congrats, man!