Remember that powerlifting competition I did way back in June?
Just to recap, I hit these numbers in the 90 Kg (198 lb) weight class:
- Squat: 235 Kg (518 lb)
- Bench Press: 170 Kg (374.8 lb)
- Deadlift: 255 Kg (562.2 lb)
TOTAL: 660 Kg (1455 lb)
Here’s a video showing all the lifts:
Anyway, turns out I actually got the Men’s Amateur record for the squat and overall total!
I found this out about a month afterwards when the record was posted on the spreadsheet available at CPF’s website.
It looks like this, without the yellow highlighting or Chong Li picture:
Well, I seen a picture on Facebook of someone posting a shot of their record certificate they received a while back and thought to myself,
“I should get a record certificate…”
I did some research and found out that I had to submit an application form along with $10 for the certificate.
I mailed in the form along with a cheque a few weeks ago, and just received these in the mailbox:
Looks nice!
A lot better than having to refer to an Excel spreadsheet all the time.
Still, I think I’d rather have a sword. One day…
Congrats. I spent over a year working out now, switched to Olympic Weightlifting last year. I got my Olympic Squats up to 165 kg last week. Will try 170 kg and higher this coming week. I never maxed out before on Squats so I decided to see where I am actually at.
Do you have a good weightlifting belt you recommend? How about leg wraps? I am considering wearing them when I approach 200 kg. I should use them when I get serious with the Oly Lifts as well.
I saw did 250 kg. Cool.
Maxing out is fun! Rep maxes are fun as well, and help build up to a 1RM. Just gotta have some safety precautions in place just in case of a missed rep.
For a belt, I use this: http://www.johnphung.com/product-reviews/2261/inzer-forever-13mm-lever-belt-review/
I’m sure the 10mm version is fine too. There are other belts made by Titan and I think one made by Schiek that are similar. Also, I think a lever buckle is much better than a pronged belt, simply because of the easy and speed of tightening and loosening the belt. There’s no struggle, and from what I understand, there’s no need to “break in” a lever belt.
Cool, thanks John. I will pick up a local belt and then order one from the US when I know somebody is coming here.
I am hoping to switch to a real gym in about a month. It has a squat rack. I am using the Oly bar inside of a smith machine (yeah one does fit inside there). If I do make the move to Kazakhstan, I will not have to worry about squat racks since I can just drop them. 🙂