The human side of things at the end. Video at the end, too.
Pre-meet and weigh-in:
NPL is a relatively new federation, begun, after an USPA scandal, by some former USPA state chairpeople.
Existing records: For my age/weight/Raw, no records existed at any level, drug tested or non-tested, across state, national, and world.
Registration: Full Power, BP Only, DL Only - separate records are kept for BP- and DL-only.
Weighed in Thursday at 67.1 kg (147.93 lb) for the 67.5 kg weight class. Dropping weight was pretty painless this time - woke up .2 kg (.4 lg) over, soaked in a hot tub for 20 minutes, out for 20 minutes, in for 20 minutes a second time. M65-69, Raw. Division allows sleeves and a belt, I used neither.
Results, short version:
Lifts:
SQ - 98 kg, 102.5, fail 108
BP - 80, 82.5, fail 85
DL - 152.5, fail162.5, skipped 3rd attempt
A bunch of gold medals, all NJ state records, all national tested records, some WR.
Results, longer version:
NPL counts tested results for non-tested records.
NPL has place-holders for national and world records. That means you can set state records by lifting an empty bar, but for national and world records, you have to beat a number decided on by the federation and put into the record books but without a lifter's name.
Before the start of the meet, place holders were:
I set:
Human:
I was talking to Fabio a couple of weeks ago, and he asked me how my training was going. My answer was, "My training isn't going all that well, but the rest of my life is great." And that's how it's been. I've been crazy busy. Lots is going on in my wife's professional life, in each of my kids' professional and personal lives and those things certainly have my participation, attention, etc.
My wife's step-mother passed away about six months ago - she left a mess of an estate, and I am the executor of that estate, and it's still not completely settled, and that's been a big drain on my time and my attention. The good/funny news: along the way, our lawyer first told me I was ready to hang out my shingle as a professional estate administrator, and she later changed that to being almost ready to be an estate paralegal. It's been interesting, it's been education, but it's not only been a drain on my resources - my wife's step-mother was 102 years old, and we spent a lot of time helping her these last few years. It's been a loss, but it's also the big realization that comes when everyone of the previous generation in your family is no longer alive - my wife and I are now the oldest generation of our families, and if I'm still here next Spring, I'll turn 70 years old. That's a lot to process.
I've been competing at powerlifting a lot lately and I'm ready for a break. I've decided to run the Brooklyn half-marathon with my oldest son next Spring, so my strength training will be minimalistic and I'm honestly looking forward to that. The biggest "aha" moment of this most recent powerlifting meet was missing 162.5 kg as my second DL. That's a lift I can count on being able to make in training almost any day, and so is 165 kg. That I didn't get it was an indication that I need a break.
The meet was held over Friday and Saturday. The meet director told me I might be in the running for Best Masters Lifter and asked if I could come back at the end of the lifting on Saturday to be around for that. I showed up when he told me he thought the lifting for Saturday would be done and they were still BP'ing, so I decided not to stay. Anyway, I think they figure this on DOTS and I don't think DOTS takes age into account, so I"m pretty sure I was not the best Masters Lifter.
NPL - seems to be a great organization, lots of familiar faces from the USPA and, as a lifter, I was very happy.
Other: I'll come back and post some of the videos from the meet. I fought the good fight for my third squat, but my third BP just sat on my chest, and as mentioned above my 2nd DL didn't go, either.
Thanks for reading, and in closing I'd like to say: If skinny, old me can do this, so can any of you who are reading this and have never been in a powerlifting competition. The people couldn't be friendlier, and there were some first-timers, older women, who did great - they posted a result bench pressing the bar with a 2.5 kg weight and clamp on each side, and we all cheered for them. You don't have to lift really heavy or anything like that, you just have to have the intestinal fortitude to show up and perform on the public record and you'll get a ton of support if you do.
-S-
Pre-meet and weigh-in:
NPL is a relatively new federation, begun, after an USPA scandal, by some former USPA state chairpeople.
Existing records: For my age/weight/Raw, no records existed at any level, drug tested or non-tested, across state, national, and world.
Registration: Full Power, BP Only, DL Only - separate records are kept for BP- and DL-only.
Weighed in Thursday at 67.1 kg (147.93 lb) for the 67.5 kg weight class. Dropping weight was pretty painless this time - woke up .2 kg (.4 lg) over, soaked in a hot tub for 20 minutes, out for 20 minutes, in for 20 minutes a second time. M65-69, Raw. Division allows sleeves and a belt, I used neither.
Results, short version:
Lifts:
SQ - 98 kg, 102.5, fail 108
BP - 80, 82.5, fail 85
DL - 152.5, fail162.5, skipped 3rd attempt
A bunch of gold medals, all NJ state records, all national tested records, some WR.
Results, longer version:
NPL counts tested results for non-tested records.
NPL has place-holders for national and world records. That means you can set state records by lifting an empty bar, but for national and world records, you have to beat a number decided on by the federation and put into the record books but without a lifter's name.
Before the start of the meet, place holders were:
Tested, National:
SQ = 97.5 kg
BP = 60 kg
DL = 97.5 kg
No placeholders shown for BP only and DL only so I assume they're the same
Non-tested, National:
SQ = 110kg
BP = 70 kg
DL = 110kg,
Nothing for single lift so I again assume they're the same
Tested, World:
SQ = 107.5 kg
BP = 70 kg
DL = 107.5 kg
BP-only and DL-only same
World is Tested Only
I set:
All NJ records: PL for SQ, BP, DL, Total, BP-only, DL-only for both tested and non-tested.
National, tested: PL for SQ, BP, DL and Total, BP-only, DL-only
National, non-tested: PL for BP, DL and Total, BP-only, DL-only
World, tested: PL for BP, DL and total, BP-only, DL-only
Human:
I was talking to Fabio a couple of weeks ago, and he asked me how my training was going. My answer was, "My training isn't going all that well, but the rest of my life is great." And that's how it's been. I've been crazy busy. Lots is going on in my wife's professional life, in each of my kids' professional and personal lives and those things certainly have my participation, attention, etc.
My wife's step-mother passed away about six months ago - she left a mess of an estate, and I am the executor of that estate, and it's still not completely settled, and that's been a big drain on my time and my attention. The good/funny news: along the way, our lawyer first told me I was ready to hang out my shingle as a professional estate administrator, and she later changed that to being almost ready to be an estate paralegal. It's been interesting, it's been education, but it's not only been a drain on my resources - my wife's step-mother was 102 years old, and we spent a lot of time helping her these last few years. It's been a loss, but it's also the big realization that comes when everyone of the previous generation in your family is no longer alive - my wife and I are now the oldest generation of our families, and if I'm still here next Spring, I'll turn 70 years old. That's a lot to process.
I've been competing at powerlifting a lot lately and I'm ready for a break. I've decided to run the Brooklyn half-marathon with my oldest son next Spring, so my strength training will be minimalistic and I'm honestly looking forward to that. The biggest "aha" moment of this most recent powerlifting meet was missing 162.5 kg as my second DL. That's a lift I can count on being able to make in training almost any day, and so is 165 kg. That I didn't get it was an indication that I need a break.
The meet was held over Friday and Saturday. The meet director told me I might be in the running for Best Masters Lifter and asked if I could come back at the end of the lifting on Saturday to be around for that. I showed up when he told me he thought the lifting for Saturday would be done and they were still BP'ing, so I decided not to stay. Anyway, I think they figure this on DOTS and I don't think DOTS takes age into account, so I"m pretty sure I was not the best Masters Lifter.
NPL - seems to be a great organization, lots of familiar faces from the USPA and, as a lifter, I was very happy.
Other: I'll come back and post some of the videos from the meet. I fought the good fight for my third squat, but my third BP just sat on my chest, and as mentioned above my 2nd DL didn't go, either.
Thanks for reading, and in closing I'd like to say: If skinny, old me can do this, so can any of you who are reading this and have never been in a powerlifting competition. The people couldn't be friendlier, and there were some first-timers, older women, who did great - they posted a result bench pressing the bar with a 2.5 kg weight and clamp on each side, and we all cheered for them. You don't have to lift really heavy or anything like that, you just have to have the intestinal fortitude to show up and perform on the public record and you'll get a ton of support if you do.
-S-
