It’s been tremendously tough these few days, and I really don’t know why. For some reason, this exams are proving to be more difficult than I expected. My finals, as some already know are approaching quicker than a flaming locomotive. It’s due in exactly two weeks. I’ve been finding my place in songs from “The Calling”, “Augustana”, “Rob Thomas” and watching videos by “Lee Hyori”.
This feeling of absolubte dissapointment and annoyance comes everytime I miss a lift. People, whom do not understand the sport of powerlifting, will say, “It’s okay, try again next time. Lighten the weights a little“. I understand the advice but I’m not a bodybuilder. I’m not a fitness model munchken baby kangaroo. I’m a powerlifter, a very small and lighter powerlifter. I’m not an elite yet, far from it.
<–me
The classification lifters (read this, u might learn something) is a lifter that’s able to lift:
An elite lifter 4X his bodyweight.
An intermediate lifter lifts 3x his bodyweight.
A novice (my category) lifts 2x his bodyweight.
God lifts 5x his bodyweight.
This may not sound like much, but for a 170LBS man to lift 700LBS(315KG) is a major feat. (No, nobody has ever done this “RAW“. They’re all equipped)
See, I’m proud of what I’ve achieved in my 6 months of powerlifting. Previously, I was bodybuilding, but after seeing that I will not be able to adhere to the strict dieting, I’ve switched to powerlifting. Powerlifting is the sport of lifting as much as weight as humanly possible in ONE repetition only. Thus called 1RPM.
It’s difficult, really difficult for Asians to ever enter the zone of elites. I don’t really know the exact reason but I’ve never actually seen any Asian powerlifters. I’ve seen powerful olympic lifters from China and Taiwan, but these aren’t powerlifters. Olmypic lifting is more to technique, powerlifting is more to raw, pure strength. Personally, I’ll be happy to lift 3x my bodyweight. Currently this is my stats:
Bodyweight: 165LBS
Squat: 315LBS x 3
Dead: 315LBS x 1 (This video fails to potray it’s difficultness)
Bench: 220LBS x 1
Clean/Press: 140LBS x 3
Total Big 3 Lifts: 850LBS
My short term goal:
Bodyweight: 165LBS
Squat: 400LBS x 3
Dead: 440lbs x 1
Bench: 265LBS x 1
Clean/Press: 200LBS x 3
Total Big 3 Lifts: 1105LBS
This is where I hope to end up by the day I die.
Bodyweight:200LBS
Squat: 650lbs
Dead: 650LBS
Bench: 400LBS
Clean/Press: 380LBS
Total Big 3 Lifts: 1700LBS
So, you see I put myself through tremendous torture to be much stronger. Why? I choose the wrong sport.
I could’ve went with something much easier like bodybuilding, yoga, tennis, squash, badminton, football, pool, golf,but NOOO, I had to choose powerlifting. Now you may argue that every sport at it’s highest level is also difficult but the injuries list is ridiculous.
In powerlifting, you can break ribs, rupture knees, encounter back problems, crush yourself under weights over 300KG’s, spoil your rotator cuff and a whole list of other ridiculious sounding injuries.
And these injuries WILL happen to any powerlifter. Every powerlifter WILL, not MAY get hurt. I’ve a problematic knee already, so much so i need supplements to lubricate my joints. And it helps not when you have a retarded aunt that laughs about it sarcastically saying “That’s why, lift lift lift weights become like this“
Bitch do you know how difficult it is to hit the gym and say to yourself “I can do it, another day, another fight to win. Metal against me, I win.I MUST WIN” This ain’t fckin aerobics or yoga. This ain’t a sport where you can let your mind slip ONE second. This isn’t a sport where you can say “Ah, I’ll go a lil lighter today, I don’t feel so good”
You step into the rack, you lift the weights on your back. Stepping backwards a few steps as you position yourself, both feel parallel to each other. Breathing in twice and slowly lowering yourself as your legs scream for help as 150KG’S attempt to crush you to the ground. You feel so scared now, so vunerable, yet so strong as you lower yourself below the knee level. Taking another strong breath, you power yourself out of the lowered position. You feel the weight of the bar crushing your 73KG frame but you know if it falls, you’re in a helluva trouble. So you force yourself to power yourself through. Taking another breath, you go down again and repeat this for 5 times.
Then you put the bar back, smile and take a drink, resting and preparing for the next 7-8 sets of madness.
Then when all is done, you take your shake and go home to eat and rest.
How’d you feel having to go through this twice every week, and someone laughs at your injuries? It suddenly becomes a violent war in yourself. To rip the person’s face apart and grind it into flakes of broken bones and flesh? Or to smile and laugh about it.
Laughing at a person’s injuries is as despicable as laughing at a retard’s below 30IQ.
My workout yesterday sucked tremendously. I’m dissapointed, but I know it’s my fault. I missed my pre workout meal and I know how important that meal was. I didnt’ eat right the entire day and I was fooling about in the pool earlier in the morning. WTF was I doing…I know how important it is to not do too much on my lifting days and eat right.
Blergh…..

heheh, no not possible for me.