tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141022388560653061.post8049749707610343462..comments2024-03-01T00:42:30.839-08:00Comments on LIFT-RUN-BANG: Numbers and people. The meet recap. Paul Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15352715396075897963noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141022388560653061.post-55813962398642722332013-05-15T18:05:09.847-07:002013-05-15T18:05:09.847-07:00Great deal of fortitude demonstrated there. Good r...Great deal of fortitude demonstrated there. Good read. Get some sleep and watch your numbers soar.<br /><br />BDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15815038955515902344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141022388560653061.post-79720573539959724512013-05-14T10:41:10.060-07:002013-05-14T10:41:10.060-07:00"...I met some great people this weekend, had..."...I met some great people this weekend, had some great conversations, and created some great memories." <br /><br />Sounds like an awesome weekend brother, minus the groin of course. I'm about to go to USPF Nationals next year just so I can watch you and Ed Coan have a knife fight hahaha. Adam Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07723493861709617799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141022388560653061.post-81167881738826822302013-05-14T10:34:47.129-07:002013-05-14T10:34:47.129-07:00In a world where talking a big game seems to rule,...In a world where talking a big game seems to rule, you really know how to walk the walk and that is very admirable. Your friends and family are lucky to have you in their lives. Great jobAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15138284508597271954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141022388560653061.post-63264194406328516972013-05-14T07:53:22.041-07:002013-05-14T07:53:22.041-07:00Great job, Paul! You know, I was really eager for ...Great job, Paul! You know, I was really eager for this post long before your actual meet. I've read every single blog post in your meet cycle and it kind of felt like I was there with you, figuratively of course. It's been inspiring watching you push through the ALL of the tough times in your training and even more so in the MEET. It's just an affirmation of what STRONG really is, manJason Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04727845125477817694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141022388560653061.post-51275458634429222602013-05-14T05:42:04.954-07:002013-05-14T05:42:04.954-07:00While it's probably frustrating as h-e-double-...While it's probably frustrating as h-e-double-hockey-sticks not hitting the numbers you want, it sounded like you had an awesome time. A friend of mine does the water manipulation thing for every meet, and your description of the process was textbook. The re-hydration went well, and it was everything else taking its toll.<br /><br />Still, being able to pull out a 611 squat on months of Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11869679849131854137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141022388560653061.post-90727962201129755862013-05-13T19:47:06.303-07:002013-05-13T19:47:06.303-07:00+1 on the pretty gay groin... wasn't that a pr...+1 on the pretty gay groin... wasn't that a problem in your last comp too?<br /><br />Otherwise that was some good lifting. You almost hit the 440 bench and that is one hell of a close grip, even for a close grip.<br /><br />Also I think you messed up your actual meet numbers earlier on in the post, or my reading comprehension sucks more than usual.<br /><br />Good stuff.Fatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18077817670776459628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141022388560653061.post-10786715797391507232013-05-13T18:02:00.962-07:002013-05-13T18:02:00.962-07:00Paul,
Sounds like you had a tough time but a good...Paul,<br /><br />Sounds like you had a tough time but a good time. And getting to experience that with your daughter is of greater value than any total you could have put up in even a perfect performance.<br /><br /> I know I find greater inspiration in your stories of struggles than if everything went as planned, just sucks that the price for that is paid by you in your real day to day life.<br RockSteady602https://www.blogger.com/profile/03327272279186835878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141022388560653061.post-32372726385316081612013-05-13T17:45:54.501-07:002013-05-13T17:45:54.501-07:00Great write up Paul. Hitting 97% of your target to...Great write up Paul. Hitting 97% of your target total in a shit storm of adversity is not bad, no? Great to hear your training partner did so well too. Sounds like a fun week end all in all, even if not everything went as planned. And the idea of knife fighting with Coan is just funny as shit.<br /><br />Cheers.MattyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06648279338450524476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141022388560653061.post-65868785373824923532013-05-13T17:19:30.898-07:002013-05-13T17:19:30.898-07:00Awesome work, Paul, and incredibly inspiring. As ...Awesome work, Paul, and incredibly inspiring. As I like to say, it's not the days that you're feeling PR-smashing good that count; it's the ones where you feel terrible but still get under the bar and grind that shit out. I developed sleeping problems in 2009, and went a couple of years before I started sleeping somewhat better. Forget training, as there were days that I felt so Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325913547738539870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141022388560653061.post-31762545565295758472013-05-13T15:31:40.320-07:002013-05-13T15:31:40.320-07:00Pretty painful. Pretty painful. Paul Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15352715396075897963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141022388560653061.post-86127665297542648282013-05-13T15:06:40.929-07:002013-05-13T15:06:40.929-07:00Great effort by both of you in the face of circums...Great effort by both of you in the face of circumstances. As always your posts are much more then just lifting, and i take them to heart.<br />How's your injury?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061007410798979944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141022388560653061.post-86100648863654518702013-05-13T14:32:04.067-07:002013-05-13T14:32:04.067-07:00Nah. I'm pretty sure I had some kind of virus...Nah. I'm pretty sure I had some kind of virus. Paul Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15352715396075897963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141022388560653061.post-41396552082001881312013-05-13T14:18:10.668-07:002013-05-13T14:18:10.668-07:00Is it possible that warmups and stuff feeling unus...Is it possible that warmups and stuff feeling unusually heavy had anything to do with the valium the night before? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05007611507585196780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141022388560653061.post-72606256916852244892013-05-13T14:14:06.424-07:002013-05-13T14:14:06.424-07:00Great read Paul! Your positive attitude is always ...Great read Paul! Your positive attitude is always refreshing to read. Just remember, it can always get better. Next time, you'll smoke 1800 easy!Nick Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06005408482115999809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141022388560653061.post-33026305814248955412013-05-13T14:12:35.792-07:002013-05-13T14:12:35.792-07:00Great job by both of you!
Really good write up. ...Great job by both of you! <br /><br />Really good write up. Like your friend said, I think it's all the more impressive that with all the other crap you still went in and gave it 100%. Would have been easy as pie to justify/convince yourself pulling out was "the right thing to do".<br /><br />Good to see that kind of fighting spirit runs in the family too, not off the cards to have Gazholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04290094615903886063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141022388560653061.post-42648350128855144232013-05-13T14:05:33.246-07:002013-05-13T14:05:33.246-07:00Great write up, Paul. There aren't many peopl...Great write up, Paul. There aren't many people out there, men or women, that are real like you are. I opened this write up interested in what numbers you put up, but what I'll remember is that everything in life is really about the journey and the friends you make along the way. Nice job. Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01500247416571087276noreply@blogger.com