Simon's Log

[Simon C]

Okay here's the page for club videos(I'll upload a few more older club videos when I get a hold of them this weekend hopefully), but I uploaded my entire comp there. You can see the video here:

Southern Powerlifting Club on blip.tv

All I need now is that cool font that's on the other vids haha!

[bigDman]

Squat looked good very deep... Now when are you going to gain some weight. You are lankier then I am :-P

[Simon C]

Haha, 82.5kg class for the rest of the year, want national records. I'll probably stay in the 82.5kgs next year too haha, and then bulk to 90kg in 2010, and get a hyooge boost in strength

If there's any records worth going after it's the 82.5kg class, Australia's best lifter for the past 4 years has all the 82.5kg records in the sub juniors, juniors, and open class!

[Frank.S]

At your height you going to have to be 242 at least to reach your full potential imo. Ill have to be that heavy and im shorter then you hah.

[Simon C]

Not much shorter, less than an inch.

I'll move up weight classes slowly over the next few years, I'm 100% sure I'll move up to the 90kg class, probably the 100kg class too later on, not sure if I'll get to 110kg. I'm gonna do it slowly, I think that's the best way to do it, get as strong as i can in each weight class, and then move up, and get a big boost from the increased body weight.

[Frank.S]

Makes sense, even for ipf if you want to compete at 90kg you got to be like 95kg at least in the offseason i think. for other feds, you can drop a whole weight class.

[Simon C]

Yeah exactly, even though I'm in the 82.5kg class, I'm not even what you would call a "full 82.5" lifter. I could gain 3-4kgs and still make weight. So I will be getting bigger for a while, but staying in the same weight class.

I asked the top 90kg lifter how much he weighed last weekend, he goes "101kg, I'm starting my diet for nationals next week"(nationals are on july 27th) HAHAHAHHAHA that's a bit nuts though, I ain't dieting for 5 weeks, but if I'm 87kg, I can easily drop to 82.5kg in a week plus sauna.

[Frank.S]

id diet for a year for a contest if i thought i would do better at it.. its just food man..

but, dieting into a contest is hard as hell. i did for my last show and right now im bringing back up my weight and hitting PRs everywhere that i should have hit in the contest..

[Simon C]

I'll diet for the week before the contest, dehydrate, and sauna. No more than that hah!

Although it would be cool to do what that guy does, drop 11kgs for a meet! Apparently hes back up to 97kgs a few days after!!! This guy has a national squat record of 305kg @ 90kg, so maybe there is something to this...

[Simon C]

Southern Powerlifting Club on blip.tv

I took the video down for a bit, so if anyone tried to watch it before, its back up there, along with all the other southern powerlifting videos.

[Alcoholiday]

Originally Posted by Simon C

I'll diet for the week before the contest, dehydrate, and sauna. No more than that hah!

Although it would be cool to do what that guy does, drop 11kgs for a meet! Apparently hes back up to 97kgs a few days after!!! This guy has a national squat record of 305kg @ 90kg, so maybe there is something to this...

Look up matt K over at elitefts. He does this all the time. 20+ lbs. Guys over at marunde's board does water loading, and then dehydration before meets to make weight.

i'll watch your vids tonight. work now!

[Frank.S]

Originally Posted by Simon C

I'll diet for the week before the contest, dehydrate, and sauna. No more than that hah!

Although it would be cool to do what that guy does, drop 11kgs for a meet! Apparently hes back up to 97kgs a few days after!!! This guy has a national squat record of 305kg @ 90kg, so maybe there is something to this...

I was 96-97 kilos the day before weigh in for my last meet I weighed in at 88.9kg, so i had room to spare.

My plan is this:
get to 105-106kg or so and compete (may or may not cut weight, whats the point if no WR ) smash big prs.

then ill diet to 90kg over the course of a couple months while maintaining/gaining some strength.

then the 3 months prior to nationals next year ill slowly bulk up to right around 97-98kg, cut weight, compete at 90kg.

That way im doing my hardest training while in a calorie surplus.. makes sense in my head lol.

[Frank.S]

Originally Posted by Alcoholiday

Look up matt K over at elitefts. He does this all the time. 20+ lbs. Guys over at marunde's board does water loading, and then dehydration before meets to make weight.

i'll watch your vids tonight. work now!

24+ hour weigh in vs 2 hour weigh in though..

[Simon C]

It's a bit different with 2-hour weigh-ins compared to 24 and 48 HOUR weigh-ins though! You can't completely fuck yourself up like those guys do, because you only have 2 hours until you gotta lift!!!

[Frank.S]

just watched all your lifts, my comments:

squats looked good - dont go so deep, sit back more

bench looked good - i think you could stay tighter and retract your shoulder blades alot more (hard as hell in a bench shirt). Crank the higher boards.

deadlifts looked great! - just get stronger, and maybe try to preload the lift a little bit to get some stretch reflex i find this helps me off the ground. Your form is miles ahead of mine for the deads.

[Simon C]

Thanks,

Tim mentioned the sitting back thing to me once too, I'm going to ask him about this on Saturday.

My problem on the bench is just shirt related, its hard to get the bar down, so i compromise my elbows(not under the bar enough) when coming down, and can't flick them back under on the way up. Something like that haha, anyway I end up pressing the bar forwards, rather than back towards my head like I should, thats what happens every single time I fuck up a bench press.

My bench set-up is okay, but something to work on there keeping tighter.

I'm pretty good with form, and Tim who I train with is a top lifter over here, with probably some of the best technique around, so I get good advice too!

[Alcoholiday]

Originally Posted by Frank.S

24+ hour weigh in vs 2 hour weigh in though..

this is true. i forgot that simon doesn't compete in the ultimate cheater feds.