Coaching recap: @cuteandbeefy 5/9 S: 175kg(2.5kg PR) B: 77.5kg D: 211.5kg T: 464kg Amanda & I started working together 7 weeks out from Nationals, a non ideal situation where the goal turned into “how do we make the day as successful as possible” while changing as little as possible. Unfortunately we ended up with a tough meet day but learned a lot. Squat: Amanda has very long legs which makes squat a difficult lift for her, one of the bigger challenges with the ROM on her squat is her keeping good COM control on heavier weight. We opened at 165kg expecting 180-182.5 on the day, her opener flew even faster than I expected so we made a 10kg jump to 175kg. Unfortunately the rack height Amanda submitted was a little high, creating an issue on her unrack on her 2nd. After the rack was lowered the timer was low & while her 2nd was a good lift, took a lot more energy than expected due to rushing. Jumped to 178kg but unfortunately we were out of juice for squats. Bench: When Amanda & I started she had some major bicep tendinitis in her right arm that caused a lot of pain as well as her right arm to lag while benching over 90%. The first block together we found a sweet spot for training with no pain, unfortunately on her heaviest bench of prep it got re irritated putting us back to square 1 on bench. Her opener flew & we loaded 83kg to try to give us a chip because of the battle we were in. The weight moved well but with the shoulder pain her right arm lagged & was called for downward motion. I challenged the call as I still don’t think her right arm dipped but unfortunately the call stood. On her 3rd we retook, trying to have her keep her arms more level but changing tech had us fail the 3rd as well. Deadlifts: This is Amanda’s bread & butter, she has extremely long arms & has worked very hard on her pull. The hope was we would be in position to load to pull for the win. Our main competitor though executed really well & by her 3rd pull had secured the win. After Amanda’s 2nd we loaded 222.5 to try salvage a PR total & it was close but just not there on the day. Cont in comments ⚪️ Community ⚪️ Culture ⚪️ Competition #circlecity #strength