I sucked…
My warmups were so-so, I opened at 380kg/837 pounds and missed it, I also dumped the bar about 3/4 of the way up, as I couldn’t stay balanced. This is frowned upon, in case you didn’t know. I always squat in a power rack without spotters, so dumping the bar is habit. I didn’t get kicked out of the meet for this, although I should’ve been. Regardless, my head was screwed for the rest of the day. There was a lot of uproar about my first squat and I had lots of people coming up to me between attempts criticizing me, rightfully so probably, but I still wanted to punch them all in the face.
I approached the bar for my second attempt at 837 pounds, with the words “take it” in my head. I missed about 3/4 of the way up again, still not being able to stay balanced. I knew my day was done regardless of what happened next, so I passed on my third attempt and got out of there. Luckily, the meet was in Las Vegas and I had the companionship of my friends and a lovely young lady, so I managed to still have a good weekend.
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Elitefts.com Inc sponsored athlete and coach - Chad Smith is the owner and Head Performance Coach at Juggernaut Training Systems in Laguna Hills, CA. A two-time NAIA champion in the shot put, Chad boasts a PR of 19.46m (63-10.25) which ranked him 4th among US born collegiates and in the the top 20 of all US men for the 2009 season. At Juggernaut, Chad trains athletes from the Professional ranks to junior high and youth athletes, in a wide variety of sports. He also has several years of experience coaching high school football and track & field. After competing in his first powerlifting meet in October 2010 where he squatted 800 pounds raw, Chad has quickly risen through the ranks of powerlifting and is currently the number 1 ranked raw American lifter in the 308s weight class with a 2165 total and is the American Record holder in the squat for the 308s with a 905 pound effort. Chad is the author of The Juggernaut Method; Strength, Power and Conditioning for the Lifter and Athlete, as well as The Juggernuat Jiu-Jitsu Physical Preparation Manual and The 9 Day Work Week. Learn more about Chad and Juggernaut Training Systems at JTSstrength.com
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Fuck the critics man, at least you’re humble and admit your mistakes, it can happen to anybody. There are a lot of jerks out there that will dump a bar and not care.
And as far as bombing out, use it to fuel your training. I know you’ll get back at it and keep breaking records!
you will get it next time, keep your head up and train hard!!!!!!!
There is always next time.
shit happens man. let it go and be ready for the next one.
Huge fan of yours Chad. Your honesty and humility is something to look up to, not to mention your crazy ass strength. Looking forward to seeing you crush weight at your next comp.
Chad,
Don’t sweat it — but next time, take it.
I’m sorry, but I find it gratifying that you’re human.
No worries. Everyone has a bad day. You live you learn. You’ll dominate the next competition.
x2 on nice to see your human. No excuses, just didn’t get the job done. Now get back to being awesome. Love reading your stuff.
Sadly this may be Chad’s last meet for quite some time. He noted prior in his log that he is looking to get back in to shotput and putting powerlifting on hiatus for a bit.
Hell, at 837 lbs that’s insane enough to even unrack it! Great attempt, Chad! You’ll just come back more fired up next time.
As sorry as I am to read this, I am a track nut before I am a powerlifter, and hearing about your throws while you were here at the Boston seminar…. holy shit. Can’t wait to see what you are gonna throw when it’s a priority, have you picked any meets yet?
Chad,
Sorry about the meet, looking forward to watching you compete in the shot.
Glad to hear you’ve got friends and a sweet lady to keep you sane. Nothing like a good woman.
I had the exact same problem Chad. If by dumping you mean falling forward towards the top, that is your upper abs. I corrected this from articles written by Dave and Louie stating that the upper ab area is weak and the correction is standing ab training with heavy weight.
Since I discovered this weakness, I do standing abs at least once a week for 3-5 heavy sets on either ME or DE Lower. Recently, I purchased the Spud Long Strap for further effectiveness. I have yet to fall forward (dump) since I’ve been performing this exercise.
Hopefully, this helps because it made a world of difference for me.
@Brian K: Good info on the standing ab work, but I believe by “dumping” he means he dropped the bar off his back onto the ground when he missed the lift, instead of sticking with it to allow the spotters to help him back into the rack. According to most if not all rulebooks this can be grounds for disqualification from the meet if it is viewed as intentionally endangering spotters and/or damaging equipment, which I’m sure wasn’t the case here.