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Next Powerlifting Competition

My next competition will be the Southeast Regionals! I will be competing for Gamecocks against the entire Southeast. I plan to stay in my same weight class of 148-165 pounds, but I plan to get a total of around 1400 pounds. I am also getting all of my other powerlifting friends to compete in this competition, as I think it will be fun. It is two days long and is held in Raleigh, NC, on September 4-6. I think my competition will be tough, but if I can get my training right, I can prepare for this and hopefully at least win my weight class.

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Off day in the gym

Today I failed my squat pr three times in a row. The first time I just went too low, the second time I had a misgroove, and the third time I was just exhausted. A lot of the time, you will have off days in the gym, and you're not going to be your strongest every day, but the important thing is to listen to your body and come back later stronger.

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Working at VitaminShoppe

I recently got a job at The Vitamin Shoppe, and I think it's one of the best stores ever. I mainly wanted a job there so that I can get discounts on all the stuff I buy, like pre-workout and snacks. I ended up becoming a lead manager somehow. Still, regardless, VitaminShoppe is one of the best stores, I think, for fitness that actually has everything you need at a somewhat reasonable price.

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Dumb lifting

Only 3 days after my Nationals meet, I decided to just work out as hard as I could for fun. It's really not that smart to do that because you have a higher risk of injury, but it was just a fun thing to do. My body was also really sore, but it was nice to be able to lift how I want to lift and not follow so many rules. On bench I did 335.

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Collegiate Nationals PR!

I just competed and placed 9th out of all the colleges that went. I hit a new total record of 600kg/ 1,320lbs and I also competed against people wearing equipment to help them lift more, but I competed with no equipment. Overall, I'm happy with how I performed and can't wait to do it again next year.

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New Orleans trip for Nationals

I left on Wednesday for New Orleans to compete in Collegiate Nationals Powerlifting! I woke up around 8 am to leave for New Orleans with my girlfriend and landed around 3 pm and went to the Airbnb which was really nice. I was slightly overweight but only by a couple pounds.

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Experiencing Bucked Up gym

Went to the Bucked Up gym in Charlotte today. Its a really cool looking gym and has lots of cool machines. They also have a nice powerlifting section as well as a bodybuilding section. If I lived in Charlotte, I would go here often, but I wouldn't get a membership because it is $100 a month!

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Locking in on Leg Day

Usually I don't really workout my legs but this past week I actually did an entire leg day workout and I kinda enjoyed it. I hit a old pr on squat of 500 pounds which I had failed previously. Hitting this pr actually motivated me more to being consistent with hitting legs.

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Sorinex Lift

Yesterday, with my club that I'm in, we all went to meet up at a famous company called Sorinex. Sorinex makes a lot of cool gym equipment, and we got to lift in their warehouse basically and use it as a mini gym. Got to meet a lot of the workers there, and the whole thing was a cool experience because they have a lot of unique equipment there. Here I hit a 320lbs bench.

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Gym content creation

One of my main goals in life is to get known in the fitness community and get sponsored by a famous brand of some sort. To do that, I have to get my name out there, and one of the easiest ways to do that is just to post content. I mainly post things on Instagram reels, so today, with my girlfriend, we went in with the sole purpose of making reels. Usually, I go into the gym to work out and have fun and record the main workouts I do and make a record of that, but the past week I haven't really posted, so today was the day I made sure I had something to post. I usually don't like working out just to post because I truly just enjoy lifting, and if I don't get sponsored, I still would lift just as much. Just wanted to share why I post reels and how I go about it.

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Powerlifting Club

This Saturday, I went to the weekly powerlifting club meetup at a gym called Jungle Gym. I haven't gone in a while, just because of some other things going on, like traveling and actual powerlifting competitions. I got to see a lot of my friends there again, who I normally don't see at my other gym I go to, and got to talk a lot about Collegiate Nationals Powerlifting, which I am going to in April. I usually just do a small little lift and then talk with everyone and get a couple of free energy drinks. I'm trying to attend more of these because they are lots of fun and I get to socialize.

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Bench Marathon

Today was chest day at the gym. I went with six other friends of mine to work out together. We had been planning this workout over spring break, and all of us were determined to get new records. We all started with bench press, and hit a few personal records together. I hit a record of 315 for two. We took about one full hour just to finish benching! Some of us maxed out in weight, while the rest of us hit a record of reps. After finishing the workout, we all raced each other in a forty-yard dash. Somehow, I came in first when I hadn't run in about a year.