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WDC world championships - I did "silver dollar deadlifts" or SDDLs, which are about 9 or 9.5" above standard DLs.
ok, this meet itself isn't the whole world championships. They do local meets all over the world until November, at which point they have the final meet in Scotland. All these local meets and the final meet count. Whoever puts up the biggest Wilks/McCulloch scores wins.
I barely made weight for the 115 KG class at 114.8.
No world record yesterday. Not even close. The records for this federation are open and 40+. The 115 KG bw, 40+ record for SDDLs is 960. Maybe next year, but not after a four month break and then ~2 weeks of training.
This was strongman rules. Hitching and ramping are allowed. Any type of shoes are allowed. Any type of socks are allowed. Bare feet are allowed. Any straps are allowed. Any clothing is allowed. Any DL suit is allowed. There's no limit on how many layers. Knee wraps are allowed lol. The only things not allowed are oil or stickum.
There are no flights like in powerlifting. The bar weigh goes up until the event is finished. Everyone gets as many as four attempts.
All the women and weaker lifters did all their lifts before my opener. My buddy, who had not lifted in about five weeks and had a previous PR of 645, went 600/650/700/725. In jeans. With baby powder on his jeans. And a phone and a wallet in his pockets, lol. I was really happy for him, but I was even happier that someone would lift after my 725 opener so I did not have to go twice in a row.
I opened at 725. It went up pretty fast. Then my buddy pulled 725. The next three lifters, all massive super strong guys, opened with 825, 850 and 860 I think. I could take 800 with only one guy pulling between my attempts or take 825 and have two other guys pulling between my attempts.
I decided to go with 825. It was pretty difficult as my front to back balance was a little off and the bar was whippy with all the weight on it. I got it. Video link:
https://rumble.com/v1354s6-826-lb-si...-deadlift.html
The next lifter was taking 850, so I figured if I wanted any rest, I better take 850 too. I could not get it off the floor. I think if I had a 10 or 15 minute rest, I had about a 50% chance of getting it yesterday, but that wasn't going to happen on ~5 minutes of rest. I gave everything I had to that attempt, so there was no reason to attempt a fourth.
I'm pretty sure my coefficient won the meet locally, but I have no idea where I stand with the other lifters doing this all over the world. I hope to do this meet again next year and pull something well over 900, maybe over 960 for the wr. It was fun.
edit: The meet director added 1 lb chip to the bar, so all lifts at this meet were actually 1 lb more than what I said above. My best was 826, not 825.