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    • Posts: 332 Member
      Wow! Fabulous accomplishment!
    • Posts: 864 Member
      I remember reading about your first comp, and feeling so inspired. I think this one is more so, as you could have easily used your injury as a reason (a valid reason!) to not enter. Your commitment, your passion, and your confidence are amazing. Congratulations!
    • Posts: 296 Member
      Congratulations :)
    • Posts: 219 Member
      This is awesome! Congratulations! :smile:
    • Posts: 955 Member
      "This is awesome" gets thrown around a lot, but seriously this is really cool and awesome :). Thanks for sharing and congratulations on competing.
    • Posts: 955 Member
      This is awesome! Congratulations! :smile:

      And please know, my response was not towards your comment, my first thought after reading the OP was "this is awesome" haha.
    • Posts: 955 Member
      OP, when you refer to "getting lights," what does that mean. (I understand it has to do with proper form/depth?)
    • Posts: 36 Member
      Lifting like a (strong) girl
      Lifting like a (inspiring) girl
      Lifting like a (hero) girl
      Lifting like an (amazing) girl

      New title suggestions for you :flowerforyou:

      ^^ This.

      Awesome job and wickedly inspiring. My knee, however, is aching for you. :-)
    • Posts: 56 Member
      I loved this post, congrats to you!
    • Posts: 7,407 Member
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    • Posts: 12,209 Member
      OP, when you refer to "getting lights," what does that mean. (I understand it has to do with proper form/depth?)

      There are three judges, one on each side, one at the front.

      If the lift is good (for example depth for squats), the judge will give you a white light, if it's not then you'll get a red light. Two red lights means that the lift doesn't count.

      Here's a shot that includes the lights.

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      Lifts can be given red lights for all sorts of reasons, for moving your feet after the call to squat or bench. For not waiting for the calls (ie press or rack in bench) or for not locking out a deadlift with both your hips and knees.

      I was having problems locking out my bad knee, which is why I looked so worried in the picture above.
    • Posts: 6,663 Member
      This is SO full of awesome! Way to go!
    • Posts: 955 Member
      Thank you for the explanation. I am now interested in finding a novice competition myself.
    • Posts: 965 Member
      Great job!! :drinker:
    • Posts: 517 Member
      This post makes me happy. :flowerforyou:

      Awesome job!
    • Posts: 5,600 Member
      \o/ Yay for lady lifters!

      And for what it's worth, I bench more than I squat, too, for now at least. I need to work on my stabilizing muscles around my hips and I'm rehabbing my lower back, as well, so I'm stuck on really light squats for a while (otherwise, my form breaks down and I risk injury, and no one wants that). Like, really light -- 65lb/30kg working set.

      Bench press, though? That squat working weight is a warmup for bench press, and I'll be trying 100lb/45kg working sets today.

      Yes, I laugh every time at the fact that my bench press keeps outrunning my squat. :laugh:
    • Posts: 764 Member
      I'm very glad that you posted this. I hear so many people talk about maybe doing a meet one day when they are better, stronger, you name it. Most of those people will never do a meet because they will never be where they think they need to be. I remember my first meet like it was yesterday. I also was the first one up squatting and I was terrified.

      The powerlifting community is very friendly and supportive, particularly for new lifters.

      I'm glad to hear you go lots of white lights. It's always disappointing to see novice lifters compete without any real knowledge of the rules and lose lifts on technicalities.
    • Posts: 834 Member
      I love everthing about this post! You rock!
    • Posts: 813 Member
      HELL YES!!!!!
    • Posts: 130
      That is really, really cool. Good on you!
    • Posts: 223 Member
      Smiling from ear to ear over here. :happy:
    • Posts: 55 Member
      This is great! And I love the smile on your face in the video!
    • Posts: 86 Member
      wow weigh to go (I'm here all week, folks). keep up the great work. sounds like you set the tone for a really collaborative team!
    • Posts: 1,269 Member
      Love this... Very proud of you. Good luck with your surgery.
    • Posts: 358 Member
      Lifting like a (strong) girl
      Lifting like a (inspiring) girl
      Lifting like a (hero) girl
      Lifting like an (amazing) girl

      New title suggestions for you :flowerforyou:
      ^My thoughts exactly! Way to go!!!
    • Posts: 4,397 Member
      Great job!!
    • Posts: 2,819 Member
      Reading your post made me smile! Congrats.
    • Posts: 571 Member
      FANTASTIC!! Truly inspiring and motivating! Thanks for sharing and best of luck with surgery!! :drinker:
    • Posts: 4,433 Member
      Awesome!
    • Posts: 27,732 Member
      You are awesome. :heart: :heart: :heart:
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