Meet Recap: Christiane competed at SBD Austin, where she was able to place 6th in a stacked meet, and finished with the 2nd highest total at 63kg in the US. Christiane rounded out her day with a 435lb. squat, 281lb. bench press, and a 441lb. deadlift for a 1,157lb. total! Deadlift was our big priority this meet, as that has been the lift that has been the biggest problem child for Christy throughout her lifting career, and even more so recently. Going into this meet, we were doing double the workload on deadlift that she has ever done, and that has been a long drawn out process over the last 2 years to build the tolerance to get to this point. While this workload was slightly suppressing top end strength, our hope was that for the first time that she would actually be able to do enough meaningful workload to taper and peak into the meet. And she did exactly that, and was able to finally knock off the 200kg deadlift with a bit more in the tank. Something that was a very good sign as well is how well she held onto position and stayed on her legs at a near max attempt, versus if you look at any of her hard deadlifts in the past, she would immediately shoot her hips up and start to “wide stance conventional” deadlift it up. A big thanks to @hamstringpapi as well, as he was able to provide a specific recomp plan for Christiane, as she often would be cramping by deadlift time, versus this meet she felt amazing throughout. As for the other lifts, as Christiane mentioned in her meet recap, I probably had a little PTSD from how much of a grinder 200kg was on squat at USAPL Nationals, and with the priority being to push and reach on deadlift, we went with the conservative option of 197.5kg, which she smoked. For bench, after her 2nd attempt was a bit tough due to some positional issues, we went conservative there too, and she was able to move 127.5kg fairly easily with getting her feet tucked a bit further under her on that attempt to make sure to maximize her arch a bit more. Overall, this was probably the best overall meet yet for Christiane between strength and how she felt throughout the meet recomping, and can’t wait to bring more to Tahoe for the 63kg showdown!

Division: Open

Weight Class: 63kg

Squat: 435lbs.

Bench: 281lbs.

Deadlift: 441lbs.

Total: 1157lbs.

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