by 
Meet Recap: Christiane competed at the Arnold in the USAPL Pro Finals, finishing 2nd place and taking home a $10,000 check! Christiane was able to round out the day with a 414lb. American Record squat, 264lb. bench press, and a 386lb. deadlift for a 1064lb. total. Squat per usual peaked insanely well, and as I have detailed on my stories, each meet we have slowly gotten more and more aggressive with squat attempt selection, yet somehow it continues to just peak better. Christiane’s best squat in the gym was 402lbs. near 3rd attempt difficulty, and then she just absolutely crushed 414lbs. with likely another 15lbs. or so in the tank. Going into Nationals in September, its shifting towards whatever she is able to max out in the gym can be a 2nd attempt on meet day, which for anyone reading, usually is pretty against the grain attempt selection wise. But after 3 meets with similar data, it’s time to unleash Christiane. After bench, where we had a slight hiccup on her 2nd and due to that we had to go a little more conservative for her 3rd, going into deadlifts there was a 4-5 lifter battle for top 3, and 3 lifters in particular looking like they had a chance to win. As things played out, after 2nd attempts I was fairly confident Christiane had 2nd placed locked up. While there were 2 competitors trying to pull to pass her, I felt those lifts were a bit out of reach, so due to that it was a situation where we could just load up whatever we felt like we needed to push for the win. Christy took a run at 407lbs., as that would have forced Mae to increase by 5kg and maybe challenge her a bit, but unfortunately wasn’t quite there. A year ago Christiane was just winning her pro card though, and a year later back on her home turf in Columbus she was able to place 2nd!
Division: Open
Weight Class: 60kg
Squat: 414lbs.
Bench: 264lbs.
Deadlift: 386lbs.
Total: 1064lbs.
Leave a Reply