Meet Recap: Demetria competing at 2025 USAPL Raw Nationals, where she placed 3rd in the 48kg class! Demetria finished the day with a 281lb. squat, 198lb. bench press, and a 363lb. deadlift for a total of 842lbs! It started out as a very eventful day, where the power went out and the meet was pushed back 30 minutes, and the videos we had were limited due to no live stream (no video of the 363lb. deadlift). Starting with squat and deadlift, strength ended up being pretty good on the day after a bit of a shaky last couple weeks of prep, but had a couple of technical calls we had to adjust for. But things got rolling, and as it started to shake out on deadlift, Demetria needed to pull 177.5kg to pull into second. 172.5-175kg was our planned mid to top end on the day, and I very much think 172.5kg was there. But with 3rd already secured, we went for it with not much to lose, but was just a bit out of range. This was Demetria’s first meet since the Arnold in 2024, and I know she was excited to get back into a competitive atmosphere again. After maybe putting a bit too much pressure on herself over the course of 2023-2024, this past year we focused on just having fun in the gym, and that mindset shift was evident during the course of many ups and downs this year and during this prep. We even had a crazy circumstance with knee sleeves a couple weeks out, that went into meet day as well, and Demetria did an amazing job of staying level headed and controlling what she could control. After the longer hiatus from competing, the plan moving forward is to compete more often again, and it is time to bust through that 400kg barrier and beyond!

Division: Open

Weight Class: 48kg

Squat: 281lbs.

Bench: 198lbs.

Deadlift: 363lbs.

Total: 842lbs.

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