Meet Recap: Gio competed in the CanPL Cascioli Classic, where she was able to chip her PR total on an 8 for 9 day! Gio was able to round out the day with a 132.5kg squat, 85kg bench press, and a 172.5kg deadlift for a 390kg total! This was a bit of a for fun meet to get back on the platform after about a year and a half away from competing due to lingering back and shoulder issues. But as things unfolded, it was exciting to see that a PR total could be within reach, and Gio was able to go for it all on that final deadlift, fight through it, and secure the 390kg total! Her squat was the biggest problem to solve going into the meet, after a long stint of knee and back issues had limited her ability to squat pain free. From the time we started working together in April through this meet, we’ve been continuing to problem solve technique and programming to improve upon this. And while things are not 100% where we quite want them to be yet, we were both very pleasantly surprised with how well 132.5kg moved on meet day, with plenty more in the tank. This meet gives us a good base to build from as we work to surpass that 400kg total, and post meet we already have some larger scale programming changes implemented to hopefully keep moving that needle forward.

Division: Open

Weight Class: 57kg

Squat: 292lbs.

Bench: 187lbs.

Deadlift: 380lbs.

Total: 860lbs.

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