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Meet Recap: Lorraine competed at USAPL Raw Nationals in the 56kg class, where she was able to put together a 893lb. total on the day that was rounded out with a 347lb. squat, 182lb. bench press, and a 364lb. deadlift! Squat was the highlight, as that has been the lift we have likely struggled the most with consistency wise. We made a couple adjustments going into this block after experimenting the prior blocks with a slightly different layout that wasn’t yielding the end of block results we hoped for. And this proved to be the right call as squat strength was right on point. Lorraine l know wanted that 160kg squat for a PR, and likely was there, but per usual I like to be a bit conservative one squat 3rds attempts to really set the tone for the day. On bench, Lorraine had been dealing with a thumb sprain that unfortunately that close to meet day was hard to manage. The hope was with the slight taper meet week and meet day adrenaline it would have a limited impact, but unfortunately it was decently limiting from the strength we had seen prior. That is my fault for not adjusting enough for meet day and should have gone 85kg on that 2nd attempt, as that likely was there. And then rounding out with deadlift, it was decently strong on the day and Lorraine gave it everything on that final pull, just unfortunately had a little bit of up and down motion on her 172.5kg attempt.
Division: Open
Weight Class: 56kg
Squat: 347lbs.
Bench: 182lbs.
Deadlift: 364lbs.
Total: 893lbs.
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