So okay, when I was on my trip with some of my students at their EOP program I got a few days training in at the high school weight room. Some Squats one day, and some deads a few days later. Since I started squatting again I am wearing Do Win oly shoes and I've brought my stance in a little bit. This is about the only thing I have changed in my squat, and un racking the bar from 1 notch higher in my rack.

My old max squat before I hurt my back was 370# with knee wraps. When I was squatting at the gym on the FCI Campus I got a 365# squat without knee wraps and my bar speed was much faster than it's every been with weight like that. Now I know folks will be thinking "Jon you fucking idiot you said you were not gonna do heavy singles" - but I felt good and had a lot of volume before that, and I wasn't rushing myself because I wasn't on stims.

My question is, would the Olympic shoes really make that much of a difference or is this all in my head? Maybe it was the time off?

What does wearing the Olympic style shoes really do for the Squat compared to flat soled shoes like Chucks and other brands? If anyone could let me know, that would be awesome.

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Now, according to this article, fat goes to your waistline within three hours for temporary storage then to your hips and buttocks for long-term storage.

What a crock.

1. Your waistline expands for that three-hour period because you have to expand to hold the food as it's moving through your digestive system.

2.Blood lipid levels increase because eating dietary fat causes body fat to be released into the blood to be used as fuel. This is old knowledge. It was even revealed in one study I read back in '05 or thereabouts that even touching your tongue to fat and not actually eating it releases fat into the blood.

3. Body type determines where fat is going to be stored, not how long the fat is going to reside.

What the hell is this voodoo?

Got a pretty good night's sleep the night before, but was still a little sleepy in the morning. Nothing a pre-workout couldn't fix.

I felt a little rusty with squat warm-ups, but as soon as I got on the platform everything flew up. 225 and 265 were jokes. Then I went for 292, which surprisingly enough was also easy. Not a grinder at all, and I feel like I have at least 303 in my. However, I got 2 reds...couldn't understand it at all. I had good depth callers, and they said that the squat was textbook. Was also approached by other confused competitors wondering why my squat didn't pass. Right before my lift, they passed a couple of squats that were high...but for some reason mine wasn't acceptable? Doesn't make much sense.

I caused a pretty big shit storm with their federation a few months ago when they took my title away over a week after the meet was over, so I'm pretty sure they're not too happy with me right now.

But anyway, I had an okay time otherwise. Bench was the same as last meet (121). The pause was excruciatingly long...a good 2 seconds after the bar had settled, which is kind of ridiculous. Tried for 132 but I just lost tightness at the bottom with the long pause.

Opened with 245 for my deadlift and it was a joke. 286 also flew up with no problem. 303 was another story...just wasn't feeling it. Didn't really set up as tight as I could have. Next time.

I also pulled a muscle slightly in my lower back during my bench since I didn't warm up my back enough before attempting my super-arch, haha. It's pretty much gone now though, did a lot of stretching/ice/foam rolling after all my lifts were over.

Anyway, it was an okay meet, won't complain too much. Just because I didn't get the 292 in this particular meet, doesn't mean I can't get it in another one. Got 6 out of 9, and I'm improving, so that's what counts.

Finished with the best overall female lifter title, and first in my weight class. Even got some cheap gold-colored plastic medals. Hooray

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