Worlds Recap

Everyone keeps asking me "what happened?" 
I am still not really sure what happened.  I wish I knew.
Obviously the time change was an issue, long travels, food adjustment, nerves, etc. 
But I wasn't the only one to have to make these adjustments so why did it effect me so much? 
The first thing I noticed was that everytime I checked my weight on the days leading up to the comp, I was weighing in light.  Not just a bit, but the lightest I have weighed in a long time.  I would weigh myself in the morning, and then again that night after 5 Czech meals and I was lighter than the morning weigh in!  Even eating a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich complete with danish for breakfast before weigh in's didn't help.  It is just a mystery to me.  I wish I would have known earlier that traveling to Europe would keep me skinny!!
Anyways, as far as the lifting went, my warm ups in squats felt good.  Took 385lbs as my last warm up in the warm up room and everyone said it looked good. 

All three attempts were tougher than they should have been, but I am glad that I at least completed each lift or else I might have had to blame my coach haha.

Here is the 3rd attempt video:



No lift because of depth.  A grinder to say the least.

Benches felt tough as well.  Got my opener on my third attempt which is no surprise as I am famous for it.  I made sure of this lift because there was no way in HELL that I was going to bomb on two lifts.  (But I did see this happen to other lifters later on in the meet).

Here is my 3rd attempt:



After struggling through 6 of my previous lifts, I knew both my body and my mind were totally exhausted.  We decided to lower my DL opener and thank sweet baby Jesus we did.  I got my opener, and then missed my 2nd attempt, which was my planned opener, but I gave it everything I had to grind it out on my last lift of the comp. 

Here is my last deadlift attempt:



Very disappointing to know that I was capable of so much more and it seemed I couldn't do anything about it.  Felt weak as a kitten.  And it sucked.  I am certainly not a fan of not being STRONG!!  Although, I was somewhat reassured after it was all said and done, as I got some props from one of the judges for battling with every single one of my lifts.  I have practiced those weights so many times reassuring myself that I could complete them on the worst day.  This confirms that last weeks competition was by far my worst day.  Ever.

Despite the occurences, I got to see some amazing feats of strength at this competition.  I got to see a 63kg female deadlift 245kg.  For all of you that don't know kg's, that is 540lbs.  Just unbelievable.  And she made it look easy!
We also got to see very new lifters get PR's in every lift, many Master lifters clean up in an Open competition, and I got to see the rest of my team lift really well.  Oh, and I will never forget the cossack dancing at the banquet! 

A huge thanks to the Ryans' (Ryan Fowler and Ryan Stinn) and Glyn for their coaching tips and help throughout the day.  A thanks goes to my coach/husband who I am sure was closer to having a heart attack after each squat and bench press that I missed...
Thanks to the rest of the team:  Mary, Brandon, Rhaea, Heidi, and Steve for cheering me on even though things were going so badly.
And last but not least, a super big thanks to everybody who has supported me through kind words and in many other ways.  That's my family, friends, gym members, clients, bootcampers and of course our awesome employees that kept both the gyms running while we were away.  Thanks again everyone.

Looking forward to hitting some weights tomorrow!

Puerto Rico next year!!