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Post by Brian Hill on Mar 1, 2008 15:07:49 GMT -5
Well.... I'm in the "cyber cafe" at the Hospital right now.
Tony got kinda beat up on the Bench.
His Squat went GREAT! He smoked his opener of 601, smoked 633 and then GRINDED the hell outta 661 for 3 whites.
On Bench he opened w/ 545.5 and it was cake. Then on his second which was a new USPF National Record of 628.7 plus Chips He started pressing and some how ran out of gas half way up and it dumped on his forehead! We're at the ER and their x-rayed his pinky that got crushed between the bar and the uprights after it bounced off his forehead. They think it's probably broken. He went to get a CT scan right now and hopefully he'll be alright. Ya'll pray for him!
His Bench opener was enough to put him in first in the 242 Bench Only category and he also took Best Lifter out of all the Bench Only guys.
Me on the other hand.... I took 2nd he in the 220 Jr. Class.
I opened RAW and VERY, VERY conservative as to not bomb. It looked like this:
SQUAT 1st: 220 (3 whites) 2nd: 523 (3 whites) 3rd: 551 MISS, just ran out of gas half way up
BENCH 1st: 132 (3 whites) 2nd: 330 (3 whites) 3rd: 352 (3 whites)
DEADLIFT 1st: 220(3 whites) 2nd: 507(3 whites) This was smoke but I felt it really bad in my injured Trap so I passed on a 3rd.
TOTAL: 1382.... Not too bad I guess.
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Post by gopostal42 on Mar 1, 2008 20:45:07 GMT -5
great job brian. you did what =you went to do and put together a nice total with an injury. heal up for nats. tony awesome job on squats and your opening bench (especially winning with it) and hope you heal up quick. i'm taking there wasn't a head injury after all that?
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Post by Brian Hill on Mar 1, 2008 23:57:43 GMT -5
Thanks Derek!
Tony's pinky wasn't broken afterall and the head injury was just a "minor" concussion. So he's got a prescription for Vicodin and a note to stay out of work and out of the gym for a few days so he should be good to go by next week.
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Post by Bull on Mar 2, 2008 8:22:21 GMT -5
Man I really hate to hear about Tony dumping the bar on his forehead. I know Tony is Beast and he WILL be OK. I just wish him a very speedy recovery. Grea job on your lifts Brian. 523/352/507 you make the lifts when it counts the most and that all that really matters. See you guys in the gym. Take care of Tony for me.
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Post by Brian Hill on Mar 2, 2008 9:27:23 GMT -5
Thanks James!
Tony could have been a lot worse off if he hadn't have been smart enough to "bail out" when he noticed it was dumping and the spotters hadn't taken it yet. He purposely pushed the bar towards the uprights while trying to slide himself out from under the bar. Had he not done that it would have went into his mouth or throat!
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Post by overhead on Mar 2, 2008 20:10:41 GMT -5
Hey, I am one of the judges from the Norfolk meet that stopped by the hospital. Just checking in to make sure Tony is ok. Seeing a bar drop like that is a nightmare for all of us that powerlift, and sitting that close the moment it happened I was thinking the worst. I was very glad to see him up and around so quickly. Hopefully the recovery is going well, hope to see you guys again real soon. You both did a heck of a job.
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Post by Brian Hill on Mar 3, 2008 1:53:44 GMT -5
Thanks!
We really appreciated ya'll stopping by the hospital to check on him. He's already back to his normal self pretty much. He was at the gym tonite w/ us spotting and loading for his brother who is training for an IBP meet in 6 weeks.
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Post by stella on Mar 3, 2008 5:55:07 GMT -5
Hey: Me and Liz wanted also to make sure all was well with Tony. Glad everything turned out ok. Already back helping others a the gym. WOW. Take care and hope to see you all real soon.
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Post by gopostal42 on Mar 3, 2008 11:32:34 GMT -5
Hey: Me and Liz wanted also to make sure all was well with Tony. Glad everything turned out ok. Already back helping others a the gym. WOW. Take care and hope to see you all real soon. STEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAA! sorry had to.....
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Post by stella on Mar 3, 2008 14:51:58 GMT -5
DEREKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.................. Hey what's up man....
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Post by gopostal42 on Mar 3, 2008 23:57:29 GMT -5
gah i can't escape you on here! you and you're insane strongedness haunts my internet surfing
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Post by stella on Mar 4, 2008 5:42:31 GMT -5
I am tracking you down... Hey, I will being going down to bench with Brett Wed.
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Post by stella on Mar 4, 2008 5:46:55 GMT -5
Hey Tony: Liz tells me you don't even have a bruise to show everyone. Give it a few days,bet you will be sporting a nice shiner.... lol..... Seriously,I am glad all is well.
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