What a great weekend at the PLEX2! So much to talk about. So many PR's broke. So many new friends made.

Sunday morning Team EliteFTS came to the S4 Compound to train. Myself, my daughter Katelyn and Melissa came in to train bench-press. We got to train with a whos who of legendary and big time lifters.

Here was our training group:

Vincent Dizenzo
Matt Rhodes
Matt Smith
Clint Dardin
Casey Williams
Dave Kirschen
Joey Smith
Katelyn Smith
Melissa Byrd

I decided to somewhat stay with my original training template. Here we go....

BB Bench-Press

used elitefts heavy sleeves
used Metal all black wrist wraps
used 2board on all sets

1 x bar - 2
1 x 140 - 1
1 x 230 - 1
1 x 280 - 1
1 x 320 - 1
1 x 370 - 1
1 x 410 - 1
Added Metal Jack Shirt
1 x 500 - 1
1 x 590 - 1
1 x 680 - 1
1 x 770 - 1

This was the 1st time in 2 years I have taken this much straight weight and I was stoked. I kinda mis grooved it but recovered nicely. I am on track and this is the number I wanted to finish with today.

I want to thank everyone in the group for the spots and hand-offs and the support. Everyone did great today. I very much enjoyed training with all of you and respect each of you immensely.

This was all I had time for because we had to get on the road for our 7.5 hour drive back to Nebo....

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I joined team elitefts™ in 2007. I have been competing in powerlifting for 20 years now. During these past 20 years I have competed raw bench only, multiply bench only, raw push/pull, multiply push/pull, multiply deadlift only, raw full power and multiply full power. I got my start as a raw bench only lifter. My best raw bench-press in competition is 530 pounds in the 242 weight class. I competed raw bench only many years then switched over to multiply bench only. My best multiply bench-press in competition is 805 pounds in the 308 weight class weighing in at 286 pounds.
I have remained ranked as one of the top 15 multiply bench pressers in the world for my weight class for the past 10 years. My best ranking for the year is currently 4th place for my weight class. I hold several APF and SPF Federation state, national and world records. I also have an elite total for full power raw and an elite total for full power multiply.
I am 41 years old. I am a circulation manager for two NC newspapers. I live in Nebo, NC and train at my own private training facility – Nebobarbell. My Greatest achievement is that I am a father of one magnificent, wonderful, smart and beautiful daughter - Katelyn Smith. She trains with me, she is a McDowell High Lady Titan Basketball Player, Lady Bandits Travel Basketball Player, throws shot-put and discs for her High School Track Team, competes with Team Nebobarbell in powerlifting meets and above all is a straight A student with a current 5.0 GPA. I am currently in off season training and still rehabbing from 2 major surgeries in the past 18 months. The first surgery I went under the knife to have repaired was a complete anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear and a lateral meniscus tear. Both of these injuries were done on the right knee. 7 months later the second surgery was to repair a complete distal biceps tendon tear. I had this reattached to the bone. The injury was to my left arm.
I am currently in off season training preparing for a multiply bench only meet some time this year….