2010 Pittsburgh Open

This weekend I competed in my first Olympic Lifting meet in Pittsburgh. I have really been preparing for this event and not concentrating on my next event (The Charlottesville Superfit Games)
Starting Monday, im all about that event. My next olympic meet will be onFebruary 7th in New Jersey.
Part of my team (Capital Barbell Club) was supposed to attend, but my coach had a forearm injury.
I was in the 94kg class. My fist lift was the snatch. I opened the snatch with 75Kg and had a great clean lift. My second attempt was at 80kg and again, had a great clean lift. My third and final attempt was at 85kg. The first pull felt great, put i couldn't stick the the lift at all. I failed at 85kg, and one of the judges gave me a tip that the weight was really light for me, and the reason i didn't finish the lift was because my head was facing down, and thats where the weight went..down! 85kg felt easy but my form was terrible.
  

  

The second event was the clean and jerk. I opened with 105kg and again the lift felt great. The clean was comfortable and the jerk was a little shaky but needs to be cleaner. My second attempt was 110kg and again the clean felt great, and the jerk felt shaky, but the lift was completed. i think i might have jump too high on my third and final attempt at 115kg. I got stuck at the bottom of the clean, but i was able to recover. The jerk was not there at all. A few tips from the judges was that i need to put my butt lower and have a big chest right before i lift. On the jerk, i need to split my feet, and not step!!

     

I was a little nervous at the event since i was the only one from my team competing.
I think it would be great to have a lifting coach to walk you through the weights and movements. But all in all, i had a blast. Looking forward to my next meet in February.

Things i need to work on before my next meet:
Keeping head forward (not looking down)
Keep my butt down
Split my feet, not step into the jerk.