Connecticut State Championships

At the end of June, Lee competed at the Connecticut State Championships.  He had a tremendous training cycle, but tweaked his back about a week before the competition and also went through a couple of emotional weeks.  Because his training went so well, he decided to go through with the meet, despite all of physical and emotional factors that were weighing on him.  To my surprise, he got  a new PR in squat (615 lbs at a body weight of 197 lbs) and I thought that things were going to go his way.  He had a bit of mental breakdown with the bench press and tweaked his back again and by the time he got to deadlift, he was unable to complete that lift and withdrew from the meet.  He is still nursing his back a bit, icing it every night, but was able to go back to the gym last week for some light work.  It was a difficult and emotional day, with triumph and failure, and I know that in getting through it, he will come back even stronger and better.