It must be close to a contest as my head is all over the place at the moment. Here is a brain dump of some of the detritus floating around in my foggy brain....
Something that I believe beginning powerlifters often forget is that muscle lifts weights. By that I mean you can work on all the technique you like but you need a shit load of muscle. For example the top competitors in my 75kg class at Nats will have fucking awesome body composition. It's simple science they may be 12% bodyfat compared to my portly old man 18%. In simple terms that's more kilos of pure muscle to drive the bar.
The other thing is not to fucking compare yourself to anybody but yourself. Now there may be lifters going from 550kg to 800+ in the space of 2 years but a fair proportion of them are getting some unnatural assistance. I'll leave the argument about PEDS for another day but suffice to say if you are comparing yourself to those lifters then you are in for a world of pain.
On the subject of PEDS if one more fucker says 'but its not just the drugs they train very hard' I will freak. There are plenty of people out there that train fucking hard without the PEDS numbnuts!!!!!!!
Also I am not sure how to say it but really I think clinically obese people should stop powerlifting. Forgive me I am not trying to be rude. However I have noticed recently an inordinate number of people with borderline health conditions associated with obesity that are lifting. Watching them over time they are certainly not changing their body composition in a healthy way. In fact in some instances I can see that they are getting carried away with the benefits that a big ass gut has on squatting etc. Just saying that overall longevity is much better than a few SHW medals. Health first competition second....always and much better look for the sport.
Deadifts tomorrow and the last dead session before Nats!
Stay Strong
Thomo
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