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Hi all,
Just over a year ago I posted the 2018 /r/powerlifting census. I'd like to repeat this for 2019.
Anyway here are the surveys:
Changes from last year's survey:
Divided into two sections. The first section is lifting-related, while the second section is a demographics/personal info section. The second section is completely optional.
Added response options for people that compete equipped
Changed some questions to short answer from multiple choice
Removed "other" option from certain questions which got way too wide a variety of responses last year.
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**Discuss all aspects of training for powerlifting:
Periodisation
Nutrition
Movement selection
Routine critiques
etc...
TL;DR: Bench went from 255 to 275 in 6 weeks.
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I'm a 25 year old, 6'1" 185 lb dude. I've never been really strong in any of the lifts, but my bench has always been especially poor. So, a few months ago, I decided to focus on it more. I ran a modified BBB program for probably 3 months, benching 2 to 3 times a week. My bench was 235 at the beginning, and 255 after 2 months. For a month, I plateaued at 255. I found Candito's Advanced Bench Program on here and decided to give it a try.
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The first three weeks were pretty boring with the high number of sets. I also read the program wrong, so I was only doing pressing/chest isolation work. And I was pushing the isolation movements pretty hard, so I was painfully sore every day. Still, I didn't have any injuries and never felt joint pain, which was pretty surprising. Also, I had never done pin presses, and thought they helped a ton. I wasn't doing anything else in the gym except occasional back/arms during this period.
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The fourth week's workout was hard. I realized I wasn't supposed to only do chest isolation exercises, but I kept doing it since it seemed like it was making me stronger. I also randomly hit a 20 pound OHP PR (still only 175) after being stuck at 155 for the past 5 years. I can't really explain this one, but I was happy.
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The fifth week was when I realized the program was working, and I started to get excited. The sixth week, I hit the PR. I think if I didn't have an ass diet then I would've gotten 5 or 10 more pounds.
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Background and Training
I’ve trained powerlifting on and off for about 4 years and recently got back into it a few months ago, mostly with 5x5 and 5/3/1 style training. I didn’t run any peaking or tapering program going into this meet. Signing up in July got me to start training powerlifting again and I ran StrongLifts (I know it isn’t that great of a program) to bring my lifts closer to what they used to be as quickly as I could then switched to mad cow, again just to try and get back up to my old numbers by the time of the meet. Because of a vacation I pretty much took two weeks off of raining before the meet. I felt rested, but my lifts weren’t as smooth as I would have liked because of this.
About the Meet
This was part meet part seminar that covered pretty much everything you need to know about powerlifting meets. There were only about 35 people competing at a slower pace since it was for people who’ve never competed before. It was also an APF sanctioned meet so everything was official as well
The Lifts
Squats
165kg-Made the lift no problem but I could have started heavier. It was my first time in a monolith so I played it safe
172.5kg-Made the lift easily again
180kg-Made this lift too. I should have gone heavier, I didn’t realize how much easier it was to squat in a monolift
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