10/22/2009
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Pre meet peaking how I defeat it
Every powerlifter has experienced it, And we all hate it.
Through eexperience basicly trial and error I have come to one conclusion peaking is different for everyone.
Around three weeks out from a meat the way you train is critcal to your performance. I DO NOT recommend any Max Effort work I do however believe that up to the week before you should performe a series of 80-90 percent lifts in all your contest forms. I do believe that you need to Overload your assisting muscles up to the week before and concentrate on recovery we usually turn everything down a notch performing 3-4 evxercise’s per group. the week before the meet our training consist of team judged 50% lifts of all contest form just to solidify the timing of judging calls. 3 days out from the meet training has stopped and our diet is the main issue. We concentrate on reducing bloat and drink alot of water up our natural protien intake and step load on carbs (for the guys that are in the bottom of there weight class onlu) The top of the class guys have to moderate carb loading until saturday weighins.
SUNDAY MEET DAY
We typically begin our day with a heavy breakfast and drink a water lemon juice and powdered suger mixture (way better than drinking 4 red bulls) Then lift our #$%^& off.
Thanks
Butch
PS please share your experience’s with premature peaking and solutions you have devised to defeat it .
Through eexperience basicly trial and error I have come to one conclusion peaking is different for everyone.
Around three weeks out from a meat the way you train is critcal to your performance. I DO NOT recommend any Max Effort work I do however believe that up to the week before you should performe a series of 80-90 percent lifts in all your contest forms. I do believe that you need to Overload your assisting muscles up to the week before and concentrate on recovery we usually turn everything down a notch performing 3-4 evxercise’s per group. the week before the meet our training consist of team judged 50% lifts of all contest form just to solidify the timing of judging calls. 3 days out from the meet training has stopped and our diet is the main issue. We concentrate on reducing bloat and drink alot of water up our natural protien intake and step load on carbs (for the guys that are in the bottom of there weight class onlu) The top of the class guys have to moderate carb loading until saturday weighins.
SUNDAY MEET DAY
We typically begin our day with a heavy breakfast and drink a water lemon juice and powdered suger mixture (way better than drinking 4 red bulls) Then lift our #$%^& off.
Thanks
Butch
PS please share your experience’s with premature peaking and solutions you have devised to defeat it .
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Meal 1 4 egg whites 16 oz grapefruit 1 cup oats 4:30 am
meal 2 8oz chicken breast protien shake hand full of baby carrots 9:00 am
meal 3 Protien shake spinach and fish salad =tomatoes carrots spinach greens bell pepper 6oz cod 1/2 grapefruit 11:30 am
meal 4 6oz med sirloin baked sweet potatoe 1 cup dirty rice/carrots peas/2:00 pm
meal 5 protien shake 10 wheat thins fresh pineapple 8oz chicken breast 5:00 pm
typically 8 bottle’s of water and snack on fresh bing Cherrie’s and unsalted nut mixture.
I typically cut 4-5 pounds per week using this method
Note: Protien loading can cause gout in healthy people if you get to much. The bing cherries are said to nuetralize these acids.
I personally have never delt with this but I know people who have.
I won’t even get into our loading diet it typically runs right around 5000 cals per day we do try and stay away from saturated fats.
Does your diet focus on gaining muscle, or energy????
I was just curious thanks..