Some time after my powerlifting meet I was honest with myself and discovered that I wasn't as strong as I always thought I was. My 1100 total hardly set the world on fire. The reason for this was simply due to my piss poor excuse for a squat. 330 pounds at 199 is inexcusably fucking pathetic and due to this I set about the course to correct the bane of powerlifting existence. The key to this was that I had to be honest with myself about my weaknesses. That is probably one of the key attributes I discovered that most elite powerlifters have; the ability to know and address their weaknesses. Most shitty lifters only increase their strengths. This ability could be another blog post in and of itself.
The reason for this was simply due to following 5/3/1. In my opinion, 5/3/1 for improving the squat simply sucks. The basic template, which I was following, only has you squatting 1 time a week with vastly reduced training weights. This is not what most raw beginner/intermediate powerlifters need to increase their squat. Around April of 2012 I finally ditched the 5/3/1 program and began messing around with so many programs that I have honestly lost track of the ones I tried.
Part 3 this week - Enter Chaos and Pain.....
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