Hi everyone,
I am looking to compete in a powerlifting meet on April 2013. I’ve been doing 5/3/1 for the past 8 months and these are my current maxes:
Squat: 295
Bench: 240
Deadlift: 330
Military Press: 170
My all time goals are:
Squat: 500
Bench: 400
Deadlift: 600
But as per the meet next year, I have no idea how much I could progress until then. How could I set a meet goal?
IDK man, I’m not big on setting specific goals out that far because a lot could change. You may make huge jumps in strength, you may not… Just train hard and all that “standard answer” stuff. At 2 months out look and see where you are and ask yourself this again. - because that’s what matters anyways, your strength level closer to the meet. I say a conservative / realistic goal would be 10# per cycle on the SQ/ DL and 5# on the bench. This is how 5-3-1 is set up anyways.
Get 5-3-1 for powerlifting and follow it IF you plan to stick with the 5-3-1 theme. It’s got all this info in there.
[quote]StrengthDawg wrote:
Just train hard and all that “standard answer” stuff. At 2 months out look and see where you are - because that’s what matters anyways.
Get 5-3-1 for powerlifting and follow it IF you plan to stick with the 5-3-1 theme. It’s got all this info in there. [/quote]
I do have it and just finished reading it. However, Wendler doesn’t say how to pick a meet goal when he addresses the Pre-Meet training and mentions the heavy singles.
Thus me turning to the more knowledgeable folk here.
Ok so you are asking what poundage you should shoot for in April of next year at the meet by using your current maxes?
Ok so you got 8 months… shoot for this
405
315
455
[quote]StrengthDawg wrote:
Ok so you are asking what poundage you should shoot for in April of next year at the meet by using your current maxes?
Ok so you got 8 months… shoot for this
405
315
455[/quote]
I would cum inside my pants if I hit those! Especially that squat. How did you calculate them?
Set realistic goals. 310lbs in 8 months isn’t exactly realistic.
Squat 325
Bench 250
Deadlift 350
You may surpass those, but those are attainable. going from 295 1Rm to 405 1RM on squats could take years for some lifters, and others may get there in less than a year. I’d say the majority of lifters won’t put 100 lbs on their squat in one year. Much less 310 lbs on their total in one year. There are a lot of factors at play here though.
As others have said just lift and see where you end up in 6 months. Find a good peaking program about 6-10 weeks out and get to work. Don’t make it more complicated than it has to be.
Those are all great ideas but even if your nowhere close to any of those you should still compete, and if you get your first 2 lifts on each event go for broke on the last you never know when everyone is watching and your adrenaline is pumping you might just set a pr
[quote]Freaky_Frankie wrote:
[quote]StrengthDawg wrote:
Ok so you are asking what poundage you should shoot for in April of next year at the meet by using your current maxes?
Ok so you got 8 months… shoot for this
405
315
455[/quote]
I would cum inside my pants if I hit those! Especially that squat. How did you calculate them?[/quote]
Wild ass guess… You didn’t seem to like my first comment about gradually adding weight and seeing where you were in 6 months so I pulled these from my ass. LOL
[quote]bdocksaints75 wrote:
Those are all great ideas but even if your nowhere close to any of those you should still compete, and if you get your first 2 lifts on each event go for broke on the last you never know when everyone is watching and your adrenaline is pumping you might just set a pr[/quote]
EXACTLY, I threw out some numbers because I’m of the aim high and if you fall short you still do pretty good camp.
Shoot big, win big. 8 months out to me is a long fucking time. He may not even want to compete in 3 months. He may find another meet to do as a “feeler” who knows. Point is train what you can train and with more weight or reps than last week.
[quote]StrengthDawg wrote:
[quote]Freaky_Frankie wrote:
[quote]StrengthDawg wrote:
Ok so you are asking what poundage you should shoot for in April of next year at the meet by using your current maxes?
Ok so you got 8 months… shoot for this
405
315
455[/quote]
I would cum inside my pants if I hit those! Especially that squat. How did you calculate them?[/quote]
Wild ass guess… You didn’t seem to like my first comment about gradually adding weight and seeing where you were in 6 months so I pulled these from my ass. LOL
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ROFLMAO Love your methodology, man!
[quote]StrengthDawg wrote:
[quote]bdocksaints75 wrote:
Those are all great ideas but even if your nowhere close to any of those you should still compete, and if you get your first 2 lifts on each event go for broke on the last you never know when everyone is watching and your adrenaline is pumping you might just set a pr[/quote]
EXACTLY, I threw out some numbers because I’m of the aim high and if you fall short you still do pretty good camp.
Shoot big, win big. 8 months out to me is a long fucking time. He may not even want to compete in 3 months. He may find another meet to do as a “feeler” who knows. Point is train what you can train and with more weight or reps than last week.
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I am pretty sure I want to compete at least once. Who knows? I may like it and decide to work towards being the best in my city.
My uncle once told me: “Try everything once so no one lies to you about what something is like”. So I’ll give it an honest shot.
Oh! And I love the 5/3/1 method of training, been with it the last 7 months, and I’ll stick with it for a long time.
[quote]Freaky_Frankie wrote:
My uncle once told me: “Try everything once so no one lies to you about what something is like”. So I’ll give it an honest shot.
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Your Uncle is a wise man. Good luck man and keep us posted on your progress.
Just train hard and focus on improvements. Once you get closer to a meet you can start picking attempts based on your best training sets.
Say you get up to 365x4 on squats, that would put you at a max of about 405. That could be your 3rd attempt. Then you pick a tough but reasonable 2nd attempt, say 385/390. Your opener would just be an easy 355 or something like that. 1RM calculators are pretty good with maxes IMO when the reps are low.
Don’t get too bent out of shape over specific numbers. Train hard and take improvements when you can.
A week before your meet I would just suggest on your last attempt on each lift by 5lbs on your last attempt!!
[quote]Freaky_Frankie wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am looking to compete in a powerlifting meet on April 2013. I’ve been doing 5/3/1 for the past 8 months and these are my current maxes:
Squat: 295
Bench: 240
Deadlift: 330
Military Press: 170
My all time goals are:
Squat: 500
Bench: 400
Deadlift: 600
But as per the meet next year, I have no idea how much I could progress until then. How could I set a meet goal?[/quote]
best of luck at the meet,have fun at your first one,it all depends how much u can progress,bodyweight,age,drug free,determination,evry1 is different,as for your all time goals,i never set a limit,limits are your made up mind…