Since I usually have to travel for meets, breakfast is usually the hotel continental breakfast. Eggs, cereal, english muffin, Diet Mt Dew to start the caffeine load.
Down an high-caffeine energy drink like Xenergy or Rockstar as I’m warming up for squats. Drink gatorade when thirsty.
After squats, I’ll eat some kind of high calorie protein bar like a Detour bar, down another Diet Mt Dew or Amp while warming up for bench.
After bench, if there’s a decent break between before deads I’ll have another high calorie bar. Down a Redline about 20 minutes before the start of the DL flight for maximal jitters. By that point I’m usually pacing around in a Cornholio-like state, trying to jump in and take other lifters’ attempts for them.
Post-meet, feast until I’m in a food coma, then pound some ice cream after that. Beers if required.
Is this the most effective meet day strategy? I don’t know, but my total keeps going up.
I don’t know how you guys eat McDonald’s before a day full of lifting. I’d be looking for a place to shit my brains out and take a nap by the time I took my second squat.
I eat six eggs and toast with PB (normal breakfast), and drink a lot of water. On the way to the venue, I’ll pop 2 spike tabs and 1200mg ibuprofen. Start drinking a zero carb Rockstar (the blue can - 240mg caffeine per 16 oz can) during squat warmups. I will finish two of these by the time deadlifts start. I’ll also sip a carb drink (Gatorade works) throughout the meet (probably around a half gallon all told).
That’s pretty much it. I want to feel like Zeus shoved a lightning bolt up my ass. Extra calories aren’t going to help my lifts at this point (that’s why I load up like a motherfucker the night before anyhow), they’ll just make me feel sluggish and tired.
The post-meet crash is a beautiful thing. I’ll drink two beers and be so fucking tired I could sleep for a month.
[quote]gabex wrote:
I was looking at Big K’s Powerlifting meet in Cleveland at the end of the month, and the entry form says “No Outside food or drink. There will be a concession stand.” Anyone ever dealt with something like that?[/quote]
Fuck that. I wouldn’t compete. Obviously they want to make money like any business, and a rule like that for SPECTATORS would be perfectly appropriate, but it’s totally inconsiderate towards the competitors to make them suddenly change their diet on meet day.
Damn how do you all eat so much before a meet? Whether it was rowing or powerlifting I’m so nervous/excited the morning of that I can hardly eat! So for me the staples are:
[quote]gabex wrote:
I was looking at Big K’s Powerlifting meet in Cleveland at the end of the month, and the entry form says “No Outside food or drink. There will be a concession stand.” Anyone ever dealt with something like that?[/quote]
Fuck that. I wouldn’t compete. Obviously they want to make money like any business, and a rule like that for SPECTATORS would be perfectly appropriate, but it’s totally inconsiderate towards the competitors to make them suddenly change their diet on meet day. [/quote]
I’ve delt with this before and it wasn’t the promoter that wanted it, the venue demanded it because they wanted to make more money than the UPA was paying them. The snack stand SUCKED too, thank goodness I only deadlifted at that meet!
[quote]gabex wrote:
I was looking at Big K’s Powerlifting meet in Cleveland at the end of the month, and the entry form says “No Outside food or drink. There will be a concession stand.” Anyone ever dealt with something like that?[/quote]
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I would call the meet director and ask him about it. If it’s his rule, tell him to fuck off and find another meet.