So if you cant win you wont compete.
This train of thought I have never understood.
There will always be someone leaner. There will always be some stronger. Its a silly mentality. Sure we all want to win...I get that.
Novice lifters in 3 big feds would yield similar numbers.
Not everyone is on the gear in capo and gpc. Sure its very clear that alot of them are, especially the top guys. But there are a tonne who are not on stuff.
I see ppwerlifting as an individual sport. Its about beating your best from last time for me. Every comp ive completed I have totalled more each time. And ill do it again in a month or so. For me, that is winning.
If you are that concerned about being monstered, stick to novice level comps. There is no shame in that. In fact they are just as much fun as sanctioned stuff.
Yeah i do train with them 2 days out of 4, good guys and much better place to train in, would be nice if there were a few more people who were willing to commit to it though! Will wait for the next local comp to have a go, but they have one in Swan Hill soon.
i could probably A grade now it if PA judged squats like GPC.
Really don't care at the moment - not much time to train and my spare time is spent living vicariously through my son's Olympic lifting.
Not happy competing unless I can make an easy A grade on the raw PA scale. It would be marginal at the moment with my current level of availability/commitment/courage.
i could probably A grade now it if PA judged squats like GPC.
Why don't I compete.
I don't like the sport. BB or powerlifting.
I already play another sport.
stupid question time...say i squat 200 raw..would wrapping my knees and not having to walk it out give me a 250 squat or is that being silly?
I feel pretty similar. I'm intrinsically motivated to workout, because lifting is an end unto itself. I feel good doing it. I don't need to get anything further out of it to enjoy it on its own terms. I'm an intense thinker, and thrashing myself in the gym let's my brain rest when my body's resting.Honestly though for me - I train because I love training - that is all at the end of the day - strength and size are simply a by-product of training - of course I like being strong, I like being big and I like getting bigger and stronger - but I love training, I love being in the gym, its relaxing, it clears my head - competing has never really interested me - at all - even though of course I have thought about it time to time....
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