Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Need some advice/tips... powerlifting question?

OK heres the deal. ive been lifting weights since jan07. ive gotten huge and im glad because well...thats exactly what i wanted.





Now i have a problem, i just found out recently that powerlifting requires only 3 lifts: squats/deads/bench.


Now thats exactly what i was aiming for, a powerlifters strength and bulky physique... screw looking sexy, i wanna be a bear lol


So i figured i wanna start training like a powerlifter, but then i started thinking, if my workout looked like this


Mon: Bench


Wed: Squat


Fri: Deads


id only be at the gym for like 20-30 minutes, ok ill do a pyramid at the flat bench, that only takes me 10 or less minutes?





Any experienced powerlifter out there please give me a typical powerlifting routine. Need some advice/tips... powerlifting question?
I'm not a powerlifter but I do know a few. Here are some tips:





- join a powerlifting club. they are a unique breed and you will see when you join them. plus they will be able to give you lots of tips, etc. (usually they are pretty helpful)


- you need to do more than just the three basic competition lifts. You need to do other lifts to gain strength, reduce risk of injury (you need to be balanced, etc.) You still need to work shoulders, triceps, hamstrings, and back. Probably don't need to do much biceps.


- your workout shouldn't take a long time but 20 min. is kind of short. On leg day for example if you did squats, leg press, hamstring curls, another quad exercise, and maybe a calf exercise. That would be good and would take longer than 20 min.

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