This is a YouTube video titled "How to Prepare for a Powerlifting Meet Strategies for Success" containing a discussion between two speakers about training strategies, preparation timelines, and techniques for powerlifting meets. The conversation covers topics such as training frequency, tapering, injury management, and the differences between regular training and meet prep. The speakers are not identified as Beverley Simpson.
So Meat prep can be anywhere between like 10, 14 weeks. Just depends on the athlete and what your coach thinks that you want to do. Mine have typically been about 12 week preps.
So the training, basically I'm showing up five times a week.
I'm still training.
The thing about powerlifting is you're not always maxing out. You max out on your meat days.
And like once every few blocks, like there's a really is a safe sport. It you just have to do it the right way and people get hurt because they do too much. Your body's not prepared for the load. So you. It's progressive overload. Just like a reg strength training program.
Like I know my friend's mom is.
65 and she competes in powerlifting meets. It's just the weights are a little.
Bit different than you know, some of the, the guys or the, the female squatting like 300 pounds. But yeah, so what was that? That part of the question to get him. So, so what's the difference between Meat prep? I keep calling it Meat Prep, but it's meat prep versus like just your regular. It's really your training is when you're just trying to build the progressive overload and get stronger. And like meat prep is very similar.
But there's just a strategy to when you're doing things. And I would say what is really a little bit different. I'm still learning a lot about powerlifting, especially in like my own body. But like the last two weeks are different than like a typical training because you're like, you have taper or peak week, taper week. So you're not doing a lot of stuff right before you go max out.
And me day, typically you're feeling really.
Good, like you've primed your body for that moment. Whereas like right now I'm just, I'm kind of just going through not the motions, but like I'm going through my program. I'm going and just doing like my regular workout, hitting my compound movements and doing the supportive exercise or accessory exercises to, to enhance those compound movements.
But I mean essentially it's the same stuff when you're not in me prep.
It's a good time to like work on imbalances, you know, things that are kind of maybe coming up. Like my hip is kind of bothering me right now. And of course it's because I like didn't work out as much over the holidays. It's quite literally the opposite of what everyone thinks.
But like, so right now I'm just.
Taking time to like rebuild some strength.
In my squats and just doing a.
Little extra rehab on the. On the hip and just a little bit less pressure.
And it's just more like showing up.
To go work out. But, you know, you have a goal in mind, which keeps me disciplined and motivated.
