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@bornfree7777 Yeah day 6 is my heavy squat and heavy bench day. Deadlifts are super light that day. When I do heavy sets usually the reps are lower (1-3). My day 1 is generally pretty light so it allows me to recover. And you're welcome! Happy to help :)

@bornfree7777 Honestly, lots and lots of practice to create that muscle memory, but also some cues that helped me were to engage my lats (think "break the bar" and keep those muscles engaged throughout the lift), brace my core, and to arch at least a little so that your shoulders are tucked and...

@palerider316 That's awesome! Yes, newb gains are very real. I think most of my progress came from learning to do the lifts correctly and efficiently. For example since I had never benched before starting, my reps were very wobbly which meant I wasted a lot of energy bringing the bar up and down...

@carolyn1063 Aw thank you!

@drycleaner Thank you! I try to be more conservative on my squats since they're my least confident lift and I want to not be 100% fried before I bench and deadlift, but I was surprised at how smoothly 242 came up especially considering 235 was a total grinder in the gym (almost dropped it on my...

@richies Thank you! I forgot to add that I actually took my accessory work more seriously this time around which I think maybe helped give my lifts a slight bump haha. Lat pulldowns and incline bench/OHP are great accessory exercises for bench if you're stalling!

@dierato Thank you! I work with my coach online - I've been working with him 1:1 since January and it's been great. Aside from programming, I send him videos of my lifts for technique analysis and sometimes also to help me gauge how challenging the weight was, so that he can adjust the next...

@towsend4234 I was going to go for 341 or 347 depending on how it went. Honestly I'm so new to sumo that the sticking point for me is just breaking the floor so I'm not sure if 347 would've come up. I might just try and max out in the gym this week since I don't have structured programming for a...

@guusva Thank you! Consistency is key :) and also focusing on refining technique. My coach has been great about this and has made me a more efficient lifter than if I were completely on my own.

@mrsmccormick Thank you! Good luck with meet prep and hope to see you at nationals next year :)

@mrsmccormick Oh wow, no way! Yeah my boyfriend was my handler, as always. Do you have another meet lined up?

@dawn16 Thank you! :)

@bubblegum2021 Thank you! Hahaha my SO was actually my handler who was yelling at me behind me for my deadlifts. You can see him in the bottom right corner very animatedly yelling at me to get my last bench attempt up too. You just can't hear him as well because of my very obnoxious friend who...

@ntombelasbo Hmm I wouldn't be able to tell you much about Olympic weightlifting specifically, but I do know that the movements themselves are even more technical than PL movements, so it's great that you're working with coaches IRL on it to refine the movements. I've heard that PRs come a...

@johnnyjayyy Yeah, I saw a lot of squats get called that day :( I know if that happened to me it would definitely affect my other lifts, so don't be too hard on yourself! I'm sure you'll come back and kill it at your next meet :)

@johnnyjayyy Thank you!! Yep I was on red platform, flight B. Which flight/platform were you?

This past weekend I did my third powerlifting meet, USPA National Championships in Las Vegas. I started powerlifting in early 2016 and did my first competition last August, second meet in April 2017. Background Female, 26 yo, 5'4", ~132lb I did martial arts (wushu) for most of my life (through...