newbie needs help/advice

[beckett19]

hello i been lifting awhile and i'd like to get started powerlifting but the guys i lift with dont do competions anymore and dont train hard like they use to and the gym i lift at still beleives in old school methods.whats best way for me to get started and what type of training and schedule would anybody suggest?all help is appreciatted.thanks

[joeaverage]

The primary reason that I sell the DVD's that I do is to answer all your questions. In the tape section of this forum there is a post concerning a raw DVD. That DVD shows me training a guy and his kid. That DVD shows everything. How we set up the bands, our band rotations, how we squat, bench and deadlift.
That DVD will also show the minimum equipment necessary to do this system. In order to do this system long term and to make significant gains you have to be able to train with a significant amount of band tension and that requires a rack that is bolted down, either to a deadlift platform or right into the floor.
In the template section of this forum, there is a post titled 'simplified template', those workouts that I'm posting are those of a 14 year old kid who trains here with my son and 2 other kids. Taking into consideration there ages and weight they are lifting a significant amount of weight, but they are also training in my basement with a power rack bolted to a deadlift platform. Last weekend, my son using a set of doubled medium bands and doubled mini's with a safety squat bar, squatted the bar with that tension for 7 reps. Being able to train like that requires the proper equipment. Those of you willing to invest in the proper equipment will reap the benefits. My son who is 13, weighs 116 squatted 300 in a meet this past Dec. and I anticipate him squatting 325 or so in his next meet in Feb.
I can sit here and type all day about the benefits of this system, but it will be tough to grasp without either coming here and training or purchasing the DVD.

[stevein7]

I think there is a common story here- gym tradition etc. the gym becomes a social gathering place, training time becomes long, intensity is down the drain.


Set after set after set is performed, it all becomes a ritual, progress is dead and you have to wonder why people bother.

then you stumble across a bold idea and something in your mind is stirred, because it makes such sense.

You have to train really hard, but you have to recover , you cant train hard and long, a couple of sets and that's it.

but nobody else at the gym wants to listen. So what do you do, carry on as before or go your own way?


I am not talking about details, but the big picture.

Intense, brief training and plenty of rest.

These concepts are the only ones that work.

[joeaverage]

has worked for me! well put.