The 2020 Testify Leprechaun Lift-off Weightlifting Meet was held on the 14th in Omaha, Nebraska. For the women, the Best Lifter Award (Morgard the Manatee) went to Katlyn Sawtelle, and for the men, the Best Lifter Award went to Colin Shantz. The Best Lifter Awards were determined using Robi points. Full meet results
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Many of my clients do BJJ before or after they lift, and I'd like to provide some guidance on making it through 3 hours of training (BJJ and lifting combined). My current recommendations are:
I've also been looking into purchasing a large tub of powdered sports drink for my clients' convenience. What would you recommend for the above situations?
Thank you for your time.
Ideally you wouldn't do both on the same day. In a perfect world they would be performed on different days. In a less perfect world they'd be performed on the same day with lifting first. If fighting is the priority then fighting would happen first. I'd take in some maltodextrin before the workout, dextrose during, and. probably not go to solid food until after training. The same rules apply to both modes of activity. They are high intensity and thus require glucose quickly. Maltodextrin releases a little slower than dextrose so it's good pre-workout. Dextrose is better intra because it is immediate and the simplest form of sugar.
I can't guarantee it's not just placebo effect, but taking a dose (~8g) of BCAA before workout and mixing another into the sports drink seems to help me a significant (=noticeable) deal in these situations. In addition to the simple carbs, of course.
Thanks again. My gym is immediately adjacent to the BJJ academy so, for scheduling, it's logistically more simple for them to train right before or after BJJ. I usually try to have them lift before BJJ if they can.
Today was squat volume day and I was busy with 5x5 @ 365 when I was approached by another older gentleman who asked me if I knew how horizontal my back was. He said that my back should be vertical and that I was going to get hurt.
I explained to him how low bar squats work and I did my best to sound as knowledgeable as an SSC and explain our structure. (I think I did a decent job).
He seemed surprised that I knew what I was talking about and said that he sees so many inexperienced lifters get hurt and that he thought he was doing the right thing by letting me know about my horizontal back angle.
Without having a coach around I'm always concerned that my back angle is too vertical. This fella kinda hooked me up and unknowingly let me know that I actually had the proper form and I could now start focusing on other issues like shoving my knees out further and the girl in the yoga pants deadlifting in the corner.
Thanks nosy old gym guy.
This is the kind of thing that keeps proper squatting from propagating through gyms all over the country. Less assertive people would have deferred to his obviously informed-by-experience judgement.
Which is why those few moments when you actually see someone squatting low bar to depth as per the SS method are pure joy. They are few and far between but they do happen.
I start off by asking “How did you learn to squat like that?” They immediately get a little defensive. They might say something like “the internet” or “a book.” I will say Starting Strength, right? and the discussion that follows is awesome. Two fellow travelers in a foreign land.
Or you could say something really weird to get him (and everyone else) to leave you alone. "WOW... maybe that is why I keep shitting myself when I squat. Do you have any experience with that? Do I smell? Can you lend me some Depends?" Maybe this is why I lift at home...
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