The map will be updated today. There is a meet location in Long Island City. Now, let's see if you show up.
The map will be updated today. There is a meet location in Long Island City. Now, let's see if you show up.
Short version
1st attempt: Pick something you can roll out of bed on a bad day and make it through. I've bombed out on squats twice (unofficial meets, still did the other lifts). First one was due to inexperience and not understanding the rules, second due to psychological factors (dead silence, for one). Ultimately though, I just picked a weight that was too heavy for bad conditions.
2nd attempt: Choose a weight you should be able to nail on a good day, or grind through on a normal day.
3rd attempt: Go for a PR or near-PR. Depending on how your training's going, this may be your best ever, or it may just be the most you think you can get that day.
The main difference in opinion you'll find will be the 3rd attempt. Some people prefer going 9/9, while other people place more emphasis on really grinding out the most possible poundage on each lift, which will obviously cause you to miss more often. Just keep in mind the lifts still to come (i.e. bench and deadlift, or press and deadlift here). Do your best on the squat, but don't kill yourself and have nothing left for the rest of the competition.
Andy Baker wrote a good article about Prepping for Your First Powerlifting Meet.
http://startingstrength.com/articles...meet_baker.pdf
Here is the method I use for picking my attempts. It seems to work for me. It may or may not work for you.
1st attempt: The heaviest triple you've ever completed in training. This is not the heaviest weight that you think you could do for a triple. Use a weight that you have actually lifted three times. If you have never performed a heavy triple, use the weight you used for your heaviest set of five instead.
2nd attempt: Halfway between your 1st attempt and your "planned" third attempt.
3rd attempt: Heaviest triple x 3 x .0333 + heaviest triple.
For example:
If your heaviest set of three squats is 365, then open with 365. On your second attempt, try for 385. On your third attempt, try for 405, because 401.4635 isn't nearly as cool as 405.
I've been refreshing the map page all day like a crack monkey.
I intend to be among the first to sign up.