Carl Raghavan SSC: The Mock Meet, Digital-Nomad Style

[Mark Rippetoe]

The “Mock Meet” – Digital Nomad Style | Carl Raghavan

[Bill Anders]

Great work, Carl!

I have been a fan of the mock meet for a few years now, after competing in my one and only official meet in 2019. It's a great way for those of us who train solo in our garage to check progress. Sure, it misses the extra pounds that are achievable when there's a screaming audience, but for me those potential few extra pounds aren't that important.

Personally, I have done only one mock meet per year, typically at year's end. This year will be the exception, as I had my strongest month overall this year in August. At that point, across the board I was either running 5x1's or 3x3's at or near last year's 1RM PRs, then life and programming stumbles got in the way. I'll slowly start building back to those levels over the winter.