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2y ago

MEET REPORT

Meant to post this here but ended up on r/weightroom instead. Love that sub, but here tends to be better for powerlifting specific convo. In case anyone is wondering why they're seeing this twice...

Background and Training

This was my first meet, as ridiculous as that sounds. I’ve done powerlifting for around 3 years and lifting for 10+, including handling my girlfriend/fiance at two meets, but the stars never quite aligned for me to do my own meet. This year, after the USPA drama, II finally pulled the trigger and signed up for a local WRPF meet. In February, I started working with Matt Domney from Compound Performance for individual coaching. So far, it’s been an excellent experience and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend his coaching to anyone else.

Meet Prep

My prep into this meet was a funky one. I had come off a super intense 20+ week chunk of training at the beginning of January 2023. During that block, I added 300lbs to my total (transitioned to untested… hence the i

2y ago

MEET REPORT

King of The Cave | 1741.6lbs @ 245.6lbs | 465.7 DOTS | WRPF | Single Ply

Well, I will start with the good things because there weren't very many of them. Nothing got injured. The meet was run very well. This was my 50th time competing in powerlifting and the following information should make an excellent case for me still not knowing what the fuck I am doing.

On to the litany of things that sucked. Two days before I weighed in, I was 267lbs. My goal was to compete at 242 but it's hard to do that when you sabotage your own diet and fuck it all up. I started a slower weight cut months before the meet and it was going fine. Then, two weeks out, I went to a family reunion and spent about 72 straight hours stuffing my face and getting hammered. Whatever calories I cut over the two previous months were re-consumed in that time frame and my soft shitty body responded very well to them. I did a pretty east water manipulation a week before the weigh in, cut out salt and carbs about 36 hours out, fasted and did a couple HIT sessions to attempt to deplete my glycoge

www.instagram.com Helene Tremblay on Instagram: "ROYAL CITY RUMBLE RECAP Yesterday, I had a perfect day. We came in with a game plan: front load squat and bench and pull whatever necessary without a third attempt to secure 1100. We did it. Walking off the platform going 8/8 with more in the tank on bench and deadlift was a great feeling. I had to trust myself more than ever this prep. I trained through injury and some majorly stressful life events. No one gives a shit what happens behind the scenes, just how you show up on the day, and I did that. I had the best total of my life in my first sleeved meet. This was validation for me as a coach and athlete that I really needed. This was my first time competing in Ontario. First meet in sleeves and walking out a squat. I needed to prove that I deserve to be here, that I’m not broken for good. Thank you to @fullzottl for handling me. If you’ve seen us at a meet, you know how much we love taking care of our athletes. I got to be on the receiving end of the effort, detail, and encouragement. Thank you for believing in me, supporting me, putting up with every pain day and subsequent bad session, every tear-filled hissy fit, being there for every PR, every missed rep… You are passionate and dedicated like I’ve never seen. Our clients are so fucking lucky to have you. Thank you for taking care of us. This meet was 100% for you, our athletes, and our business. Thank you to @catalanoevents @f_catalano @sarah.catalano_ for hosting and congratulations on an incredibly successful first meet! These two have worked their asses off for this and from my end, it paid off. Between the fair judging, competent platform crew, amazing prizes, sponsors and vendors, you can see the love they have and what it means to give us athletes a fun and worthwhile place to compete. I wish you so much success as meet directors - you’ll always have Team Zottl at your events! An endless thank you to everyone involved @wrpf_canada A HUGE thank you to my sponsor @cerberus_strength_canada. This is the best gear and I am so happy to get to represent an amazing company! Lance definitely took a chance on this small-time Powerlifter and I am so grateful for the opportunity. Big things are coming."

2y ago

MEET REPORT

231 likes, 40 comments - queenofmean_ on March 26, 2023: "ROYAL CITY RUMBLE RECAP Yesterday, I had a perfect day. We came in with a game plan: front load squat and bench and pull whatever necessary without a third attempt to secure 1100. We did it. Walking off the platform going 8/8 with more in th...

Helene Tremblay on Instagram: "ROYAL CITY RUMBLE RECAP
Yesterday, I had a perfect day. We came in with a game plan: front load squat and bench and pull whatever necessary without a third attempt to secure 1100.
We did it.
Walking off the platform going 8/8 with more in the tank on bench and deadlift was a great feeling.
I had to trust myself more than ever this prep. I trained through injury and some majorly stressful life events. No one gives a shit what happens behind the scenes, just how you show up on the day, and I did that. I had the best total of my life in my first sleeved meet. This was validation for me as a coach and athlete that I really needed.
This was my first time competing in Ontario. First meet in sleeves and walking out a squat. I needed to prove that I deserve to be here, that I’m not broken for good.

Thank you to @fullzottl for handling me. If you’ve seen us at a meet, you know how much we love taking care of our athletes. I got to be on the receiving end of the effort, detail, and encouragement. Thank you for believing in me, supporting me, putting up with every pain day and subsequent bad session, every tear-filled hissy fit, being there for every PR, every missed rep… You are passionate and dedicated like I’ve never seen. Our clients are so fucking lucky to have you. Thank you for taking care of us.
This meet was 100% for you, our athletes, and our business.
Thank you to @catalanoevents @f_catalano @sarah.catalano_ for hosting and congratulations on an incredibly successful first meet! These two have worked their asses off for this and from my end, it paid off. Between the fair judging, competent platform crew, amazing prizes, sponsors and vendors, you can see the love they have and what it means to give us athletes a fun and worthwhile place to compete. I wish you so much success as meet directors - you’ll always have Team Zottl at your events! An endless thank you to everyone involved @wrpf_canada

A HUGE thank you to my sponsor @cerberus_strength_canada. This is the best gear and I am so happy to get to represent an amazing company! Lance definitely took a chance on this small-time Powerlifter and I am so grateful for the opportunity. Big things are coming."