Thanks you guys! Coaching is definitely a challenge and reward situation. It's not easy to work with 30 lifters who are in various degrees of experience, some working with gear some without in a little dungeon gym (I have to admit there is something old school and appealing about this part) with shitty old equipment outside of the good shit I actually buy myself. Powerlifting doesn't get a bunch of recognition it's the same in our school as in the real world. That being said once you have a group that is giving everything they have and working smartly towards our set goals, you just can't not do it.
The biggest issue has been over 3 years to get the team to go from working 7 days a week like crazed bodybuildingpowercrossfitters I'm coining that phrase LOL to get that group who is working on the "the more you work the harder you work the stronger you'll be". The only problem with that is going 90-100% of your 1RM or to failure every single day might have been a cool idea back in the 70's but we all know better now. Over two and a half years I kept drilling in the 3 main days a week one accessory day, progressive loading and now they've adopted it themselves and it's producing amazing results. This routine may sound basic for some but it's a rock solid routine that has kept the team injury free and exceeding goal numbers the entire way.
I am stoked that a few guys are going to come and support during the nationals. For those that haven't been to one before it's the biggest powerlifting meet in the world it's intense and exhausting and now it's going to be 4 days long it's going to be a killer year.
