When people get into barbell training as their form of exercise, they’ll at some point ask the question, “should I do a powerlifting meet?” After just over a year hiatus from the PRS Podcast, Drs Rori Alter and Alyssa Haveson are back with the first in a series of five podcast episodes on all elements of powerlifting competitions. 

In these five episodes they will cover exactly what you need to know to do well in your first powerlifting competition all the way to the international powerlifting platform. 

In this episode of the PRS Podcast we cover:

• Where we’ve been and what we’ve been up to over the last year

• Introduce Dr. Alyssa Haveson’s background as a competitor and elite competitive powerlifting coach and the three elements she brings to the table for game day powerlifting coaching

• How a person gets into recreational or competitive powerlifting for the first time

• What it means to do a competition and how do we choose it at the right time?

• The two ways the topic of doing a powerlifting competition comes up with a novice lifter

• The Questions: “How strong should I be to do my first competition?” - and does it matter?

• One of the most intimidating parts of competition for new powerlifters

• Why the question, “What goals do you have for me?” isn’t the best question for a powerlifter to ask their coach

• Who you are actually competing against in powerlifting competitions

• The 7 goals for the novice powerlifting competitor

• Three types of Novice Powerlifting Competitors

• Important things for the higher level powerlifting athlete to consider when choosing competitions 

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