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Garrett Smith · 01-03-2009, 02:26 PM

I've toyed around with the idea of entering a 100% RAW Federation (can't wear practically anything other than the singlet!) meet in April.

I'm doing my OL / gymnastics / yoga program right now. If I decide to enter, the most I'm going to do to prepare is one day per week of a SS-style workout (ie. 3 x 3-5 of squats and bench, 1 set of DLs if I even want to do them, they suck a lot out of me) simply to prepare myself for the movements (mainly for the bench).

There's a possibility of my prep only being a couple of sets of bench.

Note that you don't have to go out to win it, that's your call. You can always squat OL style in a PL meet, so that prep could be hacked. If you know how to DL, your OL takes care of the pull training.

If you love OL, then do the PL for S&Gs or don't bother IMO.

01-03-2009, 02:26 PM	#4
Garrett Smith Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 4,369	I've toyed around with the idea of entering a 100% RAW Federation (can't wear practically anything other than the singlet!) meet in April. I'm doing my OL / gymnastics / yoga program right now. If I decide to enter, the most I'm going to do to prepare is one day per week of a SS-style workout (ie. 3 x 3-5 of squats and bench, 1 set of DLs if I even want to do them, they suck a lot out of me) simply to prepare myself for the movements (mainly for the bench). There's a possibility of my prep only being a couple of sets of bench. Note that you don't have to go out to win it, that's your call. You can always squat OL style in a PL meet, so that prep could be hacked. If you know how to DL, your OL takes care of the pull training. If you love OL, then do the PL for S&Gs or don't bother IMO. __________________ Garrett Smith NMD CSCS BS, aka "Dr. G" RepairRecoverRestore.com - Blood, Saliva, and Stool Testing My radio show - The Path to Strength and Health