Awesome video! That bit about the last week is very helpful! I'll use that method this coming week. Also happy to find my last couple of weeks have been pretty close to what he listed volume and weight-wise which is reassuring since I'm walking fairly blind lol
I feel like people don't understand how important peaking for a meet is. An example of this was when I did a meet in October, about 4 weeks or so into a 9-week long training cycle that would end with a peaking phase. At that meet I totaled 1,344, not peaked. Then just 5-weeks later after training properly, and peaking properly, I totaled 1,432 in the same weight class. On your point about opening attempts I wholeheartedly agree. Crush them. Save the very hard lifts for your last attempt. That's where you go all out.
Wanted to let you know - I used this template almost exactly as you described to peak for my first powerlifting meet this past Saturday. Happy to report that it couldn't have gone better. PR'd in all my lifts and went 9 for 9 on all attempts. Thanks again for the awesome content!
been subbed to garrett for a while now, glad to see him get the recognition he deserves on a bigger channel. great video as well, and good on ya brandon
Garrett Blevins Very true man, I'll definitely be looking into it thank you for the feedback! Checked out your channel by the way, you're a true beast! You're strength is so inspiring and motivating. Keep up the great work man, i'll be following you along your progress.
Excellent, I was actually hoping you were gonna put this info out. Just to let you know Mr. Blevins, you totally fixed my squat with the advice you gave me about squeezing your glutes at the top of the squat. I did that and accidentally keep them engaged all the way into the hole. Just felt amazing. So thanks for that and this video! God bless! Thanks to Mr Campbell also cause this guys deserves all kindz of subscriber gains lol.
he is awesome! I have made a separate application in exel by his knowledge that he has given me! can not thank him enough! increased in all the lift in just 10v
Damn Blevins got A LOT of informative videos. Love the ones about powerlifting program. Subscribed for sure! Thanks a lot for sharing this! I really wish that channels like Blevins get more and more subs, because guys like him puts a lot of efforts and they're DAMN helpful for almost everyone!
I wish I would've landed on this video when I was 3 weeks out. But it's okay, definitely using the last week tip for my powerlifting meet this Saturday. Thanks for sharing guys!
Great video, thanks for this. After seeing your mustache I thought the only "peeking" you knew about was that done through unsuspecting people's bedroom windows.
Great advice. My question is in regards to the order of lifts for the peak. As it stands, it’s SBD (on their own days) for the over reaching week and the same order for the volume cut week. I’ve heard that the deadlift takes longer to recover from. Should this then be considered to have the sequence START the weeks with the DL as opposed to ENDING the weeks with it? Thanks for helping
To get more technique practice could you do 6 days a week with three of the days just the drop sets?(mon squat tue squat drop set wed bench thur bench drop set fri deadlift sat drop set)?
Brandon Campbell Diamond well i decided to sign up for a meet and am used to benching without having to have the heels on the ground and this federation requires it which makes it more difficult for me to get my knees under my hips and keep my butt on the bench
Ricky Patel TBH, I don't really worry about feds too much. I compete more for myself, so I don't get too wrapped up in the specifics. I just try to find what's close to me so I don't have to travel far.
Americans love their jargon. Basically you use your regular basic training to build a broad base of strength (sets of 5 or so), then as the competition approaches (say 4 weeks out), you increase the poundages so you can only do 3 reps. In the last couple of weeks you do doubles. It's basically 'focusing that broad base of strength from a 5 rep lift to a 1 rep lift, and it would be akin to sharpening a point on a stick. That's the principle though there are variants.
@@BasementBrandon The jargonised aspect of marketing is definitely an American thing. By analogy 'Psycho babble' originated in California not anywhere else.
Can anyone come up with a solution to my problem? My right bicep is bigger than my left bicep, however, my left bicep is stronger than my right bicep (when curling with dumbbells) (also, my forearms are equally strong)
This probably won't get answered, but would you do a general increase in volume and fatigue up until these final two weeks - or would a slight taper/increase in intensity and slow drop of volume+accessories work better?
Great Video! Man the guys a beast! I've been trying to increase the amount of weight that I deadlift. For a while I've been stuck at 225. My max is about 300 pounds but how can I increase it. Thanks for the upload.
just eat, I'm twelve and i have a 250 deadlift, and what brandon said programing is also a huge part of it as well check out my channel i have all of my lifts on there
Ken Lal search just a simple powerlifting program online, it is basically something on a piece of paper or online that you follow for your workouts, just search: simple powerlifting program. in google. hope i helped! :)
Awesome vid, perfect timing for me too! Thanks man
yessir!
Awesome video! That bit about the last week is very helpful! I'll use that method this coming week. Also happy to find my last couple of weeks have been pretty close to what he listed volume and weight-wise which is reassuring since I'm walking fairly blind lol
Time for it to pay off this saturday
I feel like people don't understand how important peaking for a meet is. An example of this was when I did a meet in October, about 4 weeks or so into a 9-week long training cycle that would end with a peaking phase. At that meet I totaled 1,344, not peaked. Then just 5-weeks later after training properly, and peaking properly, I totaled 1,432 in the same weight class. On your point about opening attempts I wholeheartedly agree. Crush them. Save the very hard lifts for your last attempt. That's where you go all out.
Cody Lefever (GZCL) Ditto!
Yup, you got it.
Blessings
GOD YOU HAVE NO CLUE HOW NICE IT IS TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS WHAT THERE TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU. GOOD VIDEO.
Thanks.
Blessings
k
Garret has some great info and lifting videos. Everyone can benefit from his no nonsense approach.
agreed, he's pretty funny too when he wants to be.
Wanted to let you know - I used this template almost exactly as you described to peak for my first powerlifting meet this past Saturday. Happy to report that it couldn't have gone better. PR'd in all my lifts and went 9 for 9 on all attempts. Thanks again for the awesome content!
nice freaking work
Thanks man!!
been subbed to garrett for a while now, glad to see him get the recognition he deserves on a bigger channel. great video as well, and good on ya brandon
Transfiqure paying it forward!
This helped a lot. Will definitely use this as a reference moving forward. Thanks guys.
Best of luck.
Blessings
+Garrett Blevins What about any assistance movement in the peaking phase? (2 week out / 1 week out / comp week) ?
Sefiroz987 When I am that close to a meet I cut the assistance work out and spend more time on the comp lifts.
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Garrett Blevins I'm really thankful for your reply :)
Thanks Garret and Brandon, really nice of you to do this!
Mike Frost Yessir
You are welcome.
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This was a GREAT video; very well presented information that I will definitely be able to use for my next meet. Thank you very much Garrett/Brandon!
Sure thing!
MOST INFORMATIVE POWERLIFTING PREPARATION VIDEO ON TH-cam
Glad you liked it.
Love the pool cue for a pointer
I heard he had a different' one but he broke it through force.
Garrett is the man. I love his channel
same!
Probably one of the best videos you have put out since I've been watching in terms of content. Awesome stuff!
Glad you found it helpful.
Blessings
awesome to hear.
This dude knows exactly what he's talking about. Very informative! I definitely want to compete in a powerlifting competition some day.
If I could go back and do one thing different in my career so far it would be to start competing earlier. I say go for it.
Blessings
Glad to hear!
Garrett Blevins Very true man, I'll definitely be looking into it thank you for the feedback! Checked out your channel by the way, you're a true beast! You're strength is so inspiring and motivating. Keep up the great work man, i'll be following you along your progress.
Garrett channel deserves way more subscribers, guy puts out unreal info
agreed!
Thanks for the kind words.
Blessings
Excellent, I was actually hoping you were gonna put this info out.
Just to let you know Mr. Blevins, you totally fixed my squat with the advice you gave me about squeezing your glutes at the top of the squat. I did that and accidentally keep them engaged all the way into the hole. Just felt amazing. So thanks for that and this video! God bless!
Thanks to Mr Campbell also cause this guys deserves all kindz of subscriber gains lol.
Glad to hear that it helped. Stay on them gainz.
Blessings
He's helped me a lot too, wanted to pay it forward!
Been subbed to Garrett for a while now, dudes a monster! Really informative video man
Yeah real informative!
This helps a lot i have my first Powerlifting meet in February. So it is good to know this ahead of time very informative!!!
awesome to hear!
I'm already a subscriber of Garrett's love his channel and I think it's cool that you are helping him grow his channel Brandon
He is a good man.
Blessings
Paying it forward!
Why didn't this come out sooner! great advice!
Thanks!
this video is pure gold
lots of good info!
Awesome video! Garrett explains it so clearly and it's really easy to get it. Thanks a lot!
Best compliment I could receive, thanks.
Blessings
Yeah def does, that's why I asked him to do the video!
Brandon Campbell Was really worried about letting the big man down, glad I lived up to expectations :)
Blessings
Love whiteboard style videos.
Need to get on that whiteboard level.
Garrets got a solid channel, def deserves his shoutout!
agreed!
Great info! Thanks. Will utilize when I decide to do a met eventually.
Sounds good!
he is awesome! I have made a separate application in exel by his knowledge that he has given me! can not thank him enough! increased in all the lift in just 10v
Glad to hear the info was helpful to you, stay on them gainz.
Blessings
awesome!
Damn Blevins got A LOT of informative videos. Love the ones about powerlifting program. Subscribed for sure! Thanks a lot for sharing this! I really wish that channels like Blevins get more and more subs, because guys like him puts a lot of efforts and they're DAMN helpful for almost everyone!
agreed!
Awesome video, thanks for giving him recognition Brandon he deserves it!
agreed!
Definitely one of my favourites on TH-cam!
Right on!
I wish I would've landed on this video when I was 3 weeks out. But it's okay, definitely using the last week tip for my powerlifting meet this Saturday. Thanks for sharing guys!
+cuongcongo Good luck dude!
Great , informative video ! I hope Garrett brings the beard back and more videos of course !
hah me too
Thank you for this, I come back to this often when hitting plateaus
Right on!
Wow! Great Video! Subbed. I am going to apply these points to my regular training so I can better structure my PR days.
Hope it helps!
I truly did enjoy this video. Having my first meet on 6th of December this will help. Thank you Brandon keep up the outstanding videos.
Best of luck!
Great info. Peaking is something often overlooked. Didn't peak until my 6th meet
Yeah I'm still struggling!
Very informative. Great vid. I like these kind of videos, Brandon!
Glad to hear!
Great video. This is peaking 101, but glad to see you getting this info out there. Subbed to this guy's channel.
Thanks for checking it out!
this came in like the perfect timing as i am 3 weeks out of my 2nd powerlifting meet of my life, thanks man great info
Go kill it.
Blessings
Good luck!
Great, great vid! Now I need a solid 12-16 week training block and finish it off with this. Quality stuff right here mayne.
Thanks for watching!
Will definitely use this one day
same!
Saved to my play list, good stuff.
awesome!
Very informative, thanks Brandon!
Sure thing!
Very informative video. Thanks for helping the old man out..we all know his retirement is right around the corner..can't post vids as much.
Jeremy E you know it.
Got to respect the elders when they ask for help.
Blessings
Thanks for sharing this Brandon!
Sure thing
Great guy and great info... Heard about him through Ben rice... Good advice
ah right on!
Great video, thanks for this. After seeing your mustache I thought the only "peeking" you knew about was that done through unsuspecting people's bedroom windows.
haha only in my spare time.
I like this. This guy makes good videos
agreed!
If your never gonna compete. This might be a good method to train up to a max. Great vid. Thank you. Brandon, still waiting on ur training program.
Working on it!
Interesting info, strong as heck!
Truly impressive.
thanks garrett
very informative
Kopam Nos agreed!
thank you thats a difficult one to teach and you did very well!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video! a lot of the stuff he says sounds logical and useful!
Thanks for watching!
Great information! You got yourself another subscriber
Ketil Østnor Thanks for checking it out!
Good stuff! Really appreciate the info.
Sure thing!
can you make a video on peaking performance in the bedroom/cam shows srs?
Still trying to figure it out.
Awesome video!
Thanks!
great video, i got into powerlifting about a month ago and am hoping to do a meet in about a year, lots of good pointers and tips in this vid :)
Good luck.
Blessings
haha thanks brotha
Best of luck!
Thanks!
This is the most informative powerlifting video on TH-cam! Do you do online coaching/training??
Garrett does.
Really informative video, great job with this video!
I don't even compete and watched this whole video. Great information
Glad to hear!
Riveting material wasn't it?
Blessings
The best video ever thank you so much
Glad you liked it!
Awesome stuff
agreed
Solid advice
Thanks for watching!
i liek 2 peak multipel tiems per dai
if u no wut am sayin
Mo'peaks
Das.fucking.it.mane
Garrett deserves much more exposure
agreed!
Damn you’ve changed a lot in 10 years
I'm not in this video 🤪
Great vid, very informative!
Glad to hear
Great advice. My question is in regards to the order of lifts for the peak. As it stands, it’s SBD (on their own days) for the over reaching week and the same order for the volume cut week. I’ve heard that the deadlift takes longer to recover from. Should this then be considered to have the sequence START the weeks with the DL as opposed to ENDING the weeks with it? Thanks for helping
I like to end the week with deadlifts as you'd be ending a competition with them. So getting a better feel for strength under fatigue is beneficial.
@@BasementBrandon Thanks for the response.
thanks Brandon very helpful brother!
sure thing!
Excellent video
JoeyOfBananas appreciate you watching!
Extremely helpful video, awesome channel overall Garret, SUBBED.
appreciate that!
Nice pool stick bro
gains
That Thanos Infinity Gauntlet shirt is boss
agreed
To get more technique practice could you do 6 days a week with three of the days just the drop sets?(mon squat tue squat drop set wed bench thur bench drop set fri deadlift sat drop set)?
I don't think you need more practice at the end of a training cycle
Brandon Campbell Diamond well i decided to sign up for a meet and am used to benching without having to have the heels on the ground and this federation requires it which makes it more difficult for me to get my knees under my hips and keep my butt on the bench
Hey Brandon do you plan on doing a powerlifting meet?
I've done several and plan on doing more.
Do you have any videos of youre meets? I'd like to see them.
Matthew Banks Yes, videos of the 3 I did so far this year
Brandon Campbell are they on you're channel? I looked a little bit but didn't find them
Matthew Banks Yep, search for "RPS" "Gladiator" and "Massacre" on my channel, should pull each up.
nice explanation and video man.
Yeah glad he made it.
Pastor Gainessssss...
Praise gawd hallelujah
lol
brandon you gonna compete next year?
Maybe this year
Brandon Campbell awesome. Which fed would you be going with? I am going with USAPL so I can go to RAW Nationals.
Ricky Patel TBH, I don't really worry about feds too much. I compete more for myself, so I don't get too wrapped up in the specifics. I just try to find what's close to me so I don't have to travel far.
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Brandon Campbell Ah alright i understand. that makes sense. i look forward to seeing some meet videos! stay big brother !
great video!!
Thanks!
what about meet commands? should we be practicing that before we start the 3 week peeking phase? good video!
Shikari If it's your first meet it might be a good idea.
Do you skip accesories on the high intensity, high volu,me week? Can i do two squat workouts that week?
+Jonatan Olsén I don't see a point in adding in more TBH
+Brandon Campbell okay, so just the 3 main lifts for high intensity and high volume, 3 separate workouts for week one?
can we have the excel up on dropbox again? Thank you :)
You'd have to ask Garrett
The 3x3 column should be taller....LOL i had to say it. Excellent video Garrett
lol
time to see what i can do, seems like i'm always 2 weeks out haha...
ha do it to it!
Americans love their jargon. Basically you use your regular basic training to build a broad base of strength (sets of 5 or so), then as the competition approaches (say 4 weeks out), you increase the poundages so you can only do 3 reps. In the last couple of weeks you do doubles. It's basically 'focusing that broad base of strength from a 5 rep lift to a 1 rep lift, and it would be akin to sharpening a point on a stick. That's the principle though there are variants.
I'd amend that to people who are interested in strength vs just the blanket "americans."
@@BasementBrandon The jargonised aspect of marketing is definitely an American thing. By analogy 'Psycho babble' originated in California not anywhere else.
This video is great
Thanks for taking a look!
I don't know if this is bad, but I Can't 3x 90% of my max, not for squat anyway, MAYBE one set, but that'll probably be it.
Maybe it's b/c of your progression to the working sets.
Brandon Campbell
What would you recommend then?
ayy mr blevins in da house!! great video.
appreciate it!
strong use of pool cue
agreed
No practice with heavy singles?
Nope
I wish my squat looked that fast at 90%! Dude is a beast.
lyn0002 Yeah def a strong dude!
Can anyone come up with a solution to my problem?
My right bicep is bigger than my left bicep, however, my left bicep is stronger than my right bicep (when curling with dumbbells) (also, my forearms are equally strong)
Completely normal. we're not 100% symmetrical by nature
The only variable he omitted was the length of the rest period between sets as he changed his volume. Can you get that info from him Brandon?
Thomas Lowe He's responding to a lot of the comments here, but you can always ask him on his channel too!
As much time as needed to be able to be rested for the next set. For me that is 5-7 minutes after an all out set.
Blessings
Too bad I have my first meet today! I'll use it next time!
do work!
It was awesome, and someone there was wearing a Campbell fitness shit haha. Thanks for al the tips fellow Gansetter..I placed first :D
michael berg beast, congrats!
Brandon Campbell Using this for my meet in 2 weeks then can we get a lifting session in together at SC Sports Performance
Michael Brandt most def
what changes would you make if you do squat and dead in the same day?
+Jonathan Shipp I do squat and dead in the same day.
This probably won't get answered, but would you do a general increase in volume and fatigue up until these final two weeks - or would a slight taper/increase in intensity and slow drop of volume+accessories work better?
+SvupperZ I think part of it also depends on how the rest of your programming looks.
Helped out a lot !
Glad tp hear!
Maybe he will do pool tutorial too:). Anyways good explanation, i'll introduce it on my strenght days i guess:).
haha maybe one day!
Great Video! Man the guys a beast! I've been trying to increase the amount of weight that I deadlift. For a while I've been stuck at 225. My max is about 300 pounds but how can I increase it. Thanks for the upload.
all about programming!
just eat, I'm twelve and i have a 250 deadlift, and what brandon said programing is also a huge part of it as well check out my channel i have all of my lifts on there
I'm sorry but I don't understand what you mean when you mentioned programming. Thank you!
Ken Lal search just a simple powerlifting program online, it is basically something on a piece of paper or online that you follow for your workouts, just search: simple powerlifting program. in google. hope i helped! :)
zay lifts Thanks for letting me know Zay, I will do that. I appreciate it.