# 2 Meets Within 30 Days Of Each Other: Advice?

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**Created:** [March 7, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/2-meets-within-30-days-of-each-other-advice/8322 "2020-03-07T02:37:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kratos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/kratos/32/415_2.png) [@Kratos](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Kratos)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/2-meets-within-30-days-of-each-other-advice/8322/1 "2020-03-07T02:37:40Z")

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Do I keep following the Novice Peaking Template if I have another meet within 30 days?

Should my expectations for the 2nd meet be to match my #'s on the first meet?

I’m performing in my first USPA powerlifting meet in 2 weeks. I’m following your Novice Peaking Template. My goal is simply to learn from the experience and hit as many lifts as I can.

In the next 30 days I’m competiting in a US Strength Lifting meet in Arizona. So I’ll be doing the Press!!

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**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/2-meets-within-30-days-of-each-other-advice/8322/2 "2020-03-07T14:58:32Z")

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Kratos,

I probably wouldn’t peak for the first meet given you have another competition 30 days after. I also don’t think I’d plan to do a powerlifting meet 1 month before a strengthlifting meet either, given the different demands of both.

So, I’m not really sure how to advise you here. If pressed, I’d probably do something like this:

Week of PL meet- normal training on days 1 and 2, take off days 3 and 4. Do meet on weekend.

Then do the peaking template, but with the press…I guess.

I don’t know man. I really don’t like this setup at all.

-Jordan

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**Author:** ![Kratos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/kratos/32/415_2.png) [@Kratos](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Kratos)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/2-meets-within-30-days-of-each-other-advice/8322/3 "2020-03-07T21:52:28Z")

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Jordan,

Thanks for the fast reply. Yea, I know it’s a bad plan. But the Strength Lifting meet does not seem to visit the west coast very much. So I wanted to just experience a Strength Lifting meet while it’s close to California. Plus, I wanna support bringing back the Press to competition. It looks more interesting to watch than the Bench.

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**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/2-meets-within-30-days-of-each-other-advice/8322/4 "2020-03-08T20:17:28Z")

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AFAIK there are regular Strength Lifting meets in Arizona and Washington so I’m not sure that time is of the essence here. That said, I don’t have any additional recommendations for you here. Sorry!