First meet in 12 weeks: advice needed.

Nutrition Q&A [Moderated]
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Hi Jordan. I’m a 25y/o Male, 180lbs, 5’4. Waist at just below navel = 34” Navy BF calculator = 21%.

I have been training with barbells in some manner since I was 15. For the past 18 months prior to BBM programming, however, was 12 months of local CrossFit classes, followed by 6 months of “comptrain” programming.

Since finding BBM and powerlifting again in the past 15 weeks, I have gone from 165lbs > to 180 by running the bridge 1.0 directly into 7 week 3 day hypertrophy. My current e1RM’s are 190kg squat, 130kg bench, 210kg deadlift.

I am 12 weeks out from my first GBPF meet here in England. I am planning on competing u83kg and maintaining my weight at 180 for the next 12 weeks whilst running the 12 Week strength template. (Macros currently 200P/300C/65F).

  1. does this sound like a good plan?
  2. For my long term competitiveness after this, do you have any inclinations as to whether you think I should be slowly dieting down and competing in the 74kg class or staying in 83kg category?

Thanks very much for your time.

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TomDale,

Congrats on signing up for the meet! You’re going to have a blast.

If you’re 5’4 I think the 74kg or 83kg class is probably where you should end up to maximum performance compared to your competition, but I also think that it’s too early in your competitive career to be super concerned about where you’ll end up since this is your first meet.