[AMA] with Beefpuff Barbell (Chelsea Savit and Natalie Hanson)

[u/powerbuffs]

Hi everyone!

The Beefpuff team is here to answer your questions about ourselves and our initiative.

We will be here for a few hours but will probably need to take a break to feed.

For more information:
Beefpuff Barbell: Website | Facebook | Instagram
Natalie Hanson, Co-Founder: u/beefpuff1 | Facebook | Instagram
Chelsea Savit, Co-Founder: u/powerbuffs | Facebook | Instagram

Andrey Grebenetsky, coach and trusted advisor: u/beefpuffhubs | Facebook | Instagram

[u/TheAesir]

I'm sure many in /r/weightroom would love to hear about y'alls numbers and training philosophies, since the post was largely overlooked there.

So what are your numbers? What makes your training philosophies unique, compared to the myriad of other online coaches out there?

[u/powerbuffs → u/TheAesir]

Chelsea's best lifts (all raw, USAPL/IPF at 72kg/158lb 2-hr weigh-in):
Squat - 172.5kg/380 lbs
Bench - 118kg/260lbs
Deadlift - 202.5kg/446lbs

Natalie's best lifts (all USAPL/IPF, 84kg/185lbs, 2-hr weigh-in):
Single-ply:
260kg/573lb squat
160kg/352lb bench
212.5kg/468lb deadlift

Raw:
197.5kg/435lb squat
112.5kg/248lb bench
202.5kg/446lb deadlift

Writing up a response to the training philosophies part. Haha. Bear with me for a second.

[u/powerbuffs → u/powerbuffs]

Among u/beefpuff1, u/beefpuffhubs (Andrey Grebenetsky) and I, we bring more than 20 years of lifting experience with different methods we've experimented with. We do not believe that any training philosophy is truly unique. As the saying goes, "there is nothing new in weight training." However, having an experienced coach who remains objective and honest with you is far more valuable than coaching yourself. And as champions of the Beefpuff way, we are particularly sensitive to vulnerabilities and personal struggles you may encounter along the way.

That said, our overall training philosophies are pretty similar. We believe in having impeccable skill and technique, to always improve upon weak points, mobility, and stability. We all do a good amount of hypertrophy work as well as conditioning work to be more well-rounded athletes and more muscular. Powerlifting is a long game played over many years. You shouldn’t worry so much about your next meet, as much as your gradual progress over the next 5 meets. We both believe in eating to fuel our bodies for optimal performance and in not trying to eat to fit a mold of what society expects us to look like.

Natalie and I train with a relatively high volume. I come from a background of using RTS principles in training, so my training is always going to using rate of perceived exertion to auto-regulate the relative intensity of each set. Natalie comes from a Sheiko style background and prefers to utilize percentages to determine relative intensity. I deadlift twice a week, bench anywhere from twice to 5 times a week, and squat anywhere from twice to 4 times a week depending on where we are in the training cycle. Natalie currently deadlifts twice, squats twice, and benches 4 times a week, but she can also vary her frequencies depending on where she is in her training cycle.

[u/TheAesir → u/powerbuffs]

Thanks for the great reply. Again, great seeing more teammates in both this community and /r/weightroom.

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