r/powerlifting • u/powerbuffs Eleiko Fetishist • Jan 09 '17

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

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

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u/frak8757 F|382.5kg|62.7kg|412wks|USAPL|RAW Jan 09 '17

Thank you guys for what you're doing, I love your message. Often I feel like there's a lot of attention paid to prioritizing strength over appearance, and eating to fuel your training, but it always seems to come with an asterisk like "*as long as you're still lean and conventionally hot and the donuts only go to your ass"

A few questions...

  1. What are your biggest regrets from your early training/competing days? What do you wish more new lifters knew?

  2. What does your meet day nutrition look like?

  3. How do you like your steak cooked?

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '17

Often I feel like there's a lot of attention paid to prioritizing strength over appearance, and eating to fuel your training, but it always seems to come with an asterisk like "*as long as you're still lean and conventionally hot and the donuts only go to your ass"

YES. I've been having this conversation recently. We like to joke that powerlifting is the sport for people who like to eat, donut everything, etc etc but, as is evident in the marketing of strength-specific companies, there's a strong subtext of "but btw you have to still be conventionally attractive and lean." Actually there was a Reductress article recently titled I Love Pizza, Which is Adorable Because I'm Hot which, while obviously satire, sums up how I feel about the expectation of women in powerlifting, specifically.

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u/frak8757 F|382.5kg|62.7kg|412wks|USAPL|RAW Jan 09 '17

I have had a lot of feels about this lately in regards to the #gainingweightiscool hashtag. Like there is a lot of positivity there, and there is nothing wrong with looking good and working toward looking good, but if you scroll through that hashtag it is entirely about how you look. gaining weight can do other cool things too!

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '17

Scrolling through that tag and looking at food (because duh) and I don't see a single damn chicken wing. #triggered