This week, Dana and I broke down all things Arnold Classic. It was her first time competing at a national meet, so she was able to provide some insight on the differences between local meets and AO1. With over 1,900 lifters competing, there was every level of athlete. First timers to Olympians.

On the episode, we dove into everything from the weigh in process, warm-ups, and of course the 6 lifts on the platform. Being on a national platform is a lot different than your local meet at a CrossFit gym. When you are in new environments that are stressful, one of the most important things you can do is to keep your routine as normal as possible. The meet isn’t the time to try new foods or a different warm-up you saw on Instagram.

This was a big meet for me as well because I finally got the motivation back that I’ve been missing the last couple months. Even when you don’t hit the total you want, you can still learn a lot from each meet.

Whether you’ve done a bunch of meets or your first one is coming up, I hope you’re able to take something away from this one and crush some weights out on the platform. 

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