The biggest problems is trying to lift too much weight with bad form with too short a time under tension. People need to lighten the weight and use stricter form and really work the eccentric part of the lift. - Greg Doucette
Standards have certainly risen dramatically over the years however a lot of it has to do with better equipment. - Greg Doucette
One other factor that separates my workout from most is that I believe in doing higher reps in the offseason in order to build bigger muscles and allow for joints and injuries to heal. - Greg Doucette
On occasion, if my legs are really sore I sometimes will do rack pulls. The most I lifted on rack pulls is 765 for a set of 5. I really don’t see much if any carry over as that is not a weak point in my lift. - Greg Doucette
I used to always lift more in the gym than at the meet whereas now I sometimes lift more at the meet than I have in the gym. - Greg Doucette
I use suit bottoms for deadlift and squats for about 6 weeks and gradually use tighter gear and straps up as the meet approaches. - Greg Doucette
I use a loose bench shirt about a month out from the meet for my heaviest set and then a tight shirt for a couple workouts before the meet. After the meet it’s back to raw lifting. - Greg Doucette
I never even knew the sport of powerlifting existed until I looked up bench press records when I got the internet. I even lifted with my t-shirt off in the basement in order to see how much I could bench raw with no shirt. - Greg Doucette
I never bulk, That’s one of the biggest mistakes people make. I stay in good shape year-round. offseason calories is around 3500-3800. When I diet I eat on avg. 3000-3300 calories per day. - Greg Doucette
Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don't need it: if you are sick you should not take it. - Henry Ford
I do squats bench and deadlift on 3 separate days and about 50% of my workout is spent on the big 3. - Greg Doucette
Get strong on the 3 lifts, you need to do the 3 lifts. Assistance exercises and fancy programs involving chains, and what not, are good but nothing beats doing the actual exercise - Greg Doucette
Bench by far has always been my favorite (probably because it has always been my best lift). - Greg Doucette
All my workouts revolve around the big 3 (squat, bench, and deadlifts) followed by exercises to make me pretty following the big three. This in my view capitalizes on the benefits of both forms of training. - Greg Doucette
If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it's more fun. - Matthew McConaughey
Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body. - Arnold Schwarzenegger
