I'm now being coached by a Professional Powerlifter

I've tried to hit the gym numerous times before, however, something always happened that made me quit. It was either a job requiring more time or even moving to another place far away from a gym. What made things even worse is the fact that I hate body building! I find it boring and the ultimate goal doesn't really interest me.¹ Yet, I feel that this happens to a lot of people, because the whole Brazilian gym culture kind of resolves around body building and clueless beginners don't even know other strength sports exist...

Nonetheless, I discovered Powerlifiting on my last gym trial. To be honest, I didn't even know it had a name, but I made a friendship with an amateur athlete without knowing and started doing the training with him. And boy, I loved it! It was way more intense than what I previously tried and the whole workout routine just felt nicer.

Anyway, for the past 4 to 5 months I've been following the Stronglifts 5x5 workout routine. It has been really nice and worked great for me due to two main reasons:

1. I wanted a no-brainer workout
2. I really followed the program due to the simplicity

This made me not give up on the whole thing due to complexity or too much thinking.

Note

The compound effect can be applied to anything in life, I suppose. 🤪

Now, for 2023 I really want to step up my game. I don't want to compete or do anything huge, but I do want to improve my numbers and get the most out of the sport. For this, I hired a professional powerlifter coach to review my workout routine and form.