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#449 Why 90% of Lifters Pick the Wrong Weight on Game Day | Matt Gary
Most lifters don't lose a meet on strength; they lose it on ego, bad math, and missing their first attempt.
After three decades inside elite powerlifting—from coaching multi-time IPF world champions to analyzing over 17,000 competition attempts—Matt Gary reveals why attempt selection is an exact science, why personal coaches are destroying game-day execution, and how the political war behind the curtain threatens the sport's highest level.
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