Originally Posted by
Jay Nera
That is a very good, important, yet broad question since philosophy impacts every single way we interact with the world. In powerlifting, it can change many things...for one, it can define how we set our goals and measure our progress. For example, we can be subjective or objective in measuring progress.
Subjective- I moved X amount of weight faster or better than every before.
Objective- I moved X amount of weight which I have never moved before or for more reps than ever before.
I used to solely be an objective lifter focused on making objective gains. Injuries have forced me to slow down on aggressively searching for PR's day in and day out and I have learned to take a more subjective approach to training in the off-season. As I start peaking for a competition my training will become objective as ultimately in powerlifting your TOTAL is objective. Examples of each are Sam Byrd''s subjective approach to squatting CAT and Dan Green's objective approach to hitting Pr's. Both clearly work.
There are hundreds of other aspects...perhaps this will be a good article for me to post in the future.