Best Lifter spotlight from the WPUSA Holiday Havoc on December 4, 2021.
Top OVERALL Wilks 2.0... Name, age & how long have you been Powerlifting? Micaiah Branch, 29, 4 years. Best lifts in competition? 584 S, 368 B, 637 D. Athletic background? What you did before powerlifting? I played sports in HS. In college, I was a football strength coach intern for 3 division 1 colleges. Why Powerlifting? I have always admired strength sports. My father was a powerlifter while I was growing up and it has always stuck with me. Tell me something about your gym/team. I work out in my garage gym Typically alone, but occasionally someone may come to work out. My home gym started out pretty basic. I had a squat stand with a pull up bar, an Ohio bar and roughly 700 pounds in weights. Prior to my first competition, I only was able to floor press for bench press. Trying alone or training partner/coach, team? I typically train alone. I am a coach, but mainly work with elementary, middle school and high school athletes who want to play sports in college. Occasionally, I get clients interested in powerlifting programming. Something most people you train with (or those who follow you if you train alone) don't know about you? Honestly, I am not sure. Biggest inspiration in the sport? Anyone stronger than me. I see people hit certain numbers and it drives me to train harder and consistently. What's your favorite lift? Deadlift Least favorite lift? Bench, but probably squat during a competition. Biggest challenge in your training? Finding internal motivation to train when you don't have someone driving you. Ideal training atmosphere? Focused and dialed in or noisy and high energy? I like changing the stimulus. I don't like relying on external factors to influence my training. Competitions aren't predictable and you need to be ready for anything. Training plan. Do your own programming or have a coach? I program for myself. I've considered a coach from time to time. Social media. Positives and negatives IG - Micaiahbranch. I post mostly training videos, but I don't really care about the feedback. Diet you follow? Supplements? No supplements other than caffeine. I don't trust most supplements and I don't think the majority of them work. I don't have a specific plan that I follow. Biggest accomplishment in your powerlifting career? My last wilks score was 470. It was closed to being almost 480 if bench had cooperated. My goal is to hit a 500+. What's one of your non-powerlifting goals? Just to be happy. Nothing specific. Finally is there anyone you would like to acknowledge or give a shout out to (team, coach, spouse, sponsors)? My wife, Alex. I have tons of family and friends who support me, and it would be too long to list. No sponsors, but always accepting them. 😉
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