Sa ating Sports Banter, nakapanayam natin live sa studio si Sir Regie Ramirez, isang decorated powerlifter.

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00:00We will be able to watch Reggie Ramirez live in the studio.

00:04He is a decorated powerlifter who has been competing internationally for a long time.

00:09Good afternoon, Coach Reggie.

00:11Good afternoon, Coach.

00:12Thank you for having me.

00:14Okay, Coach. Let's start this interview.

00:18Let's give the viewers a background.

00:22When did you start and how did you discover powerlifting?

00:27I started in 2011.

00:29Actually, I started powerlifting because of my family.

00:35Before me, my auntie already started.

00:39She is also very known.

00:41She is also a world champion.

00:42Our coach is the same.

00:44My uncle is her husband.

00:46So, that's where I discovered powerlifting.

00:50She is a family legacy, Coach.

00:52Yes, even my sisters are national champions.

00:56That's great. It's a family sport.

00:59All of you are giving tips regarding powerlifting.

01:03I'm sure a lot of our viewers are confused.

01:07What is the difference between powerlifting and weightlifting?

01:12The difference is the type of weight.

01:15As you can see in weightlifting, most people are more familiar with weightlifting.

01:21You can always see it on TV.

01:23Those are the overhead lifts.

01:25They have clean and jerk and snatch.

01:28In powerlifting, we have three lifts.

01:31Squat, bench press, and deadlift.

01:34They have different weights.

01:36But for the people who are watching now,

01:39it's more like a brother and sister sport.

01:43It's like having a beach volleyball and an indoor volleyball.

01:47That's how similar they are.

01:49It's just that they're played differently.

01:51But the equipment is nearly exactly the same.

01:55It's just that the specs are different.

01:57But it's still barbells and plates.

02:00So you can say, Coach, that if you know one, it's easy to transition to the other.

02:04Not necessarily.

02:06Not necessarily because their skill level is different.

02:10But there's an easy way.

02:14If you're a weightlifter,

02:16because the skill level of weightlifting is really high,

02:19flexibility, agility, everything,

02:23it's easy to transition.

02:25Especially if your body can't take it

02:27because weightlifting is more aggressive when it comes to speed.

02:31Everything happens so fast.

02:34There's a certain range of age that your body can handle.

02:37But in powerlifting, you can transition from weightlifting to powerlifting

02:41because we even have lifters who are up to 90 years old.

02:46So it's a sport for all ages.

02:50But if we switch it from powerlifting to weightlifting,

02:53it also depends on the age.

02:55Because in powerlifting,

02:58you really need to have a rigid body

03:01because you're under so much weight.

03:03Powerlifters lift heavier than weightlifters.

03:09You mentioned, Coach, that weightlifters lift heavier.

03:14And I was just curious,

03:16I told Ralph earlier,

03:18when I saw Coach again,

03:20I said, Coach,

03:22it's not typical for you to think that

03:24your body is big for powerlifting,

03:26super fit, and very toned.

03:28Coach's body type is not bulky.

03:33So is there a particular diet for powerlifting

03:37that you need to follow

03:39in order to maintain that?

03:41And how do you actually gain your strength?

03:43What is your training routine?

03:45Actually, it's quite similar to all sports.

03:47We also have weight classes.

03:49So as for us,

03:51for me, as you see, I'm small

03:53because I have a weight class that I keep up.

03:56There are people my height.

03:57I'm only 59 kilos.

03:59But there are people my height

04:00that are weighing up to 90 kilos.

04:02So they're really wider

04:04because their weight classes are different.

04:06And then you can also see other weight classes.

04:10Like in my team, they are 120 plus kilos.

04:15That's why their looks are different.

04:17But one thing is for sure

04:19is that most of the people

04:21who really lift for a certain time

04:23are really big guys.

04:25Big or small.

04:26And then, as for the diet,

04:28it's similar to all sports

04:30that you have to have that energy

04:32and then food to recover properly.

04:35And then also,

04:37about weight cutting or keeping in that weight,

04:39you just have to manage by how much you eat.

04:42That's all.

04:43So there's really a diet management.

04:46Coach, I'll just follow up on my partner's question.

04:49About your diet,

04:51you said it's similar to all sports,

04:55but just give us an example.

04:57For example, later,

04:58what does your dinner look like later?

05:00Because boxers are really less carbohydrates

05:03coming into a game.

05:05Yeah, there's a,

05:07as you mentioned,

05:09boxing and other sports.

05:12There's a certain time

05:15or period of your training

05:17where carbs are prohibited,

05:19too much this, too much that.

05:21Even water you have to cut out

05:23depends on how close you are to the competition

05:25and what weight you need.

05:27Either you have to gain or you have to lose weight.

05:29So later,

05:31I have a competition coming,

05:33but still in August.

05:35Right now, what I need is the energy

05:37to actually survive in training.

05:40Not so critical yet

05:42with how much I weigh.

05:44So more of like how much my body can recover

05:47and then exert energy.

05:49So later, it's going to be a lot of carbs

05:51and then protein and then good fats then.

05:53So those are my micros.

05:55Also, you have to deal with your micronutrients,

05:57your vitamins and minerals.

05:59You have to be just complete.

06:01But in a way of by how much you eat,

06:04you just need to be full

06:05and then you cover all the things

06:07that your body needs to exert

06:09and also to recover.

06:25But of course, you are now holding

06:27this world record

06:29in the World Open Equipped Championships 2024.

06:32Can you tell us your experience

06:34in this competition?

06:36Well, first of all, the preparation.

06:39It was all about the preparation.

06:41The people with me in my training and recovery

06:45was a whole another level.

06:49Besides, my coach always checks up on me.

06:53I also have now my recovery team.

06:57They always help when I feel pain

07:00in any part of my body,

07:02my tightness that you can't properly execute

07:05the exercises.

07:06They are there to actually fix me.

07:08So yeah, I need my PT.

07:11So we also have PT.

07:13And then, in terms of food,

07:16my partner is always supporting me with the food.

07:18For example,

07:19this is already available,

07:20this is already available.

07:21Will you want to take this one?

07:23There's a better option.

07:24This one.

07:25So always been helping me also.

07:26And then my training partners.

07:28So there, in the gym.

07:30Very supportive.

07:31The morale is very high.

07:33And then, going forward,

07:35the feeling is that

07:37when I got that world record,

07:40I was just so happy that it all paid off.

07:44The feeling of lifting at that moment

07:46was just miniscule.

07:48I enjoyed it.

07:49I was happy.

07:50I was smiling all the way.

07:52But it was more of like,

07:55I don't want to disappoint the people

07:56who were always there for me.

07:58I took it quite personally

08:00that I want to take that record.

08:02Speaking of that though,

08:03besides the physical conditioning,

08:07like what you mentioned,

08:09there is also mental conditioning.

08:11Because there's pressure.

08:13Yeah, totally.

08:14Totally.

08:15I have this one.

08:16I just have to say this,

08:17but I have this.

08:18He's like a client in our place.

08:20Our name is Space.

08:21And he's like a client.

08:23He's a client there.

08:24And it all started with,

08:26we were just talking about the universe

08:28and all this.

08:30The possibilities.

08:32And then it all came to,

08:35he came to be quite of my sports psychiatrist

08:39because he made me imagine myself winning.

08:42So you won now.

08:43We had this talk.

08:44You won now.

08:45Now get back.

08:47Go back.

08:48What did you do to win this one?

08:51So it made me think,

08:54to imagine winning.

08:56And then what did I do

08:57to win this one?

08:58And he also made me think

09:00that it was also,

09:03it made me think the opposite,

09:05that I lost.

09:06And then why did I lose?

09:08So what happened?

09:10What did I do?

09:11So procrastinating,

09:12all those kinds.

09:13I imagined myself doing that one,

09:14not eating the right kind of food.

09:16So it was all in my head.

09:19Mentally, that was the pressure.

09:21And it wasn't happening yet.

09:23It was like three months out of competition.

09:25I was already imagining

09:27and accepting the result.

09:28If I do this or I don't do that,

09:30that's it.

09:31I thank that guy.

09:33Power of the mind.

09:34The power of manifestation.

09:36So Coach reversed engineered

09:38the possibilities that he saw.

09:41And Coach visualized the two pathways.

09:45But Coach, you also teach,

09:47so do you also apply these tricks

09:50to your students?

09:52Right now,

09:55I have new ones

09:57and then I have like,

09:59the lifters are already seasoned.

10:01Seasoned ones, yeah.

10:03Of course,

10:05we have this soft talk

10:07and we also have the hard talk.

10:09And then for the new ones,

10:11it's more of like preventing them

10:13to do mistakes that would

10:15hinder their career,

10:16or their lifting injuries

10:18and stuff like that.

10:19And also, even with my friends,

10:21I have this kind of talk.

10:22Whatever you want to achieve in life.

10:24So I shared that one,

10:25that you have to put yourself there,

10:27that you already got it

10:28or you've lost it.

10:30So what are you going to do?

10:31So yeah,

10:32it's part of my life

10:34and with all the people around me.

10:36Coach,

10:38when you compete

10:40at this high level,

10:42a lot of people say that

10:44in terms of physicality,

10:45it's almost equal.

10:46So I'm very fascinated

10:48with your mental preparation.

10:51So do you think that

10:53at this level of competition,

10:55it all boils down to mentality?

10:57Because in terms of physicality,

10:59almost everything is there.

11:01There's everything.

11:03I wouldn't say that

11:05when you think this way,

11:07it's going to happen.

11:09It's not really like that.

11:11You have to back it up with

11:13proper preparation.

11:15You have to eat well,

11:16you have to train as hard as you can,

11:18but still you have to train so smart,

11:20smartly because

11:22it only takes a little bit of

11:24weight shift,

11:26wrong decisions,

11:28and it could end right here, right now.

11:30This year, you're not competing at all.

11:32But,

11:34yeah,

11:36if you actually know that

11:38you've prepared enough,

11:40there's no way that you're not going to believe

11:42that you can get this one.

11:44And that's what I accepted right there.

11:46I'm not going to fail.

11:48I'm not going to lose this one.

11:50It doesn't matter what.

11:52No way.

11:54So, definitely, it's a balance.

11:56It's a balance because they support each other.

11:58If you lack this part,

12:00you could never say,

12:02I can. That's just lying to yourself.

12:04You have to be there

12:06at all aspects.

12:08So, physical preparation

12:10plus mental preparation

12:12is the key to success, right?

12:14Yeah.

12:16Another fun fact.

12:18Aside from powerlifting,

12:20there are hidden talents.

12:22I feel like our teammates

12:24won't be able to guess this.

12:26It's so far.

12:28Even for me, when I read it.

12:30Okay, share with us,

12:32Coach Reggie,

12:34what are the fun facts

12:36that will surprise our teammates

12:38when they find out

12:40your background.

12:42My background is,

12:44actually,

12:46I wouldn't start powerlifting.

12:48I wouldn't be able to start powerlifting

12:50if I didn't do ballet.

12:52Because in ballet,

12:54men are supposed to be

12:56like women.

12:58We have to make them look graceful,

13:00lift them up like it's air,

13:02and we have to look like it's nothing.

13:04But the reality is,

13:06that's so difficult because you can't just drop them down.

13:08They have to land like a feather.

13:10So, I was a small guy,

13:1214 years old,

13:14and I still looked like 10.

13:16I don't know, my height just

13:18stagnated until I was 14.

13:20That's the only time I grew.

13:22But anyway,

13:24my uncle said,

13:26my coach said,

13:28for you to be able to jump higher,

13:30for the boys, individually,

13:32you have to jump and then turn a lot.

13:34You can't turn a lot.

13:36You can't do doubles or triples if your jump is so short.

13:38So, he said,

13:40okay, you have to get your legs stronger.

13:42And it all started from there.

13:44And then, I just shifted

13:46to powerlifting

13:48as years went.

13:50Because he just

13:52saw that I was a fast learner.

13:54And then,

13:56I thank my

13:58being a fast learner

14:00or the talent that I have,

14:02that I have got all the techniques so fast.

14:04It's not because of the ballet.

14:06It's so point.

14:08If they say that you have

14:10to face left and this way,

14:12everyone has to face left and this way.

14:14There's no such thing as my own style.

14:16No, it's going to be so point

14:18that the teacher must

14:20see everyone to be that way.

14:22So, I learned it that way,

14:24that hard. So, powerlifting,

14:26transitioning there was,

14:28I was so happy because everything went so easy.

14:30Yeah, and then I have the best

14:32coach also. So, that's the trivia.

14:34It's like worlds apart.

14:36Ballet, of course, if you envision

14:38ballet, it's very graceful.

14:40When you say powerlifting, very manly,

14:42very strong. But is there

14:44a similarity? That's the trick.

14:46That's the trick of all the ballet

14:48dancers out there.

14:50They make you look like

14:52it's so easy.

14:54They make you look like they're floating

14:56and graceful and they are soft.

14:58But it takes a lot of power

15:00to make or to

15:02get that form steady

15:04or to stay in that certain position.

15:06It takes a lot of power. Look,

15:08all of them, so muscular.

15:10The boys have huge legs

15:12and the girls are so lean.

15:14It takes a lot

15:16of power. So, I would say that

15:18the only difference in

15:20powerlifting and the ballet

15:22is that the sports

15:24itself. But the skill set

15:26is as

15:28needed.

15:30So, you wouldn't

15:32feel, I never felt that

15:34it's a girly

15:36kind of thing, right? Because you're dancing

15:38and doing this all

15:40pirouette and then releves.

15:42And I got tights.

15:44Boys, especially

15:46in our country, wouldn't wear

15:48any fitting kind of thing because it looks

15:50revealing and it's not manly.

15:52But ballet

15:54can't be any less manly

15:56than any other sport.

15:58It came from there. It takes a lot of

16:00you to even

16:02stay there for hours and

16:04hours of training and lifting the girls.

16:06It takes a lot of being

16:08a man, really. So, hard sport.

16:10Coach's partner is right

16:12because ballet

16:14is also a sport and you exert

16:16physical energy. But

16:18what makes it hard is

16:20you have to look graceful.

16:22In other sports, no matter what you look like,

16:24as long as you perform that task,

16:26it's okay. But in ballet,

16:28no matter what performance,

16:30you need a lot of

16:32power to maintain that form.

16:34So, when you lift

16:36the girls, it takes a lot of

16:38power. But aside from ballet,

16:40you have another sport.

16:42Yeah, I mentioned

16:46Arnis. I also did Arnis

16:48because Arnis, at the same time,

16:50is a very explosive sport.

16:52So, it helped me

16:54a lot under pressure.

16:56Even though when someone's trying

16:58to hit your head off

17:00in Arnis, you have to remain

17:02focused and then

17:04keep calm. So, I think

17:06being a martial

17:08artist makes

17:10you to remain

17:12steady at the make it or break it moment.

17:16Okay, Coach. So, let's go back to

17:18powerlifting.

17:20We know that you're preparing

17:22for the upcoming World Games

17:24in China in August.

17:26Can you just share with us

17:28how did you prepare?

17:30Everything I got.

17:32Food, training,

17:34and still the same people with me.

17:36And the maturity

17:38that I got from that World Championship

17:40to be

17:42to have less mistakes

17:44because I learned a lot

17:46from that mistake. The winning is

17:48the winning is just

17:50the happy times. But the things

17:52that I failed to do.

17:54Coach, when you say training,

17:56can you just give us specifics?

17:58For example,

18:00what does your session look like?

18:02It looks like

18:04for example, the day one is

18:06squat day. And then you have to do some accessories

18:08to strengthen the squat.

18:10And then also to cover some

18:12other muscles that supports the whole thing.

18:14The whole lifting itself.

18:16And then, on the bench,

18:18bench day, you just

18:20have to do a lot of back work,

18:22triceps, those kind of things. And in the deadlift,

18:24you just have to put

18:26a lot of technique work because

18:28the carryover of the squat is big

18:30to deadlift. And then you just gotta

18:32add some specific kind of training,

18:34some bandage, chains, and stuff like that.

18:36Coach,

18:38besides the 2025 World Games,

18:40do you have any other

18:42tournaments that you are preparing?

18:44Yes, I do. In November,

18:46this is a World Championship. So both are

18:48world's.

18:50One happens every four years and the

18:52other one happens every year.

18:54This is in Romania.

18:56So again, the best of the best

18:58in the whole world are my opponents there.

19:00So, yeah,

19:02I gotta learn from my mistakes and then

19:04get over it and then

19:06come back stronger.

19:08Coach Reggie, before we say goodbye,

19:10do you have a goal for 2025?

19:12Maybe as an athlete

19:14and also personally.

19:18If anything,

19:20is that

19:22consistency

19:24and to really work on the parts

19:26that I need to strengthen and to

19:28be good. And I think also to be

19:30more kind

19:32and then also

19:34be strict to me and

19:36things that I do.

19:38And before we

19:40say goodbye to

19:42Coach Reggie, do you have

19:44a message for our sports fans

19:46and also to the youth

19:48who dreams to be like you?

19:50Whatever

19:52you want to start,

19:54whatever kind of sport it is,

19:56just try it. That's the first thing

19:58you'll do is to get there

20:00and then do it and then

20:04find it for yourself if you want it

20:06or not. And then

20:08from there, if you want it,

20:10commit. And if you don't

20:12like it, don't be

20:14discouraged.

20:16Just because

20:18you don't put the effort,

20:20maybe it's not the sport that you

20:22really want to do.

20:24Once

20:26you like that sport, once you want to do it,

20:28you want to go in there and you liked it,

20:30commit.

20:32Stay there as long as you can

20:34because it needs commitment and

20:36consistency to achieve

20:38at least

20:40anything that would

20:42separate you from being just good to great.

20:44Okay.

20:46Maraming salamat

20:48kay Coach Reggie Ramirez. Pero

20:50teammates, huwag muna kayong BBQ

20:52dahil magbabalik pa kami dito sa

20:54PPV Sports.

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