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Brecht Leenders

@brechtleenders333

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🇧🇪 -105 Jnr 🇧🇪
🥉 Jr Nats ‘25
COACH AT @lvlup_coaching

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WORLDS 🇿🇦 2026:

820kg + 101,4GL + 9th place

•275✅290✅295❌ -2,5kg comp PR
Felt strong on the day, genuinely got hit sooo hard by the whip/vibration of the comp setup. Need to make training with the comp bar + comp collars a STAPLE!
•172,5✅185✅190✅ +7,5kg comp PR
Hit 195 at the end of may, shoulder has been nerfing me a bit ever since so happy to bench my 4th 190(+) on the platform
•315✅330✅340✅ 🥉
+10kg ATPR/+15kg comp PR
Failed sooo many heavy pulls the last year so happy to hit one for a new flemish record 🙂‍↕️. Don’t really care about regional records but i guess it’s my first record and my first international medal. by @brechtleenders333

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2 months ago

3HUNID MFING KILOS 🫡🥹✅

Way more beat up then i normally am at the end of a block but it wasn’t too hard 🤷‍♂️

#powerlifting #powerliftingmotivation #squat #gym #ipf by @brechtleenders333

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🇱🇹Junior Euros recap: @brechtleenders333 🇱🇹

Amidst our off season macro post junior worlds Brecht and I got notice that he would be able to compete at euros. While we didn’t plan nor expect this, we took the opportunity with both hands.

Things took some time to feel good again as we were running higher rep ranges across all lifts and the immediate switch to higher specificity didn’t really stick the landing until one block out.

With squat we were on pace for our best performance yet, as he hit 290kg x2 one block out.
When traveling to Lithuania and being there for a couple of days, Brecht lost about 2-3kg due to being outside of his usual environment and nutrition just being not quite like at home. I feel like this is the biggest reason why we narrowly missed his last attempt of 295kg.

Bench continued to struggle in training for a while, but mainly due to poor pacing and pushing the auxiliary days too much but once adjusted we saw an immediate uptick in how he felt under the bar and how strong the press felt. Though one week out bench didn’t feel as good, but mainly because the secondary and tertiary day were underdosed. So in the last week I upped the loads slightly more than planned and we were able to leave this comp with a bench PR, even after totally butchering that second and clipping the rack HARD.

Similar to bench, deadlift continued to struggle to come alive the way we hoped for in training. But we knew with a proper taper, it would come alive as it did for all comps this year and this time was no different!
This was genuinely the strongest I’ve seen him be on pulls yet and I think his attempts reflected that. On the third we opted for 337.5kg to potentially give us a bronze medal on pulls. Unfortunately his thumb tore and we narrowly missed the lift at lock out.

I’m excited for the fact that Brecht is still making as much progress as he is, while we’ve been working together for over three years now, he’s still massively underweight for his weightclass and height and to see him getting stronger after a pretty quick turn without any real preparatory work. by @brechtleenders333

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10 months ago

Macros:
4169 kcals
253g protein
536g carbs
105g fats

Forgot to eat my banana tho 🥲
@neytje.the.powerlifter cooking tha nutrition

#powerlifting #powerliftingmotivation #squat #gym #bench by @brechtleenders333

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7 days ago

@theipf 🙏🤝🥹🐈

#ipf
#ipfpowerlifting
#cats by @brechtleenders333

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a month ago

900 at jr euros 🇸🇮? Or is unc tripping?

#powerlifting
#powerliftingmotivation
#squat
#gym
#bench by @brechtleenders333

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a month ago

Finally 3 plates

#gym #09 #gymmotivation #pr #3plates
@brechtleenders333 @lvlup_coaching by @brechtleenders333

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a month ago

VLAAMS KAMPIOEN OPEN -74KG 2026 🥇
3rd best lifter 🥉

Recap onder elke video:
Squat: Video 1-3
Bench: video 4-6
Deadlift: video 7-9
Total recap: video 10-11

See yall next time! 🫡

SQUAT:
195KG ✔️
205KG ✔️
210KG ✔️

We kwamen opdagen op VK wetende dat squat zeker niet op een all time best staat door ondertussen al een half jaar last te hebben van upper back flare-ups. Hierdoor squatte we ook maar enkele keren per week, met bijna geen backoffs. Desondanks een +5kg comp PR en een match all time PR! Depth and mental drills van de afgelopen maanden waren worth it, grote shoutout naar coach @brechtleenders333 om dit door te voeren in training!!! Kan niet wachten om te zien hoe squat eruit ziet als we eindelijk terug volledig kunnen trainen!!! So much more potential on this lift!

BENCH:
130KG✔️
135KG ✔️
137.5KG ❌️

In training was dit de lift die het meeste progress maakt, met enorme confidence naar VK toe. In training 135x2 met overschot kunnen doen, waardoor we dachten dat 140kg een safe bet zou zijn. Jammer genoeg was conditioning on the day niet optimaal, waardoor een enorme back cramp ervoor zorgde dat arch en spanning sub par werden. We didnt get to show what we have on this lift, maar er komen nog vele kansen aan in de toekomst! 150KG remains the end goal, it will be done!!!

DEADLIFT:
245KG ✔️
265KG ✔️
275KG ❌️

Momenteel een love-hate relationship met deze lift...
On the day voelde deadlift sterk, maar fatigue + back cramp zorgde ervoor dat ik wederom niet kon laten zien waar we staan met deadlifts zoals in training...
We weten wat we moeten doen, er zit veel meer in dan we tot nu toe hebben kunnen laten zien. We now need to figure out how to put the in-training strength on deadlift on the platform, 300KG as a -74kg will be done one day!

TOTAL:
610KG (+10KG)
Vlaams kampioen -74kg
3rd overall best lifter

What can we even say, absoluut geen comp om over te klagen! In training was er echter zoveel meer, de uitdaging zal nu worden om dezelfde kracht en performance naar het platform te brengen. We hebben geen traditionele prep gedaan into VK, met een triple block net voor deze comp. Next up is BK in oktober, waar we WEL een traditionele prep voor plannen! W by @brechtleenders333

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a month ago

This past Saturday @brechtleenders333 competed at his second World Championships in Sun City, South Africa!  Brecht finished the day with a 290kg squat, a 190kg bench (+7.5kg) and a 🥉340kg deadlift (+15kg) for a 820kg total (+27.5kg).

Genuinely couldn’t be more happy of this day and be proud of the hard worker Brecht is. We took nats on the chin and we both felt like absolute shit afterwards, but here we made up for it and we figured a few things out. The important thing for Brecht is to stay calm and to not elevate his heart rate any more than the internal stress already gives him. He barely had on his headphones on, we talked some shit and he locked in when it was his turn.

Squat went very well in training and confidence was in a pretty good spot. On the day we opened up at 275kg. During warm ups it was already clear that he was in way better shape than at nats. The opener moved well but the oscillation of the bar caused him to not feel as confident under the bar as usual. We went up to 290kg and we got it but the shakiness killed his speed so went up a conservative 5kg. 295kg moved way better but depth was cut slightly and we received three reds. In training we’ll focus on squatting with the comp collars more often as that heavily influences the oscillation he experiences.

Shortly after nats Brecht put up 195kg in training and we were looking at some massive PR’s. However some shoulder aches held us back somewhat the last few blocks going into this meet. It was managed properly and kept feeling better the closer we got to the meet. On the day after a giga taper (no accessories for a week OMG, the SBL crowd will hate this one). We quickly noticed that warm ups were looking SUPERB and the opener of 172,5kg flew so we went to the planned 2A of 185kg. It moved well but I knew 190kg would be the magic number on this day and he crushed it. The strongest he’s shown up at a meet on bench and especially after the training we had, this was a treat.

Deadlift has been our achilles heel the past three meets after not being able to finish our third attempt. Deadlift was very strong in training and he was able to hit some huge sets of move certain weight very nicely. D taken in Sun Park, Suncity by @brechtleenders333

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@brechtleenders333 landed himself on the deadlift podium today and ended up in 9th place at this year’s Junior World Championships!

This is the meet we needed and we couldn’t be more happy and proud of the way we got. Brecht executed beautifully and this sets us up for more success in the future! taken in Sun City, South Africa by @brechtleenders333

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2 months ago

Tomorrow @brechtleenders333 takes the platform here in Sun City, South Africa!

@jochenstrubbe
@neytje.the.powerlifter taken in Sun City, South Africa by @brechtleenders333

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Very mid session into big performance? 🙏

#powerlifting #powerliftingmotivation #squat #gym #bench by @brechtleenders333

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