If you’re prepping for a meet and miss a lift in a training session there should be a very good reason for it. Not being in the groove is a good reason – it happens. Failing because you picked a weight that was too heavy is not a good reason. It means you’re an idiot and making all this harder in the long run.
I see this mainly in intermediate lifters. They have everything all planned in their log down to the rep and they hit their targets perfectly. And then what do they do? They decide they’re feeling awesome today and slap two 25’s on the bar and get stapled.
This can set them back weeks, if they’re lucky enough to not get injured. Nothing frustrates me more than seeing a lifter do everything right only to torpedo their own program because they let their ego get the best of them.
Don’t get me wrong, there are times when you should say “yeah, let’s go for it.” Preparing for a meet isn’t one of them. Remember what the end goal is.
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