Is winning all that matters or is participation the purpose of competition? This is the final article in this series.

This was my first push/pull meet and I kept repeating to myself, “It’s time. Work is done. Make it happen.”

Every aspect of motivation we discussed in parts one, two, and three are evidence here, through their absence and again through their recovery.

This is where we find the relationship between hope and two other concepts that are directly important to sports performance and powerlifting in particular: motivation and risk.