Meet week is both a blessing and a curse.
Blessing: your work is done.
Curse: your mind races thru the lift a million times and your questioning if you did enough?
Did you do enough is one of the questions I struggle with because this question can be asked on many different aspects in life not just training. However in this training cycle many if not all of my training was rushed and cut short. Which I know I am very capable of "overtraining" so in this case mentally I did not feel as though I physically did everything I could do become stronger. My recovery workouts were skipped half the time because I choose to sleep instead because of all the hours I put on my feet at work.
But is my will enough to get on a big stage and go for a lifetime best? I took meet week and reached out to many of my superiors for guidance on numbers and took time to reflect on what they had to say. It helped big time and this week the most important thing to do is to rest and eat. That's exactly what I did. In hopes that was enough to prepare for a big pull.
I mentally went through my lift every time I thought about taking my first attempt.
1.What do I want it to look like? My answer "perfect, its got to be perfect!"
2. How fast should it be? " like lightening fast, smoke show, form is without question dialed in."
3. What level of intensity should I approach the bar with? "Like its the last time you ever get to do this."
2nd attempt: same answers
3rd attempt; this is what you came for, don't lose sight of how long and how hard it took to get back HERE.
1. What do I want it to look like? "I want it to look like I'm lifting the world, cause its going to feel heavy and its going to move slow, don't back down , don't let go, you did and enough, you are enough."
2. How fast should it be? " Tight lats, load hams, grip the hell out of it,. It will move as fast as it NEEDS too. You did enough , you are enough."
3. What level of intensity should I approach the bar with? " Like its the last time you ever get to do THIS. YOU DID ENOUGH. YOU ARE ENOUGH!"