Feb 8, 2021
Peaking for an online meet provides more choices and thus
greater room for strategy (and mistakes) for how lifters peak and
complete their attempts. Niki Sims and Andrew Jackson explore
how to peak for an online meet (or simply complete PR
attempts).
United States Strengthlifting is putting on an online event. Whereas
in an in-person meet, all lifts need to be peaked on the same day
and many factors are simply out of the coaches and lifters' control
(rest between attempts, equipment, etc.) for this online meet, the
lifters have two weeks and three submittals for the squat, bench
press, and deadlift. This allows for more control and choice,
but with greater choice comes, well, more choices to make.
More choices to make means more ways to increase performance but
also more ways to screw up.
Some lifters may mimic a powerlifting meet and attempt all their
attempts at their favorite gym with friends and other lifters
present to cheer them on. Others may complete their lifts by
themselves, in private, with total control over the atmosphere.
Some lifters may take the entirety of the time to peak, making
their attempts later on in the 2 weeks. Others may make safer
attempts that first weak and then reattempt 1, 2, or 3 of the lifts
that second week.
Many of these decisions come down to personal preference.
Some lifters care more about one lift than another. Some
lifters may have a poor performance on one lift tank all their
other attempts. Some lifters may want to get things done
with, whereas others enjoy only having to go for one lift at a
time. Some lifters may have an awesome gym with great lifters
who they want to compete with, while others may want to not have to
deal with other people.
Regardless of how you compete, or whether you even sign up for an
online meet, this podcast investigates the mental and physiological
aspects of attempting PRs.
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