There are plenty of articles on the Google tube from successful coaches and powerlifters i.e. people who actually have reached huge totals and to be frank they are far more successful lifters than I am. But the rationale for this blog is to impart the 'average guy's' view so I will share some principles of success that I have observed this year and hopefully assist those of you, like me that are still finding your way in the sport.
1. Be Focused: Successful lifters just get on with it. They know there numbers, the plan for the week, month, year and they simply lift. I have read a lot of training logs of lifters that I observed at Nationals and the clever guys have a good sense of where they are at and what needs to be done.
2. Be Resilient: I guarantee shit will happen to derail your training. That is a given and it happens to everyone. Successful lifters find a way to keep going and they definitely don't sweat over the issues. Remember its the quality over the year...5 years...decade that matters in the long term, not how shitty your 3 weeks of training was in November this year.
3. Ignore what others are doing: The only thing you can control is your thoughts and actions. That other guy in the 75kg class just pulled 3.5 times bodyweight...so what? You know the 80kg jump to your competitors total in the last month is a result of some 'special supplementation'...who cares? There are a million things going on that you have no chance to control so remove the cognitive dissonance and focus on what you can influence.
4. Ask Lots of Questions: Find the smart guys in the sport and respectfully ask as many questions as you can and watch how they go about their training. At Nationals I spent an inordinate amount of time between my lifts watching experienced guys and how they prepare for the platform. It was the best master class I could find and though I probably would have been better served relaxing more the lessons learned were invaluable.
5. Limit your time on forums: I am going to fess up, I spend plenty of time on forums but from an objective standpoint it doesn't add a lot to my knowledge or training. There is an inordinate number of dicks participating on there and lots of stupid inane commentary. Even the forum I rate and spend the most time on tends to spiral into a dick measuring contest after a while. In fact this is one of my pet peeves, could you imagine the worlds better tennis players shooting the shit on forums with profanity and disparaging each other...ahh no not really. Besides for newbies like us the more info and advice the more chance of being distracted and screwing with your program. Get on sites like JTS, Elite etc and read the excellent articles but stay off the forums on the net.
That't it for today, feeling good and looking forward to training tomorrow!
Bring on the week
Thomo
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