CT, I’m wondering what your thoughts are on post-powerlifting/olympic lifting meet training. I competed for the first time in four years this past weekend, and am taking a few days off, performing only foam rolling/mobility type work to gradually loosen up and restore tissue suppleness. I’m also undertaking 1-2 massage therapy treatments this week, and will continue once a week for at least the month of March. What should the training approach look like post meet?
I’m not sure about Powerlifting, but for Olympic lifting you move into a strength focused portion of a training cycle. Trying to push up squatting and pulling strength while lowering the volume of the classic lifts.
[quote]itisfinished wrote:
CT, I’m wondering what your thoughts are on post-powerlifting/olympic lifting meet training. I competed for the first time in four years this past weekend, and am taking a few days off, performing only foam rolling/mobility type work to gradually loosen up and restore tissue suppleness. I’m also undertaking 1-2 massage therapy treatments this week, and will continue once a week for at least the month of March. What should the training approach look like post meet? [/quote]
Lift heavy s**t. Seriously do not waste too much time “recovering”. A competition is more psychologically than physically draining. Sure you will feel weak for a few days but it’s not the muscles, it’s neural and hormonal due to the stress.
The great thing about a competition is that it shows you exactly WHAT IS YOUR WEAK POINT. So focusing on hammering that weakness until it’s a strength!
CT, That sounds good. I was mentally and physically drained Sunday, and was suffering from extreme tissue and joint stiffness. I’ve been performing mobility work the last two days. I’m giving myself just enough time to get back into that, “itching to get back into the process” mode. I’ve reached that point this morning, and am going in to train today. I’m following your Micro-PA progress thread closely for updates to your training approach. Thanks for getting back with me.