1) - heavy weights to start or speed work
2) - then exercises decreasing in intensity by 25% each exercise.
3) - planned rest
4) - eating lots of everything.
5) - active recovery
but mainly these interms of just the training aspect:
1) pausing, i love to break up the positive and negative portions of the lift. its is the best way to build explosive, starting strength, some all the great champs have.
2) very little rest between secondary and assitance movements.
3) cardio - short bursts, usually carrying, dragging, or flipping something heavy.
4) training my weak points
5) [and probably most important for competition strength athletes in my opinion] - make your training as hard as possible, so that the contest will be easier. for example. if you have to load a 165/185/190/230/and 245 stone to a platform 41 inches high......... then practice on one 51-61 inches high. and pick the stones up higher than required to clear the platform. and when that gets easy....... either pick heavier stones..... or start from 10 feet away from the platform, pick them up and walk up and load them.
then when you get to the contest with the lighter stones that only have to go up 41 inches and you dont have to walk with them, they will feel like a piece of cake, and thats when you get to have fun.
also 6) [one of bfolds] always remember there is someone else who is training for the same contest you are, and they are training harder, and they want it more, so you have to put in even more work.
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