The nervous system experiences ion imbalances from continual high level activation and can become quite inefficient while its underlying capabilities expand. The muscles run low on glycogen, their fiber types may temporarily alter to the weaker kind (type IIb to type IIa), they accumulate microtears and fray a bit. All the while, the hard training required to stimulate these adaptations also produces some fatigue. – As you train, your muscles become bigger, their alignment changes, and your nervous system becomes more capable of activating your muscles to produce higher forces. As a matter of fact, there are two distinct reasons that training must change several weeks before your meet to maximize performance: Isn’t showing off strength easy? Don’t you just take a regular training day to hit your maxes? Well, it turns out that things are a bit more complicated if maximal performance on meet day is your goal. So the question of the article is “how do we best prepare for the actual powerlifting competition?” How do we transition from training to get strong into training to show off our strength? In fact, that’s the whole purpose of powerlifting competition to be in your best possible shape to show off all of your strength gains. ![]() Most will understand that the process of getting stronger is distinct from the process of showing off that new-found strength.īut even for more mature lifters that strive for long-term improvements and are not obsessed with continually testing their strength, the time comes when showing off is exactly the point. ![]() Of course most people begin to understand at some point that the best way to actually get stronger over the longer term is to train and not just max out. When many people begin to mess around with weights for the first time, it seems like the entire goal of the endeavor is to max out to see ‘how much you can lift.” This approach to lifting continues longer for some than others, and has even evolved into a set of training methodologies (Westside, with its emphasis on training maxes, comes to mind).
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