Re: Competitive Maximum (Was Sheiko Routines)

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carruthersjam wrote:

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><<<Last year at 198 I posted 600 squat,405 bench and 700 deadlift. Now

>if I could just do them all in one meet. I also trained down to 181

>and did a 1500 total and improved it two weeks ago to 1550. I hope to

>hit 1600 for the AAU World Championships at the end of the month.>>>

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>***In general, how frequently do powerlifters perform `emotional /

>competition' maximums (CFmax)? Would you ever try to replicate the

>competition environment in your own training or do you believe that

>periodic (8(??) times a year, including competitions) use

>of `competitive' maximums would lead to `burn out'?

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> in your program you seem to take a number of objective and

>subjective measurements including the number of hours of sleep, the

>quality of sleep, pulse rate, bodymass, RPE. How do you make use of the latter

information - do your methods permit a flexible approach to intensity? Have you

ever noticed anything unusual with your

>performance in the lifts and the results from the objective-subjective

measurements?

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When I do high-volume programs such as Sheiko I monitor closely for

signs of overtraining. Since I had built up to the volume in a

progressive manner I have never encountered that.

I have some flexibility in my training. I'm quite disciplined about

going to the gym, but if I'm having a bad day I simply drop the weight

and do dynamic effort.

I haven't really noticed anything unusual. If I have a cycle where all

the indicators are very good - especially RPE - I normally have a good

meet. Suprisingly one of my very best totals occured after 3 months of

sleep-deprived training. This was a result of a piriformis syndrome type

of condition which was causing me severe pain about an hour after lying

down. I ended up using a combination of physiotherapy, massage and

acupuncture to treat the condition and went out and set a Canadian

record in the squat and total in Winnipeg. So I suppose that would be a

bit unusual.

I tend to go for a competition max week about every 6-8 weeks, myself.

Now that I'm olympic lifting I use more of a Westside type of template

and do unpsyched maxes every week.

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Hobman

Saskatoon, CANADA