I've seen many experienced lifters with perfectly timed training cycles bomb quite often.
There is a very strong WA PL who from memory has bombed in 3 of his last 4 comps. Now he is pushing the envelope and moving some incredible iron, but he misses his openers more often than makes them.
All forms of football have the players performing weekly for close to 3/4 of the year. This is just an observation.
All forms of football have the players performing weekly for close to 3/4 of the year.
Max pulled 230kg the night before the DL comp, Alen benched 130kg at a whim.
i know that during the sheiko cycles i did, i felt pretty weak, and would find 80% doubles and triples hard. If i cut back for a while or did 32 i would see an increase in strength.
I could hit 90% any time, not 100% during normal training.
those guys did well but did they cheat themselves out of higher numbers because of no comp prep?
Tonight at PTC I was having a discussion with Gawain, and I read a similar topic in Sticky's journal.
Now I understand training cycles, I base a lot of my training on them, but I'm confident that any of my lifters can perform well at any stage of their particular cycle.
On the weekend, Gareth, Jack, James and Dave lifted while at different stages of their program. Gareth and Jack hit PB's on every lift, James and Dave were thereabouts.
Max pulled 230kg the night before the DL comp, Alen benched 130kg at a whim.
I understand the Elite may need perfect timing to perform at 100%, but I truly dont feel this is the case for most.
I watched Blake get changed beside a platform then step on and smash an opener, zero warm up, at Nats. I have spoken to Blake in the past about being mentally ready to lift.
Max feels he can pretty much hit his PB's anytime in the gym. I know when I trained 20 years ago, I could hit any PB, any session I wanted, but I didnt really train in cycles.
I'm not for one minute suggesting cycles is not the best way to train, it is, I'm suggesting you shouldnt be weaker at varying stages during cycles.
How do you guys feel about this?
Its like having a fast car that only goes fast twice a year.
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