The official PL family appreciation thread, part III - Page 333

dannyautrey · 11-03-2009, 11:19 PM

lol... i'm so close to pulling out of my competition... i feel like preparing to compete is only holding back my training right now, since I doubt i'm gonna hit what i want in any of my lifts.. all of the numbers that I was sure I was gonna hit a month and a half ago are now "maybe"s

sheepyd · 11-03-2009, 11:47 PM

don't pull out.

the only way you'll be able to hit the numbers you want in a meet is to practice.

never ever pull out of a competition (barring injury and serious illness).

dannyautrey · 11-03-2009, 11:53 PM

i'm just frustrated with this injury.. it has possibly effed my plans of pulling 600 this year and squatting over 5 hundo

sheepyd · 11-03-2009, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by dannyautrey

i'm just frustrated with this injury.. it has possibly effed my plans of pulling 600 this year and squatting over 5 hundo

Oh I forgot about your hammy. That kinda changes this rant haha.

By all means change your training if you feel that your meet prep cycle is going to waste time. Even if it works out badly, you've logged it.

The only way to make ground in sport is to log everything and compete regularly. You need to compete on the good days and the bad, you need to get in touch with your body so that you know what you are capable of given any circumstances.

Hell, Bolton missed 3/4 deadlifts before he broke 1003. And he probably thought he was in the best shape of his life. People can go into meets feeling like absolute rubbish and get so psyched up that they blast 2 year old PBs.

What was it that Wendler said? The best way to get strong is to go and lift weight for 10 years so that you can tell when someone is bull****ing; so that you know what works for you.

dannyautrey · 11-04-2009, 12:07 AM

yeah.. i always get like this a few weeks out before competition.. no biggie.. lol.. it's like, i'm sooo ready to just hit some PRs that I can't wait to start building on those PRs.. only difference this time is the injury... I'm doin whatever I can to not aggravate it too much, but that is part of the reason that I dont think I'll do all that well.

we'll see, though.. i'll show up and do what I can do.. if i dont hurt myself any worse, i'll just get back into the training..

sheepyd · 11-04-2009, 12:08 AM

Have you had your hamstring examined properly yet?

dannyautrey · 11-04-2009, 12:32 AM

No. After it happened, I had my girlfriend check for any bruising, and there was none. My legs are pretty white, so I'm sure it'd be visible if there were any. I dont ice it as regularly as I should, i guess..

Is keeping it wrapped all day really that beneficial?

**Arlecchino** · 11-04-2009, 02:54 AM

Continued:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=120140391