Another fun episode coming your way. In the 11th episode of the BAR James and Wyatt discuss the process of prepping for a meet all the way from 10 weeks out up to selecting each of your attempts. In addition they discuss aspects of mentality and psychological arousal around each attempt, how to deal with missing a lift, food and supplement intake, and of course some post meet celebrations.

Recap 0:35
Structuring a Meet Prep 5:06
Utilizing Variations 26:13
Organizing Meet Week 30:52
Resistance Priming to Enhance Neuromuscular Performance in Sport: Evidence, Potential Mechanisms and Directions for Future Research. Harrison et al., 2019.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-019-01136-3
Influence of Strength Level on Performance Enhancement Using Resistance Priming. Nishioka & Okada, 2022.
https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Fulltext/2022/01000/Influence_of_Strength_Level_on_Performance.6.aspx
Can Priming Sessions Enhance Performance in Olympic Weightlifters? Hald, 2020.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjRi6XNjqH3AhWVDkQIHU4TCdAQFnoECAsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnih.brage.unit.no%2Fnih-xmlui%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F11250%2F2660670%2FHald%2520EMEK%2520v2020.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1%26isAllowed%3Dy&usg=AOvVaw02rPiqeX1TPmicSdDP47c9
Meet Day and Attempt Selection 37:24
Mental Fatigue 46:32
What to Do If You Miss 51:05
Psychological Arousal 56:40
Caffeine 1:00:46
The Lifter's Guide to Caffeine. Trexler, 2019.
https://www.strongerbyscience.com/caffeine/
Effects of Caffeine on Resistance Exercise: A Review of Recent Research. Grgic, 2020. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-021-01521-x
Food 1:10:20

Where to find us
James Harris
@James.BrentwoodBarbell
@BrentwoodBarbellClub
https://www.brentwoodbarbell.com
Wyatt Christiansen
@Wolf_Pack_Strength
https://www.rebuildstrongeronline.com

Recorded March 15, 2022