I am a week out from my strongman competition. There is little I can do to perform better and a great deal I can do to ruin myself. I need to get in two or three workouts this week. I need to push a car. I need to get in some practice using figure-8 straps for the car deadlift. I need to sleep.
If I push too hard I will be tired and sore Sunday. If I push too hard a sore muscle can become an injured muscle. A sore back can become an injured back.
My week will be spent tapering, resting, and polishing.
I entered the contest to get in better shape with the accountability of this deadline. My press is up. My pull is up. My bodyweight is the roughly the same but I have moved in another belt loop.
Next Sunday will be about having fun and doing what my body lets me do. I hope the weather is nice and the parking lot and equipment are dry. The adrenaline of competition will be pumping. Time to push a car.