A lift off in two weeks huh? Sounds like fun. You are sort of asking for an injury maxing out with weighted dips and btns but whatever. Personally I think dips will be worse though, plus judging form will be a bit tough. You should talk him into doing 3RM at least with the dips, btns, and squats.
You have a good belt, shoes, wrist wraps etc…?
I’d get a couple of good training partners for the next two weeks first off. Guys you can trust to be good spotters when you’re lifting big, help you with form, and get you psyched up and slap you around a big before your big attempts. I’d stop all your training except with those 4 lifts your going to compete in, and only do triples, doubles, and singles. Just go in the gym every other day at least and lift like you’re going to the day u guys compete. Don’t wear yourself out, injure yourself or tear yourself down at all. You could do some light speed work with those lifts or recuprative stuff if you wanted on off days.
Strech a lot. Warm up really well, but don’t wear yourself out doing it. TAke two days off in the middle of those two weeks if you need to to stay fresh, and I’d for sure take two days off prior to the day you’ll compete. I’d warm up and stretch on all your off days.
Since you have no weight class to worry about I’d eat up till then, any extra weight you put on will make you stronger. Wouldn’t worry about it being too clean either, just do eat so out of the ordinary that you make yourself sick or uncomfortable or anything like that. A bit of a bloat the day of would help, so I’d load up on carbs, salt and water the day before. Eat well but normal the day of. Have some Surge or gatorade or whatever your used to drinking to sip throughout the event.
Power Drive would be great to take the two weeks. ECA or whatever stimulants you use and like would be great for the day of and maybe one day of the first week. In fact it’d be good to do a trial run with everything (bloat, stims, etc…) the week before to make sure it all goes well.
The only other stuff I can think of is just mental, getting fired up type stuff. What can I say about that? Get mad, get focused, stay tight, and explode the weight up. Destroy that shit!!
Someone (Thib maybe) wrote about putting a dark towel over your head for a minute or two prior to your big attempts while your psyching yourself up. Then pull it off right before you get under the bar. The darkness helps you focus and then the change in temperature and light gets a bit of a fight of flight response going. I’ve tried it a couple times and it does indeed work.
Oh and I’d have the same guys who’ve been spotting you all two weeks there for spotting and lift offs.
Good luck and me know how it goes. I’ve been that weaker guy before to, and it’s an awesome feeling when you can catch and surpass a naturally more gifted friend with hard work, smarts, dedication and drive. Makes it all that much sweeter.
