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Lift with Intent in Powerlifting: Improve Technique and Performance
You show up at the gym and it’s an easy day — squats for low reps at RPE 5 or around 60% of your 1RM. You start thinking it’s just a light training day, something you just need to get done, but you’re not really into it. You get under the bar and it feels heavier than expected. You move slower, feel stiffer. You tell yourself it doesn’t matter — you’ll focus on the heavy day.
Then the heavy day comes. You warm up well, crank up the music to get hyped... but it doesn’t work. You feel slow, the bar feels heavy, and you miss your lift. No spark.
Intention is the relationship between what you want to achieve, your actions, and your thoughts. Aligning your goals with your actions in a consistent and coherent way. Intention goes beyond simply thinking about something. You have to commit. If you don’t, you’ll be like the typical gym-goer who pays the monthly fee and thinks they’ll get strong just by showing up — year after year.
It requires everything to be aligned.
"Conscious thoughts, unconscious beliefs, skills, and commitment — actions that work and those that don’t. That’s harmony."
Use light training days to move better technically, add more explosiveness, control the descent better, follow the rules more strictly, pause the bench with a clear margin…
If a weight is supposed to move at RPE 6, aim to move it like it’s RPE 5 — try to be better.This will help you feel sharp on the important days, leave nothing to chance, and take responsibility.
"Thoughts shape actions, actions shape behavior, repeated behavior builds habits, habits shape character, and character shapes destiny."
Are you treating every rep, set, and exercise as an opportunity to improve — or just another movement?
Tell me about your goals and ask anything you need. Message me on WhatsApp or fill out the form, and let’s start your plan to get stronger.
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