Timestamps

1:25 - Most common methods of tapering an athlete for competition & what matters most for increasing performance on meet day

3:54 - Coaching athletes through peaking blocks when perceived physical, mental, & emotional fatigue tends to be the highest to build lifter confidence and manage fatigue

9:58 - Is there any data on peaking and tapering for lighter vs heavier lifters & how a coach should decide whether or not they should keep accessories in an athlete's taper week or not?

19:21 - The importance of a taper week building lifter confidence headed into a meet & the importance of being process oriented instead of outcome oriented to have the best performance possible in both training & competition

27:54 - How secondary days can inform the coach and athlete how much intensity, volume & rate of exposure the lifter needs to feel strong on their primary day - how to apply that knowledge to a taper strategy

31:48 - Step vs linear vs exponential tapers and what the minimum effective dose strength research can tell us about the role of intensity in strength gain/maintenance during a taper

40:18 - How to analyze a taper that went poor: was it the taper or the training leading up to the taper and how to fix the problem - how weight cutting affects taper strategy

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