I hate that I never can get over the anxiety of will my taper work!!!
I've always had great tapers, but every time I wonder if I'm doing it right.....
This time is a little different because of the long layoff since my last season of competition (20 years), but I remember always having these same concerns.
Does anyone else have these same fears??
Well, I just HAD to join a thread where someone uses the mole concept...!:banana:
You're not the only one at all. The hardest part of the taper is mental. Do I feel good? Am I resting enough? Too much? Etc etc.
Paul's advice here and on the "ruin taper" thread is excellent.
Analogies can be misleading, but here is mine. You know those cheerleader pyramids where the top cheerleader falls back and is caught by the big burly guy? The act of tapering is like that falling backward, trusting that you will be caught. The more and better you've trained, the burlier the person catching you...but you cannot do anything to beef him up now! Just let yourself fall and trust that your training will be there.
After 20 years off you will undoubtedly have some kinks to work out in your taper. Your body is different now. But the surest way to blow it is to go too hard.
Well, I just HAD to join a thread where someone uses the mole concept...!:banana:
You're not the only one at all. The hardest part of the taper is mental. Do I feel good? Am I resting enough? Too much? Etc etc.
Paul's advice here and on the "ruin taper" thread is excellent.
Analogies can be misleading, but here is mine. You know those cheerleader pyramids where the top cheerleader falls back and is caught by the big burly guy? The act of tapering is like that falling backward, trusting that you will be caught. The more and better you've trained, the burlier the person catching you...but you cannot do anything to beef him up now! Just let yourself fall and trust that your training will be there.
After 20 years off you will undoubtedly have some kinks to work out in your taper. Your body is different now. But the surest way to blow it is to go too hard.
