If you plan to compete the 6-8 weeks before your meet you should be training to a competition standard: ✅ Ditch the mirror you won’t have one on the platform ✅ Practice squatting outward from the rack it helps build proprioception ✅ Train with comp commands: pause your bench, hold your deadlift, wait to rack your squat (you should train this all year round) ✅ Make your gym lifts predictable so that comp day feels familiar You want to build up a level of familiarity and confidence going into comp