One look at the warming up of legendary weightlifters during competition or while training,
and what is surely noticeable is their ability to not just take big jumps (20-40 kg),
but move in the exact same way during every single movement.
It is as if, they are armed with complete knowledge of the movement,
both in time and space.
As if they know where the weight is going to be before it gets there.
Wonder why that is the case?
It is because they DO KNOW where the weight is going to be before it gets there!
And like Gods, they appear to play during times when other buckle or worse, snap like a twig.
The movie "Edge of Tomorrow" comes to mind.
When the battle seems unwinnable, because of whatever reason,
be it the formidability of the enemy or the unfriendly and treacherous circumstances,
the only way to ensure a victory, is by knowing what the enemy will do before they do it.
Why should the intention be any different in Weightlifting?
If one seeks to be a weightlifting God, practicing or training in a way mere mortals do, is not going to get them there.
How do mere mortals train?.
They train by following a "well-planned" program,
or by relying on the latest tech that "analyses" every part of their movement (or living!)
or by exhibiting emotionally fueled rage grunts and other asinine pre-lift rituals.
But tell you what ...
They fail miserably to come even close to a God or Legend status, do they not?
They spend their entire careers "trying to win" or "trying to be better" or "improving".
But try as much as they might, they rarely win, for they never ever truly improve.
They spin their wheels their entire life.
Why?
Why not?
If you spend your days practicing "trying to win", what do you think you will do come competition day?
Is not the answer obvious?
You will try to win.
(While some Legend will walk in, win without even trying and walk away.)
So what then, is the alternative?
What do the Gods do differently?
What can you do, to start becoming like them, not eventually, but starting TODAY !?
Drop all the plans! Drop all the programs! Drop all the "analysis"!
Drop all the trying!
Start to practice winning!
Every. Single. Day.
Simple, is it not?
If you want to win without trying, you cannot practice "trying to win", you must practice winning.
"How do you suppose I can start to do that?" you ask?
Well, let us go back to the "Edge of Tomorrow" example I gave above.
You must think your "enemy" is the barbell.
A lift is missed or does not go as it was planned, because the barbell "does" something that you did not anticipate.
Other "coaches" have various phrases for when this happens ...
"you caught it too low",
"the bar crashed on you"
"you chased the bar forward"
"you did not keep the bar close enough"
"you looped the bar onto yourself"
... you do see that I can keep going, right?
The point I am trying to make is that the phrase about what specifically happened, does not matter!
Not. One. Bit.
What truly does matter, is that you did not know what the bar was doing or going to do.
And in doing so, you misjudged your "enemy" and underestimated it grandly.
Is my point hitting home for you yet?
If you train while trying to make a lift,
or by guessing where the bar is going to be,
or by following a cookie-cutter-technique,
you will always miss the essence of winning.
And the God status will continue to evade you.
To start to become a God today,
you must alter your training to learn and understand every single thing about your "enemy" (the loaded barbell).
You must practice learning ...
what it will do before it does it,
Where it will be before it gets there,
and how heavy or light it will feel before you lift it.
It is only then, that you have a shot at coming close to the possibility of not just winning, but winning without even trying.
Unless and until you start training this way, I will say you have not even begun training.
Truth be told, I do not even know what to call that which you proudly label as Training.