Restful Terrace

For those of you that don't have the pleasure of knowing my husband Dennis, he's well, let's just call him a loose cannon.  He, when he wants to, can commit to things, train, and do well.  But MOST of the time he commits to things and then for one reason or another doesn't train.  And the bizarre thing?  He will still do well.  It's been a big mystery with him that has been proved at Test Your Metal 2012 and most recently at Superfit 2013.  How would one describe Dennis' training plan for Superfit?  I'd call it "restful."

Now obviously Dennis has a somewhat decent athletic background.  He was active in softball and track, golf, and other athletics and of course more recently his Crossfit training.  

When Dennis gets consumed with Crossfit, he builds the courage and confidence to compete in competitions (something myself has yet to take the plunge into yet) and I simply admire him for that.  The problem?  The months leading up to said competitions, he's commitment fades, or life happens, and the morning of the competition Dennis feels completely unprepared.  

So the story goes, Dennis takes 2.5 weeks off from Crossfit, goes into the competition with doubt and comes out at the bottom, right?  WRONG.  

Dennis did really well.  Probably better than I've ever seen him do in a CF competition.  But how could this be?  And I kept asking myself this, how does he do it?  The answer. 

Rest and Recovery.  

Whether it was accidental or intentional, Dennis was giving his body (ample) time to rest and recover from all the abuse he was doing to it during his normal training.  Now I'd agree that 2.5 weeks was about 1.5 weeks too many, but there is something to be said about it.  

How do you prepare yourself mentally and physically for competitions?  Anybody else have the "Dennis System" theory?  Post to Comments.