Current third place at Olympia in the 212 category, Lucas Garcia says that the most important variable for a bodybuilder is consistency. “It’s consistency that will take you far. It’s not doing everything in one day, but how long you can do it for. There are many athletes who started competing with me and, today, they don’t even compete anymore”, he points out.
In an interview with the column, the athlete also highlights that his greatest quality in the sport is patience: “I went on stage after 10 years of bodybuilding. Therefore, it seems that my path was shortened. I could have had a 16-year career, but I have 6 (…) You won’t see me doing everything in one season and losing pace afterwards. I do it little by little, one day after another, in my game of consistency.”
“The stage only shows the tip of the iceberg. It takes many years of work in the sport to get there”, adds the bodybuilder.
Routine and training
When describing his daily life as monotonous, Garcia explains that he controls every step: “I have a time to wake up, to sleep, for each meal (…) The life of a bodybuilder is very monotonous, but we like it.”
According to the athlete, this organization is essential so that he can eat all his meals and perform in the best way possible within the gym. Still according to the bodybuilder, his routine and training are based on “control of variables”.
“We are human beings, we won’t wake up well every day, and anything can impact our performance at the gym. Whether it’s a bad night’s sleep, an argument, a traffic fight. Anything can make you arrive at the gym and not be able to do what you were supposed to do, because your head isn’t there. Bodybuilding is a very mental sport”, he explains.
For Garcia, the worst mistake a bodybuilder can make when entering the weight room is not having control over what is done: “A bodybuilder’s training is different. You need to know what you’re going to do that day, how many times you’re going to do it, how much you’re going to rest and so on. It’s not just going there. We have to know what we did the previous week, we have to control all the training variables. If you don’t write down your loads, you tend to do less.”
Asked about his attitude towards a possible poorly used series, he claims that the best solution is to do what was already planned in the best possible way. “If this happens, I don’t try to compensate with anything. Not even with extra sets. As I know that this is a long-term sport, I know that it’s not one extra set in a specific training session that will save or ruin my preparation (…) You have to be mature enough to understand that, sometimes, wanting to extract more than planned on that day when you’re not feeling well can disrupt months of work with, for example, an injury. I’m going to my daily limit, I have to win one day at a time”, he notes.
Another aspect about Garcia’s training is the frequency with which the changes occur: “The change in training occurs when I change the preparation phase. I spent six months off-season doing the same training, and it only changed now.”
Finally, the bodybuilder says he will do everything to become the best in the world in his category: “I have control of everything I do and I will do everything necessary to get there.”
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