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Twenty Seconds

by Kirk Karwoski | December 07, 2017

Kirk Karwoski describes the mental preparation for lifting heavy weights - focusing on the process, limiting variables, and proper mindset in this excerpt from his lecture "From Cadet to Captain."

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