To avoid burnout during a powerlifting competition, it is important to lower arousal levels for a short period between attempts and then refocus before the next lift.

“it is a little bit tricky because you can't keep yourself at that really high level of arousal the entire time because you'll just wear out really quickly um so for me the trick is bringing that arousal down for about you know five minutes or so so that I can just relax just enough and then start to focus back up”