Week & Day Before Routine/Best Practices Forum

[BJS]

All -

What are suggestions on best practices the week before the test (Monday through Friday)? I have Thursday and Friday off from work, but will be working Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Is it a bad idea to take a PT on Thursday? Should I drill on both days?

What has worked for you? Thanks!

[PeanutsNJam]

I took it once before and scored in the upper range of my PTs. A few thoughts:

- The LSAT should be viewed like a competition meet. It's race day. It's game 7 in the finals. You want to be in tip top physical shape because it matters. Obviously prioritize sleep. Tell your boss you're sick if you need to in order to get at least 8 hours of sleep.

- Do NOT do any heavy working out, if it's in your regimen. If you're a lifter, don't lift heavy for the week before. Go down to 60% of 1rm, do 3x8, take it easy. Low volume. Low volume. Don't try to break any personal records. Don't run farther, faster, or anything than you've done before. Light exercise.

- Eat well. The whole week. Go on a juice cleanse.Drink lots of fresh squeezed fruit juice. Eat salads. No grease, no trans fats. Drink lots of water. Get yourself in tip-top shape, and you are what you eat. Eat squash, spinach, veggies, grilled chicken breast. Get your fats from fish and nuts.

- Psychological states can freak you out. If you do a timed PT close to test time and get way below your target score, you will be fucked in the head, and that will ruin you. What I did was take untimed drills the day before and day of the exam, just to get myself in the LSAT state without causing undue stress.

- Try to get in "the zone". --LinkRemoved--) This is real in sports, it's real in studying, it's real in riding a motorcycle, it's real in playing video games, and it's damn real on the LSAT.

Seriously, your physical shape can greatly affect your score.

[BillPackets]

- Do NOT do any heavy working out, if it's in your regimen. If you're a lifter, don't lift heavy for the week before. Go down to 60% of 1rm, do 3x8, take it easy. Low volume. Low volume. Don't try to break any personal records.

- Eat well. The whole week. Go on a juice cleanse. Eat salads. No grease, no fats. Drink lots of water. Get yourself in tip-top shape, and you are what you eat.

I feel like going on an extreme juice cleanse the week b4 could b really bad as that's an extreme departure for any1 who doesn't get the majority of their cals from juice on a normal basis also saturated fats r great just gotta stick up for fats eat ur veggies but don't neglect fats just trans cuz those r terrible

[PeanutsNJam]

edited my diet advice

[lurj]

definitely going hardcore bulking mode the week before september lsat.

[BJS]

- Psychological states can freak you out. If you do a timed PT close to test time and get way below your target score, you will be fucked in the head, and that will ruin you. What I did was take untimed drills the day before and day of the exam, just to get myself in the LSAT state without causing undue stress.

This is really solid advice. Did you take an entire PT or just drills?

[dontdoitkid]

My take on physically preparing - I'm going to probably continue lifting and running as normal the week before, with the only major change being that I'm not going to push my max weights on any of anything that I consider my primary lift (squatting, bench, etc). For me, the soreness/tiredness helps me keep my focus and I have consistently found that my best PT results are on or after a day that I've been at the gym. But yeah, good point made by those here who said not to push it too hard because you could potentially injure or way overexert yourself.

[JohnnyHop]

Morning of I did one logic game, one practice reading and a handful or LRs. Out of everything I did they say of the day report before, I think it was the most useful piece. Really primed my brain for the test and I think helped or relieve some of that first shock pressure you get when you open the test and see the first question. That being said, I took the test in June, so it was a bit easier to get some sleep and prep a bit before hand. If you're not morning person, this may be a bit more difficult on test day.