Welcome to real life - no one makes it out alive, so why stay on the current plateau?
Everyone falls, but a select, dedicated few reach heights that, when they do fall, let them fall to a greater degree. Ask more of your body every day.
Hell, you don't need to be in an actual competition to compete, you should be going against yester-you every single day. The effort from last week is what drives you further today. We acquire the strength it takes to overcome obstacles. More obstacles, more strength. Competition just puts it on a stage.
So when it comes to testing mettle amongst others, the one who has sought the most obstacles, who has bled the most, cried the loudest, and dug holes deep enough light doesn't hit bottom, and then keeps digging - they are the ones who usually find themselves crossing the finish line with no one in front of them.
You can be a bad ass, but a smart bad-ass will go further. The one reason that makes this so: they seek out the untried. They will the way.
All of this should be on the road to competition, because upon arrival you have to make some strategy decisions. Here's the rambling's of someone who wants you to succeed at your next competition adventure.
Know your objective. If you aren't interested in winning (WTF?!) then you better be ready to lose. Your all-comsuming goal is to win. Blow the ever-loving doors off. Rip the souls from the competition's chest and use them as fuel on your way to a massacre of a victory. This feeling can be replicated with the purchase of a large Americano quad-shot.
Attitude. This must align with your goal. To be a winner, you must think like a winner. "I am a winner. I will win." This will prepare you for the pain, at least, when it hits you will know why it hurts so fucking bad. It hurts to play at the highest levels. That's why so few choose to do so.
See the future. What's coming and how do I respond to it? - would be a great question to outline for yourself as you prepare to do battle. Knowing your strength's and weaknesses will allow you push yourself on a personal forte and hit it the best you are able on your not-so-hot abilities.
Remove distractions. Listen up, we've all destroyed our hands, arms, legs, you-name-its with workouts before. Is a shitty piece of tape really going to give you a leg up on the others as you do pull-ups so you don't hurt your wee little hands? Fuck that shit. Go in raw, come out bleeding and laughing at how awesome it was to have blood as chalk.. you do know blood gets sticky right? Fuck yeah, natural chalk.
Stick with your plan (as long as possible). I know, your plan goes to shit almost immediately in comp time, but having a plan allows you have something to go back to mentally when everything else dissolves. If you are planning on doing a set of 30 burpee's as two sets of 15, and by the time you get to 10 your eyes are bleeding, you can then tell yourself, "Hey, I've only got 5 more until I can wipe the blood from my vision!" And now you have a motivating goal.
Be a pro, go for quality. Stepping up to a heavy bar for deadlifts after a chipper of other brutal movements might make you think, "Back, you're fucked." And as you round out your back to pick up heavy shit you automatically destroy 10x the amount of tissue you needed to. Be a rockstar and take the fraction of a second to remember how you set-up for the lift. Then do it. This should be a given if you are truly thinking like a winner. The athletes that do the most work the fastest usually have the best mechanics. Stick with that.
Get your rest. The advantage so many forget is simple stuff. Lots of sleep, lots of water, clean food, and getting your body mechanically aligned.
Go forth, and conquer.
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