Lifting Comp Tomorrow

Fools at CF Watertown are talkin' smack.  That'll happen.  Apparently I'm a floppy eared puppy.  HA.  Anyways, my girl's at a "Boot Camp Party" now and going out to breakfast and shopping with her mom tomorrow too so that leaves me with nothing else to think about except lifting enough weight that the foundation at CFW shakes.  Boom-shaka-laka!  

The most important part of a successful lift is the starting position, the first pull, which should flow seamlessly into the second.  That's the whole goal.  Luckily, there are an abundance of resources regarding the lifts in general, so I thought that I'd share them with you, my faithful readers.

The Starting Position (via)

(way to go Melanie Roach)

Also, some motivational videos...

and...

Lifting at Lunch (video)

Links

Yummy

Born to Survive

Breakfast of Champions

Weightlifting is good for your psyche

Feel the Power

Breakfast this morning...

1/2 pound ground bison browned, mixed with 4 scrambled eggs and a very tall glass of milk

Lunch, packed for later...

2 Chicken breasts and a salad

Dinner...?

Active Recovery

Just what I need.  There's a mini competition this Saturday at the PowerBarn.  Two lifts, Snatch and Clean and Jerk, highest weight within your weight class wins.  I have semi high hopes.  While I don't expect to have any PR's (although that'd be nice) I do want to win.  I won't taper down, that doesn't make sense, especially since this really just a strength litmus test towards the Crossfit Games qualifier.  

Nothing lifted today was over 80% of my power max.  There was a little bit extra core work but heavy weights were pushed to the side.  While frusterating to look over at other people squatting 400+ pounds and DLing around 600, stuck at snatching and OHS 175, knowing that you feel good to do better, it is VERY important to keep it all in perspective and be smart about the long term goals.

Anyway...  Today felt good, and while annoying, was a good thing for me to do.  That's the long and short of it.  I just wish I hadn't had two bowls of ice cream after dinner.  Probably not the best idea, but whatever, it's junior mint.  Like Kramer says, "it's refreshing."

Also, I couldn't be more proud of these women if they were lifting heavy.  It's never too late to find your inner athlete.

We Can Rebuild Him...

Rest will cure what ails ya.  That's for darn sure.  While today wasn't an especially heavy day, I hit all of my numbers the first time with minimal warmup.  That feels good.  There's nothing like going into something, getting your shit done and leaving fulfilled and NOT pissed off about effort.

In other issues, I've been trying to eat really well.  Only the organic, grass fed beef and other delicious meats.  It's way better than my cheap meat.  For instance, in the morning's I've been eating ground bison with my eggs and it makes a world of difference.  For one, it's a fairly fatty meat so it keeps me full and helps me recover and two, it's friggin' delicious.  Oh my lord I could just shovel this into my masticator raw.  WOW!