Hang in there! How outside forces affect your training.

Sometimes life throws you curve balls. And then sometimes life takes your bat and tries to break your legs. Although I am a firm believer in leaving all your issues outside of the gym. Sometimes it just becomes to much.

        I found that out the hard way. When news came that my grandpa was not doing well. The strength that I used to have was taken from me. My confidence shot. My focus not on how well I was lifting but how my grandpa was doing. How his health is declining every day, how that when the few times he is awake  I smile at him instead of cry. So I decided to take the week off lifting, to focus on resting and my family. I feel that there is no use training when your heart and mind is somewhere else at the time. Focus on the things and people who are close to you. Because you never know when you might say your last goodbye.

Day #7 Dropped 3 pounds, Have strength, Setting goals!

Finally I see some numbers drop. Thankfully everything else is falling in place. Stretching has helped get my flexibility back on track. Thankfully it has not affected my lifting at all. The only thing that has taken me by surprise is slight carpel tunnel in my hand. Weird thing is it went away after i was done lifting ya.. like that helped me lol. I have noticed a increase in strength as well which is perfect as that is how the cycle I am in for my workout is set for. So hopefully everything else should go as planned. Hitting 100kg on the snatch and 125kg on the clean and jerk. Only time will tell how everything will connect or not.

Day#6 Muscle Gell Is amazing! Flexibility!

If your ever extremely sore, tight, or having muscle cramps. I recommend you using anything that can try and relax your muscles it does wonders with me. Always and i mean ALWAYS try to remain flexible that plays a huge part in high performance athletes. It will keep you healthy and maintain strength. Good luck!

Day #5 Stretching, Better technique, Strength.

Today was great to see if my outside training was affecting my lifts. Although I have been stretching and everything my lifts were not affected. I was also sore from my last training day which was on Saturday so that surprised me more. My Clean Technique is getting better but my catch is breaking which makes it harder to bounce out at the bottom. The strength is there but I have to fix that if I want to move more weight eventually.

Main Goals so far, Technique, Strength, and staying flexible throughout this process. Lets hope everything works out for the best!