Day #28 Common Sense In Training

Well today at the gym I was doing arms and triceps. I was kinda sore from last workout but still managed to move more weight then I did the previous arm workout. Which I am not going to lie was excited. But as I was doing the workout I wanted to squeeze in the last couple of reps but noticed my form was falling apart. So I had to check my self a bit and make sure I went back to form so I won't mess anything up. Just trying to keep some common sense in the gym that's all.

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.

Soo close to my weightloss goal.

Weighed myself after a week of dieting and eating no fast food. Or any "empty" calories, and WOW do I see a difference I went from 206 to this picture. Excuse my feet haha if you can't read the scale it is 203.8! So close to my 200 goal! :D

On the road to eating better.

It helps to have someone on board with you. Especially when it comes to eating right. Need to eat more nuts, grains, And take in the proper carbs and portion control is really important. Some of the cooler things that I have been noticing is that my waist in my pants have been going down. But my legs have been getting bigger. So far my waist is 38/32. Maybe need to get longer pants but either way getting stronger. Now just need to correct some of my technique and I will go to Nationals next year.

Day #13 Gaining Weight Isn't always bad!

Everything seems to be falling into place. Workouts have been very good, I feel stronger and I have been eating better. Now I Just have to compete at the level i am currently training at. Things are looking good and have been making some changes that have been making my technique better. The goal is to correct a majority of my technical flaws in a couple of months. If everything goes according to plan and my training is consistent my numbers should go through the roof!

Although many people associate gaining weight with something negative when you are training hard and eating right that shouldn't be the case. Always go by measurements and the lovely mirror. If you see rolls then stop eating them! If you don't then keep up the hard work! :D

The perfect Clean! Olympic Weightlifting

Wow so quick update with my training. I was performing the Clean singles at 85kg roughly 170lbs. I was trying to perfect the "bouncing out" effect when you perform the Clean. This saves you a tremendous amount of effort when your getting out of the Clean part of your Clean and jerk. Anyways it was my last rep until i had to squat. So the following is what i felt during the clean. To summarize whats below there i had a near perfect clean with little to no effort!

I finished my leg drive until my shoulders were slightly  over the bar but i was vertical. The bar path was close and i was literally pulled under the bar. By the time i realized i was half way up on my clean and was not using my legs at all! I was completely surprised! I am extremely grateful for the coaches i have that train me and put me in the best possible position to make me successful!