So Friday was one of those days where I just really wanted to beat the crap out of something, which is exactly what I told Brad when I texted him asking for an open session. Apparently he was confused and thought I wanted HIM to beat the crap out of ME...thus the prowler sprints. 30 minutes of prowler sprints - all the while him telling me that I'm not giving 100%, ended with me as close as I've ever been to throwing up. Literally sat on the floor in the bathroom for 20 minutes waiting to either throw up or for the room to stop spinning. Sad part is - in hind site, I think he was right - I didn't give him 100%. I'm finding the mental part of this process to be SOO much harder than the physical - pushing through the point where it hurts and I'm uncomfortable and giving everything I've got is scary. I hate it when he's right - which is pretty much all the damn time.
Anway - the session served its purpose - I was too nauseas and too exhausted to be irritated anymore, so mission accomplished.
Saturday was an odd gym day for me - got in early as usual to get in my pre-workout stretching and warm up, and headed for the squat rack. My squat is improving incrementally - I still have alot of work to do and alot of the problem is my confidence, which means I need to spend more time under the bar focusing on my form and getting my head straight. Spent most of that session (really all of that session) squatting - went from light weight to my heavy lift of the day, trying to correct form breaks (I keep dropping my head and shoulders forward, which pulls the weight forward and puts me in this really impossible position to get up out of). I will get it. Brad headed off to his clients, I continued with the lifting plan for the day - took about another half hour to finish everything on my own.
Here's the breakdown of the session:
Squats:
2x5xbar only - warm up
2x3x135
1x3x190
1x3x215
1x3x240 <-- this was actually only 2 which sucks
2x10x135 <-- attempting to fix form and get some muscle memory.
Conventional DL (turned into Rackpulls) 5x3x215
Conventional RDL 3x10x145 <--need to go heavier on these next time, they're too easy at 145
Walking Lunge 3x10x27.5(2)
Single Leg Glute Bridge 3x10 each leg
Waited around for my little sister - she wanted some help with an upperbody lifting workout, then did some minor cardio with Sarah before her training session (at this point I've been in the gym for 3.5 hours and still have not done any cardio). Hung out with Sarah while she lifted, then headed for cardio. Did about 20 minutes on the treadmill before we decided enough was enough for the day.
Ran into Brad on the way out - he'd asked for a Bench spot (lift-off really) earlier. Hung out with him while he lifted. That was quite an enlightening experience for me. He's demonstrated pretty much every lift I've ever done, but I've never seen him lift at a level that was work for him. Seeing him work helped bring home the fact that I'm still holding back - he's told me before that lifting is not supposed to be "comfortable" but I don't think it ever really clicked until I saw him work. When he demonstrates for me it all looks so easy. I got to see the reality of how hard he pushes himself and I realized he's trying to get me to that point that I can/will push myself that hard with or without him. I think I'm really starting to "get it".
So saturday ended up being a 7 1/2 hour day in the gym - which was a lot of fun (really no place I'd rather have been), except I commited the cardinal sin of not eating during that time - bad planning on my part. Was STARVING by the time I got done.
Back on track today - getting the water in and focusing on no more whining, and no more holding back. This is my heavy week - I'm planning on pulling 315 at least 3 times during Wednesday's max DL session, focusing on my squat form and pushing through the pain to see how far my body will take me.
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