Heyo!

Last couple days have been pretty good. I've been feeling a lot better. I decided today, that if I worked 4 days a week and had one day off to sleep in, I would be a much happier person! I felt so great waking up this morning after sleeping 10.5 hours!! So refreshed.

Yesterday at the gym we did front squats for strength and a wod with rowing and box jumps. Squats felt a little tight again, so I was rolling on the ball a lot between sets. The tightness makes me descend a lot slower which makes it harder for me to get out of the whole. Hoping I can get my hammies and hips a lot less tight by the time 1rm week comes! Wod felt good, tried to go hard during the rows and pace it on the box jumps to prevent injuries.

Today was a pure strength day at the gym. After a little longer warm up it was time to establish a new single rep max on the snatch. This is definitely my favorite lift. It's just awesome how quick of a movement it is and how some people can lift some crazy weights over head!

I was a little nervous going into this because I've barely worked on this movement since February. The open wod 12.2 was really the last time I got a lot of reps in. So I took a lot of time warming up with the bar and going through progressions. My goal was to get somewhere between 116-120. My last PR was 115 and I remember the rush I had after that! ugh, what a feeling.

I did quite a few warm up sets, started with 55 then went to 65-75-85-95-105-110-117. I originally jumped from 105 to 117 and I was struggling a little bit. With that I decided to move down to 110 to get some confidence with going under the bar. I really have no problem dropping under the bar, as everyone knows. My problem is activating my shoulders and getting that bar locked out over head.

I took two more attempts at 117 and I was thiiiiiiis close. I was just a little soft in the shoulders, but enough that I couldn't stand it. So I went after it one more time, dropped super fast under the bar and had it locked out. Got myself stable and stood it up. Was a little shaky standing it up, so I made sure I held it standing for a few seconds, threw it to the ground and jumped for joy! :)

So glad to have the Berry's there lifting with me this morning and getting little tips from Bear and Brandon. Great morning at the gym. I love pure lifting days! :) Holler!