Kind of took some time away from blogging. I think it was more that I was just frustrated with the way things have been going in the gym and in my personal life the last month.
I've been the most stressed/depressed I've been in awhile and it's affecting everything. Weight gain because of stress and lack of sleep. I haven't eaten terribly. Saturdays I tend to slip because of parties or some sort of occasion. Other than that I'm 90-95% paleo during the week.
I'm taking some steps this week in order to figure out a different approach to my stress and everything going on in my life. I really hope this works, because I do not enjoy being this way.
Anyway, things in the gym have been rough lately. My o-lifts, especially my clean have been horrendous. The combination of my stress and that we haven't really worked on them, definitely took a toll. But last night was a little better, actually light years better than last week. I set my 1rm clean and jerk at 135. I've done them each separately and those 1rm are both 145. I just couldn't get out of the hole on my squat every time I cleaned 140 or 145. But even just getting into the squat at those weights was a success as of late.
New thing to work on is either not dropping so low or training my muscles to get out of it. Dan said he's got some things for me to work on, so hopefully that will help.
I signed up to compete at The Deuce, a cf/oly competition at CF Rise. I need to lose a minimum of 5# in the next 3 weeks so I'm not in the fatest weight class. ha. Time to get serious!
