The pre-meet jitters and anxiety is now in full force, unfortunately. The other night I laid down in bed, ready to crash with eyes heavy from the day. I had the TV on a sleep timer with some relaxing white…
Category: Ramblings
Mental Break at the Fair
Last night the family and I went down to the water front for the Chow Wagon. Knowing that I would most likely not be able to find the appropriate amount of carbs, fats, and proteins while I was there, I…
Nobody cares. Train harder.
Nobody cares. Train harder. Anyone in the functional fitness or weightlifting space has heard that phrase more times than they could count. I actually like it quite a bit. Enough so that I bought a shirt with that phrase right…
Nutrition Update – 4/23
I got on the scale Sunday morning and was down another 3lbs. Total loss of 9.2 since tracking again. Just goes to show how far out of whack I was. I have done really well hitting my numbers. The biggest…
Nutrition Back on Track
Cliff’s Notes: Down 6lbs in the first week. The last time I weighed, it was during the men’s night event at our gym where I did the 3RM deadlift. I weighed in at 279. I would be lying if I…
The mental struggle
About a month or so ago, I hit a pretty big PR on my push press. It was within a complex of a push press, behind the neck jerk, and then a split jerk. When I hit 295 on this…
Nutrition Progress
Last week my nutrition was better than it has been in some time. I knew that I had to make a change because of how my clothes were fitting, how I was feeling, and what I was seeing in my…
Some nutrition changes
For the past few months, we have been “winging it” with nutrition. For a year straight I had logged everything into MyFitnessPal and it just got to be so tedious. I needed a break. While I have not gotten on…
Is Nationals Now Less Appealing?
Ever since I started to focus solely on weightlifting, qualifying for Masters Nationals was one of the primary goals I set for myself. I tried to keep grinding, knowing I was so far out from hitting the numbers that I…