I do S&C 3-4 times a week normally. And I love to measure progress. Things can feel easier but I like knowing. Which is why I appreciate the maxes in S&C. In reality they have no surface value other than being markers to make my workouts harder from. But it frustrates me that they don't grow by the leaps and bounds they initially did. My dead lift jumped by 50 lbs initially. But I go on these cycles where I have to loose weight, some times a lot. And it impacts my ability to build any muscle. Im pretty much maintaining, if not loosing some muscle. Im also constrained by the fact that my weight has to stay in a certain range. Thus my back squat has been stale for most of this year. I just looked through my log and I can only find my initial back squat of 150 from May 7, 20012. (I change how I record maxes now for this reason). I had 175 on March 22. On July 15, I tried 185 and failed. So today I cautiously approached 185 but it went fine. I think I could have eeked out 190 but was satisfied with my 10 lbs. And while a 10 lbs isn't anything to write home about, Im pretty excited about it.
So I have thought about this for a while. Do I actually write this post? Do I put my dirty laundry out there for everyone? Or the handful that read my blog. And if I do, what do I say? Do I slam those involved? Do I take the high road? When is a “good” time to put it out there? A few days under my belt and there is probably no better time. So no secret, my ex-boyfriend was my coach. That worked out mildly well while we were together but add a breakup and somehow it just doesn’t work out as smoothly. Add a few of the worst things a person could do to another in there and disaster doesn’t even begin to describe. But I have this eternal belief that I can make any situation work. That I can fix things. It’s what makes me good at my job. I’m an eternal optimist. But it’s what causes me to not be so good at my personal life. Even when things are clearly not good, I still think I can fix it and make it right...
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