Cleaning my monster.....with some strange night thoughts

Cleans are a complete boondoggle for me.  Yesterday was supposed to be Cleans - 7x1 for weight.  Well, I didn't quite do that.  I did sets of 3 and worked on form.  I have a bit of a blind spot on these, and can't get the hip action before the arm lift quite right, and then the flipping under of the arms kind of throws me.  So I just did 7 sets of 3 -85/75/75/75/85/85/85.  They still need work.  That's all I can say about them.  My brain gets too involved trying to figure them out. I really do think doing them "Randy" style may help - less time to think.

Today was the monster of my creation - 50/40/30/20/10 - jumping squats/push press 35#. 

This one sounds deceptively simple, and innocuous, but don't be fooled - this one is a brutal, pain-inflicting ass-kicker!!  Your legs will ache for days afterwards.  Last time I completed this in 19:28, today - 16:45 - almost 3 minutes quicker!

I'm still a bit perplexed by the sudden improvements, in fact, it's kind of throwing me for a loop because it came out of nowhere. Not that I'm gonna fight it mind you,....

So, I've been asked by a couple people this week, if I'm going to compete in the upcoming powerlifting competition, and the first time I was asked, it took me by complete surprise because I had forgotten completely about the competition.  I still don't think I'm really ready, I don't think I've made any great strides in this area - a pound here, a pound there, but nothing fantastic.  So - I'm just not certain about it.  Ironically, Jonathan suggested the CF gymnastics cert to Patty and I last week, and that has me a bit intrigued and curious....

I don't know what I would ever do with it, and it's a lot of money, but I think I'm more inclined to do something like that than a powerlifting meet.  I don't know -but the last couple nights have been rather sleepless, and these are the thoughts that pop into my head when trying to stay away from stressful work thoughts.  Who knows.  It's really quite bizarre that I would even contemplate these things.