UGGGHHHH......oh yeah - and here's what I do know.

So, it's been a while. Too long.  There's been all kinds of things going on.  Mostly heavy lifting...with this meet thing, coming up, it's been a focus.  Not to mention, with a mass of gym deserters recently, I want to be kickass!!  So, I've been following the "gettin' Stronger" workouts fairly closely.  I've found good things and bad things that I do.

1. Deadlifts - Now that I've had my "AHA" moment, I just need to keep that in mind.  The good news - I pulled a 305...and while it still had a hitch - it wasn't squirrelly like the first time I pulled 300.  Baby steps, right?

2. Back Squats - I still haven't hit the 235 max again.  But, I did find that when going down low - below parallel, when the weight gets heavy, I'll relax at the bottom of the squat.  That's not so good.    I'm working on not doing that.  I got 1 good one in at 225.  Went for the 2nd, but that was a no-go.

3. Bench Press - my bench is off.    I think a major part of it is the hitch in my arm. Melissa worked out a big knot in my shoulder, and I rearranged my office.  The hitch appears to be a bit better - only time will tell though.

The only Crossfit metcon workout that I've done recently is "the Chief".  This was on Patty's birthday, which was an awesome day.   My goal was to beat my previous score of 15.    Jonathan was persuaded by Patty to do this with us.  I did my best to pace myself with him - which worked really well for the first round...then it slowly fizzled.  I ended up getting in 16 rounds plus a single clean.  So I was quite happy with that.

Now to the frustration that was today.  I have to admit, and I'm not certain why - but today was an epically frustrating day.  Probably the most frustrated I've been - and I think it's because 

1. I was awake  WAY too early this morning

2. some big allergy thing blew up overnight, and I've been sneezing and snorting all day - which irritates the hell outta me.

3. I can't get the oly lifts quite right......no matter how much I try.  I know what needs to be done, but my body won't do it.

....at that point, I was getting so frustrated..I couldn't do anything.  I know the frustration was apparent, but there was nothing I could do.  I just need to figure these out.  Oly lifts and pullups - I'm almost beginning to think I'll never get either of them.

Kinda hard to be "kickass" with that mentality though.....shake it off.  Tomorrow is another day.