UPS AND DOWNS

This past week I have had some ups and downs with my workouts but lucky enough the ups have been more than the downs. I have also finally broke past 174# to get down to 173#. I would love to be down to 150# by my birthday in mid July but that would be pushing myself to drop 23# in 2.5 months and I just don't think I want to put that much stress on myself as stress has a way of coming back and biting me in the ass to the point of either no weight loss or even weight gain 😕.

To jump back to my workouts I usually try to stick to doing a leg workout every other day with the other days consisting of a run or a run and upper body depending on how my shoulders feel as I have a slight issue with my left shoulder with working in a rest day in or an active rest day.

This week I have re-started a 12 week squat training plan. As of right now I sit at a 180# back squat and a 150# front squat. My goal is to hit a 200# back squat and at least body weight front squat. The training plan I'm using is http://www.mikesgym.org/programs/uploads/hatchsqt.xls

So hopefully I will have made an improvement with these next 12 weeks. Last time I used this plan I went from a 165# back squat to my current 180#. I was happy with that.

I'm also working on trying to get my squat clean back up to 120# but as with any sort of training you will have days where you just fail no matter what you do. I'll be honest; most of the time why I fail at a lift is because I spend too much time thinking about in stead of just going to the bar and doing it. I'm my own worst enemy some days, lol.

This is a photo from Tuesday where I tried time after time to even clean this measly 95# and I just ended up walking away from it. Was I disappointed? Yes, but here's the thing I knew that I wasn't completely giving up. I came back yesterday and destroyed that 95# and that's what you have to do.

And with my lifting my running doesn't always goes as plan either. Wednesday I went out thinking I would at least get 3 miles in as that is what my average is but I was struggling HARD and ended up with only 2.5 miles done. And even today, I had planned on going for a run with the possibility of hitting some upper body once done but got all the way to the gym and realized I had left my running shoes at the house, so change of plans. I went for my run starting at my house and it ended up being a great thing. And this is why....

That's right I hit a new PR for my 5k time. 33ish minutes total. So my philosophy with my workouts is to know you will have bad days, off days, failed days, good days, great days but to never actually stop. I'm not saying I know everything, because I'm still learning new things every day I hit the gym, but know that you are worth it even if no one else sees it. The only one who matters in that aspect is you!

So after of week of some lows and some really great highs, tomorrow is a rest day and I'm hitting the beach with my best, while her brother goes paint balling.

Yes we are this goofy pretty much all the time together