Grace: 30 Clean & Jerks for time @ 95lbs
Grace was a good lesson about mental persistence and working efficiently (get under the bar instead of push pressing them! duh!) I don't remember the exact time, but I know it was sub 8:00 ... ugh. I wanna call a "do over!"
I love working out with Scott, he’s like a kid trapped in a middle-aged man’s body. I always have fun pushing through those workouts with him and he’s so honest in a humourous way. We both start self-deprecating and it’s a barrel of laughs.
Overall, the weight felt like “the right” challenge weight. Not too heavy, not too light. It was heavy enough to make me break the WOD up into 3-4-5’s (and then 2’s after I hit 20 reps).
My goals going forward will be:
- For Clean & Jerks: Get under the bar more aggressively so that I’m not having to push press and use more energy than I need to in order to get the bar overhead.
- Keep my head on. That is, stay focused on the task at hand, push through the pain of fatigue, don’t overthink the movement and just let the body go … and of course, not lose my cool or get upset when my body won’t do what I want it to when I want it to. I get frustrated and even angry with myself when I can’t perform the way I envision myself performing.
Emily was right. I want to get it right. I want to learn it the right way. But I also have to let myself fail or “put that energy into that next rep”. I lose my cool and get turrets syndrome. I have to set my ego aside and be ok with where my body is and work with that. Its really hard for me, though. The anger builds up and that is the release – I feel it helps me push that bar up, string those wall balls, make that extra box jump, pull through that row, or keep doing those burpees when my body is screaming to stop and I can smell the vomit rising.
Always something to work on and that is a good thing. Means I have goals to work towards. Yay!
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