1. Eventually compete in a triathlon, judo tournament, and powerlifting event.
2. Lift 3-4 times per week, Judo practice twice a week. Once the snow melts, start training for an end-of-summer triathlon with lots of cycling/swimming/running.
3. Lots of protein, lots of fruits & veggies. Eat more carbs on cardio-heavy days to replenish glycogen and avoid muscle soreness. Extra protein to promote muscle growth and repair. SLEEP. WATER. LOTS OF IT.
Reviving this blag after a two-week period of lifting and derping and being FRUSTRATED. I might write about it in more detail later, but for now:
1. Bodyweight snatch. 1.25x BW clean and jerk. Competing, preferably, in the 63kg class.
2. Lots of technique work, lots of work in general — practice 3-4x a week + metcons/interval runs. Eating adequately and reasonably. Heavy strength work with significantly more volume on squats and pulls. Drop snatch all day long. Strengthen lower back and continue with mobility work.
3. The same as usual — protein and veggies and fruits. ADEQUATE SLEEP AND REST. No junk gym sessions. No junk miles. Nothing “just because” or “to fuel my ego” or “because I feel fat”. From now until April, everything lift I make is going to be done with the purpose of becoming a beast.
Took a rest day. Not gonna lie, I fucking needed it — as frustrating as yesterday’s practice was, I nailed 75kgx3 twice (got it for two the next) on my front squat — which used to be my 1M. I’m glad I went, but, man oh man was everything else terrible. After an hour or two of pulls you kind of want to beat the crap out of someone (and my traps, right now, agree).
Shoulder’s feeling a bit better, though. I might do some overhead work by Friday or Sunday, depending on how it feels.
Running a caloric deficit, averaging out about 1400 calories a day. So far, so good. Hard to eat on a basically non-existent budget, though.
So, basically, in the last few weeks:
This all came to a head last night, which lead to me getting pretty goddamn upset: shitty snatches, shitty squats, shitty everything, and then on top of that “oh BY THE WAY WE THINK YOU’RE NOT WORKING HARD ENOUGH AND YOU’RE EATING CRAP.” Which wouldn’t be such a big deal, I guess, if I wasn’t already working my ass off and watching what I put into my mouth. And there is, of course, that history of disordered eating thing. I came home after that three hour practice and barely managed to make myself eat a can of tuna.
So here’s what I’m going to do:
And stuff that isn’t here nor there:
knifehands asked: Bro-ette! You seriously don't look anything above 130lbs! Happy lifting and goodluck with the contest :)
Bro! Thanks!
And haha, thank you. I’ve always been puzzled by how much heavier I am in relation to other people (and I wouldn’t say I’m at that low of a BF%, either). Like — the recommended weight for my height is somewhere between 115-125lbs and I just can’t see myself weighing that at all without losing some serious muscle.
:B
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Yep, that’s me. HEY INTERNET, NOW YOU KNOW WHAT I LOOK LIKE IN MY UNDERWEAR.
Oh, wait, you already did. NEVER MIND.
(as a side note: YES, I HAVE BEEN LIFTING. Been home for a while and had no access to a computer since my laptop was broken. Back to your previously scheduled programming soon.)
Yeah, you go to the gym and stuff. But are you training to be an athlete, or just a better exerciser?
Inspiring.
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knifehands asked: But how do you get tone in that gym? Seriously jars of jelly that sounds like the perfect gym! My local 24 hour big box was getting so lame I decided to buy a set of bumpers and a bar for my garage. Wish I had a full cage and a coach though, train well warrior princess.
I know! I filed a complaint saying I was getting too huge, and needed pink spray paint to feel more comfortable.
But seriously, yeah, I’m incredibly lucky that my university pays for awesome facilities like this and that I get to train here pretty much for free. I don’t think I’d have stumbled upon strength training otherwise, or at least, I would’ve taken a really, really long time to find my way into a gym on my own.
Having your own garage gym sounds totally badass, though. Might have to look into that one day, when, you know, I have a place that has a garage. ;)
knifehands asked: Bro-ette, super jelly of that empty well-equipped gym.
Not gonna lie, I love it to pieces.
Not a shakeweight in sight. (What we DO have: plyo boxes, three women’s Oly bars, lots of dude Oly bars, a few non-Oly bars, some shitty, super splintery blocks, a couple of exercise bikes, a grillion bumper plates (and some shitty rubber Crossfit 10lb rubber plates which nobody likes, ever), pull-up bars, lots of kettlebells, dumbbells, two squat racks + lots of free-standing racks, twelve Olympic platforms, collars, clips, chalk, rings, and a partridge in a pear tree (plus things I’m probably forgetting). Also, some of the most awesome folks ever, which, you know, helps.)
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