I had a fabulously unproductive weekend, and much needed after Friday's workout. Jenna and I decided to have a "Grace" off. "Grace" is 30 reps ground to over head for time (clean and jerk). I have done this workout with 85# in 3:26, 95# in 3:50, and 135# in 6:27. All three were really hard and my lungs burned (among other things) afterward especially after the 85#. I thought 3:26 was going to be impossible for me to beat. My training has not been consistent for several months now, and I suffered a minor back injury just over 2 weeks ago and just started going full weight again. I no longer feel any pain or discomfort aside from some stiffness after, however it feels a little shaky under heavy weights. Plus after my injury I've had some trouble staying focused on a good diet, and I was really nervous that I was not going to beat my previous time. I chose 85# for speed (and some other reasons), since Jenna was trying to beat a 2 min and change time she set earlier that week with 55#. I should also mention that Jenna is 31 weeks pregnant, so this will be quite the task for her. All I want to do is keep up with the pregnant lady! With a video camera, counters, and an audience we took off at 3-2-1 go! I didn't want to drop it until I had to, but I forgot and dropped at about rep 7 or 8, but tired to quickly recover I think almost half of the workout I was not centered. I felt good until rep 15 and started to feel tired, rep 20 really tired my form felt horribly sloppy and toes-y. I could hear Jenna's shoes, click and clack, I tried to match but couldn't keep up. She finished in 1:47, and I in 2:18! Oh did my lungs BURN! A PR of 1min 8 sec! I can't believe it! I would have never thought I could to 45# that fast, let alone 85#! Video coming soon!I am still having trouble getting back off the crack of my diet. Ice Cream (Moose Tracks!), pizza, cream, cheese, and few other delicious autoimmune disease filled dishes have really been hard to kick this time around. I was pretty good Oct-Dec being able to easily battle cravings, but January and increasingly through now, cravings have gotten harder to ignore. Its totally a mind game for me, and I am lacking mental toughness. At home I eat pretty good, but I have darn near quit trying when I go out. I need to dig in and re-group. I've had good results in my
workouts on Paleo, but I was a not satisfied with my physical changes (or I guess lack of!) and I didn't really feel any different. Aside from some workout PRs, they only other difference I think I came across was with my slack training is that I was rarely sore. Last year this time I was sore ALL the time. Moaning and groaning like I was 100 years old. Thinking it was my diet, I am not starting to wonder if massage and acupuncture has also helped in my lack of soreness. Hmmm. Or maybe it was all of the above? In my quest to find focus in my diet I am playing around with how I want to "dial" it in this time, in an effort to keep performance results up, and now looking for more physical changes. How to do that? Less protein? Lower Carb? Adding dairy again? At least trying to eat more vegetables and trying remain "Paleo" without going insane. Above is a picture of my dinner tonight. I had a lazy morning, and took a dip in the hot springs this afternoon. When I came back I was STARVING! I had country style boneless pork ribs, bacon wrapped asparagus, and steamed broccoli with a homemade hollandaise type sauce. Mmmm delicious, and hit the spot! Now if I only had some Moose Tracks ice cream!
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