Attitude Adjustment Working
I don’t normally go this long without posting, but I don’t doubt that everyone knows how life gets in the way. I participated in the ‘09 Colorado Grand Powerlifting meet in August and I did absolutely terrible. My bench wasn’t on and I only made my opening lift. What’s more, I only made my opening lift on my squats as well. I actually made lifts 2 and 3, but because of a small step back at the top of the lift I lost them. I can’t believe that I did that. I’ve never even lost my balance in training, so to do it in a meet TWICE set the tone for the rest of the meet. I missed my third lift in the deadlift, but not before breaking my own state record in number 2. Still, it felt harder than it should have and I realize that I’d already defeated myself before I stepped on the platform that day.
After every meet I go through a post-meet lifting depression. I know this happens. I don’t fight it. I accept it, let it run its coarse, and start lifting heavy again in due time. This happened again after this meet but lasted a little longer. I think it was because I only made four of my nine lifts. Maybe yes, maybe no. Either way, I’m not going to get stuck in a paralysis-by-analysis cycle of thinking. I’m moving on to the next meet, the 2009 NASA Colorado Regionals on Nov 14.
As it stands with this meet, I’m fired up far more than I was for the last meet. My diet is better, my motivation is solid, and my desire to go out and break some records is pushing me hard. I surrounded by a focused group of lifters with the same objective that I have and lifting with others always makes you push harder in the gym.
Tomorrow starts week three of the training cycle. It’ll be a squat night. Week two is always the hardest for me and I blew through it, setting a new rep record at the same time. My training is geared towards specificity this time. I know it’s not smart to train for a powerlifting meet without specificity in mind, but that’s what I did last meet… and well, the record speaks for itself.
So let’s get out there and lift heavy.
October 18, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Best wishes- IF you can see it in you heart you got it licked- your strength has obviously already been earned.