over 100

I made it through another day.  but i guess I dont have any other choices and that's good for me!  I seem to have three times the amount of stuff to be doing, but I am getting more stuff done and in a quicker/better(?) fashion.  I'm more focused, driven, organized, and on top of my life... everything from blogging, to lifting, to working, to prepping for work, oh yeah and I'm taking a class. Back in school.  so that's my life right about now.. busy busy busy, but i am happy and staying out of trouble.

Today (along with every other day) has been a 7-9 2-6 shift at the Y and lifting from about 930-1230. the 30min on each side are me driving to or from the Y.. so from dawn till dusk i'm moving.  The mornings at the Y are used for prep work for the day- so my coworker and I (mostly her while I watched the kids) made hard boiled eggs for snack later in the day.  When I got to Kelly, it was another day of one armed snatches (5x1) and Clean and Jerks (5x1).  The percentages went up to 90, but because I dont really have a max with the one armed exercises, we've just kept adding weight as I've gotten more comfortable with the weights and the exercises.  Before today the most I had ever one armed snatched  was 90lbs (add 90 and 90 together that's 180lbs which converts to about 82k- and that is 10Kilos more than my 2 handed max) so today Ellyn said we were going to 95.  Okay I can do 5 pounds more.  I did the 95 and then she asked me if I wanted to do 100.  i said yes, but it wasn't just a normal yes... it was an okay im excited, this could be big, woah it's heavy, i can do this, how cool would that be, okay yes, wait im nervous, okay go.. kind of yes.  I hope that made sense to everyone out there! But I took the first attempt at 100 and got scared half way through.. i asked Ellyn if she wanted me/if i could do another one, and she said yes.  I took the second one and just missed it out in front of me.. i had one more chance.  I count the first two attempts as getting used to the weight and adjusting to it... so i had my third attempt.. i was focused and confident in myself and the positions i had been working on the last few weeks. so i take my third attempt and make it.. it wasn't pretty, but it was up and i didn't walk too far.... here it is! so you can see for yourself.. my favorite part is my face at the end of the lift.. i was pretty proud of myself right there.

More improvement came with the clean and jerks too... again, the highest id been up to had been 100lbs and the highest dumb bell in the weight room was 110lbs.  Even before I started the clean and jerks Ellyn said she wanted me to go to 110 today, but she wasn't necessarily expecting that to happen because I did my workout so late last night.  I go through the warmups and things arent feeling great.. my elbow is bugging me a little bit, and the weights are wobbling.. but I keep moving on.  Up to 100 (my previous max for 1 armed c&j) and Ellyn tells me to get the 110.... again it was one of those things where i was excited and scared and anxious and ready all at the same time- but i knew i had to stay tight and tighter on this lift because I would lose it if I wasn't tight... I made the clean, stood up with it and then made the jerk.  the 110 is a little less than my actual PR in clean and jerk... progress.

Next i had front squats.. i missed the front squat workout from yesterday because I didn't have supervision :) so I did them today.  It was one heavy single and then 90% of that single... i was trying for another PR in front squats, but that didn't happen today... I got stuck in the high 120s and maybbbbbeee could argue a 130.. but that might be stretching it.. Ellyn knows me well and when I had trouble at the 3x3 she had someone else spot me and she was teasing me saying she didn't think i could do it- knowing how i react when some one tells me I can't do something- I am going to give 120% to prove them wrong.. so ellyn and i played each others game.. she said i couldn't do it.. i was determined to do it.. and each set of 3 got better..

BREAKING NEWS: I'VE BEEN CLEARED TO DO RDLs ON MY OWN! ellyn watched me do them today and said they looked fantastic.. woah. never thought id hear those words and RDL at the same time! whew!! So when I am crunched for time and I have to do my rdls at the Y I am allowed to do them there... annnnd Ellyn said my back looked bigger.. whew! look at me go!! :)