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OK BI and others, I REALLY planned on taking your advice, but I kind of got excited today. 
It was totally unplanned. With the mett next week I was planning on a light workout. (I did not plan on going above my opener). Plus I have been doing most of my lifting with straps for the past few months and wanted to feel some heavy weight in my bare hands prior to the meet.
I have been struggling as you guys know,with selecting my weights for the 3 lifts. My original goal for the meet was to just pull 600 for my third attempt. (something I have never done) My fear was that I would be leaving too much on the table on my final lift.
As I went on today, I decided to just get the goal of breaking 600 out of the way. Once broken, I dont feel the pressure anymore. I can then shoot for a higher PB and if I miss it, I wont be missing my original goal of breaking 600.
This is awesome,...and I felt great. The weight was smooth and not once did I feel a breakdown in form that will come with maximal attempts. Sure it was "heavy" but I now know I can pull more.
The bad is, those heavy attempts still take a lot out of me....and now I have just over a week to recover for the meet. I will take all of next week off the gym completely and just do some active recovery workouts and stretching.
Here is the lift. I will warn you that I got a little excited when I lifted it and cursed some....It is funny, that is not like me to make a bunch of noise lifting, but something just comes over me, and excitement that builds inside and growling just comes out of me.
We will see what I can pull next week! No more ceiling to worry about breaking!
Yea....I am a hard head! But this stuff is just too fun sometimes
Thanks for all the help guys!
It was totally unplanned. With the mett next week I was planning on a light workout. (I did not plan on going above my opener). Plus I have been doing most of my lifting with straps for the past few months and wanted to feel some heavy weight in my bare hands prior to the meet.
I have been struggling as you guys know,with selecting my weights for the 3 lifts. My original goal for the meet was to just pull 600 for my third attempt. (something I have never done) My fear was that I would be leaving too much on the table on my final lift.
As I went on today, I decided to just get the goal of breaking 600 out of the way. Once broken, I dont feel the pressure anymore. I can then shoot for a higher PB and if I miss it, I wont be missing my original goal of breaking 600.
This is awesome,...and I felt great. The weight was smooth and not once did I feel a breakdown in form that will come with maximal attempts. Sure it was "heavy" but I now know I can pull more.
The bad is, those heavy attempts still take a lot out of me....and now I have just over a week to recover for the meet. I will take all of next week off the gym completely and just do some active recovery workouts and stretching.
Here is the lift. I will warn you that I got a little excited when I lifted it and cursed some....It is funny, that is not like me to make a bunch of noise lifting, but something just comes over me, and excitement that builds inside and growling just comes out of me.
We will see what I can pull next week! No more ceiling to worry about breaking!
Yea....I am a hard head! But this stuff is just too fun sometimes
Thanks for all the help guys!
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