Training 11/5/2011

I think I came to a realization-- I am way too hard on myself.  My lifting is going really well.  I'm hitting 100% of my scheduled reps for the workout.  Still, I find myself redoing a snatch at 70kg, because it just felt a little too slow. 

It's probably because I'm a perfectionist when it comes to technique. Technique can always, always be better.  And it is important that I still celebrate the daily accomplishments and successes.

This also extrapolates to daily attitude. I need not let little or,even, big things get on my pysche. I need to filter the emotions and comments that surround me to keep a positive, productive mental attitude (it helps to watch a lot of Kung-Fu movies;).

For example, I saw the start list for the World Championships and saw a 63kg from the US, whose total I had done in training at one point.  It was a total "Ughhhhhh!" moment.  You know, "why don't I ever get the easy breaks.  Why am I not there? Why didn't I do that total at a competition where it counted? Why is the qualification system so passe?".  It's one of those one of those, "why do I do this to myself".

Then I took a step back.  The fact that I can do a World Team total in training tells me that I should train even harder.  I am soooo close.  All I need is to be able to lift all day.  I'm convinced that if I was able to take a year off and just train, I would be on the world podium.  All my indicators point to one weakness holding me back---- MORE WORK.  I need more training. But, I have to deal with reality.  I have a mortgage, etc... and I have 2 degrees in Rocket Science that I need to be using (to make the world a better place ;).

So, I move on and put more weight on the bar.  Like my training partner Yoni Andica of Colombia: when he misses a lift, he gets angry, throws more weight on the bar, and makes an even heavier lift.

Ok, back to my second work out of the day. Time to throw more weight on the bar and feel some awesome muscle pumps!