Good Energy

Attended the 9am class this morning. Always love Ivy and the crew!

Press 5-3-1+ 1RM+#5 @ 67.5/76.5/85.5%

55/65/73 x 5

Presses feel stronger and stronger every time. Ivy did notice that I am not locking out my right arm as quickly as my left so there is a bit of a tendency for the left to overpower. I felt that on Friday nights OHS too. Need to figure that one out.

The metcon was number 3 in the Hell's Half Acre Regional:
21-15-9 reps of
24" box jump
#35 Kettle Bell Swings
#65 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls
Time 8:02

Determined to go Rx on this Wod and it felt surprisingly good! I really think I regained a lot of strength this week by allowing some good rest. I normally have issue with box jumps at 20" and to go at 24" definitely made me nervous, but I did just fine! The SDHP's felt good at #65. I can finally say #65 ain't heavy, Rudy!!!! KBS were completely unbroken at #35, as they should be. I finally feel some strength improvement showing and all it took was a bit of rest to allow some good energy back into the game.

Did the optional post wod:
3x max ring dips (90 sec rest in between)
2/2/2

One rep improvement from last week. Not great but getting better.

Kerry and I headed back out to Buffalo Grove this afternoon for some Snatch and Clean work tonight with Mike and Roger. So fantastic! Kept working a lot on Snatch form with the bar and then added weight. Got to about 31 kilos (#68) for me tonight. My transitions are getting smoother and slowly getting to the power position a bit more rapidly...Mike says we just need to find the off switch to my brain! So true! I am still processing so much info but it is gradually becoming more automatic. Great progress from last week, however. Cleans felt really great. Worked up to about 41 kilos (#90) and spent some decent time there. Need to keep finding my power spot before I explode. I get super close and make it work but I want to get there consistently. Ahhh, money well spent...and then we stuffed ourselves with steak after. Perfect.

Diet...
7:00am 1 L water

8:15am - Breakfast/pre wod
2 eggs w/sauteed chard, broccoli in coconut oil
4oz coconut milk with minerals

10:30am - Post wod
1/2 pemmican bar
16 oz coconut water (consumed during and after wod)

1:30pm - lunch
4oz shredded beef w/ sauteed brussel sprouts ad chard in coconut oil
pumpkin and sunflower seeds
1 L water

4:00pm - Pre workout
1/2 pemmican bar
16 oz coconut water (consumed during and after workout)

7:30pm - Post wod/dinner
salad with apples, cranberries, pecans, celery drizzled with olive oil and balsamic
7oz filet mignon w/steamed broccoli
mint herbal tea

1 L water