Weight lifting update
It is absolutely amazing how fast you can improve at the outset of a weightlifting program. I know that a lot of it is like latent strength that you already have that takes a little bit of time to manifest itself in other lifts but, still, it’s amazing. I am already squatting 170 for 5 reps with good form. And my bench has jumped to 170 for 5 reps. And I tried 180 but I only managed to do 3. Deadlift I’m a little less positive about because I don’t feel like my form in the concentric motion is all that great. I can keep a straight back on the way up without much of a problem and I feel like I can do way more weight on the way up but I just don’t put the weight down in a good manner. My back bends a bit and I am worried that I will get injured if I don’t fix my form. I am going to re-read that chapter of Starting Strength in detail (only skimmed it before) to try and get it fixed. I’m also going to watch some online videos from reputable sources. Until I feel comfortable with it I am sticking with really light weights to make sure I don’t injure myself. The last thing I want is a back injury.
Not too much else going on. Mouth is still kind of healing. I’m not totally happy with it but I have a followup appointment tomorrow. Depending on how that goes I will decide whether I need to see someone else. I don’t have a really good feeling about tomorrow but I want to give the guy the benefit of the doubt because he’s been so nice so far. And he does seem to be qualified he just doesn’t seem like he’s really handling this particular healing all that correctly.
Oh, and I am trying out CrossFit. It’s hard to describe exactly what it is but it’s like a loosely formed group of independent affiliates who run gyms that don’t have machines in them. Just barbells, bars, etc. No Cybex machines, treadmills, etc. And they do a lot of total body exercise stuff and the workouts seem really good and really hard. There is a local affiliate in Cayman so I am doing the intro class on Saturday. I’m pretty excited about it.
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Nat, stick with the crossfit… I’ve been doing it for 5 months now. I can do 4 muscle-ups, and just front-squatted 230. It’s pretty unbelievable how sore you can get from it, but it’s a lot of fun.