It's our proving ground that we did the work, that we committed to showing up everyday to do battle. The human spirit is designed to grow, to learn, to mature and become a richer, darker, super moister, chocolatier cake :). We have to be able to measure that growth...so bring on the test days.
Front squat and snatch were on the board for testing on Friday.
Front squat - 85 kg - 5 kg PR
87 kg attempt - thinking I will skip 85 next time and go straight here
50 kg snatch - old PR
52 kg attempt - I've learned I have NO high pull.
We have just completed one round of testing on our Train to Win program. I'm excited for the 2nd round. Some thoughts on this particular test day. I PR'ed my front squat. It's good to PR on squats. I remember going to my first Crossfit Regional event and saying to coach Benko, "Man I need bigger legs and a bigger butt."
PR's on squats should in theory lead to PR's in the Olympic lifts. I have been snatching 50 kg for well, let's just say years. Some of you might be saying, "That's disappointing." And I might go there for 30 seconds but quickly rephrase that to, "What great opportunity and potential." I just need to get in and re-work my technique.
The picture of Leonidas represented the battle attitude when I started this post. TODAY I was fortunate to witness a great training lesson. Olympic lifter and Synergy coach, David Spurr, must have done 300 70% snatches today, analyzing each lift, tweaking, & training his mind and muscles to focus under fatigue. Of course sessions like that are not regular because the high volume may lead to various issues. Coach Benko's wrath being one of them :). BUT did I learn and did David experience some break throughs? For sure. So it tells me I need to go back to the beginning with my Olympic lifts, re-train some muscle patterns, get the missing pieces like high pulls on my snatches. I need to do this on sessions outside my regular training. And I'm thinking a few times per week early morning. But guess what? Do you have a coach you trust? Then something like extra training sessions needs to get an approval from that Coach because there is a training plan in place that is leading me to the next test day. Besides, I'm not 20, 30 or even 40 years old anymore. Train smart because I want to do this when I'm 80.
Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. - James 1:4
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