No Country For Young Men

Pretty good day for WODs yesterday. First workout at noon was resting Helen:

4 Rounds:
400m run
21 KB Swings (70#)
12 Pull-Ups (C2B)
3 min rest

Stepped up to 70# KB and C2B Pullups, which was a good challenge, as I haven't spent much time on C2B pullups over the past couple of months. They were signigicantly more challenging than normal, but the butterfly motion was starting to click more and more the further I got into the workout. I set a personal goal of keeping all runs under 1:30, which I did, so I consider the WOD a victory. Still trying to push myself more and more in the runs. Final round times were: 2:31, 2:45, 3:11, 3:11.

Came back to the box at 5:30 to spend some time on heavy clean and jerks, followed by heavy back squat depending on how I felt. My first lesson learned from this second workout is to set your workout before you get into the gym. I feel many of us struggle with this (I am a major culprit). You say you will do part A and maybe do part B depending on how you feel. Fuck that. Set part A and set part B, do them both, and rock it. Or, if you know you won't do part B, don't even attempt it. Don't even let the idea of part B linger in your mind, as all it will do is to weaken part A. Keep your mind strong and focused on the workout at hand. Back to the clean and jerk. Felt very good. Haven't done heavy single clean and jerk since before the ACO back in December and I hit my PR of 275. 275 felt pretty decent, definitely heavy, but not terrible. I still have one of my personal goals to get 300 overhead, so still working to that end. Well, two more days until my next competition. Trying to eat well, maximize sleep and get mentally ready. More to come with competition results soon.