Thanks for the love Nikki, Kimba, Nadia, MiM! Actually, my diet has been less than stellar the last two weeks and I’ve been taking in a lot more carbs then I’m used to, so my muscles look full and happy. At least that’s what I’m telling myself. HAH!
And MiM, I actually took the ATG question over to the Oly forum. So if anyone’s interested in that discussion, here it is:
Bottom line (IMO), going heavy on ATGs squats is good but also depends on what else you’re doing in your program. (stating the obvious is what I’m best at!)
Frenchie, lol. Whatever. But you understand my struggles of having to put the ego aside in order to correct form, and that makes me feel better.
Which is precisely why, Nikki, my front squats are catching up to my back squats. Grr…Oh well. They’ll just have to improve together, like high school sweethearts. Isn’t that nice?
I’ve never seen despicable me, btw. But I love Pixar and animated movies, so I totally will!
German - not sure on the Nike trainers tbh. I don’t normally buy Nike since they’re evil, altho I will be in one of their commercials and sport their cleats if given to me for free (sell out!). But I’m partial to soccer pants (obvi!) which are loose, but not too loose, plus they taper in at the bottom. I guess it really depends what you plan to do in them?
Lex, thanks for that! I will say, those ladies certainly look fit! I see what you mean re: the bounce. Good link!
Just to update on the shoulder:
Friday I tried my hand at Oly drills. I was able to do broomstick snatch drills with no problem and my shoulder felt perfect. In fact, i think my form looked pretty darn good and I was dropping under the bar so easy and fast. YAY!
However, once I picked up the Oly bar and tried to do some drills with that, the shoulder said no. Especially when I tried any overhead position. So that blows.
I was able to C&Js with weight tho (just fiddled around with 55lbs) and the shoulder felt totally fine. So worse comes to worse, if the shoulder is still painful within a week I’ll go to the Oly gym and work on my C&Js and do some lame-ass snatch drills until the shoulder is healed up. Maybe start working with the kids bar and move up from there…F.M.L.
At any rate, I was planning on doing more upper body stuff that day (did some pullups, pushups, tried stretches, but they hurt) but I was pretty depressed about the shoulder and I called it quits.
I’m leaving for the West coast tomorrow AM for bizness and pleasure - i’m really excited! I’ve never been to the West coast! I’ll probably take a few days off from the gym, but I scouted out some gyms in the area, so i do hope to i can get in a few training days. I know the hotel has a gym too, but I find hotel gyms a bit depressing. lol. We’ll see.
Soccer later today - woot woot! Wish me luck!