Seized the opportunity of some decent lightning and took some random pics today. Flexed for some and that absolutely broke a sweat in the current heat.
Lately I’ve been more aware of my on and off body image issues. Seems like a common thing among lifters to have some degree of body dismorphia. My current education made me more aware of how much my own perception swings from one end to the other end of when it comes to my own body image. Or to sum up: I find myself feeling insecure. So far the recognition of that is just part of the larger process of improving myself.
Taking photos of yourself is difficult btw. Whole new respect for influencers, haha.
Catching up in here and the personal updates are fantastic to hear. You’re right about body image issues, I don’t think you’d find many lifters who don’t have an issue (might only be small) - I’m sure it’s what motivates most to not only start but continue. The older I get the less I care, but get me on a beach and I know the Mrs has taken photos you can be sure I’m analysing them checking out how I look, funnily enough no one else gives a crap how I look!
Haha mentally and physically - I can’t take a good angle/lighting shot for love nor money.
I have a 24 hour blood pressure measurement today. I thought it was only a follow up because of the results of last time but it turns out they additionally wanted me as a candidate for a study they’re doing on “white coat hypertension”. At first I thought was a joke but it apparently is a medical thing, haha. So far I’m pretty satisfied with the first 2 hours of results. Might be the case that I improved my results from last time through the changes I made, but we’ll see.
2 power jerk
Up to
3 @ 100 kg
1 @ 110 kg
1 @ 20 kg
1 @ 127,5 kg
2 x 0 @ 135 kg
1 @ 135 kg
7 x 0 @ 140 kg
I am beyond disappointed/ devestated. If you’ve followed me for a bit, you know I am very attached to this goal.
I feel like I did everything right, was in the right mindset and did my homework as best as I could.
I trained really really hard for today. Yet, all of my lifts have progressed and exactly one year later I still haven’t been able to close the gap from 135 kg to 140 kg on this one.
Maybe it’s time to make some changes, I don’t know.
You’re pretty strong at this point, so maybe it’s time to consider where exactly your weakpoints are. But I also probably wouldn’t take my words for anything. What does your coach think? I reckon they should be your primary go-to.
