LOVING IT!

Okay. Spent all day yesterday making food for the week. Clean food ;) Chicken breast, sweet potatoes, rice, veggies, made turkey chili, made some good carb 'cookies' for breakfasts..feeling ready to get bigger and stronger and feel really good :)

Today I got to work out with Mike Kromer and his wife Lisa ;) It was really awesome. Mike just points and says "you are going to lift this" lol. I deadlifted 295lbs for 4 sets of 3. Mike yelling at me for shrugging. I have to learn to lock my shoulders back and not shrug the weight up after I stand up. lol.

We practiced the clean and press. I am no longer afraid of the yellow bumpers :D Mike was thinking I should 'continental' the weight up. I wasn't comfortable with that, so he suggested I powerclean from the floor..lo and behold that did the trick, i got the bar up no problem and pressed it for 8 i think. working weight today was 104 or 106..lol I couldn't do the math in my head. lets see bar 35, 2-33 plates, 2 collars, 2-2.5 plates. I guess it was 110 or 111lbs. 10 more pounds I will be at event weight.

Then we practiced lifting the weight for the yolk walk. we started with 215, just lift and stand for a 5 count. then 305 lift and stand for 5 count, then 395 lift and stand for 5 count, then 445, lift and stand for a 5 count. then my final lift was 535. I attempted it, nothing, then set myself up again and stood up under it..not quite a full 5 count, lol. thats heavy! and my event weight will be 565!

I reallllllly love this stuff! i can't wait to try the tire flip and really do the farmers walk and yoke walk. I am feeling really confident and Mike is a good coach. He said i am incredibly strong :) I just need technique. I am like a kid, I have no clue as to what equipment, what weight to attempt, what technique is..lol.

I came home and ordered my wrist wraps and my knee wraps. exciting to have some new gear :) feels so "official". I have a belt Adam gave me..that came in handy today. i have never used a belt or straps/wraps like this before. I am not sure I like the wrist wraps, very stiff and confining, but I guess I will get used to them.

http://www.prowriststraps.com/

Mike also told me to go buy flat shoes. If I try to yoke walk in my shoes they will roll. So I am off to sports authority to get some converse or similar :)

Today's meals so far:

5am
2 breakfast "cookies"
1 1/2 scoops whey in water

7am
4oz sweet potato
4oz chicken breast

11:40 (late..i know, i was LIFTING at meal time!)

4oz tilapia
1/2c rice
1/2c green peas
hoisin sauce

okay - going to go buy the right kind of shoes :)

Not sure if I posted the event info or not...here it is :

http://nastrongmaninc.com/upcoming/upcoming_item.asp?UpcomingID=511