Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Another week of Gym Test- Day #1-

So after a long weekend of "wotlessness", soca and simply having a good time, comes a long tiring week of gym tests. Today was the 1st day and wow I loved the outcome! Snatch, Squats and Bench Press... they all increased!! To top that off after being tested we had throws with the 7K shot and my oh my was I throwing distant throws!
The evening started off with a simple warm up and stretch, we proceeded to the gym with another specific exercise (snatch) warm up by which we simply use light weights doing the exercise. Snatch being one of the difficult exercises had me not very excited but I thought to myself "let's just go in and pull off my previous weight."
To my surprise was a 10 lb increase as I pulled 175 lbs this time around. Honestly I felt I could have gone higher to at least 185 but say what... Lets just say I don't want coach thinking I'm on illegal substances.
Anyhow, after that adrenaline rush from successfully snatching the 175 it was off to squats! Now my squats previously was 315 lbs but after warming up with a 135 lb weight I felt I could have squat with the world on my shoulder. I did my previous max of 315 and coachman was reluctant to let me continue... I on the other hand was determined to increase!!! I increased by a jaw dropping 50 lbs as I successfully squat 365 lbs on my shoulder...
Doesn't end there!!! Next was bench press! The bench press wasn't remarkable, though I did increase by 10 lbs as I successfully pressed 215 lbs, I felt that 215 is too little.... I don't know that's just me..
So as you can see I had a really nice day at training today... test results was definitely motivating but I know after all this joy comes sorrow and probably in my next test things will be depressing. I can only hope for the best now, National Championships are approaching and I hope to throw at least 15 meters with my 6K and hopefully grab a 3rd place if not 2nd because I know the tobagonians are going to come hard as they always do!
Anyway all there is left to do now is pray and hope for the best... Keep the faith!!

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