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Kinda proud to have gotten here.
I tore/detached a muscle in my lower back when I was 17, and kinda dodged DLs my whole life until giving them a shot a couple years ago.
Gave up on them when I couldn't groove it and felt it was a risk, but worked on them on/off over the last summer/fall until digging in 12/19.
Gave up on them when I couldn't groove it and felt it was a risk, but worked on them on/off over the last summer/fall until digging in 12/19.
For my weight and overall experience lifting, this is not impressive.
But it represents my fear; the risk of losing the thing I love to pursue most if I get hurt, and my humility, a lift I am terrible at in both experience and leverages.
315 was my 1RM in Feb. It's my 5x5 now.
But it represents my fear; the risk of losing the thing I love to pursue most if I get hurt, and my humility, a lift I am terrible at in both experience and leverages.
315 was my 1RM in Feb. It's my 5x5 now.
More importantly, overcoming it has opened new doors for me in that I was able to learn from the experience and question other lifts I'd avoided (barbell overhead press) that are really good for me, and it enabled what's quickly becoming a new passion: olympic-style weightlifting
I had these wants/goals before the quarantine started, but if the progress since can be reduced down to a cohesive "lesson" it'd probably be to just let go of previous fears and assumptions and try new or dismissed things in earnest.
Let yourself suck and be vulnerable.
Let yourself suck and be vulnerable.
