082009 – month-long update…?
wow – so it’s been a month since i’ve updated my blog… things have changed in the last month – nothing insane, but changed nonetheless. Where to start…
OVERTRAINING – The last week of July, the academy began a 2 week period in which everyone was to do max testing to switch over to a Relative Intensity program. After the first week, I was noticeably more tired and exhausted than ever before, and waking up became a chore, working out had gotten into my head b/c I was clearly weaker than I should have been. My thought on that? overtraining. It had been a full 4 or 5 months since I had 2 days in a row of rest with the exception of the crossfit games (I had that saturday and sunday off), though I was right back at it on Monday morning. Figuring that we were doing maxes and I knew pretty much all of them or what they should have been, I decided it would be a perfect time to take a break for a week and get some more rest and stay dialed in on my nutrition.
What a difference it made. On that wednesday, just messing around while interning, I grabbed a 155lb bar w/o warming up and snatched it no problem. I think that and working on handstands were the only things that I did the entire week up until Friday. That Friday morning, I did Elizabeth (which I had done the previous Friday) to see what one week of rest would net me. I went from 10:xx to 8:52 i believe… SOLID. And I felt better, more energized, etc, etc. It was a short but valuable lesson: listen to your body, and GET YOUR REST!!
TCA USAW team – The academy now has an officially sanctioned USAW olympic weightlifting team. I’ve decided to join despite the rest of my commitments to basketball, crossfit, an occasional sprint workout, and still wanting to ride my bike every now and then. I could really use 36 hour days at this point. Anyways, there were a few requirements, all of which I met, but now the previous o-lift classes are all now dedicated weightlifting team practices. The first competition is Sunday, August 23rd. That’s my first competition as well, we’ll see how it goes.
Sage Burgener seminar – I, along with 11 other academy members, spent 7 hours with Sage on Sunday the 16th going over O-lift technique. It was a ton of information, and invaluable refinement of my technique. Immediately, I PR’d on my snatch and c&j, even at the end of a full day of PVC work. Amazing. I think I could still do more, but I’ll wait until the next time we do testing at O-lift, or at the competition…
BOD POD – signed up for the bod pod at CFLV and did it on the 15th of August – measured in at a (fasted) 168.7lbs, 10.5% or 17.7lbs of bodyfat. Being that I hadn’t done a bod pod test yet, it was more of a benchmark than a result type of thing (prior caliper test at 13% back in… May? June?). We’ll see where I am the next time the pod comes around
WESTWOOD REC – we are starting up again at Westwood Rec on thursday evenings… it’ll be fun to get back out on the west side to hoop again. Slightly different squad with one of the guys in the surety interesting, but it’ll be fun. It’ll also give me an excuse to go out that way to eat and get some CCC.
Future events:
Aug 22 : Hooverball Tournament (Santa Monica)
Aug 23 : USAW meet (TCA)
Sept 5-6 : Crossfit Olympic Weightlifting Cert (Univ. of SD)
Sept 19 : KStar Mobility Seminar & Pink Martini concert (?)
Sept 26-27 : USAW Club Coach Cert
I need to update my calendar and all the widgets on the side…
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