Weekend Update With JMo

Lots of s*#t went down since Friday. With this competition looming, I have been satisfied with my lifts even while cutting weight. This was not the case on Friday. I died, had no energy, only completed 4 reps on my first set of 5 for the first time in my life. 350# felt way too heavy, that was all I needed, I am done cutting weight. It is kind of disappointing because part of me feels like I am letting myself down. However, this feeling of remorse is strongly outweighed by my feeling of relief. My goal for the competition now is to try and PR in all my lifts and not worry about actually "competing."

Friday
Backsquat
1x5 @ 340# (failed on fifth rep)
1x1 @ 350# (felt terrible)

Pause Bench Press
1x1 @ 275# (fail)
1x1 @ 275# (fail)
1x1 @ 265# (PR)

Saturday
5 rounds:
5 cleans @ 155#
10 pull ups
20 kettlebell swings @ 1.5 pood

12:30

The WOD on Saturday was pretty tough! I was able to do everything unbroken but I took my fair share of rest between the sets. To my surprise, the part of my body (and Louis's because he did this WOD after me) to lose all strength and gain all pain, were our forearms! By round three they were on fire! At the end of the workout I couldn't even get the top of my water bottle unscrewed.

Back to high calorie intake with hope of being strong again someday. My goal is to look like Vince Wilfork before the year is over.