So this is the end of another max week of which the Edenderry open was the first day. I don't think it's possible to treat a competition as just another heavy training day, well not for me anyway. I get very wound up about competition and that seems to take more out of me than just the lifting on it's own, even if I didn't actually lift that much in the actual competition!
So as I said, I snatched 50kg and clean and jerked 70kg at the competition last Saturday. Wednesday, I snatched 56kg very easily and with perfect technique and today (Saturday again), I clean and jerked a very disappointing 67kg. Although I cleaned 70kg twice easily after that, I just couldn't keep the head about me to jerk it.
I have 5 weeks now until my next max day and 11 weeks until my next competition so hopefully there'll be no interruptions to the training plan and I can get on with making the improvements I know I'm capable of.
I know I said I didn't think I needed to make improvements to my training plan but perhaps some more heavy jerks or jerk heaves might be useful to give me confidence under the bar. I think my major problem is wussing out like a scaredy cat!
I also need to get back to that place where I just enjoy the lifting and stop worrying about if I can lift more or not. I'll save that for the max week and in the meantime, I'll just lift.
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