Second Segment!!!!!

Here's the segment that aired tonight. It aired on FOUR different broadcasts!!!!! I was shocked. It's a wonderful segment. Very well put together. AND!!! MY FAVORITE PART....Brian holding up the bench so I can get a drink from my water bottle without being unstrapped!!!!! ;-) Brian told the reporter not to tape that, but I told him he should cuz that's why I contacted them!! I was SO excited that he included it!! The second link is the printed story that accompanies the video.

http://www.myvalleysports.com/default.aspx

http://www.myvalleysports.com/content/headlines/story/Powerlifter-Perseveres-Through-Passion/wIXqdiqpsEy0LJnzEA9xTw.cspx

We had a decent day today. I didn't start out in a great mood. I have to go to Oklahoma this weekend for clinic and any time I leave, I'm not always too excited about being out of my routine, even if I'm going to do something that I want to do. So, that's what was on my mind. But Brian got me distracted and really focused on talking about my lifting and it loosened me up a lot. I'm doing a lot of reverting back to the old way I used to bench. :( But, Brian said we'll fix it, a little at a time. My grip has been narrowing, and I didn't realize it until Brian told me today. So I have to work on widening that back up. And I'm stopping and thinking a lot in between reps again. That's always when Adam wished he could shut off my brain. I think I fall back into the pattern when I start to work with higher weight because I'm not quite as comfortable. But, Brian will get me back on track soon enough. It hasn't hurt me too badly, because I have still been making gains. But, we both think I'm stronger than what I'm pushing right now.

We did Reverse Band Press. Brian got new mini-bands and I was either off today or the bands don't have as much tension as the mini-bands we used last week. I worked up to 210 lbs. for 2 reps. Last week I got 205 lbs. for 5 reps.

Overhead Tricep Extensions - Worked up to 110 lbs. for 10-12.
Cable Crunches - Don't know weight. Did 15 reps for 3 sets
Lateral Raises - 15 lbs., 2 sets of 12.

I THINK that's it. We spent A LOT of time on Bench today. So, he didn't do quite as much of the other stuff, and we completely skipped dumbbells. Darn! (not really).

And, of course, stretching!

Everyone watch for me taking a drink at the end of the video!!!!! It's really cool. It makes me smile very big :-D