Lock It In.

So, recently Brian has been working with me to 'lock it in' when I take the bar. Meaning (as if I'm not tight enough already) when he brings the bar out from the rack, before he releases it to me, I pull the bar apart as best I can and lock in my elbows and engage my lats, even tighter. I think it's been working pretty well. It seems to have helped with my stability on the handoffs.

Competition Bench - 135 lbs., 150 lbs., 140 lbs.(2 sets), all for 4. I think we were at a 9 RPE today. I'm not so great at remembering to blog that detail.

JM Presses - 65 lbs., 75 lbs., 85 lbs., 100 lbs., 90 lbs., all for 4.

Shrugs - 90 lbs., 105 lbs., 125 lbs., 115 lbs., all for 6, except, my grip dropped 125 slightly early on the last rep. Love shrugs :-)

Lateral Raises - 15 lbs., 3 sets of 8. I'm DEFINITELY getting stronger on these. I was able to hold my arms out REAL straight.

BackRaises - 1 set of 8. 2 sets of 10. I'm so thrilled that we are back to doing these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love them. I'm so happy he came up with a way that wasn't so stressful to my body so we could work on them.

<3 Stretching <3

I applied for an office job today. I graduate Friday. And I'm pretty close to set up to go back to school online for Counseling. So, keep me in prayer with all the busy-ness that's about to take place. It's crossed my mind a time or two that I don't want to stretch myself too thin and be worn out for my training. :-/ But, I'll figure it out.

Also, please keep my finances for training in prayer. I'm much much lower this year than in the past years. I need something unexpected to break through here pretty soon. Thanks for your prayers :-)