"Olympic Total"
Snatch 1 – 1 – 1 reps
Clean & jerk 1 – 1 – 1 reps
Warm up to an opening weight that you're comfortable making (80%+) and then let'r rip.
Compare to: Thursday 100107
Post loads and total to comments.
Gerson about to pull under the snatch aggressively, right Gerson?
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence" -Lombardi.
As I sat and read this I was in the weight room at the University of San Diego. I had to read it twice because my brain didn't quite process it the first time. As I read it again, I immediately became calm and let out a sigh of relief. Why had I never thought of this before? I have been punishing myself for not being perfect for years. How many of you have been doing this? What a waste of my time.
I began to think of examples where this quote has been applied in my life. The first example that came to mind, was my marriage. You expect to say your vows and then magically you have this perfect relationship. I mean you're married, right. This of course is silliness, and we've let our imagination (and maybe many romantic comedies) talk ourselves into this fairytale. After sometime several people become disillusioned and think maybe they made a mistake (this could be the reason for such high divorce rates). But the reality is that our imagination is just that, our imagination. It takes a conscious action of continuing to strive to perfect your relationship in order to wake up one day and realize you have something excellent. But the journey CAN'T stop once you've realized excellence. If you stop then you've stopped chasing perfection and excellence will again elude you. You must take active pursuit, consciously and continuously in the things you want perfection in.
Now apply this concept to your third week in the Paleo Challenge. Are you beating yourself up over something you've eaten? Let it go, learn, and keep chasing perfection, you will find that though you may not be perfect, somewhere along the journey you will find yourself in excellent health.
Congratulations to Nat Ridder who completed his Level 1 certification this weekend, check out his picture here. Thanks for representing Nat, we were proud to call you our athlete.
