Mental

I started watching videos of some super awesome strong chics I look up to in weightlifting.

Lidia Valentin, Olga Zubova and Sveltana Podobedova.

If you a minute I suggest you check them out. They lift extremely well and they show a lot of passion when they compete.

Not only do they lift well and they are passionate about what they do, but they lift a shit load of weight. When I look at them, I realize they lift more then a lot of guys I know... or the same weight. These three ladies are in the -75kg category.

Snatching 130 kg is absolutely crazy. The boyfriend snatches that. And I mean he's pretty good, like really good.

It almost seems impossible.

But I know it isn't if some girls are doing it... right ?

I also thought snatching 70 was never going to happen in the first year of my weightlifting journey. But guess what... I'm 6 months in and I'm hoping to do more then 70kg at the next competion. I'm really happy about that, but I also know that I worked hard. The coaches worked hard as well. There are so many details in weightlifting that nothing is ever perfect. But the more you work, the better the outcome.

As the competition is coming closer and closer, I'm obviously getting nervous and at this point in time, I feel like it's all mental.

I've had a lot of bad days at the gym recently. I was tired, I was/am sick, my knee hurt, my wrist hurt, my back hurt, I had a headache, I was blacking out, I was working nights and not getting enough sleep. I had all the best excuses in the world and a lack of motivation, but I still ended up going to the gym.

It's now, that I have to take a step back, look where I came from, realize that I haven't been weightlifting for 6 years like some athletes I'm competing against. I also have to realize that where I'm at now is okay, it's normal. And the fact that my body is tired, is normal, I've been doing the same thing over and over again for the last 6 months.

90% of weightlifting is all mental. If I just imagine not being able to lift or jerk that bar... it's not going up. It just isn't going up. It is absolutely all mental.

And it's in times like this right now, that I have to calm down, train hard and trust in the programming.

I'm hungry for some better lifting, but I'm also hungry, like actually hungry... you know I'm trying to cut weight... It's so damm hard. arg. I wish this to no one! I can't wait after competition.

anywho

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