“We’re Going To Lift Some Weights…”

The Current Strength Cycle Started On Monday, April 22nd, 2019…

This Monday, June 10th, 2019 Will Be Week 8… The Last Week…

But Before I Get Into That…

I Just Want To Say That I’m Very Happy With How The Past 7 Weeks Went Down!!!

For Many Reasons…

To Be Completely Honest With You… The Past 7 Weeks Have Been Kinda “Hit Or Miss” With The Class Attendance…

Now… Before You Ask Yourself… “Is He Talking About Me?!?!”

Let Me Just Say That There Were/Are SO Many Of You Who Have Been Very Consistent With Your Training… And It Shows…

I’ll Just Use 2 Movements As An Example…

1st Movement… The Big One… OverHead Squats…

That 1st Monday… We Literally Spent The Entire Class Warming Up To A “Safe” OverHead Squat Weight For 1 Freakin’ Round Of “Nancy”… Now… Most Of You Can Just Load That Weight Up & Rock & Roll!!!

2nd Movment(s)… Behind The Neck Presses… Though I Still Get My Ab Work Out For The Day While I Watch You Ladies & Gents Bring That BarBell Back Down To Your Back… All Of You Have… If Anything… Just Gotten More Comfortable & Confident From Lifting From Behind The Neck… Heck… Some Of You Prefer It!!!

And Those Are Just 2 Movements… All The Other Movements We Perform Week After Week… You Ladies & Gents Are Killin’ It!!!

So That Makes Me Happy…

Now… What Seems Like What Shouldn’t Make Me Happy…

Those Whose Attendance Has Been A Little Sketchy… I’m Not Gonna Beat A Dead Horse… You Know Who You Are… You Know You Need To Get In The Station More… Let’s Just Leave It At That… At Least On The Blog…

BUT… What Does Make Me Happy… When You Do Come In… You Don’t Try To Be “SuperMan/Woman” & Jump In With The Percentages That All Our Consistent Athletes Are Using… You Know Damn Well That If You Were Struggling During Week 1… There’s No Reason You Should Be Going Heavier When You Show Up On Week 3/4/5/Etc… You Came In… Let Me Know What You Lifted The Last Time You Were Here… By The Way… I Already Know… I Just Want To Make Sure You Care As Well… And Then From There… We “Played” Around With The Weights To See If You Were Able To Go Up Slightly Or Maybe Just Stick With The Same Weight… Or… Maybe Even Do Down In Weight…

So Yes… That Makes Me Happy As Well…

And This Past Week… “Strength Rest Week”…

Even During A “Rest Week”… I Threw Some Hard WODs @ You Ladies & Gents… And You Always Impress The Hell Out Of Me!!!

Proud/Happy Coach…

Alright… Back To Business…

So… This Monday, June 10th, 2019 Will Be Week 8… The Last Week…

You Know What That Means?!?!

“We’re Going To Lift Some Weights…”

When You Think About It… That’s Really All We’re Doing…

Lifting Weights…

Actually… Let Me Re-Phrase That…

Lifting Weights Correctly…

And If It Just So Happens That On “X” Day You Lifted More Than You Could A Few Days/Weeks/Months Ago… THAT’S AWESOME!!!

Either You’re Getting Stronger Or Maybe You Just Dialed In Your Form & Technique More & That Allowed You To Lift More Weight… Or… BOTH!!!

At The Same Time… If It Just So Happens That On “X” Day You Didn’t Lift More Than You Could A Few Days/Weeks/Months Ago…

Well…

Did Your Form & Technique Improve?!?!

Because I’ll Take An Improvement In Form & Technique Over “Just Making The Lift By Any Means Necessary” Any Day!!!

Or…

How Consistent Were You This Past Cycle?!?!

I Had People Come In This Past Week Who Still Didn’t Have A “Nancy” Number Or A Bench Press Number… And I’m Not Talking “New” Athletes…

Or…

How Was Your Day?!?!

Work Pissing You Off??? Family Pissing You Off??? Just One Of Those Days???

Hey… Shit Happens… And Unfortunately… Everyone Handles That Kind Of Stress Differently…

Or…

Did You Recently Get Injured?!?!

Even The Smallest Little Pain Could Mess You Up Depending On The Lift…

The Point Is… At The End Of The Day… We’re Just Lifting Weights…

Don’t Let The Number You Finish With @ The End Of Your Session Ruin Your Day/Evening…

I Say It All The Freakin’ Time…

“You Don’t Always PR On PR Day…”

I’m Pretty Sure That My Last 4 Snatch PRs Have Been Literally Within Mins Of The 12:15PM Session Start Time!!! And If You’re A 12:15PM Usual… You Know What I’m Talking About… You’ll Normally Find Me In My Back Corner Of The Rig… Performing Some Kind Of Olympic/Power Lift…Then I Start To Slow My Reps Down… Then I Start Pacing Around… Then… BOOM!!! Did I Plan It?!?! Hell No… I Was Just Working On My Form & Technique… And On That Given Day… I Was Feelin’ It!!!

Now… To Flip The Script… If You Do PR… CELEBRATE IT!!!

Ring That Freakin’ PR Bell!!! High Five & Hug Everyone!!! Brag About It On Social Media!!! On That Day… At That Moment… You Were Feeling It & Everything Clicked!!!

Feel Good/Great About It… But Also Know… Your Training Just Got Harder!!!

And That’s A Good “Problem” To Have!!!

So Rest Up & Get Ready For Some Heavy Lifting This Week…

And One Last Thing…

Happy Birthday Julie!!!

One Bad Ass Momma… Period!!! Julie Comes To RainCross From The Ranch… And Couldn’t Be Happier To Have Her!!! Since Day One… She Has Been So… Not Only Eager To Learn… But Willingly To Change “Bad Habits” & Adjust Accordingly… And It’s That Eagerness To Learn & Willingness To Change That… LITERALLY… Brought Day After Day After Week After Week After Month After Month Of Personal Records Being Not Only Broken… BUT SHATTERED!!! And A Lot Of Them Were Those Ever So Wonderful “Outta The Blue” PRs When We Were Trying To Establish A 5 Rep Max… Or A 3 Rep Max… Or Some Crazy Complex… One PR That Sticks Out In My Mind The Most Is One Of Her Most Recent Ones… It Was Not On A Lift… But On Something I Think Is Even More Amazing… Her Performance On “Murph”…

Not Only PRing Her Time… But Performing It “Rx’d”!!!

Another Amazing Performance Was Her 1st Competition @ EverNox With Vanessa Taking 3rd Place In The Scaled Division!!!

Such An Amazing Athlete… Tough As Nails… But Underneath That Hard Core Tattooed Exterior Is A Huge Heart!!!

You & Mike Are Such Amazing People In & Out Of The Gym & I Am So Proud To Have To 2 Of You Part Of The RainCross Family!!!

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ALRIGHT… HERE WE GO!!!

Active Rest Day… Get Out & Do Something!!!

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3…2…1… GO!!!

Mando

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