borntodeadlift

I am having mixed success trying to stick with my action plan. #1: I am proud to say that I have accomplished action step #1 of powerlifting 3 times per week and walking on non-powerlifting days. This feels really good and I think that I am on my way to making this habit stick. #2: I have not been very successful with my eating plan. I need to work on not letting a "derailment" snowball; I want to acknowledge what happened and learn from the experience. I am going to focus on that for the rest of the challenge. #3: I have had mixed success with my bedtime, but since the challenge began, I have been in bed relaxing in the PM more often than ever before. I will try to track this data and come up with specific goals for different days of the week. I will be more successful with specific goals than a blanket "bedtime". I have also tweaked my knee in the gym, so I will be deadlifting in a powerlifting competition in October, but I am not sure if 405lbs is realistic for this meet. If not, I will still keep this as a goal and extend the time period needed to achieve it.

I just found powerlifting and strength sports last fall at age 37. I love it and for the first time in my life, consider myself an athlete. This led to my discovery that my eating can support something in my life beyond "general health". During my first session in December, my trainer told me that I was physically "born to deadlift". Every body attribute that he mentioned, long arms, big hands, short torso, substantial gut, and very muscular thighs & butt, magically turned into assets and positive traits. My main quest for the next 6 weeks (and 5 more 'til the meet) is to deadlift 405lbs (4 plates) at my powerlifting meet October 12th. In order to be in a position to do so, I need to take the following actions: 1. Train & move my body to gain strength and maintain flexibility. 3x's per week powerlifting sessions & 2-3x's per week "movement session" of walking, dancing, yoga, etc on non-lifting days. 2. Eat enough whole non-processed foods on both lifting days and non-lifting days. I will follow my eating plan & check-in with my nutritionist if I need adjustments. 3. Focus on recovery. I will get into bed in the PM (before midnight) to give myself enough hours to sleep. If I am able to focus on goals 2 & 3, I know that my sessions at the gym will be awesome, and I will feel great. I am looking forward to shocking my family and friends in October by deadlifting an amazing amount of weight.