Can't Keep A Good Otter Down

It's been a couple of months since I instituted my "no frills" policy in the basement. I have to say, it seems to be working. I can go down there and lift. Period. Frank spots me when I need it, he trains with me when the mood strikes him and so far, my daughter has played by the rules. Fingers crossed we keep up the positive vibes!

Training sessions are usually short and sweet, but I've been good at mostly sticking to a 4 day a week schedule. Monday - bench, Tuesday - deads, Wednesday - press, Thursday - squat. I missed a couple of days this week, but I'm not beating myself up over it. I've changed my eating slightly to back when I was making good progress - more protein at breakfast, small lunch, protein at dinner after training. 

I've seen my number rising, slowly, but they're going in the right direction so that's good. Plus I'm still learning about myself and what works and doesn't work with motivation, discipline, strategies, etc. A weird thing was the mirror. We put a mirror behind the squat rack. I thought that would be great - I could see my form and correct as needed. I forgot about my neurotic tendencies though. The first night I tried to press in front of it, my gut was so distracting that I had to cover the mirror. I've gotten better though. I had to tell myself to watch my form. Don't look at my body. It actually worked lol. I was able to press in front of it a couple night ago and noticed my core was nowhere near tight enough. Correction made. I also used it during squats and noticed my depth is actually pretty damn good most times - despite what some naysayers had to say. 

With all that being said, I am still striving for "more". I believe I always will be. So I'm trying to obtain a treadmill to go back to  running a couple of days a week. When the weather finally breaks around here, I'll head back outside on the weekends and start some heavy pulls and probably go back to heavy carries. You know, just to keep the variety there. 
Over the years I have slowed to a crawl at times, slid backwards, gotten pissed and fed up. But one thing I have never done is quit, and I never will. You just can't keep a good Otter down!