Sum-Oh My Gawd

     Tonight was a tough one. It was max effort sumo deads - not something I usually do. They were awkward, they were difficult and they kicked my ass. Here's what got done:

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SUMO DEADS:

89lb x8

155lb x5

199lb x3

219lb x1

155lb x3

BARBELL GOOD MORININGS:

(89lb x10) 2x

FRONT FOOT ELEVATED SPLIT SQUATS:

7" box height

(20lb x10 ea. leg) 2x

KB WALKING LUNGES:

20lb per hand:

x4 ea. leg

x6 ea. leg

25lb per hand:

x6 ea. leg

CABLE LAT PULLDOWNS:

70lb x10

85lb x10

70lb x10

SEATED ROWS:

(85lb x5) 3x

STANDING ADDUCTORS:

35lb x10 ea. leg

41lb x10 ea. leg

47lb x10 ea. leg

STANDING ABDUCTORS:

(47lb x10 ea. leg) 3x

HANGING KNEE RAISES:

12, 3x

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     My legs and I are absolutely wiped. I didn't feel very confident with those sumos. Like I said, I think I've only done them once, maybe twice, before. At first, they felt very weird on my knees and I didn't know if I would continue on, but I think I was just set up wrong. These surely hit my weak inner thighs. I was expecting a lower max than my conventional but they weren't too much lower so I wasn't all that disappointed. I feel good that I've identified my weak areas and that I can acknowledge that without feeling defeated. I won't lie, it's upsetting at times to know that I'm not as strong as I should be, but I know that it's 100% in my hands to change. It's in my control which means there's hope. 

     I'm up to 12 hanging knee raises. I realize that seems like a small, insignificant thing, but it's not. It means my grip is getting stronger. It means my forearms are getting stronger. It means my core is getting stronger. It means I am getting stronger. Bit by bit I will work my way towards that competition next winter. Will I win? I doubt it. But maybe I can consider it a win just to be strong enough to enter. 

     That's all months and months away. Right now, It was a win to not fall down in the parking lot on the way back to the car. I'll take it!