Deadlift dramas 

You may have remembered I took part in the tactical strength challenge in April…

https://galsgoss.com/2015/04/12/a-day-at-the-bar/

Halloween marked the 6month renewal.

Funny really cos it’s the fucking scariest thing in life and I love Halloween.

Get the irony?

Yeah I do now.

If you haven’t read the previous post the day consists of 3 key strength elements

deadlift 

Dead arm hang/pull ups 

5 min snatch test 

The ultimate strength and conditioning test.

After training much more than last time I was feeling ok with my strength but my anxiety was a lot higher. 

After doing sets of deadlifts in the gym at 90kg I decided to go in at that for my opening lift. Nope. Totally gutted didn’t lock it out at all, did I rush in? Was I not tight enough in my lift? Combination of everything really but gutted was an understatement. Completely knocked my confidence and threw me off. I had to try this again for my second lift and got it no bother. Wanting to beat my last tsc deadlift of 100kg & having a PB of 105kg I went in at 102.5 for my third and final lift; nope again. 

Honestly was so annoyed but these things happen, i can only learn from it, train harder and do better next time. As usual all the girls that took part were AMAZING. PBs all round. 

   
   

The next part was a flexed arm hang, I have never been great at this; but I managed 45 seconds which is a PB & best my last time of 18 seconds so was well chuffed. 

 The 5 minutes of hell as I like to call it rounds up the day. Anyone who does kettlebells know the “snatch” is a tough movement so 5 solid mins is a real test. I managed 123 snatches, only 6 more than last time but I could really feel I wasn’t as busted after…. Apart from busted hands.

   
All in all a testing but amazing day. The amazing support from all the lovely ladies taking part is just fabulous and everyone at hybrid fitness is so welcoming as always. Although I didn’t get the result I wanted this time, it’s only a kick up the bum & im my own competition….

   

 

Stay tuned for my transformationn to Halloween night post later this week…. 😝👰🏻👻

Speak soon

Lotsa love