Week 1 Review

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Overview

Alright, so how did this first week go? Could have been better:

  • 4 yoga sessions (Good)
  • 1 walk (bad)
  • 4 Lifting sessions (Eh…)

So, I know why I didn’t make one of my lifting sessions: Periods are THE WORST. Ok, cramps are the worst and I didn’t sleep well because of them one night so I skipped the gym that day. And I didn’t make my morning walks because I overslept on those mornings (when it comes down to deciding between walking and yoga, yoga will always win).

As for getting my ass to bed at 9, I’ve done pretty well. I think there was only 1 night when I stayed up till 10 (World of Dance had a new episode, sue me). And I only meditated and did some work at my alter once, which is what I’m most disappointed about, at least in regards to following my guidelines.

Training

There are two situations that come to mind when I think about what the most important thing I learned this week.

Situation 1: On Thursday I did something that wasn’t what I would normally do: Total body, cable machine work. High rep, low weight supersets with little to no rest in between. It felt like I didn’t do anything, like I had wasted a gym session. That was until 3 the next day when everything, all at once started hurting.

Situation 2: On Monday I did 10 reps of cleans to over head presses at 75lbs, by far the best numbers I’ve seen for that lift. And then, on Saturday when I did that lift again at that weight, I only got 4 reps… I was super bummed and frustrated that I had to drop the weight to make my reps. But then, as I was looking over my notes and training sessions to write the rough draft of this blog I realized something: I started my training with that lift on Monday, I ended with it on Saturday. Saturday was a push day, I did bench and squat that day too; bench and squat both tire out shoulders… Oh.

So the lesson learned? What I feel about training sessions (or any situation for that matter) during or directly afterwards, isn’t an accurate representation of how it really went. It really comes down to that good ole fitspo saying “the only bad workout is the one you didn’t do.”

Writing Goals

I’m going to aim for 2 posts a week. Sundays will focus more on training and how my week went overall. Thursdays will be more about personal development and witchcraft. I haven’t written about that yet, more so because I didn’t really know where to begin on that subject. But I think I’ve got a good starting point in mind now and excited to share!

Thanks for reading,

The Powerlifting Witch

Introduction

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So, what is this blog about?

I started powerlifting at the beginning of the year, with the goal of doing a competition by the end of the year.

And I’m going to be, at the end of October. That means I’m roughly 11 weeks out. And I don’t really have a plan. To be honest, I don’t really know what I’m doing or even if I’m doing it “right.”

I’m gonna use this as a place to track my progress throughout these 11 weeks and beyond. But its not just gonna be on a physical level. I really want to start working on my inner self too. I recently turned the big 3-0, and I’ve been taking stock about where I’m at mentally, emotionally, spiritually… Frankly, I’m not impressed.

Personal development, for me at least, has always been closely tied to my spiritual practice, which if you haven’t concluded by the title of this blog, includes witchcraft (more on that in another post). Here’s something I’ve noticed: The more I train for powerlifting, the more spiritual I feel; the more spiritual I feel, the more I want to improve upon myself; the more I want to improve upon myself, the more I want to train.

It’s a cycle! I feel like this realization shouldn’t have surprised me as much as it did, self actualization through physical exertion isn’t a new concept (hello yoga).

GOALS

Alright, so here’s what I want for the competition:

  • Squat: 225lbs
  • Bench: 125lbs
  • Deadlift: 275lbs

Also, I want to be overall more well rounded in my fitness ( I hate cardio but I understand its good for me).

The personal development goals are a bit harder to define, they include abstract feelings like happy and successful. But I’ve made myself some guidelines to hopefully put me in the right direction (I’m including training/fitness stuff in this list as well)

  • Eat clean most of the time
  • When you don’t eat clean, don’t binge
  • Yoga 3-5 days per week
  • Go for a 30 minute walk 3-5 days per week
  • Go for a hike on the weekends
  • Weight training sessions 1.5-2 hours 5 days per week
  • Create a morning routine
  • Create an evening routine
  • Get my ass into bed by 9pm (I dont have to go to sleep right away, but no phone or TV)
  • USE MY PLANNER
  • Meditate daily

Again, these are just guidelines for me until I have more of a concrete plan (its occured to me that maybe I don’t really need one of those). I’ll probably add more to it as time goes on.

I hope this gives a general idea of what the blog is going to be about and isn’t too all over the place.

Thanks for reading!

The Powerlifting Witch