"At the peak of tremendous and victorious effort, while the blood is pounding in your head, all suddenly comes quiet within you. Everything seems clearer and whiter than ever before, as if great spotlights had been turned on. At that moment, you have the conviction that you contain all the power in the world, that you are capable of everything, that you have wings. There is no more precise moment in life than this, the WHITE MOMENT, and you will work hard for years, just to taste it again."
November 14, 2013
Why Olympic weighlifting?
My wife and I became members of a CrossFit box earlier this year. She and I both
loved it. It didn't take me very long to realize my favorite part of
CrossFit was Olympic weightlifting. Shortly after that my employer cut my hours back big time. My wife and I couldn't afford to go to CF anymore. Miller Olympic weightlifting rents a space from the
local CrossFit gym and is significantly cheaper, so thanks to a generous birthday gift from my natural father I was able to start at Miller's Olympic weightlifting.
My wife loves CrossFit and will return to our local CF gym as soon as we're able to afford it again. If I had unlimited funds I'd do Olympic weightlifting 3 days a week and CF 2 or 3. But unless I hit the lottery, I think Olympic weightlifting is my niche. I'm not sure if I can explain what it is
about Olympic weightlifting that I enjoy so much. It reminds me a lot of
triathlon. It's an individual sport. My gains are based on what I do. Each
workout I'm pitted against myself. How I perform during my first Olympic
weightlifting competition is a direct result of how well I push myself during
each workout, how clean my diet is, how much rest and recovery I get. I'm a
driven person, once I set on a goal I don't let go. This will be fun. Strength
training, a new and unexplored goal. One that I believe I will end up kicking
butt at, just like I did at triathlon. Perhaps even more than I did at triathlon
because I've always responded better to strength training than I ever did to
endurance athletics. Now just need to get out of the super weight division (231+) and into the 85 kilogram division (187 pounds and below). I started at 280 pounds, I'm down to 273 pounds, 86 pounds to go!
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My Dad,
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