Powerlifting Criticisms

Okay, most people, by now have heard about my wife and her powerlifting endeavors. She's getting pretty good. She's strong, and just starting to get better with the powerlifting equipment. (most specifically bench shirts)

We traveled to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan way back at the start of April so she could compete at the Canadian Nationals.

If I've discussed the results of this meet with you in person, you already know I was a fair bit dissappointed in her performance. I'm not really going to get into what went wrong (mostly because we are still not 100% sure exactly what the fuck up was on her squats)

What I am going to say is that while everyone thinks that second place is "oh that's great", it's not to Sarah or me. Even if she had won the gold on the lifts that she lifted, she would be pissed off. Powerlifting isn't about beating the other lifters in your weight class (actually it is, but there's more to it) It's about lifting the best lifts you have ever lifted. You can't control what the next person can lift, you can't play defence. All you can do is prepare yourself and lift your ass off on the platform.

Here's a clip of some of her lifts. I'm sorry that it has no sound. The sweet soundtrack that I laid down on this vid was apparently not suitable for Gheytube. Youtube is really outgrowing it's coolness. It's starting to get too scrambled with rules.

Still Kickin'

So..... I missed just over 1 month of posting here. That kinda sucks ass.

Not that I feel I need to justify myself to anyone but the shit-slide started out due to me not having any creative or productive thoughts to put down on the blog. Then it kind of spiraled further down the pipes as I fell out of the habit of hammering out daily ideas.

This is a good example of how developing good/productive habits is extremely important to becoming and staying succesful.

I broke the morining habit of hammering down my thoughts and the blog went to sleep.

Well this is the post that is proof to say I'm going to bring it back from the dead.

A lot has happened in the past month. It's been a whirlwind of chaos. And I've developed some new views and ideas that I will share here.

I also have a few vids and stories from competitions that occured recently.

So there it is. This is going to mark the beggining of the end of my shitnami of shitacular proportions.