Mondays are for crying.

Paleo Goodness for Dinner:
Turkey Burgers w/ Fresh Guacamole & Turkey Bacon
Spring Green Salad w/ Homemade Vinaigrette

Another week off to a good start! My cheat day got a little epic yesterday...after the pancakes I moved on to pizza, wings and a little ice cream to drown my sorrows from the US Hockey loss. The cheat day wasn't great, but I honestly believe that if you don't have a little fun once a week then you're depriving yourself and it's harder to stay strict the rest of the week. As for the hockey game, it was a good game, and a great effort, but they came up a little short. No shame in second when you give it your all, no matter what the contest.

I stuck with Performance Menu today since it's been a week or two since I got some good snatches and clean and jerks in. Not a bad way to get your week going.

Strength:

Snatch 90% x 1 x 3
170
170
170 (Fail)
170
(all felt good and the 1 miss was due to being lazy on the turnover)

Clean & Jerk 90% x 1 x 3
220
220
220
(Cleans felt great, Jerks were a little off on the landing, but the last 1 felt solid)

Front Squat 55% x 2 x 10, 1 Min Rest
165 165
165 165
165 165
165 165
165 165

No Metcon

My thoughts for the day revolve around using negative thoughts as positive reinforcement. I've come to realize that anyone's doubt in me, even my own self doubt, has become fuel to my fire. I don't believe that anyone is God given better than anyone else, but I do believe that those that are willing to work harder than others and make up for their shortcomings will prevail in many situations or at the least raise a few eyebrows. Take USA Hockey as an example; no one gave them much of a chance going into the Olympic Hockey tournament but they believed in themselves, worked their asses off and came within 1 goal of Gold. The same principles apply to much of what I've tried to do in my life. Whether it be saving my fraternity in college from going under, even when we had only 5 members, or going from a lazy, 265 pound 19 year old with high cholesterol to a pretty decent athlete today, I've always been fueled by doubt. I live to prove people, sometimes even myself, wrong. I think if everyone approached challenges in life with a little more swagger and a mind to prove a few haters wrong, they would surprise a lot of people, even themselves. No Ceilings!