Yes I pressed the 16kg yesterday- just 1 rep each side and the left took a few attempts but I got there! That short, fat 13 year old inside me, who always came last, smiled and smiled
I know there are other women who can lift more but that’s not the point. Just doing something that is better than average feels good. Just like many other people I know who went back to college to get academic qualifications later in life, (My ex-husband, current partner, sister, mother and mother-in-law,who was 80) I just have something to prove.
What did we do? Well we spent much of the session on swings, looking at using lats and my ab and glutes tight. Then there was conversation about stance and a little about breathing. Chuzzy is good at helping you to visualise what you are trying to achieve using metaphor- Star Wars came into it at one point… Then, out of the blue, he just puts a kettlebell in front of me and says clean and press- no time to worry. First the 12kg- which was a problem for a long time. This is easy. Then the 16kg. My stomach turned over at that point and I failed at first attempt on the right, but with a little growl it went up and that felt great. Then on the left side I got half way twice and gave up. I knew that was entirely in my mind. So third attempt I tried not to think too much and , with terrible form, the bell went up.
Still work to do on form and confidence but I feel so good about getting this far.
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