I just got my new female Weightlifting bar in the mail from Exertools.com, and now it is ON!!! I take it to the gym with me now and do not leave it there, as my other one got stolen from the gym. SO I look like a complete weirdo, psychopath, for brining my own bar, but it is soo awesome and feels soo good in my hands that I don't care. Yes, I am on a different level than normal people. All Athletes are and have to be.
I had a great workout friday with my new bar, snatching 65 kilos for 6 singles and clean and jerking 85 for 6 singles better than I had the entire week, as well as hitting a great 90 kg clean and 92 kg, at the end of an intense OL week, where I snatched 65 and clean and jerked 85 almost daily. I changed my set up a bit so it is more dynamic and I can lock in my torso a bit more.
So most people would just give up and quit, but I think Strength Athletes in general are a little nuts and we find a way to make our situations work. Weightlifting is a hard sport to do in the USA because of the lack of adequate training centers, but we still find a way and ban together and help each other out. We create our own gyms and drive crazy distances to train at WL gyms and we are all "one step" removed from each other.
SO here is my favorite video of the Doc...Thats Tendons and Ligaments! yes, he is that inspiring ALL THE TIME!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=804cl9OHfbU&NR=1
