Form is Everything

I think I tweaked my back a bit with last week's deadlifts.  I did an AMRAP set of 135lb and now my lower back feels a little bit off. I could tell that my form was not great at the time and should have stopped. I struggle with lifting technique b/c I don't have a coach and causing myself injury is my #1 concern. I'm pretty sure it's not serious and will get better with rest and stretching. I've read enough disc horror stories to make me very cautious.

Had a couple of great frisbee games last week and all of the lifting sessions were ok.  I went to the gym late Saturday night and ended up loading the wrong plates on one side for my squats (two 2.5lb plates on one side and a 5lb and 2.5lb plate on the other) and never noticed until I took off the plates.  Whoops.  :)  BJJ was ok. We covered a lot of advanced techniques with a class full of white belts.

I'm not very happy with myself for not tackling mobility like I should.  I don't think it would prevented me from tweaking my back, but it will hold me back.  Must address!

I feel like I've turned a corner in frisbee...definitely attacking more and at least getting in the vicinity of guys who are leaping for the disc.  Would like to test myself by defending Bleek to see if my defense has improved as much as I thought.

Inconsistency is Key

My performance has been highly inconsistent this week. Had a great lift on Monday, a less than great lift on Wednesday.  Frisbee was off the hook on Wednesday, and was just off on Thursday.  Jiu-jitsu on Tuesday was meh, jiu-jitsu on Thursday was great.  If the pattern holds up, frisbee will be awesome today and BJJ will be meh tonight. :)

PR City

I've hit quite a few PRs in the past couple of weeks.  PR'd my deadlift at 175lb, squat at 125lb, bench at 120lb and press at 80lb.  Feels great to hit those marks and to see hard work pay off.

Ran in the local marathon relay over the weekend, and clocked 5.8miles at 50:39. Had D Hill as part of the mileage, so I'm very happy with that ~8:45 pace.

BJJ has been going ok. Some nights seem mellow, some nights are really good. Took three weeks off in September b/c of house painting and got a little rusty. Cardio wasn't affected thanks to frisbee and the metcons that I did during those three weeks.

Current goals are to hit a 205lb deadlift by Christmas and 135lb squat.  The 205lb may be tough, but if I can do a 125lb squat now, another 10lb in 2+ months ought to be very doable.