3 rep OHS max, PR

I know I have been ignoring my blog for some time now, but I have limited time today (the end of the fiscal year is upon us patent examiners). So instead of writing up the long essays I have in my head I feel like I only have time for a short entry. I no longer see this blog as a means of keeping a record of my workouts, I now use the official CFOT blog to record my performances. I also have always wanted this blog to be more then that: I want my posts to offer content that would be useful to others, such as my "adventures" with my hip. I hope to post soon about my exercise outside of crossfit, my level one cert I just attended, and my preparation for the mid Atlantic hopper challenge, to name a few off the top of my head. But for now a small victory dance for today's performance.

Today was find your 3 rep overhead squat max, and I love me some OHS's. When we did this in May I got up to 170, with my shoulders not being an issue. I came in today with 185 being my goal, and I was able to hit that without too much trouble. I then tried 190, but failed to get it overhead twice. I then tried a third attempt with help. Once it got up there it was much lighter. I sucked in a breath and did a rep. Wasn't sure I hit depth, but no one commented on it. I sucked in another breath, and made sure to hit depth. The third was no different. I could tell that I was trying to rock the weight forward, so that I could use my quads to push up. I fought to keep my hips back and my glutes/hams engaged, and found limited success. Regardless, I just broke, my PR by 20#s.

My next goal is to get a bodyweight (200#) OHS, I know I have it in me.

I also wonder about the snatch, if I can figure out how to get more than 140#. Hopefully we'll find out soon.

I post this because I have forgotten what it feels like to really smash a PR. Sure I've been getting small PR's and it's natural for the gains to decrease in amount as I get stronger, but this feels great. The sense of accomplishment and meeting/beating a goal are so addicting. Now all I need are muscles ups and hand stand pushups, and I will have met all of my goals for the past two years in terms of mastery of movement.