Editions of Me

When you tell your coach, "I'd like to test my bench press at the end of this cycle," and he's like, Okayhowboutnow? STOKED to be making some headway on my #benchpress, finally! I don't work this one enough. 10lb #PR, bringing me to 150, and bringing my total to 940. I WILL #break1000 someday! #powerlifting #beastmode #fitnamese #girlswholift #fitnamese #anchoredsc @anchoredsc A video posted by Thu (@acciobeastmode) on Aug 10, 2015 at 7:33pm PDT

375 #backsquat!!!! #PR #beastmode #strength #fitnamese #fitness #girlswholift #powerlifting #anchoredsc @anchoredsc A video posted by Thu (@acciobeastmode) on Jul 24, 2015 at 7:43pm PDT

A new #deadlift #PR of 415!!!! WHAT IS THIS LIFE. Thank you to everyone at ⚓️ @anchoredsc ⚓️ for always building me up and helping me improve 💜 #powerlifting #girlswholift #fitness #fitnamese #strength #beastmode #anchoredsc A video posted by Thu (@acciobeastmode) on Jul 22, 2015 at 7:51pm PDT

I came here ready to post about how I haven't gone running in well over a month, and I feel like I'm in a rut, but I suddenly realized just how many of my posts might say very nearly the exact same thing, and oddly, around the same time of year (summer break). Going over old posts, I'm realizing that there's a pattern to my "ruts," and they usually occur during summer break and deep winter (like, January/February). And I suddenly thought... What if I'm not actually in a rut? What if this is just my natural "off-season"? Running is one of those sports that you can do year-round, and the available races each month can attest to this, but maybe that just wasn't meant to be my thing. Maybe (I realize, years into this sport) I need to take long breaks. Focus on other things for a while, and keep myself from getting burnt out. Or maybe I'm just trying to make myself feel better. I don't know. In the meantime, I've still been hit...

360lb #backsquat!!! That's a 15lb #pr!! #powerlifting #fitness #fitnamese #girlswholift #anchoredsc @anchoredsc A video posted by Thu (@vivaglamr3d) on Jun 17, 2015 at 10:19am PDT

I DEADLIFTED 400 POUNDS Now a proud, card-carrying member of the 400 #deadlift club!!!! HELLZ YES. #pr #powerlifting #fitness #fitnamese #girlswholift #anchoredsc @anchoredsc A video posted by Thu (@vivaglamr3d) on Jun 15, 2015 at 7:12pm PDT And now I have earned my sticker :)

Need to get back to the gym! It's officially summer break, and it's gotten off to a rather inauspicious start. The evening of my last day of school, as well as my last day of work (clearing out my classroom), as well as every single day since then, I have spent dealing with massive pain of some sort or another - toothaches, headaches, stomachaches... it's like, after two straight weeks of little sleep, poor eating, no exercise, and full-on stress, my body is catching up with me. Like, I managed to hold it together just long enough for the last kid to leave my room, and then everything awful came rushing at me afterwards :( I know, sucks. Nonetheless, in between managing my pain (lots of pills, lots of naps), I'm managing to be slightly productive, and have made a lot of plans that I'm even starting to work on: - I've already completed (and reviewed) two books over the last few days, and am halfway through another one. I plan to read a lot this summer! ...