It has been a quiet week for me - I've just been eating and sleeping.  My back and hips are usually the first to go on me when I train hard but they feel great, it's my arms and quads that are killing me.   I only did a couple of sets with 95 lb on Tuesday (Light bench) because my arms were still fried from Friday and decided not to deadlift last night because my quads were still really tight from last week & Sunday.  Been trying to eat more and sleep more this week to get my body to recover so I can go for 300 lb on the bench again tomorrow night - Ross massaged my biceps and triceps last night and I'm feeling a lot better this morning so hopefully it all comes together on the bench.

Life Stuff

I went downtown yesterday and met one of my bestfriends for coffee & shopping, it was really nice.  I started Powerlifting a little over a year ago and it took everybody (including myself) by surprise.  None of my friends really understood what it was or why I was doing it but this friend in particular was supportive right from the start.  A lot of my friends just don't talk about it - it's like a "don't ask, don't tell" policy - but this friend asks, even though she isn't sure how or in what context, she makes the effort and I appreciate her for that.  I've gone through a lot of changes over the last year - Powerlifting, or any sport that you push yourself to your limit, uncovers all the ugly pieces of yourself, makes you stare them dead in the face and forces you to recognize them and use them to your advantage, or be held back by them.  Whether it is fear, ego, stubborness, insecurity, excuses...you can't run from it in Powerlifting because everytime you walk up to the bar it's in your face - all the mental barriers that stand in the way of bigger lifts - it's hard for people outside of sports to understand that level of intensity and you yourself don't look at things in the same way anymore.  As a reasult most of my relationships have changed but my relationship with this friend has grown stronger and I am very thankful for that - there are people who are in your life for all the right reasons, and she is one of them.