training in Calgary

Back from the CPU Nats in Calgary, had a very good time, got to watch some great lifters, was very impressed with the female lifters and raw malelifters, didn't get to see too many equipped males lift, but all the CPU guys are very high level, and generally better than me, lol.

Training didn't go so hot, I was fairly exhausted the entire trip,and I'm frustrated to say not having home field advantage threw me off. I've become much too reliant on the familiarity of certain racks, and when I compete in Waterloo I'm generally thrown for a loop. This is something I'm going to have to figure out, and get over. I guess I'm a bit of a head case.

Friday squat in Edmonton

warm up
tiger balm on knees
-got into position fairly easily, knees were aching, but that's pretty normal these days.

Front squat
130kg 7 sets of 2
- was supposed to do 155kg, and I was supposed to do it for 5 reps, but it just wasn't going to fly, I was pissed at the time, and threw a bit of a hissy fit that I had to apologize for later, but in hindsight, this was exactly what I needed, and trying to do my training sessions on the road like usual was a bad idea.

Saturday bench in Calgary
-this was a straight up commercial gym, I could feel my testicles curling up into my stomach the second I walked in the place. They had hammer strength gear, but the benches weren't as high as they needed to be, somy set ups were piss poor. the plates were a little suspect as well.

Bench
295 3x3
-this was supposed to be 10 sets of 3, but that wasn't going to fly. The weight didn't feel particularly heavy, I just got frustrated, and didn't see much point in training a movement that wasn't the actual movement, plus my motivation just sucked.

Thoughts on travelling on training.
-met up with Paul in the airport, and I saw his luggage, and his training bag filled with supplements was bigger than my suitcase. He travels a ton, and related to me that even he didn't feel his sessions went very well. Next time I need to be much much better prepared, and pick out my spots to train, and line up training partners well in advance.

All in all, missing a couple sessions will likely only help me.