Milestone

I’m at a milestone of sorts. At my next weight lifting session I’ll be halfway to my bench press and squat goals for 2006, and at 100% of my overhead pull goal. That’s kind of cool, given that January is only half over, but I need to keep it all in perspective and not get too worked up about it.

Firstly, since I started my 2006 training season after the last 2005 meet back in November, I’ve actually been working on this year’s program for 2 months now – not the 2 weeks one might have guessed by looking at the calendar. Secondly, it’s normal to improve rapidly at the beginning of a new training program, after which improvements are likely to come much more slowly. Also, although the goals for the year represent significant improvement over where I started, I’m still relatively weak by throwing standards. It will be 2007 before I’m up to where I feel that I need to be. And finally, I’m not a weightlifter, I’m a thrower, and how much I can lift doesn’t mean a thing if it doesn’t translate into longer throws.

Okay, then. I’ve patted myself on the back, and then slapped myself back down to size. That’s my simple motivational strategy.