⚖️ Update No.17 – Mind and Body ⚖️

For a few years now, pushing myself has mostly been a physical thing, but through new circumstances and challenges, it’s now in equal part, sometimes even more-so- a mental challenge. When I say pushing myself mentally, I mean in ways that I can’t always describe, like how I would intend to maintain a strong sense of focus and applied willpower to engage myself physically as well as mentally in achieving my goals. Accustoming myself to this has meant many things- the likes of which I will not touch on, for a few reasons.

Today I went for the 210kg deadlift as I said I would, and surprisingly it moved fairly quickly. I knew I was getting stronger anyway and my grip especially has improved a lot where I can now over-hand deadlift 150kg, so when I had gone to try 210, I got it and thought I’d try 220kg.

At first I was doubtful as it’s usually a stretch to even get what you were planning on getting, but today I managed to have enough mental and physical control to make the right call and I managed to pull 220kg ( 485lbs ) for one rep, mostly clean form with no equipment, as per usual for me.

I am very close to the end range of 227kg or 500lbs and it’s good. In a lot of ways, it will be very much so the finishing of one chapter and the start of another, I feel. I don’t think it’ll be too drastic at first, but if I can swing into the kind of training I want to be doing, then it will be every bit as challenging- if not more, than what weightlifting has ever been.

There’s a certain nuance to pushing yourself in ways that connect with you, that not everyone can tap into due to personal reasons and whether it’s applicable to the kind of person you are and how it befits you. In my experience, however, it’s always one of the most liberating feelings I think one can have, applying that liberation through other means, especially conducting it through mental elements, means applying the best aspects to my mentality across a vast range, will only spell good things for me. Not because I am need of them or crave them, but because I feel everyone should have the peace they desire.