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by Becca@fromstrengthtostrength
Posted on January 8, 2017

December catch up

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[CARNIVORE] Lately the world seems to be embracing plant based diets way way more than I could ever have imagined when I was a 12 year old vegetarian in the mid 80s. I made do with cheese and eggs because veggie alternatives were pretty much non-existent. I made the decision to start eating meat again not long after I got married in 2009. Many of the reasons I had for not eating meat just weren't relevant anymore and I genuinely feel more healthy for bringing fish and meat back into my life. FWIW I still have total respect for people who choose to live a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle. It's just not something that I choose to do anymore. Despite now being a carnivore I've always struggled with bones and skin. Give me a chicken breast, skinless fillet of fish or steak and I'm happy. I can't handle chicken legs or wings, fish bones or meat chops. But today at the grand age of 45 I ate my first rib off a bone. And mighty delicious it was too. @dsjones73 your days of stripping meat off ribs are over. Another step on my carnivore journey complete! #carnivore #inamo #soho #ribs #london

[NOTE TO SELF] Just popping this here for myself. I tweaked something in my back deadlifting tonight. With just 2 weeks before the #BNSF Britain's Strongest Woman this really isn't great news. But there's no point in panicking (really brain, there really isn't) I will follow the advice I've been given by @strengthcoach_london and my sports therapist and pray to the strongwoman gods that whatever it is heals up quickly. Just a few hours ago my focus was completing my training over the next 9 days. Now my entire focus is on doing whatever it will take to be able to show up and compete on 29th. #dontpanic #keepcalmandrestup #bnsf #brits #masters #nattyoldbird

[COMFORT ZONE] That's week 3 of BNSF Brits prep done and my goodness this programme from @strengthcoach_london is kicking my arse! There's been several times this week where I've looked at the programme and thought "I don't know if I can do this" but I've tried everything even if I've not quite managed all the prescribed reps. It's well and truly taking me outside of my comfort zone! There's under 3 weeks until comp day now so I've just got to keep showing up and putting in the work. If I want to get stronger, faster and improve my conditioning then I need to challenge myself to do things that will take me there. Nothing worth doing is ever easy, right? #strongwoman #strongman #strong #masters #strength #bnsf #bsw #natty #nattyoldbird #stronggrrrlsunday @@grrrl_clothing

[WHY WE FILM] I'm sure people that don't lift might wonder why people that do lift film our training. It's not just about showing the world that we went to the gym and got our sessions done. It's also about checking form. This week I prioritised my deadlifts, making sure that I was fresh for that session, which meant I was not as rested as usual before my squat session. I know this can affect my form and depth. I'm still learning to judge my depth on a squat by feel, so it's important to me when I don't have someone watching to check whether what I think is depth really is. Turns out this morning it wasn't - the camera angle isn't great but these aren't to depth. We live, we lift, we learn. But yeah, sometimes we do film to prove that we did actually do the lifting. That's the case with the walking lunges which felt marginally less hateful today than they have previously. Coached by @strengthcoach_london #strongwoman #strongman #strong #masters #strength #natty #nattyoldbird8

[COMMIT] Last week deadlifts did not go to plan. For a variety of reasons but mainly fatigue. When @strengthcoach_london sent me my new programme he said to try them again and only to increase the weight next week if I managed all the reps this week. I responded very deliberately that 'they will go up'. Physically I know I am capable of this weight and reps, I've done more in training before. Mentally I know that deadlifts can very easily get in my head and so with that positive response to Dan I was starting to set myself up for success mentally. And sure enough when I approached the bar tonight my mental chatter was "I've said they're going up, so they're going up" rather than "I failed these last week, what if I do again" Not the prettiest or speediest of reps and there was almost enough time to make a cuppa between the 2nd and 3rd rep but 3 reps got done. Onward... #strongwoman #strength #strongman #strong #masters #BNSF #natty #nattyoldbird #deadlifts #stronggrrrlsunday @grrrl_clothing

[GETTING IT DONE] Work is taking me on a tour of the UK this week. Sheffield last night and today and a day trip to Glasgow tomorrow. It's totally messed up my usual training regime which is less than helpful so close to the Brits Naturals. It occurred to me during the day today that I've actually got enough weights at home to get my back and arms session done. The equipment is a bit dusty - it's been a long time since I've done any training at home but it's all in working order, so I've just done the session in our spare room. Sometimes you've just got to find a way to get it done! #bnsf #masters #natty #nattyoldbird #strongwoman #strongman #strength #strong #brits Coached by @strengthcoach_london

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