Day 4. I didn’t go to CrossFit today for class, but I did go for a skills session that I had scheduled with Dave on Saturday. I wanted to focus on weight techniques especially one for getting the weight over my head. We decided on a clean and jerk. Good thing because I have always had problems with these. My techniques was definitely lacking. Dave started me with a medicine ball showing me first the clean part. Once I had that down we moved on to a pvc pipe and worked on both the clean and jerk. Finally after many many tries on both parts and then the whole I was allowed to move on to a 35 lbs bar and then on to a 45 lbs bar. After a while it clicked! There is a huge difference between jerking the bar and push pressing it! I am sooo thankful that I finally saw the difference. Getting large weights above your head really has everything to do with technique. I learned several other things too that will help the whole clean and jerk much better in the future. Bring back “Grace“! Girl, I will own you next time…um, maybe. 🙂

Here is my journal entry for day 4 of the Holly Jolly Challenge. Eating paleo comes so easy to me now, but as I’m sure you can see, I need to work on making my meals more rounded…more zoned. And if you haven’t noticed, let me bring your attention to the quality of food that we eat – as much organic, free-range, cage-free, grass-fed, no hormones, etc. It’s expensive, but it is worth every penny. Why? Watch it. It will CHANGE the way you see the food industry, and hopefully the way you eat. We’re more paleo now than before because like the cavemen, we won’t be eating any grain fed fish, cows, or pork. Gross!