Hell don't care how you look

I feel like I've been slacking on my shoulder lately, but I haven't. I've simply had other lifting priorities. I've been doing squats and deadlifts for what feels like an eternity, with a goal of maxing out the week before we left for Ireland. So that meant doing just my rehab exercises with no extra snatch work - I still snatch during my exercises, but only for reps on light weight. And I also only got in one day of rehab work across the pond, so this week has been rough.

When I don't do my rehab work, my shoulder feels awful. That damn arthritis commercial that says "A body in motion stays in motion" is true. My shoulder was been popping and slipping the last week and half. And has gotten ridiculously tight. Today was the first day I felt like I could finally do something substantial. A few weeks before leaving for Doug to compete in Dublin, I was able to do a 6:00 multi-switch snatch set. I think I kept it to 15rpm. Today I was able to do two 4:00 sets at 16rpm. My right side feels fine and I think finally getting better about the handle position and feel a huge difference in grip. The left is just jacked up looking because my feet are all over the place and overall weakness - but not soreness. I keep ending up really sideways which is why it looks so far forward at times. I'm pretty happy considering I didn't think I'd ever be able to do this a few months ago.

I'm pretty excited and am hopeful I can compete in February at Ice Chamber's event. Fingers crossed!