Now that T is signed up for the October Meet T's coach told him that it's time to get strong. T has been training harder and doing more strength training to get ready for the upcoming Meet. He's so excited and he's working very hard so that he can do his absolute best at this Meet.
The guinea pigs are growing so much. They are such cuties. They love celery. We give it to them as a treat while we hold them and they eat it. Here's a pic:
T had his first class back at BBW on Friday (9/8/2023). He had such a great time. The smile on his face said it all. As he was leaving class the Grand Master asked him to stay for the Leadership Class. T loved being there and being a part of the Leadership Team. His happiness about being back shows us just how much we made the right decision with all the changes we've made in the past couple of months since USA TaeKwonDo Nationals. Every step T has made has been a step in the right direction and one we feel is exactly where he should be. Here's a video I put together from his first night back at BBW:
September 9th marked a month of T doing weightlifting. He's learned so much in such a small amount of time and I put together a video of all of his accomplishments in his first month. He's went from lifting just a 15kg Olympic Weight Bar to a 20kg one and now he's able to deadlift 165lbs, in the snatch 66lbs and clean & jerk 88lbs. He has made such great progress and continues to make even more progress with each training session. We couldn't be more proud of him. Enjoy the video at the link below:
Weightlifting Progress for The 1st Month
Right now everything T does with weightlifting gives him PR's just about every time that he lifts. Today he made a new PR in the deadlift and I'm sure he will break that PR in the weeks/months ahead as he is still learning a ton when it comes to weightlifting. The team and his coach have been very impressed with T or Tim as they all call him. Today he did a 70kilo deadlift which roughly comes to around 153 pounds. It's well more than I could lift any day of the week...LOL! Here are some pictures to share with you all.
When T was doing TaeKwonDo Sparring Training I thought he wanted to eat a lot. That training has nothing on weightlifting training. He's hungry all the time now. We are giving him a ton of protein because the coach told us that's what he was going to be needing to eat.
Another new normal for us is the bruising he gets from the snatch on the two collar bone knobs just under your neck in the front. I'm sure there is a technical name for them but I don't know what it is. When he does the snatch the barbell rests across the shoulders and on those bones. I got a pic of T when he was fooling around and making different silly faces last night that also has those bruises where you can see them. Take a look:
He's looking more grown everyday. This is what his hair looks like when it's clean and not oily looking from sweating all the time....LOL!!
This is what part of the snatch looks like:
The first part of the snatch is in the banner pic at the top of our blog page. I'm still learning all the terminology in this sport.
