Not Yet

Lifting and living with a growth mindset

Reflecting

My first conversation this morning was with a friend at CrossFit about how we’re not good at snatches yet (he actually is good at them, but that was what we were talking about).  The key word wasn’t “snatches” but “yet”.  This was an idea that I first read about in Mindset.  Always – always – add a “yet” to anything you admit you haven’t nailed… yet.  It is a placeholder.  It is a reminder.  It keeps you in a growth mindset wherein your failures and shortcomings are just part of an ongoing process, not a part of your identity.  Mindset’s author Carol Dweck discusses this in her short talk The power of yet.  Have I nailed my snatch form?  Not yet.   

Training

This morning’s white board:

Every 3:00 x6

• 15 Wall Ball 20 lbs.

• 10 Burpees

• 5 Snatches 135 lbs.

Then working out with my trainer this afternoon.  I’m mostly a morning person, but excited for an upcoming night run:

Fueling

I have a new favorite beef hookup for both jerky and steaks.  He mostly supplies New York steakhouses but more recently offers direct to home fresh meat delivery.  It is sublime.  Here’s my best effort at a filet mignon with charcoal seasoning and a side of onions and garlic.  I’ve been doing more of my own meal prep for lunches and this is my best one so far. 

What do you do if you can’t gain weight?  My son runs high school cross country and another cross country dad just asked me about his son, who runs all the time and has gained a lot of height and wants to bulk up in weight.  My reaction for someone who’s otherwise doing all of the healthy habits: drink your extra calories (quite the opposite when you want to cut).  Steak and eggs and even whey fill you up and make you feel full but you can drink a lot of marginal calories.  Fairlife Core Power Elite is my first choice followed by regular (whole) Fairlife milk.  Barring access to that, I would just drink a gallon of whole milk each day in addition to the existing diet.  Anyone can gain weight and that is probably one of the easiest ways to do so. 

Measuring

Here’s the result of my first weekly Vivoo at home test:

Mostly good but interesting to not really be in ketosis.  Also jeesh I drink a half gallon jug of water each morning so surprised to be dehydrated.  I don’t like feeling water logged so resist switching to a full gallon.  pH should be easy to fix with some apple cider vinegar. 

Supplementing

I added 1,200 mgs of calcium due to the deficiency I discovered with the Vivoo test.

Closing

Have a great weekend!