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itslolitaa

New PR on bench! (After struggling a lot mentally)

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I've been struggling with psyching myself out on every lift lately. It's truly the most frustrating thing because I know I could do more but my mind would stop me. I dramatically hit rock bottom with that and got super upset with myself. I promised myself that I would never feel that way again. I would never cheat myself like that again. I finally snapped out of that and hit a new PR on bench today!

What's really helping me is watching videos of people normalizing going until failure. It's not a bad thing, it's what's supposed to happen in order to get better. I walked in today, went up in weight and said I'm going to get this weight and if I don't, I've given more effort than I've ever had before and that's still a win.

I got the weight up :) and it was EASY so I went up again until failure.

I couldn't even do the bar a few months ago and now I'm on my way to a plate! (I'm f)

Posted Jun 15, 2025, 3:01 AM UTC

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