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I heard little elephants towards the end of the video but saw no elephants 
grats on the 180 though!
grats on the 180 though!Countdown to competition...
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Thanks, guys.
It was probably a bit heavy, but I wanted it...
ROFL. I did think that in the earlier reps and then forgot completely.
Possibly learned nervous habit.
It was probably a bit heavy, but I wanted it...
ROFL. I did think that in the earlier reps and then forgot completely.
Possibly learned nervous habit.
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I heard little elephants towards the end of the video but saw no elephants
ROFL!
Great squatting mrthingyx - your true calling as a powerlifter is obvious
Thought I would do some squatting, but my quads didn't really agree.
BACK SQUAT (5) 40-70
FRONT SQUAT (5) 70 Still no...
CLEAN DEADLIFT (3) 110-160-160-160-160(8) Was feeling good on the last set.
SNATCH PULL (3) 110-110-110
BACK SQUAT (5) 40-70
FRONT SQUAT (5) 70 Still no...
CLEAN DEADLIFT (3) 110-160-160-160-160(8) Was feeling good on the last set.
SNATCH PULL (3) 110-110-110
Heh - thanks, dude. 
It was a pretty horrid lift but a lot of back work means it was 'tolerable.'
Shoulder-wise, it is irritating because my two recent shoulder problems have come from chest work: last year was a heavy triple on flat bench and this time was a heavy set of weighted pushups... Which is why I loathe chest and admire anybody who can do it.
It was a pretty horrid lift but a lot of back work means it was 'tolerable.'Shoulder-wise, it is irritating because my two recent shoulder problems have come from chest work: last year was a heavy triple on flat bench and this time was a heavy set of weighted pushups... Which is why I loathe chest and admire anybody who can do it.
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I had a similar experience earlier when I started RSR (for bench), the first set wasn't amazing, yet fast, whereas the last 3 sets were really stable but a tad slower.
Yeah... It isn't the first time, either. My brain treats the first few as a warmup and then finally clicks a while after.
Best squatting I ever did was in my short-lived run of Squat Nemesis, with a daily max and then heavy triples: the daily max woke me up and then the heavy ramp afterwards was exquisitely painful but very slick.
Best squatting I ever did was in my short-lived run of Squat Nemesis, with a daily max and then heavy triples: the daily max woke me up and then the heavy ramp afterwards was exquisitely painful but very slick.
Session 2 of RSR...
BACK SQUAT (3*6 @ 145kg) Easier than Session 1, but the last set was grind-worthy...
CLEAN PULL (5) 100-120-120-120 How I used to power clean 110kg I will never know...
Quick session whilst giving my shoulder more rest. I had decided that I will just leave it alone for a couple of weeks - without anything except from RC and eccentric brocepz stuff - just to see if it will heal by itself. If no further progress, I will b egoing for my MRI.
BACK SQUAT (3*6 @ 145kg) Easier than Session 1, but the last set was grind-worthy...
CLEAN PULL (5) 100-120-120-120 How I used to power clean 110kg I will never know...
Quick session whilst giving my shoulder more rest. I had decided that I will just leave it alone for a couple of weeks - without anything except from RC and eccentric brocepz stuff - just to see if it will heal by itself. If no further progress, I will b egoing for my MRI.
It is the weekend, so today was ARMS! 
Just kidding: more squats and deadlift variations.
BACK SQUAT (2*6 @ 145kg) Nothing to write home about. A couple of random reps were harder than they needed to be, but there we go.
SNATCH PULL -> 4* RDL 60-100-100
CLEAN PULL -> 4*RDL120-130
PENDLAY ROW (5) 100-100-100
Just kidding: more squats and deadlift variations.
BACK SQUAT (2*6 @ 145kg) Nothing to write home about. A couple of random reps were harder than they needed to be, but there we go.
SNATCH PULL -> 4* RDL 60-100-100
CLEAN PULL -> 4*RDL120-130
PENDLAY ROW (5) 100-100-100
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Noob!
http://www.mobilitywod.com/2013/06/...t-ups-yes-they-are-different-wfu-and-burdick/
EDIT - with the clean pull it's the extension of the body that sends the bar up. In a clean high pull you'd be actively using the upper body more
If you break the clean up, at least the off the floor part you have exercises like these:
http://www.catalystathletics.com/exercise/185/Halting-Clean-Deadlift/
http://www.catalystathletics.com/exercise/176/Clean-Deadlift/
http://www.catalystathletics.com/exercise/98/Clean-Pull/
http://www.catalystathletics.com/exercise/100/Clean-High-Pull/
Greg talks about the differences between pull types 'ere, about half-way down he goes into why deadlifts =/= part of the clean from floor to hip:
http://www.catalystathletics.com/article/49/The-Olympic-Lift-Starting-Position-Snatch-Clean/
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Added more stuff to that post - with the clean pull it's the 'pop' of the quads/hips that sends the bar up. If you add the upper body in you get the high pull and the Chinese 'high pull with rebend' variation: