Vanity is not a sin...

Thigh is still sore, but needed some power work...

HIP SNATCH (triples) 40-50-70-75(fff)-70-70
BACK SQUAT (triples) 70-90-100(5)-100(5)-105(5)

Hip snatch was just standing braced, and driving from a position with a 5 degree knee bend! torso upright, and diving under the bar.

Suggests my full technique is not good enough! Need the get the bar further back...

EDIT: from the 'pics' thread...

mrthingyx said:
Played around with a flash whilst I was waiting for a game to install... and to see if three months of CBL and three weeks of eating crud has made any difference.

Weighed in this evening at 90.8kg - probably around 89kg clean, but there we go...


Front...

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Back...

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Pardon the gawky posing, but:

a) I can't pose;
b) I was holding the second flash. :D
Click to expand...
 
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Tendon work...

OVERHEAD SQUATS (5s) 40-50
FRONT SQUATS (5s) 70-90-70
OHP ss/w WG PULLUPS (8s) 45(BW-45(BW)-45(BW)-45(BW)
BENCH ss/w CG PULLDOWNS (8s) 70(s12?)75(s18)-75(s18)-75(s18)
LAT RAISES ss/w 21s (8s) 14(25)-14(25)-14(25)-14(25)

No calcium required.
 
Eurgh... lost all my gains over the past twelve hours. I now probably weigh around 88.5kg! :eek:

SNATCH (POSITION 1, 3s) 40-50-60-65-60-70
HANG CLEAN (POSITION 1) n JERK 3s) 80-90-90
FRONT SQUATS (3s) 70-90-100(f)

That feeling where I can't front squat for toffee, yet a full catch on a clean is a doddle. :confused:

Will probably try and get some videos posted for you guys to pick apart in the next couple of days...
 
A short workout? ;)

The point with Olympic lifting is that once the speed is gone, there isn't much point in carrying on.

I overdid the snatch this morning because I was trying to sort my catch out: it ain't like diesel powerlifting where a lift can be muscled up, sadly. :(
 
No interesting lifting today...

OVERHEAD SQUAT (5s) 40-50-60-60-60
SNATCH BALANCE (3) 40-50-50
CLEAN 1st PULL (5s) 110-130-140-140-140
PUSH PRESS (5s) 70-70-70
PENDLAY ROWS (5s) 70-80-80

Enough reps for you, duvet77? ;) :D
 
Heh - thanks (relief! :D )! They're alright - not really pushing them at the moment as I'm working on a stable bottom position.

Weight was conservative, but I'm getting ready for a more structured programme next week to help push my Olympic lifting a bit hard. Overhead squats are part of that, so need to make sure they're working (form-wise) correctly. Once my snatch catch i(whoop!) s working better, they'll get switched out for deficit Bulgarian split squats or something, as they're not the best exercise for pushing Olympic work... only getting it working.
 
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Bit of a wasted session: trained at the work gym, so no dropping allowed...

POWER SNATCH FROM HIP (5s) 40-60-60(3) diagnostic work for the coach.
POWER CLEAN FROM HIP (3s) 80-80... twinge in my knee turned out to be distal insertion of sartorius going doo-lally. :mad:
OHP (5s) 40-50-55... remembered I'd done PP yesterday (idiot).
FRONT SQUAT (5s) 70-80-90-90-90-95(2).

Going to try a different foot position with front squats to mimic my clean catch. Why? Because not having a permanent coach means trying to find something that works is more trial and error. :( So going narrower (just outside shoulders and take advantage of my ability to stick my knees out at amusing angles) as I know I can get plenty of power out of this position. It is weird because I find it a LOT easier to get my heels and posterior chain involved.

But there we go. Onwards and... well... somewhere.
 
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