Vanity Log: how much in a year?
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Gash session today. In an effort to squeeze as many calories into my evenings as possible, I'm staying up too late. 6hrs sleep for the past two nights isn't enough. 
DAY 3
Power clean from hip 4x3
70-90-100-105(fff)
Strength was there, but no speed = not enough power. Glutes were aching at this point from yesterday's volume. Couldn't even get 105 to my shoulders.
Clean pulls 3x3
130-130-130
Adjusted technique to get as much drive as possible for these and was doing much better.
Hang clean 3x2
70-70-70-
Seemed to go ok, but the weight wasn't really where it should have been.
Clean 5x2
70-60-50-50(1f)
Full from the floor, and going for speed/squat. Was getting exhausted at this point. Technically, only the last two were bad, but I was just bushed.
Front squat 5-4-3-3
Dumped because of exhaustion. I tried 1 rep at 50kgs and couldn't get back up from the squat.
Felt like an utter idiot, today. I know consecutive 6hr sleeps are seriously detrimental, and particularly after a big volume strength session.
As such, I'll probably can Tuesday's training as doing it properly takes too much out of me to do it properly whilst I'm fasting (at the moment). I might just restrict myself to technical work for the next couple of weeks whilst my feeding regime is out of kilter.
EDIT: And my hands were shot from hook gripping all of yesterday. Urgh.
That, and a bucketload more sleep. This is just a lesson for me (which is all the more embarassing because I know it anyway: OAKG enhances the recovery process: it does not replace it.
*Idiot*
DAY 3
Power clean from hip 4x3
70-90-100-105(fff)
Strength was there, but no speed = not enough power. Glutes were aching at this point from yesterday's volume. Couldn't even get 105 to my shoulders.
Clean pulls 3x3
130-130-130
Adjusted technique to get as much drive as possible for these and was doing much better.
Hang clean 3x2
70-70-70-
Seemed to go ok, but the weight wasn't really where it should have been.
Clean 5x2
70-60-50-50(1f)
Full from the floor, and going for speed/squat. Was getting exhausted at this point. Technically, only the last two were bad, but I was just bushed.
Front squat 5-4-3-3
Dumped because of exhaustion. I tried 1 rep at 50kgs and couldn't get back up from the squat.
Felt like an utter idiot, today. I know consecutive 6hr sleeps are seriously detrimental, and particularly after a big volume strength session.
As such, I'll probably can Tuesday's training as doing it properly takes too much out of me to do it properly whilst I'm fasting (at the moment). I might just restrict myself to technical work for the next couple of weeks whilst my feeding regime is out of kilter.
EDIT: And my hands were shot from hook gripping all of yesterday. Urgh.
That, and a bucketload more sleep. This is just a lesson for me (which is all the more embarassing because I know it anyway: OAKG enhances the recovery process: it does not replace it.
*Idiot*
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I know - it's just annoying that I was so dumb with my recovery when I know how much it compromises my training. 
A clean pull is a combination of the first and second pulls of a clean, but with a weight that's too much to actually get to front rack.
So you go through the whole movement:
Stage 1: hamstring deadlinft from floor;
Stage 2: hip draaaaaaaaaaahve!
Stage 3: power shrug.
As the weight is too much, the hip drive and strug will not get the bar anywhere near your shoulders, but will give you a massive workout.
I'll take a vid and post it...
A clean pull is a combination of the first and second pulls of a clean, but with a weight that's too much to actually get to front rack.
So you go through the whole movement:
Stage 1: hamstring deadlinft from floor;
Stage 2: hip draaaaaaaaaaahve!
Stage 3: power shrug.
As the weight is too much, the hip drive and strug will not get the bar anywhere near your shoulders, but will give you a massive workout.
I'll take a vid and post it...
Oh, it's just not working today...
Loaded up 110kg for the video, recorded the video, transferred the video to my computer, uploaded to YouTube, deleted video from computer and camera...
And it turns out I transferred the wrong video from the camera, and deleted the right one... epicfail.jpg
It was actually a painful video because I could only just about pull 110kg when last weak I could powerclean it.
So have this instead...
Apologies for being ******* lame.
Loaded up 110kg for the video, recorded the video, transferred the video to my computer, uploaded to YouTube, deleted video from computer and camera...
And it turns out I transferred the wrong video from the camera, and deleted the right one... epicfail.jpg
It was actually a painful video because I could only just about pull 110kg when last weak I could powerclean it.
So have this instead...
Apologies for being ******* lame.
The constant variations of this joke never cease to crease me up.
I may need help.
Jesus, are you going to start posting emo music and gifs of girls crying?Oh, it's just not working today...
Loaded up 110kg for the video, recorded the video, transferred the video to my computer, uploaded to YouTube, deleted video from computer and camera...
And it turns out I transferred the wrong video from the camera, and deleted the right one... epicfail.jpg
It was actually a painful video because I could only just about pull 110kg when last weak I could powerclean it.
So have this instead...
Apologies for being ******* lame.
After the debacle of yesterday's training, today the barbell was going to get bent.
DAY 4
Overhead squat 4x5
50-70-75-80(3.5ff)
Needing to get some volume under the bar. 80kg felt pretty heavy and the bar came too far forward...
Using wrist braces/straps for these makes them a LOT easier.
Videos for anybody that is interested:
Push press from back 4x3
80-85-85-90
Bringing the hip draaaaaahve in to the game.
Push jerk 5x2
70-80-85-90-70
Adjusting my technique for these, hence the lower weights. The final 70kg was a lot deeper than I'm used to in an effort to allow me to jerk more. As such.
Barbell military press 5-4-3-3
57.5-55-55-57.5
Ooof. Lots of strength gone with this fasting lark!
Single arm military press 3x5 (standing)
27.5(4f)-22.5-25
More brawn needed. Might up the reps slightly before the weight next time.
Much more satisfying than yesterday, even if the weights weren't huge. One thing has become apparent is that - even with a massive carb load each night - fasting is taking a lot of 'power' out of my workouts, restricting them to speed at lower weights, rather than the normal range.
Not necessarily a problem, but it just means lots of technique work. Hence the deeper squatting on the push jerk.
I changed the volume on the OHS simply because of the lack of front squatting yesterday: I needed that quad/ham/glute pump.
DAY 4
Overhead squat 4x5
50-70-75-80(3.5ff)
Needing to get some volume under the bar. 80kg felt pretty heavy and the bar came too far forward...
Using wrist braces/straps for these makes them a LOT easier.
Videos for anybody that is interested:
Push press from back 4x3
80-85-85-90
Bringing the hip draaaaaahve in to the game.
Push jerk 5x2
70-80-85-90-70
Adjusting my technique for these, hence the lower weights. The final 70kg was a lot deeper than I'm used to in an effort to allow me to jerk more. As such.
Barbell military press 5-4-3-3
57.5-55-55-57.5
Ooof. Lots of strength gone with this fasting lark!
Single arm military press 3x5 (standing)
27.5(4f)-22.5-25
More brawn needed. Might up the reps slightly before the weight next time.
Much more satisfying than yesterday, even if the weights weren't huge. One thing has become apparent is that - even with a massive carb load each night - fasting is taking a lot of 'power' out of my workouts, restricting them to speed at lower weights, rather than the normal range.
Not necessarily a problem, but it just means lots of technique work. Hence the deeper squatting on the push jerk.
I changed the volume on the OHS simply because of the lack of front squatting yesterday: I needed that quad/ham/glute pump.
Pretty much everything, to be frank. This is where my brief discussion with Morba over push-press vs. push-jerk for Grace came from.
The activation starts at the glutes, but require quads, the rest of the legs, core, scaps/traps (to stabilise) and then delts/tris to help the bar up.
I can't do many reps of the explosive stuff at once (3 is absolute maximum, and even then on something like 60%) simply because they send my CNS into meltdown.
My pattern isn't great for these, simply because I haven't taken the time to work on them properly. However, now that I'm fasting and seeing what I can/can't do with my workouts as a result, technique will get much more of a beasting.
I wish you and FF were but a little closer so we could have epic Oly lifting sessions
Absolutely, if he and I ever attend a meet.
Yes, it was REALLY tough as my shoulders were getting wobbly and stopped me concentrating on my lumber and what my knees were doing.
So much to think about when overhead squatting...
LOL. Great excuse.
Your teddies are just too damn big.
Heh - thanks.
I didn't video the final 70kg set where the double dip was a lot better/deeper, as - at the moment - I'm just jumping wide for the depth.
Your teddies are just too damn big.
Nice overhead squats!
And good double dipping on the push jerks
Heh - thanks.
I didn't video the final 70kg set where the double dip was a lot better/deeper, as - at the moment - I'm just jumping wide for the depth.