Comments welcome (training routine)

[Espi]

If you'd care to look into my log: http://forums.jpfitness.com/684287-post65.html

Background: I've started learning the Oly lifts in September and am progressing ahead slowly.. being a klutz & at a ripe 45 years age plus having taught myself hang cleans the wrong way doesn't help.

Other necessities to know: once a week I go to a gym (half an hour by car) to learn Oly lifting and the rest of the week I'm in a gym at a 15min walking distance with NO squat cage or rack but with a fixed weight barbell rack that makes do as a mediocre squat rack when I remove all of the barbells on 1 side.
The squat rack works great for front squats and push presses (w/o cleans) but sucks for back squats for which I have to hunch down too much.. but .. it's the only good option I have.
Right now I'm also still nursing a hand injury and can't do cleans & front squats as a result.

Other useful things to know: need to work on stability & balance (trying to do 1 weekly yoga class plus do some balance work) and also need to change my lifts in order to make them more suitable for Oly lifting.

Sofar my new trainer hasn't really been helpful in making suggestions for adapting current routine.. I guess he'd prefer me coming in for every workout, but that's simply far too impractical given the extra time & money (fuel!) it takes to get there.. so I'm on my own here.

Some things I've already done: lose the mixed grip and only use the hook grip.. starting lower on deadlifts and predominantly use legs. Use a high bar placement and a more upright back .. etc.

I'd like to see how I can further improve the routine given the (stupid) fact that I'm in a facility that doesn't allow for dropping wts so I'm actually mostly doing a normal routine with some changes than an actual weight lifters routine.

[Matthew]

Are there no better gyms around?

[Espi]

Am afraid not.. at least no gym that is within easy reach = being able to get there on foot or by bicycle.
There is 1 gym close-by that does have a very poor squat rack (no ledgers) but their equipment is so old & disks , barbells & dumbbells are both in lbs-es and kilograms and some not even without any indication that it drove me crazy. Finding the correct weights took me longer than the actual workout.

Besides my preference is to lift in the morning and they are only open in the evening (Mon-Fri) and Sunday morning.. I want a gym that's open 7d/wk and has weights in actual kilograms that are accurate.

An acquaintance of mine is building up his own 'home' -gym and I know he would allow friends to train there too. Alas, he's a chain smoker and even just staying around him for only 30 minutes is enough for my poor lungs. I'm 100% positive he'd smoke in his own gym, as he has every right to do in his own property.

[Espi]

Nobody?

So training routine is perfect as it is ?

[Espi]

First training down. Went awesome as far as the ascending sets plus 1 drop set was concerned.. but knew all that.

Am quite disappointed about the lack of feedback actually considering how much knowledge there is on the forum.. apparently not for me.

[Bytsi]

I'd chime in but I'm a beginner and have nothing of value to add here... sorry!!