Vacation is over

[pjb923]

Originally Posted by sidonia

Heehehehehe...power snatches....hehehehe....

I thought we could use a guy doing some power snatches around here.

[pjb923]

I had an easy workout on Friday and played around with the tylergrips.

Tried using them for DB bench press and hated it. The weights just did not feel right in my hands. 1-Arm rows are much better suited for using the grips. 75 lbs felt like a whole lot more and really gave my hands a good workout.

Then I tried some reverse grip push downs on the cable station and they didn't really feel right either. Using the straight bar I just couldn't get my wrists into a position that was very comfortable.

I threw in a few sets of face pulls, then some cardio and ab work and called it a day.

I think from now on I was reserve the tylergrips for pulling movements. Rows, shrugs, pulldowns, etc...

Tonight is my next o-lifting session!

[tkinsley]

WOOHOO! Have fun, Paul!

[bigDman]

Originally Posted by pjb923

I had an easy workout on Friday and played around with the tylergrips.

Tried using them for DB bench press and hated it. The weights just did not feel right in my hands. 1-Arm rows are much better suited for using the grips. 75 lbs felt like a whole lot more and really gave my hands a good workout.

Then I tried some reverse grip push downs on the cable station and they didn't really feel right either. Using the straight bar I just couldn't get my wrists into a position that was very comfortable.

I threw in a few sets of face pulls, then some cardio and ab work and called it a day.

I think from now on I was reserve the tylergrips for pulling movements. Rows, shrugs, pulldowns, etc...

Tonight is my next o-lifting session!

tylergrips are fun... Doing holds at the end of the wrokout you'll see a big improvement in grip strength

[sidonia]

OMG...seriously...if I hear any more about your tylergrips....lol

[pjb923]

Tonights oly session.
Monday 6/16/08

All weights are from memory so some may be off.

Power Cleanfrom knees into full front squat
worked up to 60kg x 5 x 3 sets

Power Snatchfrom knees w/ OH squat after catch
20kg x 5
45kg x 5
40kg x 5 x 3 sets

Clean Pull
50kg x 6
60kg x 6
70kg x 6 x 3 sets

Front Squat
90kg x 6
100kg x 6
125kg x 6 x 3 sets

Superset
OH Press
40kg x 8 x 3 sets

Plyos
Jump from small box onto the floor and immediately up to high box
6 x 3 sets

Core Work
Alternating Jacknife x 20 w/ 5kg med ball
Crunch situp pyramid. 1 crunch, 1 situp, 2 crunches, 1 situp, up to 10 crunches w/ 5kg med ball
Crunches w/ legs straight up x 20 w/ 5kg med ball
Knee extensions x 20

He told me that my technique is already starting to improve. I'm learning to stay forward more and shrug earlier. Dropping into a full squat for the cleans actually feels more natural to me. I find it easier to either drop to a full squat or not dip at all, there is no in between for me.

Snatches were a little off and I felt like I wasn't getting enough speed and pressing the weight up at the top.

Front squats felt solid. Great workout overall!

No work with the tylergrips today. Sorry to disappoint you honey.

[L'ilJ]

Sounds like you're really enjoying the OLing! I'm telling you, it's addictive and pretty soon it's all you're gonna want to do.

So, tell us a little more about your tylergrips.

[sidonia]

What's with all this interest in improving one's "grip" anyway? Teehee...

[SpacecityPaula]

Originally Posted by sidonia

What's with all this interest in improving one's "grip" anyway? Teehee...

Improving our grip can be good for them

[pjb923]

Originally Posted by sidonia

What's with all this interest in improving one's "grip" anyway? Teehee...

I have to improve my grip strength in order to handle the bigger snatches, jerks, cleans and pulls. What other reason could there be?

Originally Posted by SpacecityPaula

Improving our grip can be good for them

Maybe it's time to order a 2nd set of tylergrips.

I should change the title of this to "Insert stupid grip joke here..."

[pjb923]

I really need to put together a routine that I can do on my non olympic lifting days because right now I'm really confused when I walk in the gym.

I did a few sets of OH squats just to try to get myself more used to the OH bar position. Then I did some DB bench press, worked up to 2 sets of 6 with 100's. Next some face pulls, working up to sets of 10 with 100 lbs. I threw in a few sets of triceps pushdowns and cable curls.

Last was 15 minutes of intervals on the elliptical.

[tkinsley]

Welcome to my world.

You can do all sorts of accessory lifts, do stuff from the hang... 2 days out of the week I'm stuck in the ghetto gym with NO oly equipment at all. If you look at my weekday lifting, especially early on in the log, you might have an idea or two you could liberate.

[MindPower]

Originally Posted by pjb923

Since it seems to be the cool thing to do these days, it's time for me to put up a few pics and some measurements. Ok, maybe it was my wife nagging me because she did it.

Just catching up on things, I didnt realise you were such a big unit, your damn hyooge

and the oly lifts look like a lot of fun, there seem to be some good numbers in there for just starting out. nice work

[pjb923]

Originally Posted by tkinsley

Welcome to my world.

You can do all sorts of accessory lifts, do stuff from the hang... 2 days out of the week I'm stuck in the ghetto gym with NO oly equipment at all. If you look at my weekday lifting, especially early on in the log, you might have an idea or two you could liberate.

Thanks Tina. I'll take a look. Or maybe I should just ask my new coach to give me some suggestions. That would probably make the most sense.

Originally Posted by MindPower

Just catching up on things, I didnt realise you were such a big unit, your damn hyooge

and the oly lifts look like a lot of fun, there seem to be some good numbers in there for just starting out. nice work

Thanks. The oly lifts are a lot of fun and just as addictive as Tina and Jill lead me to believe.

And thanks for using the term "big unit" in my log, leaving me wide open for another round of jokes.

[pjb923]

Last night was yoga and it was a difficult class.

She had us doing planks, holding them, going down slowly into a full pushup and coming back up and holding some more.

Lots of moving with very little rest in between, lunging in one dirction, pivoting back to center, then pivoting the other way for more lunges. We went back and forth a number of times. I even did a forearm stand at the end.
Forearm Stand – Pincha Mayurasana

We were against a wall for balance but I managed to stay upright on my own for a little while. This was one of the more challenging classes I have taken so far.