Hang Squat Snatch (well a partial squat anyway)
40kg x 5 x 2 sets
45kg x 5
55kg x 3 x 3
Front Squat + Split Jerk
60kg x 5
70kg x 5
80kg x 4
85kg x 3 x 3
Snatch Pull - 3 stage
60kg x 5
70kg x 4
80kg x 3 x 3
Tough workout tonight. I was having a little trouble with the snatches as they got heavier and pulling with my arms too much, but started to pull it together again at the end. This was my first time trying to catch in a squat and it took me a while to get it. He only wanted me to partially squat, probably because I would fall on my ass if I tried a full squat.
I was supposed to back squat tonight but I squatted in yesterdays workout so he decided to to combine the jerks with front squats. These went well considering this weight is 15kg more weight than I have ever used on a split jerk.
He said my snatch pulls were looking much better today.
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It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.--Ralph Ellison
Yayyyyyyy! You'll be back in the "normal" gym with meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! WOOO HOOOOOO!!! Twas so much fun to watch you squat up close the other day...also...eh HEM...excellent form sir.
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Tuesday 7/22/08
Oly session in the regular gym tonight, so weights are in lbs.
Hang Squat Clean
95 x 5
115 x 4
135 x 4
155 x 3
165 x 3
175 x 3
185 x 2 x 2 sets
Clean Pull
165 x 4
195 x 2 x 3 sets
215 x 3
235 x 3
250 x 3 x 2 sets
Push Press BTN Snatch Grip
45 x 4
95 x 4
OH Squat
95 x 8 x 2 sets
RDL
225 x 5 x 2 sets
Sort of crappy workout tonight cleans went well, and clean pulls were OK, but I started to get some pain in my lower back. RDL's were just not happening after that. I think between the squats, cleans and 3-stage pulls yesterday my back just had enough and I know when to call it quits.
Push presses were not making my shoulders happy at all. Lowering the bark onto my back after each rep was painful, so I cut the set short and did a few sets of OH squats which went really well. I felt like I had good bar position, got way below parallel and best of all I had no numbness.
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It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.--Ralph Ellison
Yeah...those good mornings are so weird for me...dunno why...they just feel da strange!!!
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"Overcoming the doubt that had controlled for so long-and put it all behind me, 'cause life still goes on - now I'm much stronger and know where I stand - while lost souls search over and over again." FM
Another solo oly session in the regular gym. Weights in lbs.
Thursday 7/24/08
Hang Squat Snatch
70 x 4
85 x 4
95 x 3
100 x 3
105 x 3 x 3 sets
Front Squat
165 x 5
205 x 5
215 x 5
255 x 3 x 3 sets (with pause at bottom)
DB Bench Press
45's x 8
75's x 8
100's x 6
85's x 8
1-Arm Row
75 x 8
100 x 8
85 x 10
Good workout tonight. Snatches felt good, and I was getting lower into the squat on the catch. I got my wife to video 1 set for me. I'll try to get it loaded tomorrow morning. Just looking at the video on my phone I noticed that I'm landing forward of my start position, and I'm sure there are a million other things wrong.
I was also supposed to do some behind the neck jerks and Snatch Balances but I thought I needed to give my shoulders a break from the btn work and I have never done a snatch balance before so I wasn't exacly sure how to do them.
I threw in a few sets of presses and rows at the end and did some ab work.
Tomorrow is my session with the coach and he said he wants to get an idea of my max on the clean. That should be fun.
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It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.--Ralph Ellison
Hang Squat Clean
50kg x 4
60kg x 3
70kg x 2
80kg x 1 90kg x 1 (PR)
100kg x 1 (PR)
105kg x 1 (+35lbs PR)
Clean Pull(3 stage)
60kg x 5
70kg x 5 x 3 sets (these sets were done as 4, 3-stage pulls and the 5th rep was a full clean from the floor)
Snatch Balance
20kg x 6
30kg x 5 x 3 sets
Push Press
60kg x 6
70kg x 5
75kg x 4
80kg x 3 x 2 sets
Back Squat w/ bands
70kg x 8
100kg x 6
125kg x 5 x 3 sets
Finished with some core work.
Awesome workout tonight. He wanted to test my clean max and I added 35lbs to my previous best. I tried 110kg twice but missed it. He said that I got the bar high enough on the 2nd attempt, but I didn't think I had it so I bailed. Next time.
This was my first time doing the snatch balances and they went we
I'm the only guy in my gym manly enough to take yoga. 
Next time.