I had a pretty easy workout today. Mostly worked on strengthening my shoulders. When I do jerks I get some pain in the lower lats / subscap area. I'm not really sure where the weakness really is...and a lot of it has to do with bad technique...but I figured it couldn't hurt to do some extra shoulder strengthening stuff right? I'll also be working on jerk technique too of course.
Hmmm ... that's a weird place for shoulder pain ... are you still seeing the ART guy?
No, but when I was he worked on that area and didn't seem to detect any issues. I'm not sure if it's a tightness thing or a weakness thing. All I know is that it only hurts sometimes and if I warm up enough, the pain is less frequent. If my technique is on, it hurts even less frequently. It never hurts with the bar locked out.
i remember when you had trouble doing a few GHRs. Good job
I know! I can actually do about 30 or so if I don't weight them. I'm sort of in that in-between place right now where a 10# plate seems easy and I can't do a 25# plate...so I guess I need to hold a 10 and a 5 or maybe a 15# DB? I have done them w/chains too, but plates seem actually harder. Thoughts?
I know! I can actually do about 30 or so if I don't weight them. I'm sort of in that in-between place right now where a 10# plate seems easy and I can't do a 25# plate...so I guess I need to hold a 10 and a 5 or maybe a 15# DB? I have done them w/chains too, but plates seem actually harder. Thoughts?
The farther away from your knees, the harder it is. So, you can hold a 10lbs plate behind your head to increase the difficulty, for instance.
well, a 25 shouldn't be too heavy at chest level if you can hold a 10 behind your head. plates behind your head are MUCH harder than doing them at chest level.
You could try bands if you can hook them on there. i've done bands, plates to chest, plates behind head, dbs, etc. I think i remember doing 35 or 45lb plates to the chest, but couldn't do 25 behind the head.
Thanks Zach...great link. Okay, I'll try a 25# plate at the chest. I actually just ASSUMED it was too heavy since it's a big jump from at 10. But I'll try and see how it goes. I'll also try some of these other ideas.
Rest day for me today. I'm beat from yesterday's workout. Did some stretching and mobility work and decided to do 10x1xBW Pullups. Workin' on those pullups. Tomorrow I snatch.
I didn't think I would have a good workout today because I was draggin' ass a little this morning (low cals again and my kid woke me up at 5:30am). But, things actually went okay.
Oh, by the way...I tried the GHRs with the 25# plate just to see. They work fine when held low on the chest. I did one set of 5. I'll see how they go next time I have them planned for my workout.
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