Stuffed Superdud: Bumpy road to respectable lifting

[stuffedsuperdud]

Figuring out my openers:

Snatch:
20kg x 5
40x3
50x3
60x3
70x2
80x1
85x1
90x1
93x1

I was planning on opening at 90 but 93 was easy enough so we'll figure it out on gameday, probably.

Might be getting a promotion at work which would let me waste more money on suits and boots so that's good I guess.

[stuffedsuperdud]

Training:
Clean and jerk:
20kg x many
40x3
60x2
80x1
90x1
100x1
110x1,0
103x1

Coach called me for a slight pressout on the 110 and made me do it again. Got too many cues into my head and botched the jerk completely. So to be uber conservative we're going to open on something like 87/103 and try to finish on 97/112. Unless I am feeling great on gameday, which hey it's me so what are the odds of that happening? See y'all on the flip side.

[caveman]

Good luck at the meet. And congrats on the promotion!

[Erok]

Looking strong, man. Crush it!

Suits and boots are good for the sloots who check your glutes!

[stuffedsuperdud]

I wrote up a longish blurb but then Chrome crashed, so here's a TL;DR

Weighed in at 103kg (too fat....gotta take care of this...). I carbed up with a few Pop-Tarts (no idea why some of y'all like these things btw) and a liter of sweet tea.

Snatch warmup
20kg x a bunch
40x3
50x3
60x3
70x2
(stop for introductions)
70x1
80x1
85x1
87x1
There was some sort of stoppage onstage that dragged on so coach had me do a few at 60.

Attempts:
87x0 The bar felt weirdly heavy off the floor and I rushed it a little. Caught it overhead and tried to stand up with it but it was drifting backwards on me and I lost it behind. This had the double-whammy of stretching my left rotator cuff a bit. Obnoxious. Haven't felt this since the early days when I would miss lifts behind all the time.

Came back and did
87x1
89x1 nbd

Spent a bunch of time in the back trying to loosen the cramps that had developed in my calves and then did

CJ warmup
20kg x a bunch
40x3
60x3
70x1
80x1
90x1
100x1

Attempts:
103x1
106x1
109x1
all easy.

So nothing dramatic and not even anything close to my PRs. Coach just wanted me to make lifts and get rid of the bad taste from the last meet. I wanted to argue for a more aggressive CJ but the judges were really strict with press-outs and coach knew my jerk was shaky, so no go this time.


On Monday I was destroyed all day and on Tuesday my shoulder was still uncomfortable. Moar ice, heat, and 800mg hits of ibuprofen, right? I also caught a cold from my boss and was under the weather all week. Today I lifted though and did:

Press:
20kg x 10
40x8
50x5
60x5
65x5,4,5
with emphasis on lockout and eccentric

Squat:
60x8
100x6
130x5
150x5
160x5
170x5,6
meh business as usual

[stuffedsuperdud]

Where have I been?!

I fought a bit too hard trying to save that snatch at thee meet and my shoulder has been a bit upset with me since, which sort of took the wind out of my sails for a bit. I also had to either work late or travel for work, which further derailed things. Went back in today and finally feel like myself again, ish.

Hang clean from knees:
20kg x a bunch
40x3
60x3
80x3
90x3x3
100x3
Current biggest problem is the timing between 2nd and 3rd pulls, resulting in me powering them and then riding them down, like a noob. I suspect this was a bit of technique creep that came in when I was having elbow and wrist issues, resulting in a painful rack.

Front squat:
60x5
80x5
100x5
110x5
120x5
130x4

The 4th rep at 130 choked me out a little and I had to drop the bar after standing up.

Deadlift:
100x5
130x5
150x5
160x5

Juust keeping the blood moving.

[swan]

Hey man, glad to see you're back.

5/6 on your meet is a good day any day, I'd say, regardless of if you were going for pr's or not.

[caveman]

Yeah, welcome back. I thought I was the only left on here...

[Chris McCarthy]

I've been away for far too long and it will take a while to catch up...fine lifting at the meet however!

[Fulcrum]

good job at the meet superdud !