The best part of the Thursday workout was the guy squatting 65 lbs. Who, when he was done with a set, just pressed it off his back, brought it in front of himself, and THEN put it back on the rack. I never thought the world would need a YouTube instructional video about HOW TO USE A SQUAT RACK, but here we are.
Snatches went well, C&J did not. My shoulder wasn't cooperating, so I hit one at a slightly lighter weight moved on to further aggravate it with front squats. The front squats are getting done, but I can really notice my upper back start to tilt forward on later reps.
Thursday 1-11-2018
Snatch: 205 lbs, 210 lbs
C&J: 265 lbs
Front Squats: 330 lbs 3x3
Roman Chair Sit Ups: 10 lbs 3x10
Chin Ups: 3x10
Saturday was mildly successful. The squats were hard enough that I am not certain I'll be able to get them all next week, but I'll try anyway. I just push pressed for presses, because it seems to be easier on my shoulder (also, water is wet). Only got two of the deadlifts. Even though I'm pretty sure I got 525 for three singles on my last training cycle. I'm going to add some deadlift volume on the next training cycle, and probably also add a wee bit of body weight. Or at least stop losing body weight. I'm down to 216 lbs.
Saturday 1-13-2018
Paused Squats: 535 lbs 5x1
Push Press: 1x5 195 lbs
Deadlifts: 525 lbs 2x1
Maybe I didn't warm up close enough to working weights with snatches on Monday, but the first couple of sets were a real clusterfuck. After that, I started doing them better and they started being a lot faster and more stable throughout. Funny how that works. My shoulder was feeling better, and clean and jerks were done fairly well, but after about 10, I could feel my shoulder getting sore again, so I stopped there and went on to dips, which never seemed to irritate my shoulder any.
Monday 1-15-2018
Snatch: 200 lbs 8x2
C&J: 270 lbs 10x1
Dips: 5x10
Curls: 80 lbs 4x10
Tuesday made it rather clear that this week is a good Last Full Week before a short rest and some max tests. Squats were miserable. In hindsight, that seems rather normal with 485 lbs 5x5, really. Continued with push presses, just 'cause. Deadlifts felt fairly strong, really, despite myself feeling utterly exhausted from the squats at that point.
Tuesday 1-16-2018
Squats: 485 lbs 5x5
Push Press: 185 lbs 5x5
Deadlifts: 460 lbs 3x3