losing 2 % of our power every year.
Good thing to not happen! I'll keep on truckin!
Hi Fulcrum. In know you do. And so impressively. You are the only hardcore Olympic Lifter on this site. And train practically daily. I could never do that.I snatch and clean as well ... only about 50 though
Raising your deadlift didn't help with your total. That's a pretty normal result. OL'rs have to be careful with the DL, it so trashes the back and interferes with other training. I feel once a fortnight for a 5 RM is about right. You see past OL'rs who never much did any, were still able to hit big numbers.
I can still train and lift because i baby myself with light phases and low frequency. Given what you are doing at 50 (old for Olympic Lifting), you are going to far exceed my best when the years have rolled by.
Yay Jerry. You are an inspiration.Just this week I looked at my like log book and saw that I'm lifting just about the same weight as I did
a year ago. For a few minutes I thought to myself, boy what a lot of time I wasted. Then I realized how much weaker I would have gotten if I didn't lift. Not gonna quit!
Statistics say at our ages we should be losing 2 % of our power every year.
So if we maintain our level, we are improving at a rate of 2%!
I'm a greedy little b----r tho. I want more!
Mon 21-10-2019.
78 NOW
Stick warmups.
Clean and Presses. (30 k) 5. (35) 5. (41.25) 3.
Quarter Press. (50 k) 5. (55) 5. (57.5) 5.
Split snatch -- stick - 2. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1. (32.5) 1. (35) 1.:
Squat snatch --stick - 2. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1.:
All done with a sink down stretch when the weight is up.
flexing ...
one arm curls (12 k) 8. (14) 8.
Wide grip lat pulldown (126 lb) 8. (137) 7.
SLHR (10 k) 15. (12) 14.
Paused breathing squats.
(50 k) 3. Rader pulls 9.
(85 k) 16. [ adding one rep per session until reaching 25] Rader pulls 48.
losing 2 % of our power every year.
Good thing to not happen! I'll keep on truckin!
Yes you will. You have no other option.I'll keep on truckin!
Thurs 24.10.2019
78 NOW
Stick warmups.
Power clean and jerk presses. (30 k) 5. (35) 5. (42.5) 5.
Olympic Deadlift. (75 k) 5. (90) 5. (115) 2.
Split C+J. Stick – 2.2. (20 k) 1. (25) 1. (30) 1. (35) 1. (40) 1. (42.5) 1. rough. (45) C+ I'm not going to do this!
Ran out of courage.
Flexing .....
Close grip palms up Lat pulldown (121 lb.) 8. (132) 8.
Triceps Pressdown. (93 lb.) 8. (101.5) 6.
Ab roller. 20. 20.
Facepulls. (45 lb.) 15. 15.
Mon 28-10-2019.
78 NOW
Stick warmups.
Power snatch. (20 k) 3. (25) 3. (30) 3. (32.5) 3. (35) [1+F+ bloody F.]
Clean and Presses. (30 k) 3. (37.5) 3. (42.5) (2+F)
Breathing Squat (65 k) 4. + 20 Rader pulls.
(85 k) 4. + 20 Rader pulls.
(108 k) 20. + 44 Rader pulls.
SLHR (10 k) 14. (12 k) 13.
Thurs 31-10-2019.
78 NOW
Stick warmups.
Jerk Behind Neck. Smith Machine. (20 k) 3. (30 ) 3. (35) 3. (40) 3. (42.5) 3. 3.
Quarter press. (50 k) 5. (55) 5. (57.5) 5.
Clean pulls. (65 k) 5. (70) 5. (65) 5.
Flexing ....
SLHR (10 k) 15. (12) 13.
Wide grip pulldown. (126 lb) 8. (137) 8.
One arm curls. (12 k) 8. (14) 8.
Ab roller. 20. 20.
Mon 4-11-2019.
78 NOW
Stick warmups.
Clean and Presses. (20 k) 3. (30) 3. (35) 3. (42.5) 1. (47.5) F. -- Still nope.
Olympic Dead Lift. (75 k) 5. (90) 5. (115) 5. --- This is the second time i have made this year's target weight and reps, so i am now going to switch to next year's experiment.
20 rep deadlifts. I expect it will be more grievous than 20 rep squats. never tried this one before, so i will see how it goes for conditioning and strength.
Snatches. all done with a sink down stretch after the weight is up.
Split snatch. stick- 2. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1. (32.5) 1. (35) 1.
Squat snatch. stick- 2. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1.
flexing ....
palms up pulldowns (127 lbs) 8. (132) 8.
ab roller 20. 20
Those DL's are looking great!
Hi Jerry. That's about to change. Pee wee weights for twenties, and starting Jan a 3 month light phase. Just wondering, if, just maybe, i could get to 115 for 20 next year ??DL's are looking great!
Thurs 7-11-2019.
78 NOW
Stick warmups.
Split Clean + 3 Jerks. (20 k) 3. (30) 3. (35) 3. (40) 3. (42.5) 3 .
power clean. (30 k) 2. (35) 2. (40) 2. (45) 2. ---- either an off day, or the trimming i am doing for the arriving beach weather is knocking me about. Couldn't go any further.
dead hang clean. stick 2. 2. (20 k) 1. (25) 1. (30) 1. (35) 1. (40) 1. (45) F.
flexing ....
Wide grip lat pulldown. (126 lb) 8. (137) 8.
triceps pressdown. (93 lb) 8. (101.25) 7 --- last few rough.
SLHR (10 k) 15. (12) 14.
Mon 11-11-2019.
78 NOW
Stick warmups.
Clean and Presses. (30 k) 5. (35) 5. (41.25) 2+F. --- am i the only one who sacrifices strength for vanity?
Quarter Press. (50 k) 5. (55) 5. (60) 5.
Split snatch -- stick - 2. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1. (32.5) 1. (35) 1.
Squat snatch --stick - 2. (20 k) 1. (22.5) 1. (25) 1. (27.5) 1. (30) 1.
All done with a sink down stretch when the weight is up.
flexing ...
one arm curls (12 k) 8. (14) 8.
Wide grip lat pulldown (132 lb) 8. (137) 8.
SLHR (10 k) 15. (12) 15.
Paused breathing squats.
(65 k) 3. Rader pulls 9.
(85 k) 17. [ adding one rep per session] Rader pulls 51.
Thurs 14.11.2019
78 NOW
Stick warmups.
Power clean and jerk presses. (30 k) 5. (35) 5. (42.5) 5.
Split C+J. Stick – 2.2. (20 k) 1. (25) 1. (30) 1. (35) 1. (40) 1. (42.5) 1. (45) F.
Olympic Deadlift. Starting next years campaign of 20 rep sets. Real light for now.
(65 k.) 20 + 60 Rader pulls.
Flexing .....
Close grip palms up Lat pulldown (132 lb.) 8. 8.
Triceps Pressdown. (93 lb.) 8. (101.5) 8.
Ab roller. 20. 20.
Facepulls. (45 lb.) 15. 15.