Tuesday 8/13/19
Press 205x5x3, 185x5x2
Squat 400x5x4
Tuesday 8/13/19
Press 205x5x3, 185x5x2
Squat 400x5x4
Last edited by k_kws; 08-13-2019 at 09:14 AM.
Thursday 8/15/19
Bench 350x1
Pin press at chin 230x3
Clean and Press 185x1x3, 195x1x2, 205x0
Felt kind of shitty.
Friday 8/16/19
Squat 525x2x2
Clean and Press up to 200x1
Barbell Curls
I picked up some new bottles:
Suntory Toki Japanese Whisky
Laphroaig 10
Dry Fly Wheat Whiskey, Port Cask Finish
The Suntory and Laphroaig are just fine. I'm not liking the taste of the Dry Fly at all, which is a bummer because i enjoyed their regular wheat whiskey.
Last edited by k_kws; 08-16-2019 at 04:59 PM.
Monday 8/19/19
Press 225, 235, 245, 250, 250, 250 miss, 225x4
Bench 265x5x3, 245x5 out of time
Last edited by k_kws; 08-19-2019 at 03:29 PM.
Tuesday 8/20/19
Clean, Press 185x3x8
Squat 405x5x4
Starting today, cleaning all my press volume sets. In a split clean of course, because I like it and it confounds the nearby personal trainers.
Last edited by k_kws; 08-20-2019 at 08:26 AM.
Thursday 8/22/19
Bench 335, 350, 355x0 (fought this one for a while, almost had it)
Pin press 235x1, 225x1 (dammit)
Clean and press 185, 190, 195, 200, 205, 210x0
Press 225x3
Frustrated today.. gonna start by reintroducing whole milk and veggie oil into my shakes. I need to be heavier next week.
Nice lifting man. I think your first pull (ground to mid thigh) is too fast, mainly because the weights are relatively light for you, leading to a less than ideal position and speed to start the second pull (mid thigh up). It is helpful, to me at least, to conceptualize the first pull as primarily a means to get the bar and your body in a good position to explode in the second pull, and only secondarily to generate speed. You can demonstrate this to yourself by trying a hang clean/snatch from just above the knee--my guess is you could move the same weight from there. The following link is a good article by Greg Everett (the Rip of Oly lifting) that addresses this issue: The First Pull: Your First Chance to Get the Snatch & Clean Right by Greg Everett - Olympic Weightlifting - Catalyst Athletics - Olympic Weightlifting
Good luck! -James
From the article:
Common First Pull Errors: Too fast
Hey look, it's me. hahaha...these cases are experienced lifters during light warm-up lifts, and learning lifters whose maximal snatches and cleans, due to technical or even mobility shortcomings, are dramatically lower than their basic strength capacities.
Transitioning into the jump part of the clean (or second pull) is where I have the most difficulty. Funny that you mention it, I have been thinking about doing a bunch of hang cleans or above the knee to get it right, before going from the floor again.
Thanks for the article! I've got Greg's book, too.