Zach Bijesse

[weightliftingfan1]

I am
As of 10-9-2011
Squat 340x5x3
Bench Press 212.5x5x3
Press 147.5x5x3
Power Clean 170x3x5
Deadlift 375x5x1

As of 11-12-2011
Snatch 1RM: 145
Clean & Jerk 1RM: 210
Squat: 365x1x8
Squat: 305x5x3
Bench Press: 220x3x5
Press: 152.5x3x5
Deadlift: 395x5x1
Front Squat: 170x3x5
Clean 1RM: 260 (was a bodyweight clean, which was exciting)

Routine (inspired by the Mark Rippetoe)
Friday
Snatch Volume
Squat heavy singles 8x1
Press 5x3
Chins/Pull-ups

Saturday
C&J Volume
Snatch Light
Front Squat 5x3
W. Sit-ups 3x5

Sunday
Bench Press 5x3
Snatch Medium
Clean Medium
Jerk from rack

Tuesday
Snatch Heavy Singles
C&J Heavy Singles
Squats 3x5
Rack Pull/Halting Deadlift

[weightliftingfan1]

200 lb press by April.
300 lb power clean & press by next April.
300 lb bench press by April.
400 lb bench press by next April.
500 lb deadlift by April.
600 lb deadlift by next April.

75 kilo snatch by April.
125 kilo clean and jerk by April.

Body weight C&J - This will be an interesting goal.

[Tamara Reynolds]

75 kilo snatch by April.

Make this number bigger.

[weightliftingfan1]

Woops. I meant 85 kilos.

I am still trying to figure out the starting position, which I feel might inhibit some progress.

[weightliftingfan1]

Friday
Snatch Volume 115x1x15
Squat heavy singles 365x1x8
Press 5x3 152.5
Pull-ups BWx5,3,3

Saturday
C&J Volume (power cleaned the first 5) 170x1x10
Snatch Light (power snatch) 115x1x5
Front Squat 5x3 180
W. Sit-ups 5x3 95 lbs

Sunday
Bench Press* 225x2x7
Snatch Medium 125x1x3
Clean Medium 225x1x3 (I had issues with catching tight)
Jerk from rack 160x2x6 (my lock-outs are sometimes questionable)

*To motivate my strength gains, I am having a mini-powerlifting meet with my two friends who are about at my strength gains. I am doing doubles on the bench to maintain that tightness and to get a better feel for where my max is. Next week will be 230x2 for 5 or 6 sets.

[weightliftingfan1]

SnatchHeavySingles 125 130 135 140miss 115 120miss 120 125 130 135 140 145miss(I felt cheated, so I tried it again) 145 150miss
C&JHeavySingles 190 195 200 205 210 those were power clean&J, 215miss(started using full squat clean) PR-215 220miss - I forgot to work back up from 80% of 220 to another miss.
Squat 315x5x3
RackPull 455x5x1 - I don't think my shoulders stayer over the bar long enough; I may have done some type of hitching motion.

[weightliftingfan1]

SnatchVolume - 115X1z15 - My pulls were awesome. i think I have it figured out. Now I just have to focus on my catch and recovery.
SquatHeavySingles - 375x1x4 - I was going for six singles, but that didn't go too well. On the fifth single, the bar rolled higher up on my back, which caused me to have to grind it out. My spotter on the left side is quite ill-informed about lifting. He lifted the bar up during my rep, which caused me to fail. Needless to say, I am not happy.
Press PR!!!!!! 155x3x5
Chins BWx7,5,4

BW= 269.8 lbs (yay!!!)

[weightliftingfan1]

C&J Volume 170x1x10
Snatch Light 110x1x10 (70% of 1rm)
Front Squat 190x3x5
W.Sit-ups 100x5x3

I had to do energy drinks to make myself mentally ready for this work-out. I need to catch up on sleep.

268.8 lbs

[weightliftingfan1]

Bench Press 230x2x7
SnatchMedium 130x1x3
CleanMedium 230x1x3 (I failed and retried the first one)
JerkfromRack 165x2x6

270 lbs

[weightliftingfan1]

PR SnatcHeavySingles 155 160miss
PR C&JHeavySingles 240 245miss
Squat 325x5x3 (I cleaned up my form a lot)
PR HaltingDeadlift 385x8x1

271.2 lbs