Monday 14th March 2011
I felt strong. I snatched up to 51kg feeling really good. All the lifts were whoosh boom. 53kg just would not go up. I tried three times but no dice. Squatted up to 115kg oly style and failed 120kg. I'm not sure if I couldn't do it or if I gave it up but left it there anyway.
Rested Tuesday and Wednesday
Thursday morning was max clean and jerk. They started out great and they got sexier as it got heavier. I hit a really sweet 63kg, got a great 66kg clean but the jerk was not meant to be. I dropped it behind me, couldn't get out of the way on time and squashed myself with it. I have a rather nasty bruise on my back as a testament to how badass I am. (A few minutes later, I ditched a 45kg overhead squat down my back and hit the exact same spot D'oh!). Didn't try to max the squat as I thought it best to Save myself for Saturday.
Friday 18th March: I got a really awesome sports massage and dry needling at Functional Training Ireland, felt much looser after it. I would highly recommend it to anyone.
Saturday 19th March 2011- East Coast Barbell, Bray
Even if I don't hit what I'm expecting, I always have the funs at East Coast Barbell. I arrived full of beans and strong as bulls and I dived straight into the snatch. I got up to 52kg feeling amazing, no problems but hit a wall at 54kg. Three times. I tipped back down and attempted to work back up. I got as far as doing a few singles at 47kg but they were inconsistent and I was getting frustrated so I listened to the little voice in my head telling me to move on and started to work on the clean and jerk. I didn't want to max out as I'd done so 2 days previously and wanted to save my legs for the squat so I just worked on tech at about 85%. It felt technically good but I still need to get more aggressive. I managed to squat up to 115kg but failed 117kg, it just wasn't there. Dee has an opportunity to improve. Again.
Max week results:
Snatch: 52kg (-1kg) boo :(
Clean and jerk: 63kg (+1kg)
Squat: 115kg (I think that's an oly style PR, not sure)
Bodyweight: about 62kg (Hopefully a few kgs of this is just water)
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Twelve days later...
So almost two weeks on, I'm managing to hang on in around 60kg, although I'm finding it a bit harder. The body has decided it requires a constant fuel of dark chocolate and cream in coffee and it has a compelling argument. Training's been great the last few days and I've put it down to the extra few calories but it didn't really seem to help testing my lifts too much today. Let's take a look at how I got on...
Saturday 12th March 2011
Squad training at the always lovely East Coast Barbell. (Basically maxing out on snatch and clean &jerk).
Snatch: Warmup felt so-so. Noticed a decline in quality around 45kg but I was still getting them up there. Hit 50kg easy, failed 52kg three times. I could examine all the factors but it just wasn't there today and I knew it wasn't there after the first fail. Unable to disappoint my adoring fans, I gave it socks anyway! Fairly disappointed though as I felt very strong going in today and training's been great lately. I wonder if the pressure of lifting in front of folks got to me as I seem to do better with the snatch in training. If that's the case, it does not bode well for competing and I need to sort that s**t out!
Clean and Jerk: Despite my weak performance on the snatch, I felt fresh going into these. The jerks got better and better as the session went on. Really got into a groove at about 57kg and felt all kinds of wonderful things happen with the jerk that have been fairly rare up to this. I'm always surprised when the jerk goes well and it went really well today. 60kg was so effortless and 63kg (pr +1kg) was the best of the day (based on how it felt and what others said to me). Failed 66kg twice unnecessarily, both due to inattention to the clean really. I consider my clean to be the best thing since sliced bread and take it for granted but I'm going to have to start paying it a bit more attention. First clean was a bit out in front, had to fight it in to place and wasn't set up properly for the jerk, went soft and pressed it out in front. Failed the second clean with some owee feelings in my teres major. Don't think it's anything a bit of rest won't fix.
So based on the performance today and how I'm feeling now, I reckon I've a few more things to work on.
I'm probably the last person that should be diagnosing my weaknesses, inflexibilities and imbalances but here I go anyway!
Inflexible ankles, glutes and hips- especially hips. They hurt a lot from squatting. Relatively weak adductors, upper back- affecting the clean recovery. Imbalance between strong spinal erectors and weak abs. Lazy glutes, not activating.
In response to this, think I'm going to do even more core work, stop dodging my squats and stretch more. Need to get a pullup bar sorted, pullups are the business. I feel compelled to do wallslides and band pullaparts. I'm going to throw in more presses too. Lastly, going to have a chat to the glutes and see what their major malfunctions are. I'm sure they just want more sweets or something.
Saturday 12th March 2011
Squad training at the always lovely East Coast Barbell. (Basically maxing out on snatch and clean &jerk).
Snatch: Warmup felt so-so. Noticed a decline in quality around 45kg but I was still getting them up there. Hit 50kg easy, failed 52kg three times. I could examine all the factors but it just wasn't there today and I knew it wasn't there after the first fail. Unable to disappoint my adoring fans, I gave it socks anyway! Fairly disappointed though as I felt very strong going in today and training's been great lately. I wonder if the pressure of lifting in front of folks got to me as I seem to do better with the snatch in training. If that's the case, it does not bode well for competing and I need to sort that s**t out!
Clean and Jerk: Despite my weak performance on the snatch, I felt fresh going into these. The jerks got better and better as the session went on. Really got into a groove at about 57kg and felt all kinds of wonderful things happen with the jerk that have been fairly rare up to this. I'm always surprised when the jerk goes well and it went really well today. 60kg was so effortless and 63kg (pr +1kg) was the best of the day (based on how it felt and what others said to me). Failed 66kg twice unnecessarily, both due to inattention to the clean really. I consider my clean to be the best thing since sliced bread and take it for granted but I'm going to have to start paying it a bit more attention. First clean was a bit out in front, had to fight it in to place and wasn't set up properly for the jerk, went soft and pressed it out in front. Failed the second clean with some owee feelings in my teres major. Don't think it's anything a bit of rest won't fix.
So based on the performance today and how I'm feeling now, I reckon I've a few more things to work on.
I'm probably the last person that should be diagnosing my weaknesses, inflexibilities and imbalances but here I go anyway!
Inflexible ankles, glutes and hips- especially hips. They hurt a lot from squatting. Relatively weak adductors, upper back- affecting the clean recovery. Imbalance between strong spinal erectors and weak abs. Lazy glutes, not activating.
In response to this, think I'm going to do even more core work, stop dodging my squats and stretch more. Need to get a pullup bar sorted, pullups are the business. I feel compelled to do wallslides and band pullaparts. I'm going to throw in more presses too. Lastly, going to have a chat to the glutes and see what their major malfunctions are. I'm sure they just want more sweets or something.
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