Temperature cooled down quite a bit overnight, and I can step away from work for a bit, so we’re going to try this again.
ESxS. Press/Clean day.
Flipped T, for a Medium volume. Flipped to see “do the main lift, or a variation” and got T, H. I’m not going to throw in variations for a bit, but just testing out the mechanism. This reads as be “do a press variation. do the clean”. (Or the other way. Not sure if I want “heads” to read as “main lift” or “variation” yet.)
Or if I did the 3-coin version. HTT - regular press. HTT - regular cleans.
Axle Press: 75# x 4 x 3
Axle Power Clean: 4 x 3; 75, 95, 115, 115
Notes:
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First time actually doing axle cleans, that weren’t part of a clean and press. Video shows really clumsy technique. I’m going to take the Weightlifting approach for now. The old school strongman technique was actually to do it weightlifting-style but gently release the fingers and rotate the hands around, since the bar itself doesn’t rotate. At some point I’ll have to learn to Continental it, but that can wait.
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Grip is the same as my press grip. Intentionally a bit wide.
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Cleans were from my 7 mat stack, which put the bar around 10.5". Close enough.
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It’s already way too hot out there :-/ I’m going to be lazy and skip the squats, shrugs, swings (deadlifts plus cleans is close enough, right?), and wrist roller.
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I guess I’ll just have to lift earlier tomorrow. Forecast says outside temps will finally drop below 72 from 5-8 am tomorrow.
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Clearly my posterior chain is stronger than my pressing strength. But we all knew that anyway. Time to fix it. Wrist, elbows, and shoulders are very cooperative right now.
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Came across this thread last night, one of the most fascinating threads I’ve read on here: Training Methods - Sheiko, WSB, And Others - Discussion, Arguments
EDIT:
fairly important note. Left tailbone pain seems to be altogether gone today. After 3 weeks? 4 weeks? Of noticing it daily.
EDIT 2:
did 10 minutes of hangs alternate with 25 of each front, lateral, bent over rear 5# plate raises.