Same with me and my family.
My dog is really attached to me, he was trying to come along with me this morning when I was packing my stuff up to go back to my college dorm. He refused any calls, and stayed right by the car.
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On an unrelated note, I think the model of GHRs at the gym I am going to might just be harder than normal or I am just bad at setting it up properly for my body. My hamstrings are still weaker/smaller than normal, just not as bad. Still going to keep GHRs in the mix until I can do a set of 20.
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She’s also obsessed with my pregnant cousin in law. She’s visiting us and Simba will not leave her side. She sleeps with her, although in all fairness that may also be because she knows how to open the guest bedroom door but not ours.
Snatched
165x2 for 7 sets
snatch balances and overhead squats
187x2+3 for 5 sets
rope climbs
3 sets to half way
Going to do my back, bicep, shoulders, abs, and lower back tomorrow. Was trying to get my Spring classes I wanted so I got there late/had to leave before all of my assistance work was done so I could get to my dining hall.
Foot work on my snatches were shitty, but I was good at getting under the weight. Getting better at the balances and squats, was a lot smoother and controlled than last week.
Did a much better warm up which helped and took my time more warming up/between snatch sets and warm ups. Elbows and shoulders were angry from my jerks, but were better after the warm up. After a week of this, they should quiet down.
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power cleans
95kgx2 for 7 sets
clean pull complex
115kgx1+1+1 for 5 sets
three way shoulders
Front lever dip rows on rings
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Standing ab wheelouts
3 sets got one that was all the way out, felt something move in my torso so stopped. Very weird.
Form on the power cleans are improving. Getting better at meeting the bar and keeping it under control the whole time instead of crashing on me.
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There are mentions of a possible third discipline being added to Weightlifting. I hope the clean and press makes a return, it’s good for the sport (as long as shitty presses aren’t allowed), and it’s something I naturally have a massive advantage at. Weightlifters will finally be jacked again, and pressing a weight is one of those universal things everyone has a sense of how impressive and it is relatively easy to master versus weird shit like the snatch, both will probably help with popularity of the sport.
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If clean and press came back…
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I mean, it’s the most natural third event for Weightlifting if they actually want to add a third event that is popular with the average person.
Bench pressing would have far too low results (a lot of weightlifters suck at benching), and interfere with the lifts too much, and isn’t that exciting in my opinion. A clean and push press is kind of ‘cheaty’ to the average person and is too similar to a clean and jerk. Deadlifts again would interfere too much with Weightlifting (either have to go conventional which messes with your clean and snatch form, or do sumo which doesn’t look good) though they’d be at least somewhat of an interesting event. Squats would be another natural event, but unless they do it spotter less it doesn’t fit with the whole “One person against the bar” theme Weightlifting has going for it, and the squat has too strong of an effect on totals.
It is basically the most exciting, non-interfering lift that they could add that is in a similar spirit to the other two lifts, and fills in a gap in Weightlifters (relatively weak and undeveloped upper bodies unless they come from a system that values upper body strength). Snatch results would probably go down, but they are going to be going down anyway with the push on cleaning up the sport. Clean and Jerk results might go back up because the clean and press favors lifters who are built to clean and jerk (thicker joints, shorter limbs, more on the strength than speed side) and forces the upper body to be developed. Originally the clean and jerk did drop in results when the clean and press did too.
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Imagine the confusion when it’s announced that zercher deadlift is now a part of Olympic Weightlifting
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That’s when I change sports to crossfit or grid or something else awful. Maybe Strongman and pray I don’t encounter the conan wheel. I have flashbacks during my zercher craze when I was a powerlifter, never really transferred to anything and left broken blood vessels up and down my arms.
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No feet power jerks
220x2 for 7 sets
squats
320x10 for 5 sets
calves
ghrs
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Will do biceps and lower back before bed.
Excuse me.
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You know how Apti jerks in competition? Literally that.
edit: I do them for general skill development. Forces me to keep a super straight dip and drive, and instant transition from driving to getting under the bar. I am also still in the stage of deciding what jerk style suits me, so it helps develop the power/squat jerks.
Brother, your log is inspirational. Only read the last few pages but we’re almost exactly the same in current strength and goals. Literally just made an account after reading your log. I can finally snatch 225 consistently. Clean and jerk is only 300 consistently so bit lower than you.
What’s your weight class/age? I’m at 175 & 23 currently, goal is to win USAW nationals at either 77 or 85 in the next few years. Guess I’ll compete in the class you’re not in LOL. I’m shooting for 2018 nats as well but idk might push to 2019 and try to come out of nowhere with the gold!
Would love to talk more about training with you and what not, still learning a hell of alot now that I’m trying to program effectively for myself.
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I am a 94, and just turned 20 earlier this month.
I am glad you liked my log, I try to give the reader as much of what I am thinking/feeling as possible. I am open to whatever questions on what I am doing. Right now I am basically just in a preparation phase, high volume, relatively lower specificity etc.
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11/21/17
Power jerks
240X2 for 4 sets
front squats
295X5 for 5 sets
reverse hypers worked up to 3 plates for 15
calves
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no feet snatches
145X2 for 4 sets (or was it 5? I am not sure)
snatch lift offs with 3 second pause
205X3 for 2 sets
215X3
225X3 for 2 sets
bent over rows
225X21
225X18
225X11
3 inch sphere grip pull ups
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bwX1
Some lad recommended me the cue of punching up/pushing up in the turnover, helped a lot with my overhead position (which is probably my biggest weakness on the snatch). Going to keep it in.
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Da heck?
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The high reps, or that I can do it? I used to have a big bench back in the day (probably still do even with my missing pecs, I know my incline press and weighted dips are at an all time strongest), and my rows were consistently stronger than my bench.
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11/21
Extra workout
barbell curls
45x51
45x50
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