I am not sure why they named the lifts like they did. I remember talking about jerking and cleaning in HS one day, and the substitute getting very uncomfortable and telling us to stop talking about it.
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Well, you kind of jerk the bar off your shoulders, and you snatch it off the floor. In French the snatch is called an arrache de terre, which literally translates to ripped off the ground; while a deadlift is a souleve de terre, which is lifted off the ground. I forget what jerk is. It’s something to do with the shoulder.
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I know the clean was called that because it never met with body until the shoulders (I think they took that rule out around the same time they took pressing out), so it came up clean of body contact or something. And yeah, the jerk used to be just driving as hard as possible with everything and hope for the best , and the snatch was pretty similar in that you just pulled really damn hard and split under.
But still, the names are pretty weird/suggestive these days.
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Clean and jerk in French is epaule here. Literally shouldered thrown. Just remembered.
Edit epaule jete
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3/12/18
Hip snatches
155x3 for 5 setss
Squat jerks
50kgx3
60kgx3
70kgx3
80kgx3
90kgx3
85kgx3 for 3 sets
Front sotts press + overhead squats
40kgx3+3 for 3 sets
Back extensions
160lbsx6 for 3 sets going to have to start doing snatch grip back extensions
Right wrist is angry, I’ll have tomorrow off because I have an exam at night so it should heal up (if not I’ll back off on overhead stuff and blast pulls and squats for a week while my wrist heals).
Also, I am really bad at squat jerks. Going to keep doing 85kg until I can do all 5 sets without a bad rep. I do them for precision (since even being slightly off makes it hard to save), stability, and speed under and practicing jerks without being up my upper body joints so there’s no reason to push bad reps in exchange for weight.
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Yep, wrist needs a week off. I Guess I’ll have a week off from the lifts/overhead work and front squatting while it’s inflammation and I still have full range of motion instead of it being a tear/sprain or worse and I’ve lost mobility.
Clean pulls
Up to 150kgx2
Clean deadlifts
160kgx2
170kgx1 for 3 sets
Clean pulls
140kgx2 for 3 sets
Hip thrusts
90kgx20 for 3 sets
Barbell side bends
50kgx2 4 sets total, 2 per side
Did some fat grip reverse curls with the bar.
But yeah, rest and rehab. Heat as often as possible, and some light rep work then come back with wrist wraps for a week or two. My pull is weak but pain free so I can start doing CLEAN AND jerks again.
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Lower as slow as possible plus 3 second pause squats
405X1
415X1
425X1
435X1
445X1
455X1
465X1
rows
315X8 these were shtity
315X4 less shitty
315X2 strict reps
standing ab wheel
bwX5
bwX3
bwX2
single leg hip thrust
bwX50 per leg
Used a wrist wrap on my wrist for squats, didn’t feel look it gave any support (not that there should be any weight on my wrist other than whatever is going on with me gripping down tight and flexing my lats and traps), it did give some comfort/warmth which was appreciated and my wrist felt good taking it off.
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3/17/18
snatches
up to 215X1
235X0
205X1 for 4 sets
clean and jerk
245X1
clean deadlift
315X2 for 6 sets
snatch push press + overhead squat
255X2+2 for 4 sets
3/19/18
Clean pull+clean+jerk
70kgX1
90kgX1
110kgX1
120kgX1
130kgX0, barely missed the jerk (clavicle touched bar, elbows did not go up)
110kgX1 for 4 sets
clean grip snatches
40kgX3
60kgX2
70kgX1
80kgX1
85kgX0
70kgX1 for 4 sets
clean deadlifts
140kgX3 for 6 sets
broad jumps
5 sets
dip pull ups and leg raises
3 sets
Edit: missed the clean, not the jerk. I was jerking with ease, my new legs are amazing.
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3/20/18
No hip no hands snatches
75kgX3 for 5 sets, yeah it’s time to bump the reps down to 2 sets. Hips were shooting up on the last rep of the last two sets.
High hang power clean+squat jerk
90kgX1+2 for probably like… 3 sets? then
90kgX1+1 for 2 sets-ish
Fatigue from the snatches had me dying on the jerks, my shoulders were just dead.
box jumps on second highest box
bwX10 for 3 sets, tried to do them as continuous reps as much as I could
fat bar curls + band pull apart + ab wheel
3 sets of this circuit
Overall decent training session. Steady progress, etc etc. That circuit at the end had me feeling really good.
3/21/18
Blizzard intensifies. All gyms up state closed. Tempted to go back home tonight, will do that if Thursday classes are cancelled and I get email confirmation that they dgaf if we are here Friday (last day before spring break).
Will probably do a two a day tomorrow if that is the case.
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3/22/18
Hip clean and jerk
135x(1+1)2
185x(1+1)2
225x1+1
245x1+1
265x1+0
275x1 didn’t attempt jerk, 20lbs pr on hip clean
Think the rogue general bar fucks with my jerk technique, guess it’s the lack of whip and flex and the thicker bar
Snatch pull+above knee hang snatch
115x1+1
135x1+1
165x1+1
185x1+1
205x0
205x1+1
185x1+1 for set 1 and 3, missed snatch forward during second set
Clean pulls
310x2 for 6 sets
No feet snatch balances
205x3 for 3 sets
Will do accessories as an extra workout tomorrow. Have a light session tomorrow morning (once I finish an assignment/send it off), and a heavy session that night so I don’t want any soreness to gum me up. Had an epsom salt bath and will do a contrast shower in the morning.
Talked to gym staff, they’re chill if I bring my WL bar.
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Yeah, today kinda crept up on me. Ended up finishing assignment at 11 then almost immediately got a call from my mom that she got hit while driving, then found out later my uncle had a stroke.
I have to finish another assignment tonight. I’ll do a light session at home tonight.
Fuck. How is she, your uncle and are you doing OK?
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Mom is fine, she was just in hysterics (she’s been known to do that), her car got dented up a tad and insurance will probably go up despite it not being her fault. Some lad from like 400 or so miles south of here had no idea where he was going and turned into the passing lane without looking, and slammed into her passenger side door/pushed her into a turning lane.
Uncle is dying, direct family is staying over at their house for the night. I am fine though, I wasn’t really ever that close to my uncle and aunt. He’s my mom’s uncle, and had been suffering from some dementia that he/my aunt has been hiding for as long as I’ve been alive so I’ve never really gotten to know him.
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Also to add some humor to my log after that depressing stuff:
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The. Kyriakos. Grizzly. You have to live it.
The guy would be an absolute unit if he wasn’t striving to hit ultra super morbid obesity. I am not sure who this guy is, or why he does what he does, but this is the grizzly.
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Glad you’re mum is ok man! Hope you’re doing alright with it all
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lot’s of stuff going on in one day man.
Glad you’re doing fine and that mommy was okay.
Moms tends to freak out sometimes 
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3/23/18
Ended up just falling asleep after assignment was done, back was tight and angry anyway from being hunched over so long.
3/24/18
Back still tight and angry, used some liniment on my back which helped enough that I could lift/function like a somewhat normal human being
power clean and jerk
135X2
185X2
225X1
245X1
265X0
225X1 for 3 sets
power snatch
185X1
205X0
clean deadlift
310X4 for 6 sets
close grip incline and side bends
225X12, 115X5 per side
225X8, 115X5 per side
225X3, 115X3 per side
3/25/18
Back improving but not 100%. Woke up late, gym closes early since it’s sunday so I was a bit pushed on time
hip snatch
165X3 for 5 sets
pause front squat + front squat
315X1+1
325X1+1
335X1+1
345X1+1 stopped here not because it was difficult (it was actually very fast, and I probably had 385-405), but didn’t warm up properly and my back had been bothering me so I just stopped here before I made things worse
Foam rolled quads. Got some pump work and additional stretching I want done at home tonight.
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3/26/18
Snatches
played around with foot position, either was wrecked today (possibility, strength work was ass too) or it was a shitty idea
195X1 painful and hard
205X0 not even close
block clean and jerk
literally not even worth writing out, missed 245
clean pulls
315X2 for 6 sets, felt slow though technique and timing was better
snatch push press
155X3
205X3
245X2
265X2
285X1
295X0
295X1 10 pound PR
305X1
pull ups and feet to bar
4 sets
Hit my bottom end goal for snatch push presses for the year. I have 8 more months left, 3 of which I have 0 stress and unlimited time. Fun things for this year are to come.
Notes on session: just felt slow and weak. Days like these happen, part of lifting especially when I am running aggressive strength work (pulling related stuff most effected because that’s what I am hitting most). I am happy I PR’d my snatch push press in this state by 20 pounds after not doing any heavy push presses or overhead squats in a little while.
Also I shouldn’t play with feet positioning. I snatch and clean best with a wide stance, no need to change what I’ve already spent like a year doing.
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