Have you checked out the kids in “champions are made in garages” in the olympic forum?
DAMN!!!
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
Have you checked out the kids in “champions are made in garages” in the olympic forum?
DAMN!!![/quote]
I did see that last night. I’ve been checking out the Olympic forum. It’s a good start for those kids.
Double post.
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So a psychiatrist is checking out this old fella and as part of his psych eval he starts showing him random pictures. ‘Just tell me the first word that comes to mind when you see each picture.’ “Sure,” says the old guy.
The Doctor shows him a picture of a barn.
“Sex.” says the old guy.
Now a picture of a lake.
“Sex.”
An table set for dinner.
“Sex.”
a window shade brings the same reply.
The doctor shows the man 20 or 30 pictures and to each one he has the same answer.
The doctor puts down the pictures, turns to the old fella and tells him “Well, I think I have an initial diagnosis: You are clearly obsessed with sex!”
“Me!” exclaims the old guy and points at the pictures, “YOU"RE the one who owns all this pornography!”
2010-12-13
Snatch
75x3,3
95x3,3
115x2,2
125x1,1
130x1,1,1
Squats (high bar)
135,165,195,225,255,285x3
315x2
belt on
340x1,1 (PR +5 lbs)
305x3
285x3
MP
135x3,3
150x3
165x2
175x1,1
160x3,3
And that’s it. Jumping and getting under the snatches better, but there’s a lot of work ahead still. Not getting low enough. Lots of misses, not recorded, but a lot of them.
Going without the belt on squats for as long as I can. My tva is out of condition due to the belt use and things don’t feel right in the lower abdominals.
Got more strict on the MPs, locking the knees and clenching my butt(tmi, I know). I was giving the bar a wiggle to get it off the shoulders. Little bit harder this way.
nice PR 
and anything hard is worth learning and relearning.
now I’m worried about the belt use…
I’m taking a page from Paul Carter and going back to a strategy that works for me and which I enjoy more. I’m cutting out flat benching and will probably use dumbbells or pushups and maybe start attempting planches.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
nice PR
and anything hard is worth learning and relearning.
now I’m worried about the belt use…[/quote]
I wouldn’t worry. I’ve been overusing my belt and not doing enough ab work. This is a problem specific to me.
Best Snatch @ 130
edit:
I’m not having much luck with video lately…
2nd 340 squat. I feel like this is pathetically weak.
the “No Image Provided” probably means you put the filename in the photo space instead of the video space
[quote]soldog wrote:
the “No Image Provided” probably means you put the filename in the photo space instead of the video space[/quote]
D’OH!
That squat didn’t look weak to me.
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
2nd 340 squat. I feel like this is pathetically weak.
Not weak. However, it does appear that there was a fair amount of Good Morning action there in the middle where you uncoiled from the hips without really moving your legs at all. Frankly, the fact that you could do that speaks to a really strong back, since you’re not getting much leg drive at all during that portion.
Have you ever had to dump the bar onto those cinder blocks during a squat? How well does that work? I wouldn’t be brave enough to do single squats without something more substantial to collapse onto.
Oh yeah, I’m an inveterate good morning squatter and it’s gotten more pronounced over the last few months. If I had a rack I’d do box squats as an assistance exercise, but maybe I can work sumo deads as a decent substitute. Good mornings themselves seem to help as well.
I have dumped the bar on the cinderblocks in the past and they work fine. You have to make sure you have some sort of force-spreading padding there, though, or the metal weights will crack the blocks. If I fail, I always fail at the bottom so it’s just a matter of settling the weight on the blocks. No big deal.
Your squat doesn’t look weak. Just looks like it was some work and body English to get it up. And don’t we all do that some when closing in on max? That squat’s gotta be close to 2x bodyweight for you.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Your squat doesn’t look weak. Just looks like it was some work and body English to get it up. And don’t we all do that some when closing in on max? That squat’s gotta be close to 2x bodyweight for you.[/quote]
Yeah - it’s about 2X-20 lbs.
I just get disappointed because I have high expectations untarnished by realistic considerations.
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
I just get disappointed because I have high expectations untarnished by realistic considerations.
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Realism is vastly overrated.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
I just get disappointed because I have high expectations untarnished by realistic considerations.
[/quote]
Realism is vastly overrated.[/quote]
x2
Everything I’ve ever accomplished was because I started out with totally unrealistic expectations.
what’s the saying??
reach for the stars and land on a cloud…always loved that one.
2010-12-15
Clean and Jerk
135 1x3
155 1x2
175 1x2
195 1x2
205x1 (PR +5lbs)
215 0x8 sets (got a couple of the cleans, missed the rest)
185 2x3sets
Push Press
185 3x3
Front Squat
240 3x3
L Pullups
BW 6x3 sets
Cleans took a crap @215 - couldn’t get the groove right. Strange, because 205 was butter.