My Road To Olympic Weight Lifting

I’ve had two or three logs on here which didn’t go anywhere. NOW I have an actual goal, to get MAD STRONG. With being part of an Oly team, having a coach and meets to train for, I should be able to make progress.

I would post on the Oly thread but honestly I’m just learning the lifts and not lifting any heavy weight so I’ll wait till the time is right.

I met my coach last week. He said something along the lines of:

“how would you like to gain some weight”

STATS:

height:5’11"

Weight:165LBS

Body fat:Not sure…around 10-12%

The coach wants me to get up to 81kg-84kg which is around 180-185 pounds.

MAX LIFTS:
Squat:225x5
Dead-Lift:315x1
Bench:180x5

Session #1(04/27/09)

squat:
225x5
225x5
225x5

Bench:

175x5
180x5
180x3
175x4
155x6

Dead-lift:

245x5
265x3
245x5

jump shrugs from ground:

135x5x5x5x5

Snatch High pull from hang:

Barx8x8x9x10x10

session #2 ( 04/28/09)

front squats:

95x10
95x10
95x10
115x7
115x7

Back squat:

135x8
155x8
175x8

Hang pulls:

barx12
barx12
barx12
55x12
55x8

Jump Shrugs from ground:

135x6
135x6
145x6
145x6
145x6
145x6

Snatch High pull from hang:

bar x 12
bar x 12
bar x 12
bar x 13

04/29/09

Some conditioning work. Lots of fun.

Tire flips:(the most flips in one minute)

s1=22
s2=26
s3=25
s4=25
s5=25

Sledge Hammer:(the most hits in one minute)

s1=38
s2=39
s3=41
s4=39
s5=40

I did some rope jumping between the tire flips and sledge hammer sets.

15-20 minutes of jump roping.

I have to meet up with my coach tonight so I’ll be going to the gym soon to practice some front squats e.t.c…

04/30/08

AM:

Front Squats:

95x10
115x10
115x8
135x6 <===form started to suffer a bit
115x10

Bench:

135x8
135x5
145x5
155x5
165x5

Felt tired and kind of out of it today, probably because I haven’t rested in the last few days. Tomorrow is definitely an off day. Time to go eat BIG…and clean.

Tuesday-tire flips/sledge hammer/rope jump…oly lifting

Wed-heavy Weight room/soccer

Thursday-Oly lifting/ soccer

Friday- off/35 minute walk

Saturday- oly-lifting/light weight room

Monday the 11th:

back squat:

225x5
230x5
235x5
240x5<<<PR
240x5

Bench:

175x5
175x5
180x5
180x5
180x5
185x4<<<<I could of got the 5th but the spotter helped me…GRRRR :-/…I’ll get a better spotter next time…it would of been a PR

Front Squats:

115x12x12x12x10x8

Decline Bench:

135x12
145x10x8x8x8

Felt pretty awesome.

Tuesday the 12th:

Oly lifting:

light back squats:

5x5

clean and jerk:

don’t remember the weight but worked up to sets of doubles and triples

Snatch high pull from floor:

5x5<<<<light weight

PM at home:

Curls:

5x12-15

Behind the NeckPush-Press:

50x12
50x12
60x12
60x12
60x12

Push press:

30x15
30x20
50x8

Since I made this I’ve gained about 15lbs and my lifts look like this:

Weight:180-183lbs

Squat:
265lbsx5

Dead-Lift:
375x1
345x5

Bench I haven’t trained much(Oly lifting).

06/22/09

Sprints:

7x50m

5x100m