SPH at UMD. It was during that weightlifting class I had last semester.
Oh, it was you who I talked to about that class. I didn’t remember about that lol.
I was like “WTF, someone else lifting in SPH that I don’t know? Must be tuesdays and thursdays”.
Makes more sense now.
Hit an ugly back squat PR tonight. It was 395 lbs (about 180kg). Missed 405 lbs (184kg), which was disappointing because I thought I was ready for it. Maybe I shouldn’t have gone for a front squat PR yesterday haha. Anyway, hit 5 doubles after with 345 lbs, which is about 156kg. I can’t really complain.
[quote]cloystreng wrote:
[quote]ape288 wrote:
In November I hurt my wrist lifting at SPH by not getting under a clean fast enough. My elbow jammed into my thigh and my wrist took like 2 months to heal. So now I’m scared to go under cleans sometimes, go figure lol.
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SPH? Meaning?
Ed Ache, good luck![/quote]
Cheers man, the way Jerks are going I may well need it!
5/9/11 - Man today was hard.
Jerk - 4RM - 225 lbs; 90% x 4 x 2 - 200 lbs… was tired as shit after this already, so my push press sucked
Push Press - 5RM - 175 lbs; 90% x 5 x 2 - 155 lbs
Back Squat - 5RM - 315 lbs; 90% x 5 x 4 - 280 lbs
Bent Row (strict) - 5RM - 205 lbs; 90% x 5 x 2 - 185 lbs
Unanchored sit-ups - 3 x max
So I feel like I should start posting my training in here. I am 21 years old and a junior studying engineering at Virginia Tech. Got into weightlifting when I started cheerleading here my freshman year. I’ve been weightlifting training for about a year now and competed once at the capital city open. Here are my numbers:
BW: 84 kg
Height: 6’00"
Snatch: 75 kg (soooo close to 80 kg)
C&J: 95 kg (cleaned 100 kg but missed the jerk)
Front Squat: 100 kg
Back Squat: 125 kg
Squating is my biggest issue obviously. Started Smolov Jr. last week, so currently on week 2. Plan on doing it for about 4 weeks. Wanted to start the full program but with my finals and everything this week I just didnt have the mental capacity for it. So here is what i did Monday 5/9:
Mon 5/9
(in lbs) (wt x reps x sets)
B Squat: 205 x 6 x 6
Power Snatch: 135 x 2 x 8
Snatch Pull: 185 x 3 x 5
Reverse Hypers + Face Pulls: 3 x 10 light
Will try to upload some videos once i figure out how it works…
5/10/11 (My birthday! bout to eat some cake)
Mid-hang Snatch - 3RM - 195 lbs; 90% x 3 x 2 - 175 lbs… these sucked today
Power clean - 70% x 3 x 3 - 205 lbs
Snatch DL - 5RM - 275 lbs… no A/C in the gym, shit was weak
SLDL - 3 x 5 light - 185 lbs
5/9/11
Squat
warm up & work up to
225 x 5
275 x 3, 2, 2
225 x 5
Good Mornings
135 x 5, 5, 5
Push Press
135 x 5
155 x 3
175 x 2
185 x 1, 1, 1
Chinups
10, 10, 5
Barbell Row
135 x 10, 10, 10
Pullover
60 x 5, 5, 5
5/10/11
Snatch
warmup
65 x 3
115 x 2
135 x 2
155 x 2
165 x 1
175 x 1
185 x 0, 0
Clean
185 x 1, 1, 1
195 x 1, 1
Snatch Pull
185 x 2, 2, 2, 2
Took some easy lifts today lookin for 100/120 in a meet this saturday
I was trying some pause snatches yesterday. Do these look okay? They’re fairly close to my max.
After doing those I tried my max and I thought this looked good as far as getting faster under the bar and not power snatching:
I’m still having trouble with getting under the bar though.
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
5/10/11 (My birthday! bout to eat some cake)
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Happy belated b’day Andy! (jealous of the cake - gotta make weight end of month)
[quote]Mid-hang Snatch - 3RM - 195 lbs; 90% x 3 x 2 - 175 lbs… these sucked today
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my lifts sucked today too!
Agree on the no A/C - it’s too early in the year for humidity - not used to it yet.
Onward and upward…
Tues 5/10 (LAST DAY OF FINALS!!!)
(wt in lbs)(wt x reps x sets)
Jump Squat
95 x 3 x 3
Snatch
145 x 2 x 3 (weird number of sets, meant to do 2, but the 2nd set sucked so decided to do a 3rd)
155 x 2 x 4
165 x 1 x 2
C&J
185 x 1+3 x 4
195 x 1+2 x 2
Clean Pull
245 x 3 x 5
Snatch Push Press
115 x 5 x 5
Smolov tomorrow…
10/5/11
Snatch with pause at knee
80x1, yep no warmup went in did some bar work loaded it to 80 and nailed it
60x2
80x2
90x0
90x1
Snatch
95x0
95x0
90x1
Power Clean and Split jerk
60x2
80x1
100x1
Front Squat
70x3
110x2
130x2
Thats it now, just resting up until the comp. Plenty of sleep and xbox I think
5/11/11
B Squat
220 x 5 x 7
Power Clean
185 x 3 x 6
Hang Snatch Pull
185 x 3 x 5
back to it… sorta
managed to get a 95 equal PB snatch actually. pretty pleased with that
some low weight cleans and jerks trying out new stuff
overhead pressing a bunch with 65s.
right knee is hurting like crazy right now. But the only thing that seems to be working so far is this… working hard making it hurt then… resting till its relatively okay, then repeating the same and slowly it hurts less and less every time…
[quote]debraD wrote:
I was trying some pause snatches yesterday. Do these look okay? They’re fairly close to my max.
After doing those I tried my max and I thought this looked good as far as getting faster under the bar and not power snatching:
I’m still having trouble with getting under the bar though.[/quote]
You need to lift your back more from the floor because in the pause your butt comes up and you adust your back to get in a good position. In the full lift you loop the bar because this movement is more pronounced. So keep your butt down more throughout the lift. Your start positions in both vids are different with your butt waaaaay too high in the first, the second vid is a better start (but again, the pull is off and this is why youre catching the bar on your toes and feeling wobbly).
Finals this week, haven’t been in the gym since Friday, though at least I set 2 great PRs that day. Getting in tomorrow, no access to oly lifting facilities but I will be hitting a deadlift PR or die trying.
[quote]lordstorm88 wrote:
back to it… sorta
managed to get a 95 equal PB snatch actually. pretty pleased with that
some low weight cleans and jerks trying out new stuff
overhead pressing a bunch with 65s.
right knee is hurting like crazy right now. But the only thing that seems to be working so far is this… working hard making it hurt then… resting till its relatively okay, then repeating the same and slowly it hurts less and less every time…[/quote]
Lordstorm, I’m sorry to hear you’re still having so much trouble with your knees. I hope your plan works. It does sound like it’s getting better with what your doing.
Good job on the PB.
[quote]GqArtguy wrote:
You need to lift your back more from the floor because in the pause your butt comes up and you adust your back to get in a good position. In the full lift you loop the bar because this movement is more pronounced. So keep your butt down more throughout the lift. Your start positions in both vids are different with your butt waaaaay too high in the first, the second vid is a better start (but again, the pull is off and this is why youre catching the bar on your toes and feeling wobbly).
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Thanks for the feedback! I see what you mean.
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
5/10/11 (My birthday! bout to eat some cake)
Mid-hang Snatch - 3RM - 195 lbs; 90% x 3 x 2 - 175 lbs… these sucked today
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Do you ramp up to these or just warm up and go for it?