Solid lifting ape. I’d get yourself in some comps, most people tend to be retty sucky in their first couple of comps. You need the platform experiance!
6/11/11
Snatch
40x4
60x2
80x2
90x0 behind
100x0
100x0 behind
100x1
105x1
110x high pull
Power clean and jerk
60x2,2
100x1
110x1
115x1
120x0
FS
60x2
100x3
130x1
142x1
150x1
137 2x2
Managed to hit 95% on both snatch and clean and jerk, hopefully that %age will rise as the taper goes on.
7/11/11
Power Snatch
40x4
60x2
80x1
85x1
90x1
95x1
97x1 2.5kg PB, Not had a really good PS session for ages!
FS
60x3
100x3
130x1
142x1
147x1
135x2 hard
135x2 better
Short and sweet. Happy with today, 100 PS to come soon!
[quote]Ed Ache wrote:
4/1/11 Day off work, so a day of lifting
FS
Barx5,5,5,5,5,5,5
40x5,5
60x5
100x3
130x1
142x1
150x1
137 2x2
20mins
Snatch
40x4,4
60x2
80x2
90x1
100x0
102x1
107x0 behind
107x0 Should have got it
107x0
90x2
95x2
100x1
105x0
3 hours
Clean and jerk
40x2,2
60x2,2
90x1
100x1
110x1
120x1 best I’ve ever done
125x1 stuck it
130x1 solid, not even hard
135x clean, sooooo close on the jerk
135x clean, pinned stood the f0ck up anyway, close jerk
Power snatch
60x2,2
80x1
85x1
90x1
95x1
97x0
FS
60x2
100x3
130x1
142x0 too tired.
Solid on the Clean and jerks today, felt strong as f0ck! Got some stetchy vids of them, they show the jerks well, there all that matter. After 18weeks and 176 squat sessions its time to taper towards the northern open now!!![/quote]
176 squat sessions!
Koing
[quote]ape288 wrote:
[quote]Swolegasm wrote:
Ape i think you could do really well. Have you competed yet??[/quote]
Not yet man. I’d like to become a legitimately good weightlifter though, so I will certainly be competing eventually.[/quote]
DUDE just ENTER and do a comp!
You will do well!
Koing
[quote]alexus wrote:
congrats on your snatch ape.
i got 40kg today (=PR)
for the first time ever it felt light off the floor.
think it is because my coach has had me doing triples of pull to shrug (don’t know what it is called) with 45kg, 50kg and 55kg (more each time as i get used to them). i was dubious about it (especially if the shrug is supposed to pull you under) but whatever - it is certainly helping the pull feel easier!
back squatted (high bar) 45kg for a triple today, too. didn’t feel close to a 3RM (it surely is a 1RM for front squat). i think i am starting to like these high bar back squats. finally found a comfortable place to hold it… feels much stronger than a front squat… [/quote]
Progress is progress 
Remember what they tell you is about getting you to do it correctly. It may or may not be entirely true what they tell you but it’ll get you to do what they want. Some people react/ do different things to the same thing said.
I did a chunk of pulls when I was learning.
Koing
4/11/2011 : Friday night training, going to make this a regular thing from now on
FS
bar
60 x2
100
140
170 booyeah
175 nice, 2nd time I’ve done this since back from San Fran
182.5x really high sticking point…I’m well over due to hitting hit 400lbs!
Sn
bar work
50 x2
70
90x
90x
90
100
110x
110x
110
115x
115x
115x
Just not locking the bar properly over head. Stretching the shoulder it feels better though
Not really feeling power through the 2nd pull either…
PS
60
70
80
90
95
100x
100 this is for you Manny!!!
05/11/2011
FS
bar x 6
60
100
130
150
170
173 take that OxMan! We wanted to see who could hit a higher % of their heaviest single the previous day. 170 would have edged him by 0.6% an 173 had a high sticking point so it was a good pick
163 x2
165 x2 nice
Sn
bar work, more stretching
50 x2
60
70
80
90
100x
100
110x
110x
110
112 better then the previous day
Rack Jerks
90
110
130
140x
140 better
147 +1kb pb! Booyah!
Koing
06/11/2011
I wasn’t going to train today but I saw a 53kg girl CJ 130 for a new WR and that JACKED ME UP for some lifting! Roarrrrrrrrrrrrr
FS
bar x6
60
100
130
150
170
175x rerack tweak my neck on 175 and didn’t feel I could do it, so had to rerack, a rubbish attempt
160rerack
Stretched the neck and stuff for a bit
Cleans
bar work, really sketchy with a stiff neck
bar work
40
60
80
100
130
140
150 hmmm…didn’t really pull through but I got under it
157.5 nice
160 nice! Not done this in a while
167.5 +2.5kg pb! booyah! Strong pull, strong squat up
FS
130
150
172.5
177.5 sweet!
182.5x doho!
170 0/2 doh! couldn’t get up off the first rep!
160 0/2 doh! Same as the above!
Wide grip pull ups x 6
167.5kg Clean when I only FS 170 at the start! Definitely 170-172 on a better day without the stiff neck! FS going well, just had no steam at the end and was couldn’t double 170 or 160.
Koing
Damn right, solid jerk there Koing. Whats your C&J pb? If i dont get 125/150 next year I’m going to be AAANNGGRRYY!
[quote]Ed Ache wrote:
Damn right, solid jerk there Koing. Whats your C&J pb? If i dont get 125/150 next year I’m going to be AAANNGGRRYY![/quote]
152
Koing
08/11/2011
felt really hazy and just tired going in to the gym…
FS
bar x 6
60 x2
100
130
150 hmmmm…
170x 
160
170x high sticking point, 4th session in 4 days…
Sn
bar work
50 x2
65
85
90
95
100x
100
105x
105
110
115x
115x
115x
115
I wasn’t going to get a 53kg girl do me man…shoulders feeling better
Koing
[quote]Koing wrote:
PS
60
70
80
90
95
100x
100 this is for you Manny!!![/quote]
About time!
[quote]Koing wrote:
Cleans
bar work, really sketchy with a stiff neck
bar work
40
60
80
100
130
140
150 hmmm…didn’t really pull through but I got under it
157.5 nice
160 nice! Not done this in a while
167.5 +2.5kg pb! booyah! Strong pull, strong squat up
[/quote]
Man I wish I could clean such a high percentage of my FS
Alright, since I taped and posted this for the Overhead Press Challenge thread in GAL I figured I’d throw it down here too. Seem to remember somebody (debraD maybe?) asking if I had a youtube channel or ever posted videos, so here ya go. 165 clean and jerk at a BW of about 105.4
Ignore the awful music in the background. That’s how I know I’m in the zone, when I have no idea what’s playing on the radio while I’m lifting.
Thank you!! =)
I happen to like that song.
I missed a 57kg snatch behind tonight. Grrrr. I was so close!
edit: 63kg is my goal I want soon…that would be bodyweight. 57kg would have been my bodyweight when I set the goal but I have put on a couple of lbs.
TheJonty, I snooped on your channel 
You said in your comment about your last meet you needed to work on your full extension, did you mean on the snatch? Did you get that figured out?
[quote]debraD wrote:
TheJonty, I snooped on your channel You said in your comment about your last meet you needed to work on your full extension, did you mean on the snatch? Did you get that figured out?[/quote]
Yeah, I meant the snatch, and yes and no. And technically that wasn’t my last meet, I bombed out of nationals a couple months after that (weird how that one didn’t make it to youtube . . . ). I spent about 3 months over the summer lifting like 1-2x a week, dropped a whole lot of bodyweight (was 112.5 10 days out from nats, down to 102.5-103ish by mid-August), and the lifting kind of went to shit a bit. Over the last little, as I got my shit back together, I’ve been focusing a lot more on finishing the pull and keeping the bar tight, and it was starting to get a lot better, but over the last couple weeks I’ve had a few long breaks (5-6 days off in a row) which have fucked with my consistency again. Feeling relatively strong, the groove just isn’t there. We’ll see how I manage in my next meet in a couple weeks here.
/end unnecessarily long ramble
No the ramble is good lol. It’s good to hear your experience. Good luck in your meet.
I took 5 weeks off and everything was screwed. My snatches are good again but I seem to have lost my cleans and my jerks. I need some coaching but all the coaches I have been able to meet up with to are quite busy right now.
[quote]TheJonty wrote:
Alright, since I taped and posted this for the Overhead Press Challenge thread in GAL I figured I’d throw it down here too. Seem to remember somebody (debraD maybe?) asking if I had a youtube channel or ever posted videos, so here ya go. 165 clean and jerk at a BW of about 105.4
Ignore the awful music in the background. That’s how I know I’m in the zone, when I have no idea what’s playing on the radio while I’m lifting.[/quote]
that’s a strong lift right there man.
[quote]GqArtguy wrote:
[quote]Koing wrote:
PS
60
70
80
90
95
100x
100 this is for you Manny!!![/quote]
About time!
[quote]Koing wrote:
Cleans
bar work, really sketchy with a stiff neck
bar work
40
60
80
100
130
140
150 hmmm…didn’t really pull through but I got under it
157.5 nice
160 nice! Not done this in a while
167.5 +2.5kg pb! booyah! Strong pull, strong squat up
[/quote]
Man I wish I could clean such a high percentage of my FS
[/quote]
In yo face Manny! Feel the wrath of my 100 PS!
It’s only high because I can only squat 180…well over due 182 though…it’ll be interesting to see where it’s at when I’m cracking on 190-195-200…
How is your knee?
Koing
[quote]TheJonty wrote:
[quote]debraD wrote:
TheJonty, I snooped on your channel You said in your comment about your last meet you needed to work on your full extension, did you mean on the snatch? Did you get that figured out?[/quote]
Yeah, I meant the snatch, and yes and no. And technically that wasn’t my last meet, I bombed out of nationals a couple months after that (weird how that one didn’t make it to youtube . . . ). I spent about 3 months over the summer lifting like 1-2x a week, dropped a whole lot of bodyweight (was 112.5 10 days out from nats, down to 102.5-103ish by mid-August), and the lifting kind of went to shit a bit. Over the last little, as I got my shit back together, I’ve been focusing a lot more on finishing the pull and keeping the bar tight, and it was starting to get a lot better, but over the last couple weeks I’ve had a few long breaks (5-6 days off in a row) which have fucked with my consistency again. Feeling relatively strong, the groove just isn’t there. We’ll see how I manage in my next meet in a couple weeks here.
/end unnecessarily long ramble[/quote]
It’s cool to post stuff mate. It’s interesting to here whats going on with each other.
Koing
[quote]TheJonty wrote:
Alright, since I taped and posted this for the Overhead Press Challenge thread in GAL I figured I’d throw it down here too. Seem to remember somebody (debraD maybe?) asking if I had a youtube channel or ever posted videos, so here ya go. 165 clean and jerk at a BW of about 105.4
Ignore the awful music in the background. That’s how I know I’m in the zone, when I have no idea what’s playing on the radio while I’m lifting.[/quote]
Looked strong mate! Recovery had a high sticking point. I’m also starting to develop a high sticking point on my FS as well?!
GAL?
Koing