[quote]lesfayes wrote:
@Koing
My next comp will be in october and I’ll be competing 2x in november.[/quote]
Nice mate.
Once October for me and my last one end of November and that is my year.
Koing
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
today was one of those days where I had kind of a “Ah-Ha” moment in regards to technique. In the 2nd pull of both the snatch / clean and jerk, I not only brought my hips to the bar, but at the same time I brought the bar to my hips actively with my arms, so much so that my arms were not hanging completely straight down, but actually angled inwards. This vid demonstrates it good, albeit a little more pronounced than I did it.
You never done that?!
Thats the one of the points I coach. Hips meet the bar and your pulling it back with your lats keeping your arms straight.
Koing
14/09/2011
FS
bar x 6
bar x 4
60 x 4
100 x2
120
140
160x2 : haven’t hit 160 for 2 in agessssssssssssssssssssssss
163x2 +1kg PB booyah! Can we say squirrel back?
Rack Jerks : in antipcation of what uncle will no doubt have me do
bar x 6
bar x 4
60 x2
80 x2
100 x2 feeling good, working on making my dip more controlled and weight on my heels and driving up straight
110 x2
120 x2 not done this in ages
130 x1
140 x1 : equal PB! I have not done this in YEARS
145 x1 +5kb pB!!! booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooyah!
OUT of NO WHERE pb on rack jerk! Wasn’t feeling that good going in to the gym, 4hrs sleep the previous night, going in to grind away the squats.
Really happy with the PB. Now to carry this through next week and when I’m away at Uncles place.
Weight on heels
Dip controlled
Drive straight
SEEMS SOOOOOOOOOO EASY doesn’t it?! It’s a joke. HOW do I maintain this consistency? 12yrs and I have seriously inconsistent Jerk patches and then comes along a good session every so often
On an unreleated note
-walking back from lunch, talking to a buddy, this woman over head me talking about “last night jerking was good, wasn’t my usual lul” 
booyah!
Koing
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]Paperclip wrote:
Yeah maybe because there are a lot more people here lol.
Annyway, today’s training didn’t go well… The power cleans felt heavy and slow and my shoulders weren’t OK when I jerked. I managed to FS 85kg 2x but couldn’t hit 90kg?[/quote]
Do you have results from last year etc? It would be interesting to look at 
That 5kg is a good 5% more, and sometimes it just doen’t happen. Just plough on!
Koing[/quote]
Last year I just began training… lol… in November. But my squat number practically stays the same… (I did Starting Strength for 6 months before). I just got better at squatting.
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]Ed Ache wrote:
Koing- I dont think I’ll be any compatition for you, I’d just be chuffed to make it to the English. Last October I got 85/100 at a comp. This oct I bet I can get 105-107/125-130. So I’m progressing ok. How have you managed to wangle that training. I’ve tried to contact the EA but no reply. Think I’ve had an honest crack at the system in the last 9 weeks. [/quote]
The System is tough. I do a modified version as I’m working and the amount of sleep I get is not enough so I make do with just going heavy as much as I can.
Koing[/quote]
Tell me about it. I work in a Gym so have access to a rack so I Can squat 10x weekly, as you’ve prob seen in this log I’ve been hammering it. Put 10kg on my Fs in 6 weeks, as well as improving my clean. I’m pretty sure everyone I speak to thinks I’m a lunatic for trying it though. Trying to find someone who has first hand experiance to give me a better idea.
13/9/11
PM
FS
Bar x 10
60x5
100x3
130x1
14/9/11
A.M.
Clean and Jerk
Bar x warmup
70x2
100x1
110x1
120x1
122x clean
122x0
Snatch 2 sec pause at knee
50x2
50x2
60x2
70x2
80x2
85x2
90x0
90x0
75x2
75x2
P.M.
FS
Bar x 10,9
60x5
100x3
130x1
15/9/11
Bar x 10
60x5
100x3
130x1
Not much to say really. Lifting is going ok. Steady Eddie
hahahahahahahahahaha
today
snatch tried 102.5 like 7 times. one of them was SO FUCKING close. Maybe I’ll upload the video.
hip cleans
up to 100. sweet
tried 105 missed it but I definitely can do it. I think I will do some singles at ~105 hip cleans for a week then start doing hang cleans for another week or two… and then full cleans.
Was gonna squat and attempt more hip cleans but I was out of time. I might front squat tomorrow morning something like 44105
edit:
okay here are a couple of the misses. Neither of those were the one that was really close but shoot, it looks so doable! I’ll get in a lot of snatch volume in monday as my knees don’t feel too bad now after the workout so they should feel amazing on monday and hopefully that will help me pull the bar overhead instead of out forward slightly.
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]ape288 wrote:
[quote]Paperclip wrote:
[quote]ape288 wrote:
I’ve still got a ways to go too man. What are your PB’s?
[/quote]
75/85kg snatch and c&j @ 72kg BW.
BTW If you manage to add 20kg more to your snatch than you’ll be pretty awesome![/quote]
120? That seems so so so far away. But I shall give it my all.[/quote]
Took me about 2yrs to get from 116 to 120
116 @ 83.5kg
120 @ 92kg and 29months…
Don’t stay in a class you can’t get stronger in. It’s stupid!
Koing[/quote]
I’m not trying to stay at 73kg lol. I’d love to at least get some solid body weight on and move closer to 77 but I just haven’t been gaining weight lately. I guess I’m not eating enough but I’m not doing it on purpose. I’ve recently even gotten a bit leaner without trying to. Training is going good though, strength is still going up without body weight increases.
Lordstorm- I had 102.5 over my head yesterday, squatted it up, and somehow managed to lose it in front of me while having stood up almost completely, it’s mind boggling. I almost cried haha.
9/14/11 - Wednesday
Snatch: 40x2, 60x2, 75x1, 87x1, 95x0x0x1, 102.5x0x0x0x0x0
C+J: 40x2, 65x2, 90x2, 102.5x1, 110x1, 120x1
Snatch: 65x2, 80x1, 90x1, 97.5x0x0x0x1, 102.5x0x0x0
Solid session. On the 2nd round of snatches, I should have made the very first attempt at 102.5. I squatted it up nearly all the way. Hopefully I can get it again soon and not lose it this time.
Alec
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
today was one of those days where I had kind of a “Ah-Ha” moment in regards to technique. In the 2nd pull of both the snatch / clean and jerk, I not only brought my hips to the bar, but at the same time I brought the bar to my hips actively with my arms, so much so that my arms were not hanging completely straight down, but actually angled inwards. This vid demonstrates it good, albeit a little more pronounced than I did it.
You never done that?!
Thats the one of the points I coach. Hips meet the bar and your pulling it back with your lats keeping your arms straight.
Koing[/quote]
for some reason, I thought when I would hear McCauley or whoever talking about the sweep, it would be only applicable during the first pull… I do keep my lats tight from floor to knee, but after that, I kind of forget about it, lol.
it’s good to see you lifting lordstorm. looks like you lost some weight too?
yep in the last video in march I was 8 kgs more. I still got another ~6 to lose to get down to 94. I don’t see any reason why not since I still got some belly/love handles to lose and my lifts are going up.
it’s just nice to be lean man. my plan as of now is to get to a lean 94, then lean gain up to 105 with the help of Shelby. not that it matters because I can’t even properly lift right now, but fukit.
Shelby? What’s that? mass gainer with a girl’s name?
9/15/2011 5:30AM
CJ (lbs)
barwork
115x3x2
160x1
165x1
170x1
175x1
180x1
185x1
195x1 PR
(not the smoothest clean, but i’m happy to be within site of 200 lbs!)
175x1
185x3
175x1
165x5
curlsx2
tricepsx2
LB
[quote]lordstorm88 wrote:
Shelby? What’s that? mass gainer with a girl’s name?[/quote]
lol. Shelby Starnes, bodybuilder dude. I bought a pretty good e-book from him called Lean Gains or some shit, it’s pretty good and I’ll definitely use it soon when I get lean enough.
16/9/11
Snatch
Bar x some
40x4
60x2
80x1,0
80x1
90x0
90x1
95x1
100x0
100x0
100x0 all very close
90x1,0
90x1,0
Power clean and Jerk
60x2
90x1
100x1
110x1
115x0
Not a bad day, felt rather sluggish and lacking sharpness. Line was good on snatches though.
[quote]Ed Ache wrote:
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]Ed Ache wrote:
Koing- I dont think I’ll be any compatition for you, I’d just be chuffed to make it to the English. Last October I got 85/100 at a comp. This oct I bet I can get 105-107/125-130. So I’m progressing ok. How have you managed to wangle that training. I’ve tried to contact the EA but no reply. Think I’ve had an honest crack at the system in the last 9 weeks. [/quote]
The System is tough. I do a modified version as I’m working and the amount of sleep I get is not enough so I make do with just going heavy as much as I can.
Koing[/quote]
Tell me about it. I work in a Gym so have access to a rack so I Can squat 10x weekly, as you’ve prob seen in this log I’ve been hammering it. Put 10kg on my Fs in 6 weeks, as well as improving my clean. I’m pretty sure everyone I speak to thinks I’m a lunatic for trying it though. Trying to find someone who has first hand experiance to give me a better idea. [/quote]
Nice mate it’ll be interesting to see how much you stack on until the end of the year.
My FS has stalled around about 180. It’s been about 9 weeks since I last hit a 1RM PB. I hit a 2RM 2 days ago though.
OxMan squats daily when he is at home but he’s coming back to Uni now. He got some good gains as well. My other lifters squat heavy when they train.
Koing
[quote]Paperclip wrote:
Last year I just began training… lol… in November. But my squat number practically stays the same… (I did Starting Strength for 6 months before). I just got better at squatting.[/quote]
Your squats should be shooting up man!
What routine have you been doing over that period? Frequency? Intensity?
Koing
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
for some reason, I thought when I would hear McCauley or whoever talking about the sweep, it would be only applicable during the first pull… I do keep my lats tight from floor to knee, but after that, I kind of forget about it, lol. [/quote]
For me the first pull is from floor to the point it nearly/ makes contact at hips.
I didn’t really brace my shoulders back about a year ago. I was tight off the floor but didn’t really brace.
Koing
[quote]ape288 wrote:
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]ape288 wrote:
[quote]Paperclip wrote:
[quote]ape288 wrote:
I’ve still got a ways to go too man. What are your PB’s?
[/quote]
75/85kg snatch and c&j @ 72kg BW.
BTW If you manage to add 20kg more to your snatch than you’ll be pretty awesome![/quote]
120? That seems so so so far away. But I shall give it my all.[/quote]
Took me about 2yrs to get from 116 to 120
116 @ 83.5kg
120 @ 92kg and 29months…
Don’t stay in a class you can’t get stronger in. It’s stupid!
Koing[/quote]
I’m not trying to stay at 73kg lol. I’d love to at least get some solid body weight on and move closer to 77 but I just haven’t been gaining weight lately. I guess I’m not eating enough but I’m not doing it on purpose. I’ve recently even gotten a bit leaner without trying to. Training is going good though, strength is still going up without body weight increases.
Lordstorm- I had 102.5 over my head yesterday, squatted it up, and somehow managed to lose it in front of me while having stood up almost completely, it’s mind boggling. I almost cried haha.
9/14/11 - Wednesday
Snatch: 40x2, 60x2, 75x1, 87x1, 95x0x0x1, 102.5x0x0x0x0x0
C+J: 40x2, 65x2, 90x2, 102.5x1, 110x1, 120x1
Snatch: 65x2, 80x1, 90x1, 97.5x0x0x0x1, 102.5x0x0x0
Solid session. On the 2nd round of snatches, I should have made the very first attempt at 102.5. I squatted it up nearly all the way. Hopefully I can get it again soon and not lose it this time.
Alec
[/quote]
My point wasn’t the bw, but it just took me ages to get to 120! I hope you get there faster then I did! 4kg in 29months is PAINFUL.
Koing