Until the Wheels Fall Off

[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:

[quote]giterdone wrote:
When you say “hurting”, is it a low back issue?[/quote]

yup. Imbalance, left side is doing all the work. I’m keeping the weight down and trying to emphasize the right leg and lower back (quadratus, erectors,etc). When I can do that, it doesn’t hurt to squat, but it will take a while I think.

Think I need to get some high-rep GMs in there, too, to recondition the area.[/quote]

I’m a fan of GMs even though they make it feel like my head is going to come off if I go heavy and low.

2011-11-30

Gibbon Pullups
BW 5x4 sets

Curls
85 5x3 sets

abs
well - I thought about it, anyway…

150x1 - snapping the bar up better. Need to catch lower.

Looked good to me. Admittedly I know jack crap about Oly lifts.

2011-12-02

Clean and Push Jerk
w/u then
155x1
175x1
195x1
200x1
180 2x3

Front Squat
205 3x3

close stance GMs
135 10x3

Strict press from rack
135 5x2

200 c&J was not hard. The doubles were.
Went light on squats and GMs and worked on form and on making them pop.

Meh on the presses - shoulders feel like they needed higher reps today.

200 c&J

I got a little excited. My world has been telling me I’m washed up as far as this activity is concerned. Felt good to break 200 again.

different style of Gm for me. thanks to Giterdone for the idea.

[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
200 c&J

I got a little excited. My world has been telling me I’m washed up as far as this activity is concerned. Felt good to break 200 again.[/quote]

“In your FACE!!”…awesome.

HAH! Excellent work, DCA -very powerful.

Thanks giterdone, PG.

2011-12-04

Snatches
75x1 + 2 OHS
95x1 + 2 OHS
115x1 + 2 OHS
135x1 + 1 OHS
145x1
150x1
152.5x1,1 (sucked)
135 2x3

Squats
205x3
235x3
255 3x3

Push Press
115x3
135x3
150x3
165x3
175x3
185x2
195x1
170 3x3

Bad day for snatches. I’ve been waiting 2 days between sessions and have been fully recovering. Only waited one day and I can feel the difference. I was completely out of position on most of the heavier snatches until the last 2 doubles. Squats are getting snappier at 255 though. Good learning session. I’m going to add sets @135 and above until form improves, no maxes for a bit.

2011-12-6

Clean & Push Jerk

115x3
135x2
155x1
175x1
185x1
195x1
205x1
185 2x3

Front Squats
215x3
220 3x2

Incline BP
175 x3

GMs
175 8x2

Good session tonight. Meant to do 155 for GMs, but I forgot to take the 10’s off after finishing incline presses. They didn’t feel too bad so I left the 10’s on for another set. Sice it was a 40lb jump from last time I stopped there.

205 C&J pretty much floated up tonight. No stress at all. Bumped up front squat weight since recovering the 205 clean was no problem.

205 C&PJ

very very smooth
nice work

Thanks K-Mac.

You are either up really early or up really late…

Damn fine lifting Tony. Seems like your strength didn’t fall off much at all with the injury.

[quote]JoeGood wrote:
Damn fine lifting Tony. Seems like your strength didn’t fall off much at all with the injury.[/quote]

Thanks Joe. It did fall of some, but it seems to be coming back fairly quickly. The O-lifting stuff, anyway. Can’t deadlift or squat anywhere near what I used to…yet.

I did a search on the gibbon pullups and the youtube link I got was you doing them. Very good form, to my untrained eye, on the 205.

[quote]hel320 wrote:
I did a search on the gibbon pullups and the youtube link I got was you doing them. Very good form, to my untrained eye, on the 205. [/quote]

Thank you, sir. I guess that makes me an inventor/innovator in the world of physical culture…

[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
200 c&J

I got a little excited. My world has been telling me I’m washed up as far as this activity is concerned. Felt good to break 200 again.[/quote]

fuck that world. In my head I’m a pulling rockstar. that lift was beautiful.

I’m doing the olympic lifts vicariously through you. I just don’t have the room to do them at the moment.

You are definitely making me wan’t to have a go again though.

I’m impressed how quickly you’ve got back to where you were on them. I’d have thought a high skill movement like that would take a long time to recover. Apparently not.