Snatch sucks. Power snatched the 115 and 125 because the body wonāt go under. So did OHSQ to try and get comfortable with the position. 125 was all I could hold on those.
Stayed light on CJ - practicing splitting right leg forward. Unsteady.
Could only do 365 DL for singles last time. I figured my upper back would be too tired from yesterday, but all the reps were solid and no strain at all.
I decided years back that overhead pressing, squat and dead were my favorite things to do.
I discovered that I respond well to low reps and high frequency.
I also discovered that I like the quick lifts, however much I suck at them and I like keeping dynamism and force-acceptance (catching the bar) in my movement as I age.
I choose different exercises and rotate among them during a mini-cycle to forestall adaptation and staleness, while making micro weight jumps every mini-cycle weight so recovery is not overwhelmed, but sometimes I get a bug up my butt and do some stupid like yesterday. The exercises are chosen so that each movement builds on the others in the mini-cycle.
Iām still mulling over whether to add a fifth, olympic-lifting, day to the min-cycle, but I have my doubts that it would be effective. SN and CJ are high skill lifts and have to be practiced often to advance in them, so Iāll likely first work up to my goal weights on OHP, SQ and DL and then switch to the O-lifts, adjusting training to suit. Iāll likely need to retain a coach for that.
Iām pretty sure thereās anupper limit to total-body training, but my goal weights are not such that I will hit that limit. If I choose not to do O-lifting, Iāll likely switch back to a 4-day conjugate-type program. That also worked well for me some years ago.
Getting some cheap PRs. I never bothered in the past to rep out anything above 135 on OHP or do paused squats,(that I remember) so itās kind of cheating. Went well for me not wanting to train today.
Iāve done too much again in the last few sessions again. I hit all my desired numbers, but it was harder than it ought to have been. Bench felt weird, but got easier each set. I did it just to feel it out. Fat bar pullups really stress the inside of my forearms right down in the elbow joint. Smarts a bit.
Is it odd that I really look forward to deadlift day?
Last night my arms ached so badly, it felt like Iād spent my time restraining a bear on a leash. Today I feel like I didnāt work out at all. I took in a lot of calories before bed, so maybe that made the difference.
I think my squat and deadlift are about to take a bit of a bump upwards. The legs of my pants are starting to get tight.
Axle bar wasnāt out on the floor when I was there. I defer to the gym owner in these things.
Something screwy in the right shoulder on the curl machine. Shoulder wouldnāt stay down and something twanged unpleasantly at each extension.
Lower back wanted to round on the top DL set. Concentrated on tightening my ass and upper back and that seemed to stop that.