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| 155kg - Close but No Cigar! |
Rack Split Jerk:
20 x bar work
50 x 3
75 x 2
90 x 2 (2:2:249)
105 x 2 (2:4:251)
113 x 2 (2:6:253)
120 x 2 (2:8:255)
128 x 2 (2:10:257)
135 x 2 (2:12:259)
140 x 1 (1:13:260)
145 x 1 (1:14:261)
150 x (F)2 (2:16:263)
150 x 1 (1:17:264)
155 x (F)2 (2:19:266)
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| 155kg asked for a ride three times around the block! BOOM! |
Front Squat:
20 x bar work
75 x 3
90 x 3
110 x 3 (3:22:269)
135 x 3 (3:25:272)
145 x 3 (3:28:275)
155 x 3 (3:31:278)
* Notes:
- What the split is going on? I decided to switch things up today and try split jerking. I haven't done a split in a long time and it felt relatively good. I felt quick under the bar and my foot work seemed spot-on; however, I'm having issues with locking the shoulders and elbows under heavier weights. I think a lot of this is mentally driven, because I'm jerking off a relatively small block and I have some apprehension in losing a lift and sending bumpers through my walls. Nonetheless, I managed to split jerk 150kg and 155kg was very close.
- Front squats went well. I even pushed past the prescribed 135kg x 3 x 3 and made it 135kg/145kg/155kg x 3. Not a shabby day on the platform. Bring on week 9!
Joe, sorry if I missed the answer on earlier post but is your current training cycle preparation for a competition? If not, and you don't mind me asking, what are your plans for competing?
ReplyDelete@ Richard - I hate to sound so corny; but, at the moment, I'm competing against myself, because we are expecting a baby within the next two weeks. Therefore, competing outside of the garage is currently out of the picture. I have competed in the past and I do plan on competing in the fall once family matters/schedules become more predictable. I'm focusing on the Kansas State Championship and Open, and/or the American Masters -- both events held in September and November, respectively.
ReplyDeleteI saw your video on the Catalyst forum. Have you competed since that particular meet?
Babies don't have much use, or sympathy, for a training schedule. The lifts are great to train whether competing or not, I was just curious since your weights would make you very competitive at National, maybe even International level. I would like to compete again. I am waiting on a transfer back to the States very shortly so my schedule will be a mess as well. No matter I am not going to enter any meet until I total 180, with confidence I can repeat it in a meet. That is a 17 kilo increase over my current total, I think I can get there but some days that goal seems farther than others. Ideally I would like to be confident enough to open with 80/100, the American Masters in November being the first possibility and that may be too soon. We'll see. Anyway when I read you numbers I sometimes fell like what's the use, then I read your notes and get motivated. Good stuff.
ReplyDelete@ Richard - 80/100 would rock and it's attainable! My experience may help provide some insight/motivation and a different prospective to competing and making progress, but I started competing in December 2011 with a total of 88/110 as a 105kg lifter. Over the course of 1 year, I managed to total 122/140; however, I did move up in weight class to +105kg. Regardless, this was all done by taking very small steps. I was content and pleased with an increase of 2.5kg a month on the lifts. I know this doesn't sound like much but over the course of a year, it resulted in an increase of 64kg! Not bad for an old fart like myself. So, a 17kg increase is very doable! You just need to map out a reasonable plan and take it for action.
ReplyDelete"Beware the fury of a patient man."
ReplyDeleteBOOOOM!
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