Thursday - BW 78.6

Snatch: 40x3; 45x3; 50x2; 52.5; 55xF,1; 57.5xF,F,1; 60; 62.5xF,F; 55xF; 50x3P
Didn't run through my drills properly, missing lifts everywhere. 62.5 attempts weren't even close. Finished up with some godawful power snatches.

Clean and Jerk: 55x2; 60x2; 65x2; 70x2; 75xF,1; 77.5xC,F,1; 80xC; 70xF
Shame I didn't charge my camera. Would have loved to see wtf was going on with some of these attempts. Clarked 70 and decided to call it a day. Tiredness from earlier in the week noticeable.

This sucked. I want a new total PR next week.

Friday - BW 79.1
Back on dat dere creatine

Overhead Squat: 45x3; 47.5x3; 50x3; 52.5x3; 55xF,3
Last set came off the floor instead of out of the rack. Very poor balance.

Front Squat: 90x3,3,3,3,3
Hard.

Clean Pull: 80x3,3,3,3,3
Trying to focus on keeping my elbows straight.

At first I was like

but then I was all

147.5kg new total PR

Monday - BW 78.8

Snatch: 40x3; 45x3; 50x1F1; 52.5x1; 55xFF,1; 57.5x1; 60x1; 62.5xF,1; 65xF,F; 55x2P
Better. Ran through drills properly.

Clean and Jerk: 55x2; 60x2; 65x2; 70x2; 75x1; 77.5x1; 80x1; 82.5x1; 85x1; 87.5xC,F,C
Technique somewhat off. Some cleans I'm not moving my feet when I should be.

Chinups: 5,5,5
New gym only has crappy weirdly angled chinup bars. Used a fairly close grip.

Tuesday - BW 78.4

Halting Clean Deadlift: 110x2,2,2,2,2
Fine.

Front Squat: 92.5x3,3,3,3,3
Hard.

Snatch Push Press: 55x5,5,5,5,5
Feels like I've gotten the hang of this.

150kg Total PR

152.5kg Total PR

Thursday - BW 78.4

Clean and Jerk: 55x2; 60x2; 65x2; 70x2; 75xC,1; 77.5x1; 80x1; 82.5x1; 85x1; 87.5xR,F,F,1; 90xF; 80x1(PC)
Used a slightly narrower stance so I can start with my arms straight. Jerk footwork still patchy.

Snatch: 40x3; 45x3; 50x1F1; 55x1; 57.5x1; 60x1; 62.5x1; 65x1; 67.5xF,F,F; 57.5x2P
Pretty happy with this.

Chinups: BWx6,6,6
Found a more normal setup.

Friday - BW 78.0

Snatch Balance: 45x3; 47.5x1,3; 50xF,3; 52.5x3; 55xF
Badly out of practice and it shows. Not quick or precise enough. I'll try 50 for sets across next time. After the first two sets I decided to just use the widest grip I can unrack with, rather than sliding out to my snatch grip after I unrack. The difference is quite small anyway.

Back Squat: 102.5x3,3,3,3,3
Heavy but good. Felt like I made some nice bounces.

Snatch Pull: 60x3,3,3,3,3
Fine.

The long summer is over and winter is coming. Or at least my new course is. Will have to train in the evening from now on.

Monday - 78.0

Clean and power jerk: 55x2; 60x2; 65x2; 70x1; 75xR
The sole of one of my shoes has come loose. Split jerk was a non-starter. I wasn't feeling great to begin with and suck at power jerks into the bargain. Pitiful.

Snatch: 40x2; 45x1F1; 50x2; 55x1F
Was in a ****ty mood so I called it there. Again, pitiful.

Will see if the shoes can be repaired tomorrow. No idea how long it would take if they can. Looks like its back to the Converse in the meantime.

Gym is so crowded in the evening, but then it is national bench press day so maybe its not always like that. Will try to stick to the morning as much as my timetable will allow. Jeremies slightly jostled by the day's events.

Tuesday

Halting Snatch Deadlift: 82.5x2,2,2,2,2
Fine. Not having the usual shoes to use as a visual reference point when setting up is a bit odd.

Back Squat: 105x3,3,3,2,3 PR 3
No raised heel is a very strange feeling. Did some extra warmups to try to get used to it. Will put the one miss down to the shoes. Adding weight next time.

Push Press: 65x5,5,5,5,5
Tough. Very long rest before last set.

Managed to get to the gym a bit earlier so I was safely in my cage by the time the place was packed. Also heard the best two-song sequence in gym playlist history: Game of Thrones opening theme followed by Gangnam Style.

Thursday

Snatch: 40x2; 45x1F1; 50x2; 55xF2; 57.5xF,F,F,F,F,F; 50Px1,1,1,1,3
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUU

Clean and Jerk: 55x2; 60x2; 65x2; 70x1; 75x1
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

Friday - BW 78.4

Overhead Squat: 55x3; 57.5x3; 60x3 PR 3; 62.5x3 PR 3; 65x3 PR 3
Bit wobbly sometimes but generally much better.

Front Squat: 95x3,3,3,3,3
Very tough.

Clean Pull: 82.5x3,3,3,3,3
Bit forward on my toes sometimes.

Any comments on squat form would be appreciated.

Monday - BW 78.6

Snatch: 40x2; 45x2; 50x2; 55x1F1; 57.5x1; 60xF,F,F,F,F,1P; 55xF,1P
Started out feeling pretty good but when I got to 60 I couldn't catch anything. Power snatch looked ugly as hell.

Clean and Jerk: 55x2; 60x2; 65x2; 70x2; 75x1; 80x1; 82.5x1; 85x1; 87.5x1; 90xC; 80x1(PC)
This took an awful lot out of me. Cleans were bad and slow. Jerk footwork was way off.

I made this total two weeks ago and was thrilled. Today not so much. PRs on Thursday.

Tuesday - BW 78.8

Halting Clean Deadlift: 112.5x2,2,2,2,2
Back a bit sore from yesterday's lol technique.

Front Squat: 97.5x3,3,3,3,3 PR 3
Very hard.

Snatch Push Press: 57.5x5,5,5,5,5
Couple of clumsy reracks but otherwise fine.

Thursday

Clean and Jerk: 55x2; 60x2; 65x2; 70x2; 75x1; 80xC,C,F
Legit AIDS. Went clubbing with the people from my new course last night. My plan of 'taking it easy' went seriously awry.

Didn't train on Friday because I'm a gigantic hairy vag.

Monday - BW 77.4

Clean and Jerk: 55x2; 60x2; 65x2; 70x2; 75x1; 80x1; 82.5xC,1; 85x1; 87.5x1; 90xF,C,F; 80x1(PC)

Snatch: 40x3; 45x3; 50x2; 52.5x1; 55xFF,1; 57.5xFF,1;60x1; 62.5x1; 65xF,1;67.5xF

A decent day's lifting. I'm competing again on the 10th November. The fire has been lit.

Tuesday - BW 77.4

Halting Snatch Deadlift: 85x2,2,2,2,2
Good positions.

Back Squat: 107.5x3,3,3,3,3 PR 3
Super grindy. First set included the fugliest rep I've ever made.

Push Press: 67.5x5,5,3,3,3
First set was much harder than it should have been. Took a lot out of me. Will repeat.