9/10:

globo, lbs

FS

Was supposed to do 275 again for a 5x5 and then do 245x10 but lol, no WIM at all. I put 275 on the bar and did 3 reps and knew that was it. Moved down to 245.

245x5x6 At least this is easy. I remember when these were hard.

barbell complex:
1 clean deadlift + 1 tall clean + 1 front squat + 2 jerks
135x10 Light weight, but my jerk always takes a while to warmup so this was necessary
155x5 Still easy. Feeling better. Moving my feet more
165x5 Still pretty easy, but soaking wet at this point. I really need to bring a better towel + new shirt or something. I was literally soaked.

9/11:

benched (lol, can't remember last time I benched)
195x5
200x5x5 I was glad to get through all of this without struggle. I guess incline pressing ~1-2x/week has helped, but next time I flatbench I'll do 205. Gotta get back up to 225x5x3 again, I think my chest looked way better back then. I have one pic I took from back in those days and I need to get back there.

deadlift (lol, can't remember last time I deadlifted)
275x5x10 first few sets had a few mins break in between while I continued stretching my hams, but then I stuck to EOMOM.

Every time I deadlift intermediate weight like this I'm surprised with how hard it is at the beginning, and how easy it is at the end of my sets. But the weight just flies up at the end, like as if I'm cleaning it. I really try and rip it as fast as possible, but everything is firing properly at the end of these, whereas that's not the case during the first few sets. Guess I really just need a LOT more warmups when I dead.

9/12:

odd lifting day. snatches went better, jerks were terrible. squats were worse. Knee kinda started hurting at some point during CnJ and I was getting tired so that's probably most of it.

Snatches:

Worked up to 60x4, 65x2, 69x2 and failed 70 twice.

vids:



CnJ:

Lots of reps at 60, 70 and 80. Wasn't really happy with any at 80 but still moved up to 85. Was able to press those out (aids elbow) and tried 90 and failed a few times before contemplating drinking poison and ending it all.

Seriously, I can powerclean 90 in my sleep and I can't even jerk it? It felt like a ton of bricks in the front rack. No energy, no WIM. hid.



FS:

Supposed to do 10 triples a 75% of my projected 1RM of 170. That would be 127.5. I decided to work up slowly bc my knee felt weird.

I did

115x3x5
120x2
121x1
Then did 1 rep of 121 and gave up. terrible.

I know nothing of olytarding, but at what point are you supposed to be doing full snatches/cleans?

cleans are just whatever, I can full clean just fine I was just conserving energy.

Snatches are lolbad. I should be full snatching right now but I suck at getting under the bar

So is that a deficiency in technique or strength? Do you have to get faster or something?

technique for sure. I can pull the weight plenty high, I just don't commit to getting under it for whatever reason. I'm just a big pussy really.

Im confused at why you're pretty snatching everything still. Can you/have you full snatched at all with just the bar or from any position? I don't remember actually seeing any...

I'm confused too, man. The answer is yes, I can, but I should probably film it. Even if it's something just like, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60kg. Watching the progression would be interesting

Ok I went back and watched some of your earlier vids again and you just dont seem that comfortable with snatces/ohs. No Internet weightlifting coach but i think you could benefit a lot from a bunch of quick practice every day with just the bar or 30k

I dont know that much about power jerks but Id recommend getting more of your hand on the bar and elbows down more. And push yourself down not the bar up, but i think ive said that before. 90 kilos isnt that light, I wouldnt beat yourself up too bad.

And dont film from the front anymore lol

If he didn't film from the front, we wouldn't have known that he knows that guacamole is extra.

I think your snatches would come a long way if you dropped under it more and fought the desire to try and muscle the bar up.

Does your coach program any snatch balances at all? This helped me learn to drop under a heavy bar a lot.

This is your BBC, right? Where's your coach at?

How often do you miss a snatch behind?

I feel like a fear of, or inexperience of failing behind is a common reason why people don't commit to going under snatches. If this is way off base, just ignore, but if not, missing behind is something in itself that needs trained. Like, if OHS are programmed, then dump the bar behind after each set etc.

I filmed from the front today bc people were using the platforms next to me + I wanted to see if I'm making any progress with locking out my right arm. I think I am, but we'll see. I'll film from the front again at some point just for comparison's sake.

Coach has been programming a lot of snatch balances (see my last 2 weeks of programming) but I am aids at them. I can do them "well" with 95lbs but anything more is terrible.

I know that I'm not going to actually start getting better until I learn to get under the bar. It's just a matter of doing it....like abra mentioned, doing it at light weight is probably where I need to start.

And yeah, this was BBC but he was lifting on another platform doing his own thing. He should have been schooling me more though. I shouldn't be doing heavy weight if I'm not going to get under it.

Literally never have. I did a complex recently that involved pulls and floating snatches and on ONE of those reps I almost failed it behind. That was the first time, though. I liked it. I'ts not exactly a fear, though. It's like failing a squat. It was always in the back of my mind until it actually happened, and then I never cared anymore. I would take it as a big positive if I started failing behind, so we'll see how that goes.

I would just cut all powers ever. WGAF about conserving energy; you need as much practice dropping under weights efficiently as you can humanly get and this applies to nearly everyone who hasn't been olytarding for 5+ years. Stop egolifting and just drop down to 40kg for a while and work your way back up, guarantee it takes you less than 3 weeks to reach psnatch prs and you break them shortly after.


If I ever came or or if I was just starting again, I'd probably train cleans separate from jerks almost all of the time.

Not sure what you're referring to exactly, but cleans are not my problem at all here, it's snatches. Like I said before, I don't want to powersnatch everything but I do it involuntarily, it seems. As the weight increases I catch it higher and higher. The opposite of what I should be doing. Snatch balances would probably help a ton if I ever got good at them, but I think I'm getting worse at them. idgi. I just watched mattiecakesssss do SBs with 110kg! That's basically double what I can do. Amazing.

9/14:

Didn't have a ton of time to workout today so I didn't get to finish my prescribed workout, but I got through most of it.

globo, lbs

OHS

155x5x5 These are pretty easy, but doing them in the mirror is interesting, because I realize that my right hip his more flexible, so I naturally shift my bodyweight over to that side. I was doing these in metcons, not lifters, so maybe that added something to it as well.

Push Press

155x5x5 Not too terribly hard today. I think they were easier than last time. I took a bit wider grip which possibly helped.
155x4 I failed on this 6th set so I moved down
135x5x5

Thinking about getting a tattoo sometime in the near future. It's always been in the back of my mind, but recently I saw one I loved and it's kickstarted the idea.

Something geometric, yet gradient. Escher-like, perhaps. This is an idea:



I really like this forearm placement. Thoughts? I'm a total noob here

Lololol. Just have it be a crown sandwiched by "Tinder King" and be done with it.

I am shocked. SHOCKED. That monte disapproves. Did not see this coming at all. I must reconsider now. Perhaps I should move to Iowa, start a farm and sumo deadlift in my barn.

I mean, it was all so shocking - you join a Crossfit box and want to get sleeved up shortly thereafter? This specific sequence of events has almost certainly never happened previously in all of human history. Just going to take a while to fully internalize this unique situation.

Fired up Monte is the best Monte

Grunch

Powers do affect your cleans you should be cleaning way more. That said I'd listen to your coach before Internet wl experts like me et al.

Get a real tattoo that one would look like **** are u 12.

K. Good talk.

Don't increase the weight if it results in power snatching.


WRT to cleans, even though you "can" catch them low, that doesn't mean you should power to save energy. You can always use practice catching lower, dropping under faster, and smoothing out the transition for when the weights get heavier and suddenly these are no longer optional.

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