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weight: 275-280 holding steady
plan: front squat 200 in next 6 monthsish, squat 227 (500) by... end of year?, drag along oly lifts through brute strength
plan 2:

True story: I once drank 5L of that beer in one sitting while weighing a waif-like 100kg.

How to squat imo.

Would be an awesome pic w/o that squat stand. Sick squat regardless.

BTW, do you like that S-1? I've been leaning towards that but I haven't 100% made up my mind.

Also, FWIW, the MI eleiko distributor is selling off a bunch of 20kg bumpers (3 months used) for almost 50% off so I think I'm gonna go with Eleiko bumpers. Getting a bunch of those and supplementing with some 15s and 10s is a similarly priced set (I'm getting like 170kg - 10x2, 15x2, 20x6 - in bumpers alone for about $1300 total) on a per kg basis to the Rogue plates and such. Like $7.6/kg versus $7.1/kg. Figure it's worth it to go Eleiko if they are the same price roughly.

I like the shorts...

Sick squat!

True story: I drank 5 PINTS of Spaten Optimator at a holiday party and wished I had been hit by a bus instead, both that evening and the entire next day.

Thanks.

I like the squat stand. It's been sturdy for heavy (for me) squats, and the main reason I got it is that I'm tall (6'6") and the supports are tall enough for me and a couple of inches taller than other options. If I were shorter I wouldn't have been as picky.

I saw that Eleiko deal. I still think the Rogue plates are a slightly better deal, but obv you can't go wrong either way.

Tried that jack3d supplement before today's wo.

Power Snatch + 2 Snatch
65% x 2 sets - 75
70% x 1 set - 80 (only did 1 set. I was supposed to do 3, but I had a weird lower back pump. Odd, but I did have something similar a couple of weeks ago and Martin did mention in his review that he had this after taking that stim as well, I'll have to watch for it.).

Jerk
75%x3x5 - 105
Reracking this 14 times was a workout more than the jerks were.

Clean pull
93%x5x5 - 130
These were tough

Back Squat
155x5x4 (~74%) - didn't do a 5th set because of lower back pump's return.

Also, I feel like the outside of my lower left leg/left ankle is still weak/sore and will have to watch it. I have an old basketball injury there and, according to an ortho, no attached ligaments in my left ankle.

I hate reracking jerks. I feel like I'm gonna crush my shoulder girdle. In fact I hate racking anything. I'd seriously rather PC a weight up and then jerk it than take a jerk down from OH ceteris parabis.

Other than bend your knees/stop being a vaja/etc what can I dew? Run better on genetic lotto?

https://chalexusa.com/equipment/chalex-jerk-blocks.html I guess

No way in hell those are gonna be that expensive if you make them yourself. Unless I am missing something, aren't they just wooden platforms with rubber tops?

Yea obv shouldn't buy them but they do need to be strong. I'd guess they'd cost a few hundred or so to build because you do need a bunch of wood to reinforce them etc.

Rough session, felt like crap and wanted to quit after every rep.

9.21.2010

Power Clean + 2 Clean
70% x 2 sets - 98
75% x 1 set - 105
Was supposed to be 3 sets @105, but there was the return of the lower back pump. Just going to hope that goes away. If anyone has any suggestions I'm all ears.

Push Press (I was supposed to do this last, but I thought my back might cut this session short, so I wanted to get this in.)
78%x5x5 - 98
I can't believe I did all these reps. It's literally a miracle. Call the pope.

Snatch High Pull
78%x5x5 - 90
I thought these would bother my back, but they didn't at all. They were hard, but fine.

Snatch Balance
bar x 5 x 1
40 x 3 x 1
Theses didn't bother my back, but I stopped there because I was out of gas. I should have done these earlier, because I'm pretty sure you're supposed to be explosive when doing snatch balance, not impersonating the living dead. (I'm talking about slow zombies, not those new school fast zombies. **** fast zombies.)

Press
76x5x2

Front Squat
115x2x6

Измерение веса в килограммах!

Snatch
70%x3 - 80
75%x2 - 86
80%x1 - 92
85%x1 - 98
80%x1 - 92

Push Press
116x1x6 (~91%)

Squat
196x1x6 (~93%)

KB "woodchops"
3x10 ea side w/25# kb, unbroken

Light jerk drills

commie

this x1000

I tend to try to do a press negative or something which destroys my wrists, triceps, shoulders, self-respect, etc.

Took a week off because I had stuff to do and because my left leg felt all ****ed up. It might be my ankle. It might be my calf. Not sure. Today it was my calf, but I can still train so whatever. I'm rolling/massaging it as much as possible.

I'm switching to a meet prep template from Mike's Gym as I'm lifting in a meet in like 5 weeks and would like to suck less than I usually do at meets. My goal for the meet is not weight based for now, rather just to make my meet form look more like my training form.

I should max out 1x/week or so, maybe more but I'm too old to max out more than that and not feel like absolute **** 24/7.

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10.4 good buddy

Barski Snatch (no straps, no drop btw lifts) from static mid-thigh start
86x3x1 - while lowering the weight, had that uh oh this is hard feeling
86x2+1x1 - fell onto ass trying to lower after 2nd snatch
86x3x1 - dropped weight between reps because **** barski snatches imo

Snatch pulls
worked up to 120x2x3
I think I'm pulling this way high enough to snatch. Just too slow at this point and have to work harder.

Snatch push press
90x5x1
90x4x1
95x3x1
100x2x1
105x1

RDL
105x10x3

3x plank: 67s, rest 2 min, 82s, rest 1 min, 55s
Shoulders were limiting factor.

hbbs: 165x5x5
fs: 120x3x3
knees to elbows: 1

lol @ 1 knees to elbows

Ugh, massive doms wed-fri. Jumped back in after a week off too quickly. Also slacked on hand care and tore the **** out of my hands today. dumb.

Max snatch
20x a bunch
40x5
60x3
80x2
90x1
95x1
100x1
105xfx2
105x1
110xfx2
110x1
116xfx3

3rd pull was garbage today.

Max cj
Bar x a few jerks
70x3
100x2
120x1 (pc)
130x1 (pc)
135xf jerk
135xf clean
Was tired and hand was bleeding all over so stopped here.

Front squat max
Several up to 120
120x3
150xfx2 ugh

Rough day. This should be easy for me. Probably lost a little strength the past 2 weeks and also a little fatigued. Pretty sure I'll rebound quickly though.

Ok I messed up the 10.9 log entry. My fs fails were at 170 not 150, I loaded the bar and just wasn't thinking. I'm an idiot. That makes me feel both better and worse. 7ontheline, please troll kthx.

10.11.2010
Snatch
worked up to
65%x3 - 75
70%x2 - 81
75%x2 - 86
75%x1 - 86
80%x1 - 92
75%x1 - 86
80%x1 - 92
100xF - could have gotten it, but I would have had to step forward and there was a rack there.

Snatch pull
100%x2x2 - 115

Front Squat
Heavy single
2x120, 140, 150, 160, 165xF
90%x1x2 - 154 (tough)
85%x3x3 - 146
Failed 3rd rep on 2nd and 3rd set. Upper back was limiting factor as far as I can tell.

Clean + Jerk
65%x2 - 90
70%x1+2 - 100
75%x2+1 - 105
70%x2 - 100
75%x1+2 (3rd jerks were tough) - 105
80%x2+1 (2nd jerks tough) - 110
75%x1 - 105
80%x1 - 110
85%xF Clean (half-assed pull) - 120
85%x1 - 120

eta: Both calves feel very fatigued. Repackage last 2 weeks as "Calf Blaster DVD" + profit.

Muscle Snatch
70x1
90x1
95xFx2
90x1
92xF

Snatch Push Press + OHS
90x1
100x1
110x1
120x1
130x1 Sn PP, F OHS
140x1 Sn PP, F OHS
PR on Snatch Push Press I guess. I rarely do these though.

Dropped both 130 and 140 OHS because right shoulder felt weird. I may have some shoulder mobility limitations that I wasn't aware of prior to this. I'm going to focus more of my warmups/off days on shoulder mobility stuff - the OHSs were hard on my shoulders in a way that I haven't felt before. Of course, it's day 3 in a row of some particularly shoulder-taxing training (snatch Monday, reracking jerks yesterday, all of today).

Snatch Balance (Drop Snatch)
70xF
70x1
100x1
115x1
125xF
125x1
Shoulders felt fine on these. Who knows.

Snatch (kept it short, didn't even think I could do one snatch after everything else)
70x3 - Shoulder felt horrible again, just very tired.
80x2
100x1 - almost a fail, had to step forward to recover
105xF

Max snatch and cj
110/135

Missed 117 3x. Pretty close. Pulling it high enough just slow as ****.

Got pinned with 142 clean. wtf. Also missed 142 3x.

Fs heavy singles up to 160.