Tue 9/9/2014, 530am cf gym

Lots of mobility and structural work.

Upper back feels 95%+. Hip is still bothersome. Left hamstring is bothersome.

kg/lbs

Hang Snatch
75 / 165 x3x2
88 / 195 x3x2
102 / 225 x2x3

Power Clean & Jerk
94 / 205 x3+1x2
109 / 240 x3+1x3
129 / 285 x2+1x2

Whoops I forgot to add that I did 15 pullups in total on Sunday. 5+5+5 in a complex of wide pullup / narrow pullup / chin / narrow chin / neutral-grip x 3. I liked this.

Oh, this was a PR! Cool.

oh hurrr must be nice to find prs days later hurr

K

Thu 9/11/14, 530am, cf gym, 258lbs bw

kg / lbs

Feeling... fine? Uh, k.

Snatch
88 / 195 x3x1 ooo
102 / 225 x2x1 oo
113 / 250 x2x1 xx xx xx x ****
102 / 225 x, o
111 / 245 x, x
Ok, gonna try not to be too dramatic here and allow myself a bad day, but this is kinda discouraging with a meet ~2 weeks out. Everything was racked and then lost in the hole. So the problem is one of
-bar forward (likely)
-shoulder/thoracic mobility issue (possible)
- no straps (possible re-grip problem that leads to some sort of mental biomechanical "rack the ****ing bar" disconnect?)
-something else (mental?)
-everything
I'll take a look at vid if I have time, which I do not.

Front Squat
92 / 205 x5x1
107 / 235 x5x1
125 / 275 x4x2
138 / 305 x3x2

Clean Pull
105 / 230 x5x1
125 / 275 x5x1
143 / 315 x3x2
152 / 335 x3x1

That does seem odd. Shake it off and crush the weights another day.

The more I think of it, the more I think it's possibly no straps changing something slightly. We'll see. I'll post vid. Yeah just gonna shake it off either way.

Numbered attempts for review purposes.
1) is obviously forward and my feet don't move and it doesn't have a chance, the rest are slightly forward or show some other issue. I welcome feedback if anyone has a chance to watch.

I would say that you are forward on most, if not all, of your misses. Looks like you are on your toes on the misses (heels come up off the ground), where your feet end up flat on #9. Maybe an issue of not dropping into the whole quick enough, causing you not to be able to have your feet flat on the ground, and you lose it forward?

Yeah, trying to discern if foot positioning is cause or effect is not easy for me. Either way it's incorrect.

I don't think it's a not quick enough 3rd pull issue.

ETA: Generally there's just a lot of softness in the catch.

Gonna try
-some heavier power snatches tomorrow to see if that helps me "meet" the bar better. It's crashing or looping too much here.
-slightly wider base for receiving and elevating feet / "move feet" again, which worked well for me in the past to prevent overpulling, but should also help here

Not getting into the hole quick enough may not have been the right wording. Getting down into proper position during the catch might be better? Basically I don't think you are getting your weight distributed onto your feet quick enough.

It could be due to the weight being too far forward after your pull which is prohibiting you getting your heals down or you are not getting your feet placed correctly when you land. My gut is saying that it is due to how you land from your short jump. You land on your toes and stay there too long, causing the weight to shift forward, and ultimately making the lift unrecoverable. If you got your heels down quicker (which is why I said not getting into the hole quick enough in my first post) it might make the lift better.

IANAW so this may be totally off.

Here's my imperfect comparison (of catch and comments related to the catch) thread from pendlayforums: http://pendlayforum.com/showthread.php?t=29606

I don't think it is an overhead strength issue for you, but I did think some of the missed lifts looked like your shoulders were wobbly. Maybe there is a mobility issue in your shoulder(s). Still think you need to get your heels down quicker.

I don't know if it is strength or mobility or not related to the misses, but I've previously commented on your wobbly shoulders in the bottom of a snatch.

Maybe it was just a bad day? I've noticed personally a good deal of variance in making/missing snatches when I was taking frequent maximal attempts?

My shoulders will always look like **** to some degree because my grip should be wider. I could be tighter through the upper body in the catch though in general and it's definitely related, good point.

Yeah, gonna try not to (further) over think it if there's not something glaringly wrong. I'll just get back at it tomorrow.

looks like you got a case of the awfuls from me. im sorry. i didnt know it was contagious.

with a meet so close, i dont think it would behoove you to try some new style or grip or foot placement. write it off as a **** day and move on.

Based off the pulls I'm surprised most of these are misses. I think skel is onto something with the amount of space between the floor and your heels - a la friendly beard. Maybe think about keeping your heels on the floor longer during the 2nd pull or sitting straight down on the 3rd.

:shrug:

k.

Fri 9/12/14, 730am, cf gym, 258lbs bw

Everything felt better. I think I need to focus on meeting the bar as high as possible and go from there.

Power Snatch
75 / 165 x3x2
88 / 195 x3x2
102 / 225

Power Clean
93 / 205 x3x3
106 / 235 x3x2
120 / 265 x2x2
136 / 300 x2x2 ox ox

Clean-Grip Pull
107 / 235 x3x2
120 / 265 x3x2

Mon 9/15/14

My hips were tight as **** from too much driving this weekend and I was tired as **** from staying up late to watch the Bears **** the 49ers on live TV. Other than that things are good.

kg / lbs

Snatch
75 / 165 x3x2
88 / 195 x3x3
94 / 205 x2x3

No misses. Slightly wider stance feels good. Catching as high as possible feels good. I am ****ing with too much. Oh well.

Power Clean & Jerk
87 / 190 x3+1x4
102 / 225 x3+1x4

Front Squat
92 / 205 x5x2
107 / 235 x5x2
125 / 275 x5x2
Tried a jerk on last rep and had already taken off my wrist wraps. Lol ow. There's no cure for doing stupid **** in the moment, I will tell you that.

I thought you were a Cowboys fan?

258lbs?

Pls.

Oh! Forgot to record. 530am cf gym, lifted in lbs, fasted + bcaa + 200mg caffeine, bw 262lbs!!!!

I blame a free taco truck at the rehearsal dinner at this wedding I went to this past weekend. How you gonna get them back to the farm when they've seen that? Total damage six tacos + giant burrito + guac + a handful of beers. Let's not even get into unlimited bbq the next day at the wedding.

Will prob cut to 242 after this meet for life living reasons, but I don't see a good reason to rein in kcals prior to meet.

262!!!!!!!! Yeah, okay saw.

This, definitely this. Meet will set all the records.

My *****