9/4, Fri, Workout B (kinda)
Squat | Press | Power Clean |
45x5x2 | 45x5x2 | butnahhhhh |
85x5 | 60x5 | |
115x3 | 75x3 | |
150x8x3 | 90x3 | |
| 105x5x3 | |
Weird workout today. First, I got out of work a little later than normal, and then my sister called and I had to talk to her. Then I had errands, so I didn't get to the gym until after 8:30 and it closes at 10.
Also, my left hammy still hurts. Feels like a hammy/groin pull type of thing. Feeling better, but I didn't want to push it. So I ended up stopping at 150 instead of doing 190 like I was planning, since it was hurting there but felt good enough that I wasn't really compensating for it on my right side. So I decided to just do sets of 8 to get in a little more workload and work the muscle a little without killing it. These were quite tiring, actually. I could really feel it in my core on the 7th and 8th reps.
Presses actually went pretty good, though I planned for 110 and I'm just a bonehead and forgot to throw the 2.5lb'ers on the end, so I did 105 for my first workset, so I just stuck with it. I was pretty beat today. Just one of those days where I didn't have it, but I got all my reps up here. Form felt better than usual. I think I did a nice job staying tight. I got loose on one rep (3rd or 4th) in the 2nd set and I could really feel the difference, so I tightened up for the final rep and nailed it with relative ease.
Decided to skip power cleans because I was exhausted, my hamstring hurt, and it was 9:40 and I'm too slow to get my warmups and worksets in by closing time. I did some 12kg KB swings instead to target the hamstring a little more without killing it. Did 20x2 one arm swings, switching arms halfway through.
I met another cool guy today, who seems pretty beastly. He says he's a track athlete (hammer toss, shot put, maybe discus). ex-body builder ex-power lifter. Says he trains with a really reputable oly lifter and his training schedule sounds nuts. Squats heavy 2x a day 7 days a week! He said my squat form was pretty solid, so that was nice. He might be coaching me a little on power cleans on sunday, assuming we both show up. Sweet. I could use it.
my plan is to do M/W/F, but the gym is closed on Monday so I'm coming in Sunday. Might stick with W/F/Su or just take a 2 day rest next weekend. We'll see.
Last edited by kidcolin; 09-05-2009 at 02:25 AM.