Imma gonna be an Emo

Friday 5th October

token wrote: »

Fairly lack lustre tonight as well with possible early stages of man flu. Better not be or the only thing I'll be maxing on Friday is the emo'ness.

Man flu

Split Snatch
3@40kg
3@48kg
2@56kg
2@64kg
1@72kg
1xtf@76kg knee touch
1xf@80kg snatch pull
1xf@80kg snatch high pull

I Quit.



Sadness. I usually finish sessions even when I'm sh*te and emo but I'm training tomorrow as well and figure I'd try save whatever energy I have and try again then. I am not hopeful but I'll finish the session regardless tomorrow.

Monday 8th October

Medium week

Split Snatch
3@40kg
3@50kg
2@58kg
2@66kg
1@72kg
3x1@75kg 4 goes

Split Clean & Jerk
3@60kg
2@70kg
2@80kg
1@90kg
2x1@95kg

Front Squat
2x3@60kg
2@70kg
2@80kg
2@90kg

Sat on my hoop all weekend. Feel slightly less sh*t and it doesn't look like it'll develop into full blown aids. Should hopefully be gone by Cork.

My car also isn't feeling the best and I'm without it this week. This means I've to cycle everywhere this week, which works out at 90km. I'm no couch so I'm not elite enough to cycle that much without it affecting lifting so the top sets were hard going tonight.

Wednesday 10th October

Power Snatch
3@40kg
3@45kg
3@50kg
2@55kg
2x1@60kg
2x1@64kg

Power Cleans and Jerk
2x3@60kg
2@70kg
2x1@80kg
2x1@85kg

Back Squat
3@60kg
3@72kg
2@85kg
3x2@100kg
2x1@110kg

Snatch Pulls
3x3@83kg

Clean Pulls
3x3@107kg

Hour of Power. I was under time constraints so motored through this. Not a bad session considering I'm Tom Hanks trying to be both Lance Armstrong and Pyrros Dimas this week.

Once again the reason was caffeine. First search result in google for cold+caffeine throws up this http://jop.sagepub.com/content/11/4/319. I only read the abstract. All the proof I need.

Saturday 13th October

Power Snatch
3@40kg
3@46kg
2@52kg
2x1@60kg
2x1@64kg 3 goes

Power Cleans and Lots of Jerks
3 + 3 jerks@50kg
3 + 3 jerks@60kg
2 + 2 jerks@70kg
2x1 + 2 jerks@80kg
2x1 + 2 jerks@85kg

Back Squat
3@70kg
3@80kg
2@90kg
3x2@100kg
2x1@110kg

Snatch Pulls
3x3@85kg

Clean Pulls
3x3@110kg

Rack Jerk
3@70kg
2@80kg
1@90kg
1@100kg
3xf@105kg lots of obscenities, learnt nothing from previous night

Wrecked. I wouldn't be able to handle another proper week of training. Excellent timing for the taper week. I guess on Monday I'll be doing openers + squats. I'll probably have one last blast at trying to get decent rack jerks also since I'm not lifting until the Sunday.

Wednesday 17th October

Split Snatch
2x3@40kg
3@50kg
2@60kg
1@65kg
3x1@70kg missed the last one

Split Clean & Jerk
3@50kg
3@60kg
2@70kg
1@80kg
2x1@85kg

I'm terribly emo this week. I don't know what's wrong with me. I forgot how to lift. I probably overdid it last week. A self imposed one week coffee embargo before the comp probably isn't helping either. Anyways the plan for the rest of the week.

Thursday: A thorough broability session
Friday: Dick around with super minimal weights
Saturday: Eat grapes
Sunday: Get loaded on caffeine and lift stuff, heavier stuff than has been lifted previously.

Sunday 21st October

Cork Open

BW: 76.42kg

Snatch
1@77kg
f@81kg forgot where my testicles were
f@82kg bit unlucky here

Clean & Jerk
tf@100kg red lighted for pressout
1@100kg
tf@105kg red lighted for a double clean?

77/100 a f*cking sh*te state of affairs to be in and all the positive mental attitude in the world won't make any f*ckin' difference!

Reader Advisory: Explicit Sadness

Ugh things did not go well. Woke up feeling tired and not particularly motivated. This carried on to the warmups where I was sharing an emo platform with Ed. That was the theme for the rest of the day then.

I got up to 70kg on the warmups and was sitting around taking it easy since I thought I was ahead of time but the microphone & speaker to the warmup area had gone dead. Somebody then ran up the hall calling my name saying I had 30 seconds to lift so had to run out and lift without getting a last warmup in. That f*cked me up a bit and I just about managed a wobbly opener.

Yep pretty much forget I had a pair with the 81kg attempt and it wasn't close at all. Sorted myself out a bit for the last one at 82kg. Landed it, it was a touch forward so I let myself sink into a deep split to steady it. I thought I had it then but somehow lost it when I was starting the recovery. Damnit.

First jerk was a bit wimpy. I still thought I made it but it was red lighted for pressout. Second lift was strong. I thought I got the last lift at 105kg with a solid jerk and was pleased with myself for a whole two or three seconds but I got red lighted for a double clean. I don't think I've heard of the term double clean being used before but what happened was I didn't rack the clean properly, elbows were slow to come around. The bar was touching my chest then for a moment until I kinda prop'd it up. The bar isn't allowed touch your chest so that's what I was red lighted for. Balls anyway. It was a bloody good jerk too!

If I knew Cork better I'd have found the closet bridge and jumped off it. I'll just have to start cutting myself or something instead now.

Right, anyway. I'll attempt to HTFU again from tomorrow with jumping straight back into training for the NI Open in 4 weeks. I'll sort myself out for that with solid sleep the week of the comp and no shenanigans because I want to take a punt at a 110kg C&J at that one.

/emodiaries

DylanJM wrote: »

What a shít rule.

That'd be my thinking as well! I think it's in there for the same reason the press-out isn't allowed. Lifts look ugly when you break those rules and look pretty when you don't. That's about the height of it I reckon.

Wednesday 24th October

Split Snatch
3@40kg
3@50kg
3@60kg
2@68kg
1@76kg

Split Clean & Jerk
3@60kg
3@66kg
2@77kg
2@90kg
1@100kg

Front Squat
2x3@60kg
2@70kg
2@80kg
2@90kg

Snatch Pulls
3x3@85kg

Clean Pulls
3x3@110kg

Emo'ness starting to clear with some motivation beginning to creep in again.

I'm gonna be following the same programming I've been the last few months but I'm making a few minor individual adjustments to make it more my own. Which will make me more interested/accountable and all that type of rubbish.

1) Power jerks on the power day
2) Split squats & Core on classic days.
3) Programming based off 85/110 maxes and 125kg back squat. A plan sure to succeed.

Went to 90% of my 'maxes' tonight.

Monday 29th October

Power Snatch
3x3@40kg
2@53kg
2x1@60kg
2x1@64kg

Power Cleans and Power Jerks
3@50kg
3@60kg
2@70kg
2x1@80kg
2x1@85kg

Back Squat
3@60kg
3@75kg
2@85kg
3x2@100kg

Snatch Pulls from 1" deficient
3x3@80kg

Clean Pulls from 1" deficient
3x3@105kg

Died and was resurrected again over the weekend. Training was not fun but had to be done. I went with medium powers, light squats and suffering through the pulls.

I decided to try out deficient pulls to see if they help me break the bar off the floor easier. It's the worst part of my lift because I gots no legz. I'll report back in a months time.

Thursday 1st November

Power Snatch
3x3@40kg
2@53kg
2x1@60kg
1@68kg
1xf@70kg sloooooow

Power Cleans and Power Jerks
3@50kg
3@60kg
2@70kg
2x1@80kg
clean only
1@90kg
1@95kg

Quarter Back Squats (in rack off pins)
3@100kg
3@120kg
2@140kg
1@160kg
1@170kg
1@180kg
1@185kg
1@190kg

Snatch Pulls from 1" deficient
3x3@85kg

Clean Pulls from 1" deficient
3x3@110kg

I decided to try out partial squats again. 15kg higher than last year..hmm. I hope I got the right pin on the rack.

Clean pulls a bit deadlifty but f*ck it sure don't those Chinese lads do heavy slow pulls and they do alright for themselves. I also need to invest in some straps, thumbs are hangin'