Miss Piggys Battle for the Big Plates

dylbert

gymfreak wrote: »

Thank you

Just a case of tendonitis. Bit of rest and recovery and I'll be good to go!

Weirdest part is that I havent trained in 2 days and I'm not overly bothered about training tomorrow either:eek:

Not patellar tendinitis is it? I've had it the last while, lots rolling, stretching and icing the bejaysus out of it, your only man!

gymfreak

bluewolf wrote: »

Probably a sign of needing a break I didn't go today and I may not even go tomorrow either myself...

I've never been great with taking rest days...so when I get injured/feel sick I make the most of it:pac:

dylbert wrote: »

Not patellar tendinitis is it? I've had it the last while, lots rolling, stretching and icing the bejaysus out of it, your only man!

Yup! Squatting 3x a week and the extra conditioning pushed me over the edge. Caught it pretty early so I reckon it'll be grand in a few days.

You're forgetting to mention ibuprofen..I'm eating them like smarties.:pac::pac:

ninamc

That's it girls, crack open the tins of roses. Tis the season and all that

bluewolf wrote: »

Probably a sign of needing a break I didn't go today and I may not even go tomorrow either myself...

Originally Posted by gymfreak
Thank you

Just a case of tendonitis. Bit of rest and recovery and I'll be good to go!

Weirdest part is that I havent trained in 2 days and I'm not overly bothered about training tomorrow either

gymfreak

That's it girls, crack open the tins of roses. Tis the season and all that

I've to make weight next week Don't be tempting me!

LOL...I ****in LOVE roses!! One xmas I actually went from 52kg to 57kg in the space of 10days from eating roses No lie!! Hanley actually saw my obesity after that Xmas...I still remember him telling me how fat my face had gotten Was too funny

coffee_cake

Lol! Celebrations and heroes are my weakness. Om nom nom
No shortage of them where i work i duno how they're not all fat! had to swear off them til xmas!

gymfreak

Thursday 4th of December
Lots of mobilty stuff and a tonne of ibuprofen

Jerks from the Blocks
25kg x 3 (3sets)
30kg x 3
35kg x 3
40kg x 3
45kg x 3
50kg x 3
53kg x 3 (5 sets)
Knee felt ok:)

Pullups
+4kg 8 x 1

BB Press
25kg x 5 (5sets)

Abz and Gunz

I might try and do some pulls tomorrow..I'll see how my knees are holding up. They already feel 10 times better than Monday though

gymfreak

Saturday 6th of December
Was clever Friday and didn't train in the hopes that my knees would be good for S!aturday.

Bit of pain warmup up but once I started snatching was grand. Worked up to my snatch opener for next week-44kg...fingers crossed im confident enough to open up with it on the day! I've opened at 43kg too many times at this stage:pac:

Snatches
25kg x 3 (2sets)
30kg x 2
35kg x 2
38kg x 2
41kg x 1
44kg x 1
46kg x F..the bar was there..just wasnt expecting it/ wasnt aggressive enough

Clean and Jerks
35kg x 2 + 2
45kg x 1
50kg x 1
55kg x 1
59kg x F
55kg x F F
55kg x 1
57kg x 1
Clean and jerks felt savage until I went for my opener-59kg...clarked it cos my head was all mental. Head wouldnt let me jump under the bar for fear of my knees:(:(
With a bitta encouragement I got up to a piss easy 57kg so hopefully my head wont screw me over next weekend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRI8HA5-M0U

Front Squats
just testing out the knees
15kg x 5
35kg x 3 (4 sets)
40kg x 3 (2sets) felt ok

Circuit-15mins
10 KB DL
10 DB Bench 10kgDBs
8 Row e/s 16kg

Really happy that my knees held out...just need to get my head back in the game for the comp next week

gymfreak

Been terribly busy lately trying to finish the ole thesis:(. That and sore knees and tapering means I havent trained as much as usual.

Monday 8th of December

Snatches
25kg x 3 (2sets)
30kg x 2
35kg x 1
38kg x 1 (2sets)
40kg x 1 (3sets)

Clean and Jerks
25kg x 2 + 2
35kg x 2 + 2
45kg x 2 + 2
50kg x 2 + 2 (2sets)...felt a wee bit heavy

Front Squats
35kg x 3
45kg x 1
55kg x 1 (3sets) Knees still a bit weird...feels like I've no room in them when theyre bent


Weighted Pullups
+6kg x 1 (3sets)

Hanging Leg Raises
3 x 10

DB Side Bends
3 x 10

gymfreak

Wednesday 10th of December
Finished my thesis today....hooray!!!

Snatches
25kg x 3 (2sets)
30kg x 2
36kg x 2 (3sets)
Was actually nervous doing these...dunno why!:eek:

Clean and Jerks
25kg x 2
35kg x 2
42kg x 2 (2sets)

Snatch pulls
45kg x 3 (3sets)

Gonna relax for the next few days and hopefully I'll be on top form on Saturday

Alf Veedersane

gymfreak wrote: »

Wednesday 10th of December
Finished my thesis today....hooray!!!

Ah, memories.

Congrats

coffee_cake

So glad I got away with never doing one ...
straight to the achievement thread with you

gymfreak

bluewolf wrote: »

So glad I got away with never doing one ...
straight to the achievement thread with you

Was grand!

I actually really enjoyed doing it....just was a bit too lax a daisy in Nov and had a tonne to catch up on!


Thursday 11th of Dec
A TONNE of mobility work.

Powersnatches
25kg x 3
30kg x 2
35kg x 1 (2sets)

Clean and Jerks
Bar warmup

Alf Veedersane

gymfreak wrote: »

Was grand!

I actually really enjoyed doing it....just was a bit too lax a daisy in Nov and had a tonne to catch up on

The problem is getting so far ahead so soon and then sitting back til you realise you've loads to do.

I was a mile ahead, sat on my laurels and ended up having to avail of the 5-hour service from the Thesis Centre.

I miss my portion of mobility work. Don't get enough done at home

gymfreak

Saturday 16th of December- Xmas Comp!!!:)

Weighed in at 55.6kg

Snatches
Warmed up as far as 38kg then we realised that I was next up with an opener of 44kg and hadnt taken my last two warmup ups. Went to take one really last quick warmup at 41kg but the bar was misloaded:(:( Had to drop my opener to 43kg cos there was no way in hell i could make a jump from 38kg

Snatches
43kgx 43kg 46kg
Shouldn't have missed the first snatch but my head was all over the place

Clean and Jerks
Was supposed to open at 59kg but my warmups felt heavy. Warmed up as far as 55kg

56kg/59kg/62kgx
62kg clean was a beauty just a pity I missed the jerk:(

Had an absolutely savage day and night with all my lifting peeps. Still not recovered yet and I have DOMs:(

No PBz or Comp PBz but pretty darn happy with my FULL cleans:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pue4_vlo5Kc

coffee_cake

that looks so awesome well done!

gymfreak

Got invited to go meet and train with an Olympian tomorrow :eek::eek::eek:
Sooooo excited!! Was gonna take a few days off but did a little today so I wont be too rusty tomorrow

Tuesday 16th of December

PowerSnatches
25kg x 3
30kg x 2
35kg x 1 (3sets)
38kg x 1


Powerclean + Powerjerk
35kg x 2
40kg x 2
45kg x 1 (2sets)

JJayoo

Can you say who it is? or is it top secret?

hassanov

That's good

Hanley

JJayoo wrote: »

Can you say who it is? or is it top secret?

Probably a fake olympian like once of those dancing horse riders!

gymfreak

JJayoo wrote: »

Can you say who it is? or is it top secret?

Lol.. I just didnt want to have to try and spell his name :P

Apti Aukhadov:):):)

Alf Veedersane

You undersold him.

How about Olympic medallist!

gymfreak

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

You undersold him.

How about Olympic medallist!

Lol..thought thats what 'olympian' meant...but I get the difference now:pac:

2hours of watching him lift/him chatting

2hours of him coaching us

THEN....a pizza party

I am equally excited about all aspects of the night!:D

Alf Veedersane

gymfreak wrote: »

Lol..thought thats what 'olympian' meant...but I get the difference now

Both Michael Phelps and Eric the Eel are Olympians :pac:

dylbert

gymfreak wrote: »

Lol..thought thats what 'olympian' meant...but I get the difference now:pac:

2hours of watching him lift/him chatting

2hours of him coaching us

THEN....a pizza party

I am equally excited about all aspects of the night!:D

I'm not jealous, pizza's overrate anyway!

gymfreak

Wednesday 17th of December
Absolutely SAVAGE night in CF15!!! Was ridiculously excited and hyper for the entire night. There was a great buzz in the place.

Apti was an absolutely gent!! ...an insanely strong gent..did 130 for a snatch double after a few warmup sets. :eek:

Snatches
25kg x 3 (3sets)
30kg x 2 (2sets)
35kg x 2
35kg x 1 (2sets)
37.5kg x 1 (3sets)
40kg x 1
Main take away...need to more aggresive

Clean and Jerks
35kg x 2
40kg x 1
45kg x 1
50kg x 1 (2sets)
55kg x powerclean..my legz werent having any of it:D:D
Main take away-dont drop so low

Random pullups on rings x 3..they actually felt easier than normal pullups

There was only 20 of us there...which was insane cos of that 20, 12 were from RWC. CF15 were such good hosts, Hope to train with them again soon:)

I'll throw up some pics when I get the chance

...the pizza was divine too

gymfreak

Thursday 18th of December
Submitted my thesis...last time training in UL:(
As much as I love RWC..I really loved training in UL too!

Snatches
25kg x 3 (2sets)
30kg x 2
35kg x 1
37.5kg x 1
40kg x 1
42.5kg x 1 (3sets)
45kg x 1
47.5kg x F..having no chalk was a pain in the bum

Front squats
35kg x 3
45kg x 3
55kg x 3 (3sets)

Was still feeling sick up until yday after the weekend. Gonna just mess/take it handy for the next few days and start on a new programme towards the end of next week:)

gymfreak

Saturday 20th of December
Body still hasnt fully recovered which is insane. Also had hamstring DOMs from Thursdays front squats:eek::eek:

Snatches
25kg x 2 (3sets)
30kg x 2
35kg x 2
38kg x 2
40kg x 2 (3sets)

Clean and Jerks
35kg x 2
45kg x 2
50kg x 1 (2sets)
55kg x1 failed the jerk..and the clean poor killed me.

Cleanpulls
65kg x 3 (5sets)

Pullups
3 x 3

DB Press
8kg DBs 3 x 12


Vid is 42.5kg,45kg singles from Thurs and a snatch double at 40kg and clean at 55kg from today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrxB2-IKjL8

Edwardius

gymfreak wrote: »

Wednesday 17th of December
Absolutely SAVAGE night in CF15!!! Was ridiculously excited and hyper for the entire night. There was a great buzz in the place.

Apti was an absolutely gent!! ...an insanely strong gent..did 130 for a snatch double after a few warmup sets. :eek:

Step off sista, he touched my quad, he's mine!

gymfreak

Edwardius wrote: »

Step off sista, he touched my quad, he's mine!

The lads got a pic of him staring at my tush!!

#winning

gymfreak

Monday 22nd of December
Body is finally feeling decent again...thank god!!!

Snatches
25kg x 3 (2sets)
30kg x 3
33kg x 3
35kg x 3
35kg x 2 (3sets) focus on standing up outta the snatch using my legz and not my back

Clean from highhang + Clean atk
25kg x 1 + 1 (2sets)
30kg x 1 + 1
35kg x 1 + 1 (2sets)
40kg x 1 + 1 (2sets)

Backsquats
35kg x 5
40kg x 5
45kg x 5 (3sets)..knees werent feeling amazing so was staying cautious