Imma gonna be an Emo

Wednesday 12th September

Split Snatch
2x3@50kg
2@56kg
2@64kg
1@68kg
1xf@73kg hmm
1@76kg
1xf@80kg
1@81kg 1kg pb sneaky two white light knee touch, since the aul lads ref'ing love the spliting I'm gonna take it

Split Clean & Jerk
3@50kg
3@60kg
2@70kg
2@80kg
1@90kg
1@95kg
1@100kg
1xf@105kg failed jerk 1kg clean pb
1xf@105kg yesssss...wha....noooooo...whyyyyyyyyy
1xf@105kg caught the clean too low and got sunk

Front Squat
3@50kg
3@60kg
2@70kg
1@80kg
1@90kg
1@95kg
1@102kg 2kg pb

Quick Swole

Bench
3x10@60kg

Pullups
3x6

I wasn't sure how tonight was gonna go since my sleep has been dodge lately due to moving apartment and not getting around to paleogrokcaveman'ing out my room yet. I was pretty dopey even after a double shot coffee.

Looked like it was gonna be a ****e night because my footwork on the snatches was awful all the way up to and including the 81kg. Weight feels comfortable standing out of it now though since I started doing heavy split cleans and I've no problem throwing myself under the bar to the slaughter anymore like I used to do on full snatches.

I jerked the 2nd 105kg but it was one of those celebrate too early things and I rushed my recovery. I ended up going off balance and after a second or two of wrestling the bar had to drop it before putting out my elbow. Next time. I'm too used to jerking 100kg over and over. 105kg is the new constant now.

Even got an ugly ass front squat pb. It still knows it's place though still 1kg under my powerclean. Ratios yo!

Saturday 15th September

Split Snatch
@40kg
3@48kg
2@56kg
2@64kg
1@68kg
1xf@72kg derp
1@76kg
1xtf@80kg knee touch

Split Clean & Jerk
3@50kg
3@60kg
2@70kg
2@80kg
1@90kg
1@95kg
1xf@100kg jerk
1xf@102kg clean

Front Squat
3@50kg
3@60kg
2@70kg
1@80kg
1@90kg
1@95kg
2x1@90kg meant to be doubles but I was more feeble than usual today
3@80kg

Yeah not much pep in me this morning so happy enough to hit 80kg on the snatch. Not too bothered about the knee touch thing seems to happen only when I'm tired for the most part. I did it quite a few times on the warmup weights.

After I missed the 100kg jerk I cashed out mentally and that was pretty much the session then.

Tuesday 18th September

Power Snatch
3x3@40kg
2@52kg
2x1@60kg
1@64kg
1@68kg
1@70kg
1@72kg
1xf@74kg regular person snatch

Power Clean and Jerk
3@50kg
3@60kg
2@70kg
2x1@80kg
1@90kg
1@95kg near maximal so left it there

Back Squat
3@73kg
2@85kg
2@108kg oops meant to be 98kg thought I had got mad weak
1@110kg misloaded this as well had extra 10kg on one side. spanner.
3@100kg

Snatch Pulls
3x3@80kg

Clean Pulls
3x3@100kg

Powers were ok'ish. Started to get a bit sad then because I had no knee sleeves for the squats and I don't like squatting anything remotely challenging without them. On top of that I couldn't f*cking load the bar properly. Following that I had no straps for pulls either which I really hate. Thumb aids pretty bad afterwards.

Scuba Ste wrote: »

B@stard. Go back to normal cleans would ya.

They are too mainstream for me.

Friday 19th September

Power Snatch
3x3@40kg
3@50kg
2x1@60kg
1@65kg
1@70kg
1xf@73kg
1xtf@73kg parallel

Power Clean and Jerk
3@50kg
3@60kg
2@70kg
2x1@80kg
1@90kg
1@95kg
1xf@100kg fail clean
1xf@100kg fail jerk

Back Squat
3@70kg
2@80kg
2@90kg
1@100k
1@110kg
1xf@115kg

Snatch Pulls
3x3@82kg

Clean Pulls
3x3@105kg

Decent enough tonight apart from the squats being brutal.

Thursday 25th September

Deadlift
5x60kg
3x80kg
3x90kg
3x100kg
3x110kg
3x120kg
2x130kg
1x140kg

Back Squat
3x10x70kg

Bulgarian Squats
3x6x40kg

DB Press
3x8x15kg

DB Row
3x10x25kg

That should keep me ticking over until next week. I decided on Monday I was only going to do one more session because its too hot to train.

Frogdog wrote: »

Deadlifts and Bench Press? You going GPC or what?!

I tried a powerlifting comp last year I´m too weak for any of that carry on. 140kg is probably a no chalk PB.

Monday 1st October

Split Snatch
3@40kg
3@48kg
2@56kg
2@64kg
1xf@72kg
1@72kg
1@76kg
1xf@80kg

Split Clean & Jerk
3x2@60kg
2@70kg
1@80kg
2x1@85kg

Front Squat
3@50kg
3@60kg
2@70kg
3x2@80kg

Useless. This week was originally meant to be heavy but since I was off last week Wayne changed it to light Monday, medium Wednesday, max on Friday. Me thinkin I'm bleedin' deadly n all' though decided to throw that out and try max tonight. Snatched pulled the 80kg not even the high kind. Moped around for a bit then reverted back to light session.

I best unf*ck myself by Friday or it won't inspire confidence ahead of Cork.

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'