Building callouses and chasing goals

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Fair play, fella. Congrats!!!

Olé, old olé olé, olé, olé.

Aspiring wrote: »

Well done that's class! You've made serious progress since you started, well deserved

Thanks very much for the support!! its very much appreciated.
And im hoping there still a load more progress to be made!:D

This is supposedly a pretty relaxed international thats a good one for your first. Theres 3 of us going ,all first-timers

bluewolf wrote: »

That's so exciting well done!!

Its actually quite terrifying:pac:

last nights session was pretty great, hit some serious snatches and some pr front squats

Also its my birthday so definitely no training today and loads of cake gains are expected!:cool:

No contact Snatches
Triples for so many sets at 40
Literally cannot do these, cant stay over the bar long enough or generate enough momentum. Towards the end I changed my start position significantly and got some good no contact snatches. Kept the change going into my snatches and they actually felt way better

Snatch
52.5x3
57.5x3
62.5 3x2
67.5 2x2
No misses, felt pretty fast

Power Clean+ Power Jerk
62.5x3
67.5x3
72.5 3x2
77.5 x1
Was mean to be 2x2 at the top weight but I caught a clean badly on the 72 set and hurt my elbow and thats why I missed the reps

Front Squat
5x4 110
New pr 4 rep max by 3kg, Didnt really feel all that hard, I'd say I probably had one set more left in me at the end

arayess wrote: »

that is some front squatting !

My front squats are catching up to my back squats all the time,theyre probably only like 10kg in the difference at the moment

Was very fatigued and feeling a bit ill going into the session but the grind never stops so I toughened up and got things done, actually had a pretty good session, missed a few lifts but thats okay,I smashed my push press 3 rep max aswell:cool:

Hip Snatch+ Drop Snatch
3x3 40 Very weak at both these positions, started out rough ,got better as it went along

Snatch fak+ Snatch fbk
Havent done these in ages and I've always been pretty weak from these positions, i'm best off the floor. Still I hit nearly every lift and they were a hell of a lot better than last time I did them
(1,1)
50x2,
55 x2
62.5x3
67.5x2 Missed 2 of the attempts at this weight

Power Clean+ Push Press+ Paused Jerk
(1,3,1) and it was up to 3 rep max of push press
1x40
1x45
1x50
1x55
1x60
1x65(10kg on 3 rep max,3kg on 1rep max I think? for push press)
70x

Clean and Jerk
67.5x3
75x2
77.5 3x2
80 2x2
Missed the last jerk. Tore a callous on my hand the last day so cleans were very painful so I did these as 1 clean then the number of prescribed reps on jerks

At the end then , I did some snatch deadlifts and a heavy single on squats
Back Squat
Up to a very easy 130
Snatch Deadlift: Up to 100

Feel Great!

Yesterdays session.
It was hard and heavy but I dominated, more front squat pr's were achieved as well

No-Contact Snatch
Work up to a heavy double: 52.5
Then 2x2 47.5
Massive improvement here from last week,feel like these will really benefit my snatches

Snatch
50x3
55x3
62.5x2x2
65x2
70 3x1
Two stupid misses along the way,one at 55 and another at 62.5,just didnt lock out hard enough on them

Power Clean+ Power Jerk
62.5x3
67.5x3
72.5 2x2
77.5 2x2
81x2
Again 2 stupid misses while working up, just wasnt under the bar in the power jerk which is a problem I have when im not focused enough on the jerk

Front Squat
5x3 115
This was my new 3 rep max which nearly destroyed me to set about 3 weeks ago,havent even done any really squatting since then but even so I did 5 sets of it yesterday. Best part was there wasnt a single rep where I felt like I could actually fail even though almost every rep was difficult.

dylbert wrote: »

Nice!
I think we were lifting in the same group that day.

Really,I didnt realise anyone from here was going to be at it. That was the 3rd group

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Dylbert is still trying to get the dust off his log.

Ya had a look just there,was pretty surprised by the dates on the posts

Insane session today, did everything so easily. Usually i'm half dead after training even when its an easy one but this time im still buzzing around the place full of energy. (Disclaimer: its the first time Ive taken in a significant amount of caffiene at training in weeks)

Hip Snatch+ Drop Snatch
(3,3)x4 40
So so easy and fast!

Snatch Fak+ Fbk
Usually suck at these and they seemed hard until I got a eureka moment which (1,1)x2 40,50,55,60
(1,1) x65, 70(3kg pr)
Missed the entire set on my first set at 65, couldnt understand why, then I realised I was focusing too much on my positions, then I said to myself,Ive drilled those positions for ages now I should just trust my body to get into the right place and focus on pulling faster instead, so I dramatically increased the speed of the pull into the hip and then they flew up

Power Clean+ Push Press(2 rep max)+ Paused Jerk
Up to 65
Couldnt push press 70 at all

Clean and Jerk
70x3
75x2x2
82.5x2
90x1x3
On the 90's I really focused on lengthening my pull on the clean but I tend to jsut pop it forward from really low down on my thigh and then the cleans just flew up so easily. Also the last jerk was literally the greatest lift Ive ever done EVER! it was rock solid


Literally cannot wait for tomorrow morning's session:D:D

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Is there any caffeine left?


Anywhere???

Lol I was still buzzed up when I typed up the post, going through a major crash right now though:P

Saturday morning session

Wasnt expecting it to be that good after the friday I out in on friday but it was amazingly again. with no caffeine this time lol

Snatch
40x3
50x3
55x3
60x2
65x1
70x1
74x1
All very easy, bit shaky on the pull though but thats just fatigue because Ive been on a hard training cycle

Power Clean+Power Jerk(2 rep max)+Jerk
Up to 85
Then 3x1 80

Clean Pulls
2x3 115
3x120
3x125(5kg over my mixed grip 1rm deadlift)
Really decided to push hard on the pulls today

Strict Press
Up to a 3 rep max: 42.5
44 wouldnt come off my shoulders:rolleyes:
4x3 40

Back Squats
4x3 125 So easy!!
Felt like I had a pile of energy after the working sets were all done so decided I'd go for a heavy single and see what happens
135x1 this absolutely flew up and down

Then pr time!!
140x1 (5kg pr)
Last time I attempted it,I knew if i was fresh I could get it but I missed because I was too fatigued after doing a double at 135, I think that shows that my squat has actually improved again since then. Estimate I could get 145 if I was fresh
I even managed to record it, the camera angle makes it look like its not that deep but it was actually below parallel,also lighting was bad for it

Yesterdays session was pretty drained. I have exams starting next week so im studying like mad at the moment.
Was completely wiped mentally when i went into the gym,I also ate too close to training and was tired from sitting in one place all day. Session still went fairly okay ,did nearly everything I was supposed to do, but it was very tough

Power Snatch+Snatch Balance
To heavy single
Worked up to 65kg
Snatch was slightly below paralell though

Snatch Balance
75x2
75x1
75x1
80x2
80x1
Was meant to be 4 doubles at 80, but snatch balances have been messing with me,they're getting into my head now and I just cant do them even though im strong enough

Clean+Dip+Jerk
70x3
75x5 ugh triples...*crying emoji*
80x2x2
85x1
90x1
92.5x
Everything was going well until 92.5, I drove it up on the jerk and I just didnt commit for some reason, was focused enough. Wasnt allowed to take a second attempt even though I felt like I could get it

Snatch Pulls
Since I was tired,I decided to really overload these and try to pull hard, since Im competing soon ill do them light and fast next week
4x3 90


A sort of max out session is on friday and saturday which looks fun and then a real max out on monday!!