More than a MIXED BAG

QWA WK 3 DAY 3

Myself and Pete have started an internet challenge. Either my c+j or clean against his snatch each week when possible.
Snatch up to 65 only, failed 70. I seem to be able to power snatch more than I can snatch. I cant shift the poor technique


Clean and Jerk. 60; 70; 80; 90; 95; 100xx.

Cleaned 100 and didn't attempt to jerk it. The head is not right. Where has my shoulder strength gone.


Clean. Continued with this to see what I could do today. 100; 105; 107.5. Happy with this although it nearly pinned me to the floor. There is no way at the moment that I could rack 112.5 so I may have to wait a few months for that.


Front Squat. 60x3; 80x3; 100x3; 110x1; 120x1; 100x1; 92x3; 87x3; 87x3; 87x3


Military press up to 67

Deadlift up to 180kg


8.30
I came home this evening thinking how the hell did I only press out 95 and found 100 too heavy to move earlier in the clean and jerk. I did a bit of meditation, relaxed myself and even though this was my most intensive ever training day, I decided to do some technical workwith the rack jerk. My intention was to lift light as I was already 'spent'
Rack Jerk 203; 40x3; 50x3; 60x3; 65x3; 70; 72; 75; 77; 80; 82; 85; 87; 90. I found something in the technique. The weights were not feeling any heavier. Then I jump to 95; 100; 102; and finished off with 105. I felt I had more but decided to leave it for another day. I dont think I ever felt a high like it from weightlifing. Only 5kg off my current best after 3 hours training earlier. It proves o me that the mind also plays a major part in weightlifting. Roll on Limerick.

QWA WK 3 DAY 2

Clean
40x3; 50x3; 60x3; 70x3; 80; 85; 90; 95; 100; 102xx; 92; 87x2; 85x2; 82x2; 80x2


Power Snatch 40x3; 45x3; 50x3; 55; 57; 60; 62; 65; 67; 62;60; 57x2; 55x2


Had to terminate training due to quite a painful knee. Developed knee pain at back of right knee 2 days ago and this became quite painful when completing power snatch. Might do some power exercises tonight. I need to rest the knee for a few days


7.30pm
I decided not to rest the darn knee and continue with training.
Snatch balance. light reps then up to 60kg which is good considering this is an exercise which I have recently added to my training. The right knee held up quite well here.

Clean pull. ugly lifts up to 115. Felt like I was lifting a heavy load of seaweed.
Deadlift. Various combinations up to 160kg.

I decided that it would be wise to leave back squats to Tuesday at least.

I really hope that the knee is not going to be a problem and scupper my chances of going to the Munster open. I will remain positive

QWA WK3 DAY1 PART B

Rack Jerk 40x3; 50x3; 60x3; 70x3; 75x3; 80x1; 85x1; 90x1; 40x3; 50x3; 60x3; 70x1; 75x1; 80x1; 85x1

F Squat 60x3; 70x3; 80x3; 90x3; 100x1; 105x1; 110x1; 112.5x1; 115x1; 117.5x1; 100x3; 87x3; 92x2


Military press up to 67

QWA WK3 DAY1 PART A

Found it difficult to motivate myself to lift today. I had actually decided to lift on Sat instead but changed my mind.
I had the heater on for 4 hours and it barely made any difference.

Snatch 40x3; 45x3; 50x3; 55x3; 60x2; 62x1; 65x1; 67x2; 70x1xx; 62x2; 60x2. Failed one snatch at 70. the 67's were quite easy and really I should have been getting 72 or 75. There is no difference between what I can lift power or squat snatch. I dont think I have ever hit a proper snatch. I can never seem to get it correctly.

Power clean 60x3; 70x3; 80x3; 85x1; 90x1; 85x2; 80x36

This sets me up well for tomorrow when I can look forward to Rack jerk [arrggghh]; front squat' deadlift and maybe military press.

Only 5 weeks to the Munster open in UL and 7 weeks to the irish masters. Hopefully I can nail round 75+105 by then

QWA WK 2 DAY 1+2

Very pleased to find that my knee is fine today. It felt very strained yesterday doing power snatch. This makes me nervous and tentative.

Rack Jerk: I decided to complete this. The weights felt too heavy on Saturday. They were still heavy today but I managed to complete. Nowhere near my 110pb at the moment but hopefully I will reach my targets by May 31st

Squat cleans - no problem completing program lifts but failed 105??
Power cleans - got the max prog lifts but then had to stop when the knee hurt.

Later
Clean pulls and back squat - these were ok but light weights used for squat.

Irish ranking
My recent lifting has given me a modest irish ranking of 28th with 200 points. Challenge for 2010 is to get inside top 25. I have the will power to do this but need some luck with injuries

in the neck of time

QWA WEEK 2

The sore neck didn't help but if anyone needed to make a documentary on how not to do weightlifting, they should have watched me lifting today.

Snatch completely horrendus
Power clean.ugly technique. Was doing sets with 85 which felt like 105

Rack jerk. 70kg felt like 100 so i gave up. I will try again tomorrow or monday

Front squats- these went ok
deadlifts. a few sets

overall 5/10. happy to get some training done considering that i am sore , full of turkey and not very motivated

More neck woes

Still struggling with neck pain. Very little relief from pain killers. Not sure yet if the guys are lifting in St Gab's on Monday. I need to give training a go today [sat] or else I will start losing recent momentum. I will put this on the blog later. I will have to see how the neck bears up