60 mins lifting without injury

I managed to put a few lifts together for the first times in yonks. this has been frying my brain for weeks.

snatch up to 70 and c+J 95 which was absolute max. and 12.5 below pb in c+J. I think weight loss and injury has caused me to struggle badly. the bright light tonight was cleaning 105. considering i have only squatted once/twice in a few months leaves me feeling alot more positive.



i am weighing in on sunday mornin and hoping to be 14stone which would be a loss of 16 pounds. Jim Schmitz says that the inclusion of aerobic exercise will result in a loss of strength over a period of weeks or maybe a few months but strength will come back. i may become an 85 kg lifter and hopefully an all-round better lifter. I will soon reduce aerobics and curb weight loss. cathal and pete have made interesting points about my need for leg strength in the jerk.

back to hard work

I decided to try a few more exercises tonight. a little bit nervous because of the knee

Power cleans up to 90kg which was tough

rack jerk up to 102.5

front squat - light sets then singles upto 105 which felt like a tonne. [very far behind recent 132 pb]

pleased to get through this.

main plan is to get to the NI's, get over apprehension and post a total and then build up to the irish masters in feb. long term plan is to meet the targets set for May

tuesday

home at 9.30. only time for snatch

40;40;40;45;45;45;50;50;50;55;55;57;60;62;65;67x;67; 70x;60;60;60;60;60;60;60;60x

60 is my opening lift in nov so happy enough tonight

hope

Today, I decided after several aborted attempts to try squat snatch again after recent knee trouble.
40x3; 45x3; 50x3; 55x; 55; 60; 62; 65; 67; 70. every snatch but one felt so comfortable, right in the slot. I had one snatch thought which seemed to change my body angles. I have never felt like this in the snatch b4. When i get my strength back, maybe 80kg will come in the spring!!

c+j 40; 50; 60; 70; 80; 90; 95; 100 total 170kg. very surprised and delighted to get 100 even though the clean was so difficult. i am 6 kilos lighter than last time.

Tried on weightlifting suit tonight in prep for NI open. It is starting to fit better after recent weight loss.

I really hope my snatch was not 'a flash in the pan'. I couldn't believe that my technique didn't break down. I have never managed to hold a snatch in thebottom position. Tonight they all did. the last was slightly forward.

comeback??

Reading about Trevor, colin and 'go-lifters' exploits made me feel a little left out. I have fallen far behind the pack!! Out of action for weeks because of knee.
Decided tonight ws the night to give it a go again and test the knee. One colleague told me that I may have had a slight knee strain due to not warming up properly. he used some technical name which sounded like a russian kebab.

Power snatch
40x3; 45x3; 50x3; 55x3; 57x1; 60x1; 62x1; 65x1. [only 7.5 off pb] Although this is a paltry weight, I was still pleased. I really want to go to the NI's in Nov so my opening snatch may be 60kg. I wont snatch proper again until i get some coaching in the new year. My main focusnow is the Irish masters

Clean
40x3; 50x3; 60x3; 70x3; 80x1; 82x1; 85x1; 90x1; 95x1 [very tough, 15 off pb but very please because i had no knee pain.

Rack jerk
40x3; 50x3; 60x3; 70x1; 75x1; 80x1; 85x1; 90x1; 100x1 [slight press out.]

Overall, very pleased to be lifting again wit no kneepain tonight. I may have to use a new training prog and gear up for masters in feb. I will use NI's as a training day and suffer the humility of lifting very light weights