Sunday contemplation

No pain in the back today. slightly worried about the little pain in right knee but I feel the lack of real warm up might have been the cause. Tomorrow is the start of day 2. A few things to think about.
1] concentrate on a good warm up
2] absolute straight back when snatching and squat cleaning
3] get through this session without injury

did 2x5mile walks today, a good total of 10 miles.

Getting to competition in nov would be a real achievement for me at this stage.

Tomorrow the plan is:
1]walk 4/5 miles
2] start or finish day 2 without injury
3] get in a few sets of light squats without aggravating the knee


Jerk Technique
I concentrated very hard on technique yesterday and feel that I have made an improvement. Something to show Sean at the end of the week maybe

Sat return

Snatch 40x3; 45x3; 50x3; 52; 55x Right knee suddenly hurting??

Power clean. Plenty of reps using light to moderate weights

Jerk Light weights used up to 75 concentrating on technique

Front Squat 45x3; 55x2. Had to stop again because of unusual pain in right knee

Summary
No back pain today but disappointed having to stop because of right knee pain.

back in time

1st time in 9 days that I dont feel lower back pain. I will make a nervous start back this week hopefully. If I can get to the next competition without further injury, I would like to get a weekend trip to Bray for some coaching next year.

Look forward to lifting with Sean again soon

back woes

One week after latest back injury, the back is still quite stiff. Dying to do some training but i cant. I will see how things are after another week and re assess the situation.

More injury

Previous back pain seemed to be gone by Friday in time for Sean's visit.

Got through some good lifting without pain but when unloading the bar, my back caved in again. Been laid low all weekend due to extreme back pain. Serves me right for not resting after last weeks injury.

The positive thing was Sean's great lifting. He is making great progress at the moment and I hope he keeps it up

Another set back

I decided to teach my son the squat clean today. I was trying to do my training at the same but unfortunately rushed one of the cleans and sustained quite a painful injury in the lower back region. No lifting for at least a week unfortunatley.

Training with Sean Og

On friday I took the long and difficult road down to Og's for some training. Unfortunately coach was unable to lift because of lower back pain.

I felt very jaded and also had unusual left thigh strain. Lifting was quite poor and poundages low. This isn't a problem. Just a bad day but this confirms the enormous amount of training that I must do to get back to my best. Disappointed for Sean because he is hitting great form with a 90 c+j not far off.

Still had a great evening