8-2-13

Front Squat
95x3
135x3
185x3

Hang Snatch went down into full squat
Worked up to 85x1 for 2 sets, pitiful yes but I felt my form was slightly above bad for the first time

Hang C&J also full squat
135x1
145x1
145x1
155x1

7/30/13

Power Clean + Power Jerk
Worked up to 205

Drop set
1 for the floor and 1 for the low hang 70% 1x2 145lbs

Super set
5x2 pull-ups
5x10 standing pull downs

7/29/13 snatches and defining moment

Snatch deadlift to hang power snatch
Bar
65
70
75
80
85
95
100
105
115
125
135

Up till about 100 I added an OH squat


So I was reading this article http://www.schwarzenegger.com/fitness/post/there-is-no-maybe and it got me to thinking of my defining moment.  When I was 14 years old all I wanted to do was play baseball.  I spent the long New Hampshire winter in a batting cage down the street from my house and in my bedroom with my plastic and cement weight set trying to get stronger.  When spring came around I was having the best year I'd ever had, my team was doing awesome and I was having a blast.  Because all I wanted to do was play ball I took the game very seriously and I was very intense to the point that I got benched a few times for tossing equipment.  One time a teammate of mine was thrown out of a game unfairly I thought and it passed me off.  I remember being a man possessed just just screaming and being ultra focused in a very tight game.  I scored the winning run of that game and I remember yelling over to my ejected teammate that we won that game for him.  At this point in time I was flying high I was playing well and just loving the game.  The next time in school I remeber one of the "cool" kids telling me that I needed to chill out because my intensity was embarrassing.  At first I don't think it bothered me but it must have because I allowed his words to seep into the way I played which affected the way I played and kind of sucked my passion away for the game.  After reading Smittys article I should have stuck to what I wanted to do and not let anything get in my way. I was not a super talented player I had to do the work in order to stay co petitive.  As I look back that moment where I let someone's perception of my my passion, which looking back may not have been as strong as I thought it was, I let words like cant or won't or settle seep into my vocabulary and have an effect on the person I would become.   However from now on thanks to a podcast with Jon North and Travis Mash can't is a 4 letter word in my house and I'm going to make good things happen instead of sitting back and waiting for them to happen.

7-1-13

Power Snatch – 5 x 3
85
95
115
125
130
Power Clean & Power Jerk – 5 x 3(1+1)
115
125
135
155
170
Overhead Squat – 5 x 3
broomstick
bar
bar
55
60

6/28/13

Snatch Push Press to OH Squat
Bar x3x2
65x3
75x3
85x3

Snatch Pull
135x3x3
155x3x2

Front Squat
135x3
155x3
175x3
185x3
205x3

6-26-13

Clean and jerk
5x3+1 135

Clean pulls
4x3 225

Back squat
5x5
135
155
175
195
225

6/24/13

Snatch – heavy single up to 95lbs was able to get under the bar but could not get it back far enough
Clean & Jerk – heavy single up to 175 
Front Squat – heavy single up to 275 new PR with clean grip