Training 4.9.14

• Snatch
• 2.2 @ 60kg
• 2.2.1 @ 65kg
• 1.1 @ 70kg
• 1.1 @ 73kg (PR!!!)
• High Pull Snatch
• 3.3.3 @ 70kg
• Snatch Pull
• 3.3 @ 85kg
• 2.2 @ 90kg
• 1.1.1.1 @ 95kg
• Drop Snatch (Power)
• 3.2.2 @ 70kg
• Missed second rep on second set
• 1.1 @ 75kg
• 1.1 @ 80kg
• Missed second set
• 4 @ 65kg

These power drop snatches felt heavy and I felt pretty unstable on the lock out.  Definitely need more work here.  My body is sore...elbows, traps, lats.  Looking forward to a rest day.  Went to the gym later today and did a sauna.  Also did some bodybuilding with triceps and lats (rear barbell presses, dips, and pull ups).  Istvan says no more pull ups.  :)  Getting a massage tomorrow night.  Need it badly!

Training 4.8.14

• PC + PP
• 1+3; 3+1 @ 68kg
• 1+2; 2+1 @ 72kg
• 1+2; 2+1 @ 76kg
• 1+1; 1+1 @ 80kg
• Clean pull
• 4.3 @ 95kg
• 3.3.3 @ 105kg
• 2.1.2 @ 110kg
• Front squat
• 3.2 @ 85kg
• 2.2.1 @ 90kg
• 1.2.1 @ 95kg

I've been working with a wider stance on the start for both the snatch and the c&j and I think it is making a difference for the better.  Another good training day!

A blow to the gut and training 4.7.14

So...over the weekend, my sweet, precious, recently turned 3 year old was diagnosed with diabetes.  I was/am devastated.  It has been a whirlwind of emotions, but, overwhelmingly, I feel grateful.  Grateful for my education and profession (I'm a nurse) and grateful for Brian's (the hubs) recent diagnosis of diabetes four years ago.  Our experience helped us to recognize Johnny's symptoms before he really even got sick...which helped us to avoid an expensive hospitalization and a potential traumatic experience for our sweet boy.  John has been handling it all like a champ so far, and we are grateful for that, too.  We have secured timely appointments with doctors and specialists and we are ever so thankful.  While we know this is going to be a battle, we are ready to fight.  Remember how I couldn't summon my passion or fighting spirit last week?  Well...it has been summoned and is in full force!!!  Don't mess with this momma tiger's cubs, dang it!  Ironically, this life experience has increased my desire to be successful with weightlifting more than ever.  To prove that I can do hard things...and to show Johnny that ALL is possible if he is willing to work hard, sacrifice, just keep trying to most of all, continue to trust in the Lord to provide and make up the difference after we've done all we can do.  Being a mother has taught me more about life than anything else I ever could've done and I am convinced it is what helps me to be a better weightlifter.  Conversely, weightlifting helps me to be a better mother, too.  It's a symbiotic relationship...as my brainiac 5 year old would say! :)

• Snatch (knee)
• 3.3 @ 55kg
• 2.2.2 @ 60kg
• 1.1 @ 65kg
• 1 @ 68kg
• 1 @ 70kg
• I've never really established a 1 RM snatch from the blocks before, so I'm gonna go ahead and call this a PR and we'll work from here.  
• Snatch pull
• 3.3 @ 80kg
• 3.2 @ 90kg
• 2.2.1 @ 95kg
• Back Squat
• 3.2 @ 100kg
• 2.2 @ 106kg
• 1.2.1.1 @ 113kg

This was the best training day in a long time.  Feels good to feel good again.  :)

 

We're in the New Gym! And Training for 4.4.14 and 4.5.14

So...we ended up having 3 days off in a row this week because the landlord was slow to reply back, but long story short...we are in our new space!!  Yay!  Olympia Weightlifting is about to get R.E.A.L!!!  :)  My little Johnny calls it "the new, new gym".  Ha!  Kind of sums up our transient gym lifestyle as of late....EVCF, LA Fitness, AZ Fencing Center, and finally, Olympia Weightlifting.  He told Istvan, "I like your new gym. It's awesome."

After taking three days off, and with PMS, my training was terrible this week.  But...let the record book show that I at least attempted it.  :)  We stayed lighter due to all the change...

4.4.14

• Snatch
• 3.2 @ 60kg
• 2.2 @ 65kg
• 1.1.1 @ 69kg
• C&J
• 2+1; 1+2 @ 67kg
• 1+2; 1+1 @ 71kg
• 1+1, 1+1 @ 76kg
• Back Squat
• 3.3 @ 100kg
• 2.2.2 @ 106 kg

4.5.14

• Power Snatch
• 4.3.4.2 @ 50kg
• this was supposed to be 4x4 without straps.  I did it without straps but it wreaked havoc on my hands. I don't know what was up with them, but they started blistering and tearing everywhere!  I had to cancel the final two reps on the last set due to bad tearing.  And, I had to cancel power cleans and push presses, too.  
• Front Squat
• 3.3 @ 80kg
• 2.2.2 @ 85kg
• 2.2.1 @ 90kg
• Good Mornings
• 5x10 @ 15kg

Looking forward to next week!  I need a good week of training.  I feel like I've had a lot of poor sessions lately and it is wearing on me mentally...as well as being in the final stages of tax season.  I know that the fight and passion is still inside of me, but it is harder to feel and summon these days.  Looking forward to a two day get away with the hubs post tax season to celebrate being done AND 10 years of marriage!

Training 3.31.14

• Snatch
• 2.2.1 @ 80% (65)
• Made first set, missed both reps on second, power snatch on third.  Ugh!
• 2 @ 85% (68)
• Make, miss on this set... Istvan cancelled scheduled programming and we did the following...
• 2.1.2 @ 60kg
• Clean + PP
• 1+2; 2+2; 1+2, 2+1; 1+2; 2+1 @ 60kg
• These were adjusted, too.  Stayed light.  Just not feeling it.  There are days and there are days.  :) 
• Front Squat
• 2.2 @ 85% (90)
• 2.2 @ 90% (95)
• 1 @ 95% (100)
• 1 @ 100% (105)
• 1 @ PR (110)
• Just BARELY missed this attempt!
• Ironically, with everything else feeling pretty terrible today, these felt okay.  I'm sure if I felt my best, I would've hit that 110 and possibly even more!
• Drop Snatch
• 3.2 @ 50kg
• 2.1 @ 55kg
• 1 @ 60kg
• 1 @ 65kg
• 1 @ 70kg (PR...yeah...still not my true 1 RM)

Today was just AWFUL.  My body felt more beat up than usual.  I'm sure PMS is affecting things.  My left knee is bothering me some.  Blah, blah, blah...

We are supposed to be moving gym locations again this week and hopefully getting settled in to our new, permanent space.  Yay!  So, I will be resting the next two days while Istvan gets the new space set up (assuming he hears back from the landlord, finally).  I think my body will appreciate the extra rest! And...I hope we get in the new space because I'm tired of moving around.  I'd love to have something more consistent.  Mostly with training times.  I miss my mornings!  :)

Training 3.29.14

• Muscle Snatch + Squat
• 3.3.3.3 @ 35kg
• 3.3 @ 40kg
• This was the first time doing this movement.  It's a muscle snatch into an immediate full squat without any moving of the feet.  It definitely exposes weaknesses...aka not staying tight in the bottom and not reaching full extension of knees, hips, and toes.  This is a good drill for me.  :)
• Drop Snatch
• 2.3 @ 50kg
• 1.2 @ 55kg
• 2 @ 60kg
• 1 @ 65kg
• 1 @ 68kg (Technically a PR, but I really haven't attempted a 1 RM on this movement.)
• High-Pull Snatch
• 3.2.3 @ 60kg
• 3.2 @ 65kg

Easier day today after yesterdays long session.  I am simply exhausted.  I was up again through the night with a sick kid....AGAIN!!!  If I have to clean up one more episode of diarrhea or vomit in the middle of the night, I am going to cry.  Or wash an entire set of bed linens again.  Ugh!  This is hard.  I am simply running on tax season fumes.  I've lost my enthusiasm...  Maybe some of the apathy is due to PMS, but I'm really just so tired of tax season.  TWO. MORE. WEEKS!!