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PowerBuilder · 06-01-2010, 06:55 PM

Today's session was a bit unusual, in the sense that i had done quite a work out previously in the morning. I'm friends with the guy who owns my gym. he called me earl this morning say that the dip machine + 200kg of plates had been delivered & he was on the other side of the state & if i could bring it all in.

So i carried the 200kg up a flight of stairs, 10 boxes in total (between 15 & 20kg plates). The machine was totally different, i had to pull the bastard apart & had to wait around for a staff member to help me carry it up. the staffing their is a skeleton type of thing....

Clean & Jerk
47.5 x 1 x 10 (ten singles)
50.0 x 1 x 10

Clean Pulls
65 x 1 x 5

Front Squat
60 x 5 x 5 (personal best!!!)

i haven't got any specific goals set in place. I'd love to get a 60kg snatch done...just not sure when tho, in terms of an appropriate time frame. I'm not being coached...i'm going to get involved with the tassie weightlifting association this yr

PowerBuilder · 06-01-2010, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PowerBuilder

23/11/2009

I've elected to do some serious olympic lifting for a while, since my powerlifting movements have become a bit stuck (sometimes even regress). So changing my entire lifting approach may seem benifitial. I'm going to keep the same plan of attack, just different actions.

A few things have been playing on my mind about doing oly lifting. I really enjoy it. I really like the fact about how it's taking the weight from the ground to above my head, unlike powerlifting where it's about the most amount of weight for the smallest ROM. I feel somewhat at a disadvantage since i'm not able to maintain regular coaching sessions with an experienced oly lifter.

A large part of me doesn't want to be titled as a quitter, if i were to convert back to the template that i'm use to. Over the last few weeks i've had an epiphany about progressive training...getting a lot out of the thread about it. I"m unsure of what to do. I feel somewhat torn

haz · 06-01-2010, 11:20 PM

since you dont have coaching, doing purely Olympic lifts may be hard.

i think go back to normal lifting, dw about power lifting, to full squats, deadlifts and bench. i think tho that you could incorporate Olympic lift variations. so that when you get more coaching you already have a head start. things you could do are heavy front squats, overhead squats, snatch grip deads, jerks, and then for explosiveness (don't worry about weight) power cleans, power snatches, high pulls, muscle snatches.

getting your front squats up to were you back squat is would give you a huge leg up for when you get coached. and a strong overhead squats is something to be proud of.(good article i read on overhead squats from Dan John.)

PowerBuilder · 07-01-2010, 10:59 AM

thansk for your encouragement Harry. I don't know why i bother with this diary. It pretty much has you, shrek & me reading it (or feels like) on a regular basis with the occasional person popping in asking a question or something like that

Shrek · 07-01-2010, 11:12 AM

Dude, it's for you own good aswell, people read, they just don't always post. keep it up.

PowerBuilder · 07-01-2010, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shrek

Dude, it's for you own good aswell, people read, they just don't always post. keep it up.

it's a little $hit tho isn't it, i go out of my way to read & comment on other peoples logs...yet they don't even bother to return the gesture

Shrek · 07-01-2010, 11:35 AM

Then consider yourself a better person for it and let people who want to read and post in your log do so.

NPR · 07-01-2010, 11:50 AM

Without goals you are doomed to fail. If you're chopping and changing programs, lifts, ect you will get nowhere fast.

You post all these articles and things in the strength section yet you dont seem put any of them into practice. I think you should stop reading and researching for the moment and just work out what you want from weight training.

Once you work that out post it up here and I'll do my best to lend a hand.

Kyle Aaron · 07-01-2010, 11:51 AM

It's a little hard to comment on your workouts, mate, because you keep changing them.

If you stick to a workout, people can congratulate you when you progress, and suggest tweaks when you stall or get hurt.

If you change a lot, there's not much to say except "try sticking to something for a few months", and you get a bit aggro when people say that.

So we've not much to say except stuff that gets you aggro, so we leave you to it. The last guy here I made go aggro in his workout journal was timguyperson, and he seems to have quit physical training and turned to KFC and Subway, I'd rather not have that happen again, so I leave you to it

nievs · 07-01-2010, 05:00 PM

I know fk all, so i don't comment much

06-01-2010, 06:55 PM	#51 (permalink)
PowerBuilder Active Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Gender: Posts: 2,161	Today's session was a bit unusual, in the sense that i had done quite a work out previously in the morning. I'm friends with the guy who owns my gym. he called me earl this morning say that the dip machine + 200kg of plates had been delivered & he was on the other side of the state & if i could bring it all in. So i carried the 200kg up a flight of stairs, 10 boxes in total (between 15 & 20kg plates). The machine was totally different, i had to pull the bastard apart & had to wait around for a staff member to help me carry it up. the staffing their is a skeleton type of thing.... Clean & Jerk 47.5 x 1 x 10 (ten singles) 50.0 x 1 x 10 Clean Pulls 65 x 1 x 5 Front Squat 60 x 5 x 5 (personal best!!!) i haven't got any specific goals set in place. I'd love to get a 60kg snatch done...just not sure when tho, in terms of an appropriate time frame. I'm not being coached...i'm going to get involved with the tassie weightlifting association this yr __________________ Mobility/Flexibility - Strength - Conditioning. These 3 things are paramount to any training program no matter who you are. - Jim Wendler

06-01-2010, 11:20 PM	#53 (permalink)
haz Active Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sydney Gender: Posts: 1,260	since you dont have coaching, doing purely Olympic lifts may be hard. i think go back to normal lifting, dw about power lifting, to full squats, deadlifts and bench. i think tho that you could incorporate Olympic lift variations. so that when you get more coaching you already have a head start. things you could do are heavy front squats, overhead squats, snatch grip deads, jerks, and then for explosiveness (don't worry about weight) power cleans, power snatches, high pulls, muscle snatches. getting your front squats up to were you back squat is would give you a huge leg up for when you get coached. and a strong overhead squats is something to be proud of.(good article i read on overhead squats from Dan John.) __________________ Harry Last edited by haz; 06-01-2010 at 11:57 PM.

07-01-2010, 10:59 AM	#54 (permalink)
PowerBuilder Active Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Gender: Posts: 2,161	thansk for your encouragement Harry. I don't know why i bother with this diary. It pretty much has you, shrek & me reading it (or feels like) on a regular basis with the occasional person popping in asking a question or something like that __________________ Mobility/Flexibility - Strength - Conditioning. These 3 things are paramount to any training program no matter who you are. - Jim Wendler

07-01-2010, 11:50 AM	#58 (permalink)
NPR Active Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Melbourne Gender: Posts: 1,133	Without goals you are doomed to fail. If you're chopping and changing programs, lifts, ect you will get nowhere fast. You post all these articles and things in the strength section yet you dont seem put any of them into practice. I think you should stop reading and researching for the moment and just work out what you want from weight training. Once you work that out post it up here and I'll do my best to lend a hand. __________________ Bigger Faster Stronger

07-01-2010, 11:51 AM	#59 (permalink)
Kyle Aaron Active Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Melbourne Gender: Posts: 3,682	It's a little hard to comment on your workouts, mate, because you keep changing them. If you stick to a workout, people can congratulate you when you progress, and suggest tweaks when you stall or get hurt. If you change a lot, there's not much to say except "try sticking to something for a few months", and you get a bit aggro when people say that. So we've not much to say except stuff that gets you aggro, so we leave you to it. The last guy here I made go aggro in his workout journal was timguyperson, and he seems to have quit physical training and turned to KFC and Subway, I'd rather not have that happen again, so I leave you to it __________________ Recent clients' best results: BW +10kg/-27kg ... BF-11% ... ♀/♂1RM/kg SQ65/145 OHP30/65 DL75/170 "fitness and lifting is just an interest I have. Plain and simple. Some people like music, others like shopping, I like deadlifts." - a client[/SIZE]

07-01-2010, 05:00 PM	#60 (permalink)
nievs Regular Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne Gender: Posts: 303	I know fk all, so i don't comment much