CPC18.W5.D1.0320
- W/U x3: 2 Sn Pulls + 2 SnPP + 2 OHS
- Complex – PS + OHS (:02 pause): 115, 135, 157, 166, 185
- Complex – PP + BTNJ + J: 185, 205, 230, 256, 280, 295
- Jerk dip squat: 5x3x335
When I woke up this morning, I felt like a wet turd.
CPC18.W5.D2.0321
- W/U x3 (2 Sn Pulls + 2 OHS + 2 SnPP)
- Sn: 5×3 @ 70% / 159
- Sn Pull: 3 @ 80% / 180, 3 @ 85% / 191, 3 @ 90% / 205
- SnPP + OHS (2+1): 155, 205, 230, 245, 265
Another big PR for me on the OH work. The OHS was also a PR. Not an impressive number by any stretch of the imagination, but moving the needle forward nonetheless.
CPC18.W5.D3.0323
- W/U x3: 2 SnPP + 2 BTNJ + 2 press in the split
- Complex: PC + FS + Clean + J: 135, 185, 225, 258, 275, 295x
- High hang sn pull (knee): 4×4 (185, 196, 196, 205)
- FS: 5×3 @ 78% / 337
I had a lot of trouble waking up and getting moving this morning. I lay in bed for a few minutes, phone on my chest, wondering if I should roll over and go back to sleep. I wondered if maybe I should just quit all together. These mornings are pretty rare but they happen, especially at 3:45a when my head is pounding. I got up and got moving, but a lot of tightness in my hips and some pain in my right calf made today pretty difficult. I did take a shot at 295 on the complex, which was most likely too big of a jump for me. To use 90% of my 1RM CJ in a complex would have been a big accomplishment for me. I took two shots at the power clean and barely missed the second attempt. I knew it was too much this morning.
CPC18.W5.D4.0324
Today, both of the girls have something to attend and early. My oldest has softball at 8:30am and the youngest has gymnastics at 9:00am. Normally I am up at 5:00a, milling around and making my way to the gym by 6:00am. But this morning I am taking a rest day. Yesterday took it out of me big time and I have been feeling like I have had trouble recovering from what I am doing. For me to get in and workout, I would have to get up at my normal weekday time of 3:45am. So I would be grinding away at the gym alone and right now that just doesn’t sound appealing at all, especially given how beat up I currently feel.
CPC18.W5.D5.0325
- Snatch: 70% / 158, 75% / 169, 80% / 180, 85% / 191, then heavy single: 205x, 200
- CJ: 70% / 235, 75% / 251, 80% / 270, 85% / 285, then heavy single: 300, 319, 328, 335x
- Pause BS: 3x3x396
Horrible snatch performance. Normally, 205 has not been too terrible. But I missed it. Pulled it hella high but as usual my catch position is completely broken. I think I have to be more conservative on the jumps I take as I get closer to my 1RM. At least for now. Last week, 85% felt so easy. While it didn’t feel hard today, it just felt out of sync. I haven’t found my rhythm there just yet.
For the CJ, everything here felt easy. In fact, it didn’t truly feel heavy until I got to 319 which was about 98% of my old 1RM. I am far more comfortable taking bigger jumps on this lift, even at the higher end. Going from 285 to 300 use to terrify me. Now it is just another step I have to take and I don’t really think about it because I have enough of them under my belt. I thought about going from 285 to 305, but opted against it. I just felt it might be a little too much. I knew I could do it, but I am trying to be as strategic as possible with these red sets. When I hit 319 I felt like I had a PR coming, but how much of a PR was to be determined. Had I gone for 330, I wondered if I would have missed it, which would have bummed me out to stop at 319. But I didn’t want just a 1lb PR with an attempt at 326. I had hit 326 a few weeks before, just couldn’t lock the jerk out all the way so I knew it was there. So my thought process was to decide if I had enough to go from 319 to 330, an 11lb increase while already at 98%, or if I should sneak a couple more pounds onto a PR. I opted for 328 and got it, then went to 335 which felt like trying to lift a F-150 off the ground.
Looking back, even after giving up on the pull, I still had it in motion and got it a lot higher than I really thought. I kinda wished I had watched the video then took another shot at it. Live to fight another day.