CPC18.W11.D1.0501 Snatch – Heavy Single: 2×115, 2×135, 2×155, 175, 185, 196x, 196, 203 CJ Heavy Single: 155, 185, 225, 254, 276, 296, 305, 315x FS:Heavy Single: 265, 315, 355, 370, 390, 410, 425, 436 PR Ended up going 92/139/231 on…
Mental Break at the Fair
Last night the family and I went down to the water front for the Chow Wagon. Knowing that I would most likely not be able to find the appropriate amount of carbs, fats, and proteins while I was there, I…
Nobody cares. Train harder.
Nobody cares. Train harder. Anyone in the functional fitness or weightlifting space has heard that phrase more times than they could count. I actually like it quite a bit. Enough so that I bought a shirt with that phrase right…
Classic Position Cycle: Week 10 of 12
CPC18.W10.D1.0424 W/U: 2 pulls + 2 PP + 2 BTNJ Sn Pull + Eccentric down: 3×3 @ 200 Complex: PP + BTNJ + J: 155, 185, 207, 228, 251, 275, 286, 297, 305x, 300x Jerk dip squat: 5×3 @ 346…
Nutrition Update – 4/23
I got on the scale Sunday morning and was down another 3lbs. Total loss of 9.2 since tracking again. Just goes to show how far out of whack I was. I have done really well hitting my numbers. The biggest…
Classic Position Cycle: Week 9 of 12
CPC18.W9.D1.0417 Sn – Heavy single: 2x (2 pull + 2PP + 2 OHS), 3 HHMS, 2×3 SB + PS (85#), 2×114, 2×135, 2×155, 175, 185, 196, 205 (95%), 216x CJ – Heavy single: 2x (2 pull + 2PP + 2…
Nutrition Back on Track
Cliff’s Notes: Down 6lbs in the first week. The last time I weighed, it was during the men’s night event at our gym where I did the 3RM deadlift. I weighed in at 279. I would be lying if I…
Classic Position Cycle 2018: Week 8 of 12 [Deload]
This is a back off week according to my programming and has come at an ideal time. I have been struggling a bit mentally and physically so a break in the heavier weights will be a welcomed change. Normally, I…
The mental struggle
About a month or so ago, I hit a pretty big PR on my push press. It was within a complex of a push press, behind the neck jerk, and then a split jerk. When I hit 295 on this…
Back to Tracking, Again
Staying off the scale and not tracking was initially what I needed to take a break. A year of entering everything I ate into an app became too much to continue for me so I took a break. It is…