TRAINING LOG: jp

The convenience of having a gym in the garage, one kid sleeping and the other working:)

Bench: 10x10

20, 30, 40, 43(7)

DL: Up to 1@90(5)

Merry Christmas. I hope you all and those you love are safe and in good health. HoHoHo.

jp

Snatch Day: two goals. A) Work on dropping, I'm not gonna power snatch into the high 70's. Start dropping. B) Be patient consistently before hitting the 2nd pull. 

Empty Bar warm up

Snatch Balance: 15kgx3, 25x3, 35x2, 1@40, 45, 45

Snatch: 40kgx3, 42x3, 45x2, 48x2, 1@50, 55

Snatch Pull: 63kgx2, 66x2, 68x2, 70x2

Good session. Still looking for a qualifying meet for World Championships. Funny story, the standing Champion from my age and weight group is Hungarian and a thorn in Akos' Nagy's side since she is the Secretary of Weightlifting for Hungary. He says, "I'll help, you must beat." heehee. Politics;) 

jp

Squat:

10x10@20, 40, 50, 60, 65, 68(4), 60

*bye bye 10x10 squats, ya filthy animal.

Press:

10x10@20, 25, 30, 32, 33(5), 25

*Press is feeling much stronger. Goody.

jp

60 minutes hot yoga

**I've requested to be put on the wait list for the Arnold Weightlifting competition which would (i fI total 85kg) qualify me for the Master's Pan Am's. I'd appreciate any positive thoughts towards a spot opening up and my getting in. Thank you!

jp

Distance Footwork Drills **inside**

A bit rusty here but overall it went fine. Paying close attention to transition from first to second turn. The phrase "sprint to the trig" means nothing to me. What I can see when watching video is the second turn, on very good throws, has much faster feet. THAT, I understand. 

So, I practice a big "push" to the front with faster feet in the turn. If that's the same thing as "sprint to the front" which I heard about 1, 495 1/2 times last season, then I'm good to go. Also, get low on that second turn. We'll see. 

All light weight and 21# turns with the implement and a very solid strap. Don't know how many, about 50 minutes of work here and there which seems fine for first time out. 

As always, I'm very thankful to Kirk at Winner's Edge Performance gym in Pewaukee for allowing me to bring in potential wall bombs and let me do my thang. 

jp

Deadlift:

Up to 1x5@85kg

Off until Monday.

jp

Stone drills; footwork; lat pull; tri extension; hip push thingies with the cable crossover; lots of transition drills; blocking drills. For not touching this stuff for 2 1/2 months it all felt pretty good.

Since I haven't touched this stuff in 2 1/2 months I'm already getting pretty stiff. Hot yoga tomorrow will be a good deal. 

jp

Jumbling lifting schedule around for the next two weeks. I'm on a wait list for a Weightlifting meet next Saturday in Minnesota so will lift today since I can't on Saturday just in case. The work will get in, it'll just be a bit ADD plus I get a week at SouthSide Bully to throw indoors (the shot anyway) and drill so I'll take advantage of that.

Snatch:

W/U

4@35, 4@40, 2@45, 2@50, 1@55, 1@60

Clean & Jerk:

4@45, 4@50, 2@60, 2@65, 1@75, 1@80

Jerk Supports:

1x5@245#

This will sufficiently drive me into the ground but with hot yoga tomorrow and two days rest this weekend I'll be fine on Monday for hot yoga again and lifting later in the week. That's the plan anyway.

jp

That's on me, I haven't done a good job at keeping an eye on USAW events and come to the party a day late each time it seems so these things are filling up before I register. As much as it would be nice to lift next weekend, the crucial meet is the Arnold to get that PanAm qualifying total at a National level meet before THAT registration opens and I miss it again. I'm on that wait list too. 

jp

Thankx you.

Me too.

jp

Squat:

5x10@73kg

Press:

5x10@35

DL (3 week):

1x5@90

Feeling good, finding a groove.

jp

 

Back to Southside for some distance drills. Brought the 14 and 21. Finally put together the "sprint to the finish" stuff. I guess it takes time to click. By the way my left hip feels now, I was doing it right. Ouchie. The light weight is fine but I noticed with the heavier weight, on my second turn I'm allowing my left foot to come up way too high so I need to practice jamming it into the ground. Overall very happy that this now makes sense and I can feel it. I'm very excited to get outside and test it out.

 

After: 10 minutes on the treadmill. I pretty much have shin splints now from all the cardio. Goody.

 

jp

 

Thank you for asking Tom, that is really nice of you. But, no dice. I can't find a qualifying meet in time and Pan Am registration has opened which means it will fill up quickly. I'm #84 on the Arnold waiting list which would have worked qualify wise but that's not happening. I guess I'm just a thrower this season. I will pay closer attention for American Master's registration next fall. My total of 142 this past December should qualify me for that meet or I can catch another local one this summer. All I need is an 85kg total so I can hit that in a meet without too much interruption to throwing...I hope. I was very disappointed because I think I could do very well at Pan Am's and Worlds but oh well. Such is life. There are far worse things.

 

Masters Pan Am's are in Puerto Rico next year...so there's that

 

Thanks again! It's VERY kind of you to ask.

 

jp