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JustinBlatnik
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12/29/18 Snatch Pull + Snatch - didn't go well. missed 2/5 sets at 96kg. Just tired and tight Power Clean + Split Jerk - these went better, multiple reps up to 124kg 12/30/18 Reverse Hyper 100 reps Band Pullaparts 100 reps Face Pulls 100 reps BTN Push Press - 5's up to top set at 120kg BTN Strict Press 3x20 light (45/55/65lbs), really focused on scap squeeze DB Laterals 3x20 w/ Fat Gripz 12/31/18 ME Lower High Hang Power Snatch - 3's every 10kg up to 90kg Cambered Bar Box Squats w/ avg bands over the plates - top set at 350lb bar weight (330-350 all waivered right around 0.4m/s) - couple singles to dial in weight releasers... - top single 350+ 50lb total on weight releasers (0.43m/s) Backwards 100lb Sled Drag Holding 100lb Sandbag - 5 trips of 50' down and 50' Back Belt Squat - 3x20 top 2 sets at 325 22lb Hammer Winds - 3x10winds in each direction |
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JustinBlatnik
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1/1/19 "Stone Throws" 16lb shot stands x6 20lb shot stands x6 16lb wheel x6 16lb MSA x9 Better than last practice. 10 Min Stairmill Jog 1Mile - 9:46 Have to start implementing a little more of this stuff to prepare for Firefighter CPAT Test as well as if I make it into the fire academy I have to be able to run a little Edited by JustinBlatnik - 1/02/19 at 8:58am |
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JustinBlatnik
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1/2/19 Rep Effort Upper Bench Press 265x15 Reactive Slingshot 265x17 - this is the restart of my fall 20wk training cycle. Last time it started with 255x15, so I guess you could say things are going good! DB Incline 65x12, 75x10, 85x8 Lat Pulldowns 5x15 Had a lot going on today. Wanted to get in some throws and plyos but that didn't happen.
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JustinBlatnik
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1/4/19 Speed Lower Cambered Bar Speed Box Squats - 210 bar weight, light bands over plates for 8x2 -last set with 50lb weight releasers - paired with 2 box jumps and 5kb swings w/ 100lb kb Speed Deads - 295 + mini bands 10x1 Axle Speed Bench 165+mini bands 9x3 (1/2 foam roller on chest) -paired with 9x3 explosive sled rows 200lbs 1/6/19 Throws 16lbs non reverse throws x6 20lb stands x6 16lb MSA x 12 16lb Hammer 1x10 wind each way 4x 5 wind and release 8x full throws -shots went great. Hammers were a dumpster fire 1/7/19 ME Lower 2 High Hang Snatch High Pull + High Hang Power Snatch -up to 100kg SSB Box Squat w/ asc chain -360 bar weight, up to 4 chains/side x2 -360 + 5 chain x1 (too slow) SSB Box Squat Straight Weight 360lb for 3x10 So I've barely beaten some of my number from last training cycle from speed or weight component. But they are feeling good. Gotta keep pushing! |
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JustinBlatnik
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1/8/19 HWFD Throws 1-turns x 6ish, best around 30' 2-turns x6 ish, best around 33' LWFD Throws 1-turns x 6ish, best around 60' 2-turns x 8ish, best around 66' Not bad for not going 100% on the effort. I tend to be too aggressive in practice so today I was happy to just be able to get out and throw with weather cooperating. The turf behind the gym is still wet and a little slippery so that adds some caution. |
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JustinBlatnik
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1/9& 1/10 Sick 1/11 Throws w/ my Brother HWFD LWFD WOB -worked on some timing and push issues in the weights. Going to change up some 1-turns and need to throw WOB more. That was rough. 1/12 Coached at a weightlifting meet... Then Trained Snatch - 5kg jumps working technique starting at 40kg. - worked up to 105kg for 2 misses. - then made 105, 110, 115, and 2 misses at 120kg Log Clean and Push Press - 2 @ 180lbs -singles at 200, 225, 250, and miss at 275 Jammer Shot Put Presses - 5x5 monster mini band Neutral Grip Speed Bench 9x3 145 + minis -paired with 9x6 pullups GHR 3x10 w/ back extension -paired w/ Reverse Hyper 3x25 200lbs 1/13 Cardio 10min stiarmill 20min elliptical
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JustinBlatnik
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1/15 ME Lower Duffalo Bar Box Squat vs Light Bands - 250 bar weight for 5x2 w/ ascending chains - 2 chain up to 6 chains per side - 5 chain over 0.4m/s, 6 chain a little too slow Later... Sumo Deads - 5's up to 470 w/ mini bands 6sec Eccentric GHRs 3x6 Weighted Ab Wheel 3x6 50lbs GH Roller 3x15 Reverse Hyper 3x30 w/ 200lbs...holy low back pump for 20 minutes |
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JustinBlatnik
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1/16 Bench 280x15 (rep PR) WOB 11' 5 throws 12' 5 throws 13' 9 throws... WOB "reach backs" 3x4...idk what to call it - Bench felt great. If only it helped WOB. Wob timing is shit right now. Pulling too early. Tried a "drill" where I focused on reaching back as far as I could. Gotta find something to work WOB
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TomLawrence
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I think it might have been Sean Langford who said it, "WOB like they do you at airport security -- elbow deep between the legs." If that wasn't Langford, it should have been. Either way, you'll never not think of that now. Tom |
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Aim high. Stay hungry.
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JustinBlatnik
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Fri 1/18 Duffalo Bar Box Squat vs Light Bands 8x2 - 225 bar weight - 50lb weight releasers that obviously dropped off after first rep -Paired w/ 8x2 depth jumps onto box That was it this day. Short on time. Busy is good for business though! 1/19 Speed Deads 315+ mini bands 10x1 Axle Speed Bench 135+ doubled minis 9x3 then went to a different gym as they threw us a "thank you cookout" for helping out some of their members. Snatch High Pull + High Hang Snatch - up to 100kg no misses -missed 105, then made it then hit 110kg Power Clean + Split Jerk - up to 140kg no misses - brain farted at 145 -Followed up with Power Clean 1 set of 5 reps at 130kg Front Squat - wave up to 150kg...talking too much... - restarted and worked up to 170kg -missed 180kg 1/20 Extremely light upper body session 1/21 Sorinex Ox Bar Box Squat vs Strong Bands - 2's up to 335 bar weight at 0.42m/s - 355 bar weight x2, under 0.4 - add 50lb weight releasers for 2 singles, not any faster **Back was feeling super unstable today :/ Light Reverse Hyper 3x20 Light Belt Squat 3x20
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1/22 LWFD -10 front 1-turns -10 full throws -today went amazing SSB RFE Split Squat - 6x6 adding 20lbs each set
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JustinBlatnik
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1/23 Swiss Bar Floor Press w/ 3 Blob Chain -3's up to 205, 215, 225, 235 Light OHP 4x20 1/25 Speed Day Ox Bar Speed Box Squat w/ Avg Bands - 8x2 185lb bar weight, 50lb weight releasers. Great speed Speed Deads 10x1 335+mini bands, good speed Swiss Bar Speed Bench 8x3 140 bar weight + doubled minis
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JustinBlatnik
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Not much new for me lately. Have taken a deload and fighting another cold. Hiked one day. Found a stone to lift on the hike. Bench 295x13 Threw just a very little bit |
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JustinBlatnik
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2/2 Hosted a Throwing Clinic. It went awesome! 2/3 Hiked the Pinnacle Peak at Crowder's Mountain. Decent workout and fun hike. 2/5 ME Lower Cambered Bar Back Squats - 350 bar weight + 3 chains/side for 5x2, speeds right around 0.4m/s Dimel Deads - 3x8 w/ 225 + 4 chains Short Chain HWFD -8 1-turns -5 2-turns Short Chain LWFD -5 1-turns -5 2-turns Things felt great after the deload. Wish squats would have moved a little better but solid day. 2/6 Snatch Complex Work - various muscle snatch/power snatch/snatch/drop snatch/overhead squat complexes working up. - top sets were snatch + drop snatch + overhead squat at 90,100,105kg WOB - 6 throws at 12 feet. Things were going great and smooth and felt great. Then on throw #7 my low back tweaked slightly on my warmup swings so I shut it down immediately. Low back isn't terrible right now. Did a lot of management work for it immediately after. Hopefully this clears up. Frustrating as I did some solid prep work for it today too |
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2/7 ME Upper Neutral Grip Bench w/ 3 chains - up to 260x2 then down set doubles at 240 and 225 Incline - 4x10 135,155,175, 195 -paired w/ Birddog Rows 3x10 53lb fat bell Chaos Incline - 2x20 Rear Delt Flys 5x15 Lat Pulldown 5x10 Straight arm Pulldown 5x10 Various Core Work 1 set multiple exercises
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JustinBlatnik
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2/8 and 2/9 - Low back got waaaay worse. Still managed to make it through coaching another throwing clinic on Saturday 2/9 and then saw the Kilted Chiro Mike McIntyre and Dr. Mike was able to get me back together! Praise sweet baby Jesus. 2/10 Hike the Carolina Thread Trail in Waxhaw, NC for a total of 7.7 miles in 2:40. Back is doing much better.
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JustinBlatnik
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2/11 "Training" McGill Crunch 3x3/side 10sec holds Stir the Pot 3x10/side Bird Dogs 3x5/side 5 sec hold each one 1-Arm Farmers Walks 3x d&b 20kg KB Swing 3x5 20kg KB Rotational DL 3x5/side 20kg Chaos OHP 1x20 50lb 2x10 70lb Hanging QL Hikes 3x5 on Clock Handles, 1x10 bar Low Back Rehab Work. I think this was all of it.
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TheJeff696
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I'm no doctor but the 2 biggest things that saved my low back a few years ago were:
Core stability work (which it appears you already do. I stopped doing anything like crunches or sit ups or whatever. Ab wheel was the best thing.) Stopped anteriorly tilting my pelvis before squats. I used to think I had to do this going into the decent. Admittedly, I was much stronger in this position because, as Jon Hereth told me, it was bone stability vs muscle stability. So now, I keep my hips neutral when beginning the squat decent. Took a while to get used to. But I havent had real low back pain in 3 years. If you do all these things already then, shit. I am out of ideas! Haha good luck!
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JustinBlatnik
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I have talked with Jon as well (wealth of knowledge and so appreciative of guys like him in this sport to share their knowledge). DIB! Dick in Bellybutton! I have started working with Dr. Mike McIntyre in Fort Mill, SC from the Gonstead Chiropractic Center there and he is a thrower and powerlifter himself so it's great that he understands what demands I am trying to put on my body. I am with you in the anterior tilt and very limited flexion/extension work. It's just disc issues and weaknesses I need to remedy (which I believe will probably continue to plague me as some point here and there for some time). But live and learn. Doing 1000x better right now typing this. But a big thing that I must remain diligent on is the core and imbalance work first. Going back and studying some more of the McGill stuff as well. AND I AM SO PISSED THAT I MESSED UP MY BACK THROWING WOB!!! I WAS ACTUALLY PRACTICING WOB!!!!
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JustinBlatnik
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2/12 I got to train!!! Rolling Planks 2x10ea Hip Circle Walks Glute Bridge/1-leg glute bridge/glute bridge march 2 sets Scap Angels 2x10 Butt Walks 2 sets PVC OH Mobility w/ I/T Raises Shoulder External Rotations 2 sets OH Squats - 5's from 40kg to 100kg making 10kg jumps Back Squat 3's beltless at 60,80,100,120,140kg then a single at 160kg Today was about gaining confidence back with the lower back. Mission accomplished.
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TheJeff696
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Good to hear, Justin! I figured you had everything under control but I felt compelled to chime in.
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Jeff Kaste
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JustinBlatnik
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Don't mind it at all. Sometimes it points out the obvious stuff right in front of your face that you refuse to see haha
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JustinBlatnik
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2/13 Mixed Bag of Training Prep Work - rolling planks, McGill curl up, bird dog, shoulder and wrist stretches Jerks from Blocks - up to 5x2 at 125kg Broad Jumps 5x3 later... Speed Deadlifts - 10x1 295lbs w/ monster mini bands - avg velocity range 0.82-0.94m/s Axle RDLs 4x10, 135, 185 for 3 sets Ab Wheel 5x10 Reverse Hyper 180lbs 4x10 Hammer 10 winds each direction 4 sets (5lb/7.5lb/10lb/12.5lb) Felt great today! |
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2/14 Another Mixed Bag of Training Incline Press - sets of 8 at 135,155,175,195, 215, 235 -paired with monster mini band pullaparts x20/set Jammer Arm "Shot Put" Stand Press (rotate hips then punch) 4x5 -paired w/ Inverted Rows 4x15 later... 8x 50' down, 50' back Farmers Walk - every 2 trips add 20lbs per hand, I think topped out at 130lbs/hand Sandbag Carry - halfway jumped up from 100 to 200lb sandbag * this was just nice and easy just to move something and ease back in on the low back
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JustinBlatnik
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2/15 Throws HWFD Front Facing 1-turns x 5 HWFD Fulls x 10ish LWFD Fulls x10 -HWFD was tentative due to the low back but still solid. LWFD went great! 2 throws tied practice bests! 2/16 Weightlifting Snatch - 5x2 @ 100kg Clean and Jerk - 3x1 @ 135kg - very very solid day 2/17 Front Squats - 5's from 40kg up to 120kg making 10kg jumps. Belt on at 110kg Various Core/rehab work. |
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JustinBlatnik
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2/19 Squat Day Overhead Squats - triples up to 100kg -then 110kg x5 -then 100kg for 2x3 paused SSB Box Squats w/ light bands - 275 bar weight, ascending chains. -5 chains/side: 1st rep over 0.4m/s, 2nd was under - 6 chains/side for a single, just under 0.4m/s, but moved well GHR 3x6 Reverse Hyper 3x10 Ab Wheel 3x6 Lat Pulldown 3x8 |
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JustinBlatnik
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2/20 Jerks off Blocks 130kg for 5x1. Left shoulder got twingy and painful during warmups so cut the planned doubles down to singles and pushed through. Gotta keep this thing right! Hoping its just weird.
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JustinBlatnik
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Well I'll get back to posting now that I'm close to a month behind and the season is back in swing. Updates: Low back has been giving me trouble. Tweaked it throwing WOB but then chiro got me better than re-tweaked being a meathead and deadlifting to a max at an event we held at the gym. Pulled a lifetime PR conventional raw at 600lbs then threw on powerlifting gear and pulled sumo geared lifetime PR at 650...just cuz. So training has been minimal working with chiro trying to get things back to normal. Still weightlifting about 1x per week to stay on track for queen city classic weightlifting meet March 23rd. Also went to the Arnold as a coach and spectator. 3/9 Coastal Highland Games in Myrtle Beach, SC Heavy Hammer - 90'1.5", 3rd. Tough to start with this event, especially with a tight low back. But survived. Everything felt slow and it shows in distance. Not a terrible start to the year though. Braemar Stone - 33'8", 3rd. And actually a lifetime PR. Woo! Open Stone - 41', 4th. Not quite all there but another great start to the season. HWFD - 32'2", 4th. These felt like they were going farther than they did, so I guess that is promising? Gotta just add speed! Sandy trig also doesn't help but other people threw farther so it's doable. LWFD - 71'3.5", 2nd. hell of a start to the year in this event for me. This is the one event I feel like I can crank on and my back will be ok and it shows. Caber - 12:00, 2nd on attempts. Felt great on first attempt and then idk what happened and didn't go as well on 2nd and 3rd. Oh well. WOB - 14', 4th I believe. Solid here today. Changed up my technique on the Wednesday before the games to save my back and I can actually feel the pull much better. 15 was very close and will fall this year! 20lb Sheaf - 28', 1st. Somehow this felt great and had 2/3 pulls at 30 be verrrry close to going over. This is very helpful. Now if only I could get more games with a 16lb bag to help those NASGA points! Overall - 3rd on a very fun day. Great start to the year and body held up. 3/11/19 Weightlifting Training Snatch - up to 115kg (missed 1st attempt but made it on 2nd), that was only miss of the day. Clean and Jerk - up to 150kg. Solid day. Definitely fatigued from throwing Saturday. |
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Good work, man. I saw the footage on YouTube. Weights looked smooth and stretched out. Nicely done. Tom
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JustinBlatnik
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Well another month down and another month of crappy updating ability from yours truly... But honestly, I haven't done all that much. Very few real training days. Trying to get this low back to behave. Trying to not be beat up. A couple weightlifting days, a couple throwing practices. And a weightlifting meet. 3/23 Queen City Classic Weightlifting Meet Snatch 121kg good lift, 1kg comp PR 125kg good lift, 5kg comp PR 130kg good lift, 10kg comp PR Clean and Jerk 150kg good lift, gave me a comp total PR 156kg good lift, 1kg comp PR 161kg good lift, 6kg comp PR Total 291kg for a 16kg competition PR at 107kg bodyweight on a 6/6 day. Long story about this meet but really just some magic happened. Super fun. 3/24 1hr30min walk w/ 20lb vest on 3/25 10x10 Blood Flow Belt Squat Lat Pulldown Reverese Hyper Facepull Tricep Pushdown - patellar tendonitis is creeping back in (heavy weightlifting go figure) and feeling beat so just moved some blood in about 40mins 3/26 Throws 5x 20lb shot braemar 9x 16lb open shot throws - good range here even still feeling beat 22x light hammer throws - just trying to find a groove on the first few. Then got mad it wasn't going far and it took until throw #22 to hit a distance I found "adequate" on the day. Definitely out of practice here
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