Tuesday, April 7, 2015

4/7/2015

5000m row @Z1, off every 1000m for 3:00-5:00 mobility work of choice

complete


Today was much better than yesterday, it was nice and relaxing. Row pace felt great, kept it between 2:15-2:20 each set. It was fun getting to row with Pat and Duprie! 

4/6/2015

AM
45:00 airdyne @Z1

PM
A. Squat snatch, build quickly to a tough single
B. Back squat, 3-2-1 tough, 3:00 rest
C. Hang clean to overhead, 3x :20 @125-165, 2:40 rest
+
3 sets @100%
50 double unders
8 1-arm KB overhead squats, 53
2 rope climbs
3:00 walk rest
+
:60 airdyne calories @97%

AM
complete

PM
A. 125 (135 F)
B. 195-215-235
C. 5@125, 5@145, 3@165
+
1:38
1:42
1:46
+
27 calories on Demetrius 


I was really excited to get back to normal training volume today. Unfortunately, the session started out pretty poorly and only seemed to get worse as it went on. My snatches were so terrible today, everything felt heavy. I don't think I warmed up enough, I put 105 on the bar and FAILED it. What the hell. My arms just gave out at the bottom and I fell backwards. I went down to 85 and it was much better. I started adding weight but I noticed I kept scraping my shins with the bar on every rep. By the time I got to 125 my shins were bloody. I never scrape my shins. George and Stephen said I wasn't getting my knees out of the way in time, which I guess is a new problem? Because I never used to have bloody shins from snatching. I tried for 135 but my legs felt like lead when I was pushing them into the ground. I was just over-thinking everything and extremely frustrated and bloody at this point so I called it. I was pretty mad at myself, it's like I completely forgot how to snatch, and I felt extremely weak. I went to the bathroom to clean my shins and when I came back I had been kicked off my platform, which only added to my frustration. I still had to do back squats and I had planned on using the rack after I was done snatching. I eventually got it back and I'm not trying to be a workout princess, I know my training is not any more important than anyone else, but it's also equal to everyone else. I need to train for my shit just like other people have to train for their shit. To be honest I felt like I was being pushed around a bit yesterday and it stressed me out. 

Back squats felt fine, I think I could have gone a bit heavier. 

The rope climb workout wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, my times got slower because of dumb errors on my part. On the second set I lost my footing on the rope for a couple seconds as I was descending, and one the third set my shoe came untied during the double unders. The KB overhead squats actually got better each set, I used my left arm every time because I was able to stay back on my heels with that arm for some reason. Those are tough.

I was disappointed with the row calories, 27 isn't very close to what I got last time (31 I think?). I thought I was going out at a pretty solid pace the entire time but I guess I was going too slow? 

Overall, this training day was pretty bad. I was mentally out of it halfway through. I'm hoping Wednesday is better. 

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