9/7/2013

A. Squat snatch, build to a heavy single in 10:00
B. Clean & jerk, 7 x 2 @ 155; begin a set every 2:00
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AMRAP in 12:00:
150 wall balls, 14 to 9'
90 double-unders
30 muscle-ups

A. 140 (PR+5)
B. complete
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240 reps


Today started out really awesome and ended really poorly. I was not expecting to PR my snatch today because I didn't think I could work up to it in 10 minutes, but I actually think the short time frame was better for me. Usually when I work up to a max, I do one lift, sit for a few minutes, do another lift, sit, lift, sit, it usually takes me around an hour. Today since I only had 10 minutes I was doing one rep about every 2 minutes so I didn't have much time to over think anything, I would just put weight on and lift. Every rep felt really good and I was dropping right into a squat, it felt so much better than last week. I got up to 140 with about one minute left and got it! It felt really good too. I thought I wasn't going to make it because I felt it go behind me but I was able to correct it in the bottom of the squat and stand up with it. I'm really happy, a few months ago I would never have dreamed of snatching 140. The clean and jerks felt pretty tough today, I'm not sure why. I don't think I was getting tight enough in my set up. Then came 13.3 and that was just....terrible. I knew I wasn't going to be able to breathe well since I have a cold but I didn't think it would go THIS badly. I did all the wall balls in sets of 10 and they all felt good but I think I was resting too long between sets. By the time I got to the double unders I had basically given up mentally. I broke up the double unders way too much because I was out of breath. I got to the muscle ups with about :45 left and had 2 attempts and failed both. I was extremely disappointed in this, especially since my wall balls and muscle ups have been so much better lately, and during the open I got 3 MUs.      Disappointing. Hopefully I'll be able to try it again.