Saturday, November 9, 2013

GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER

It was late when I got to training after a busy day today.
I didn't have my usual 3 hours to train so had to get through it fairly fast and prioritise my warm-up.

Started with a snatch complex of snatch and 2 overhead squat, taking bigger jumps than I normally would. I worked up in doubles of the complex until 40kg then just singles.
All felt easy peasy. Finished with 2 sets at 44kg, a set at 46kg and a set at 48kg. Could have done more but plan was to do 44kg and didn't want to wander too far off course!

Next was clean and jerk complex of 2 cleans, a front squat and a jerk. I worked up to 3 sets at 55kg, 2 sets at 60kg and a set at 62kg.
It's weird, there was no hate and no adrenaline; I was actually feeling quite tired and unsure I'd be able to get through them but it was fine. The weights just went up and there was no drama. The jerks were a definite effort but there was no danger of missing them.

I finished with some back squats. I've had a checkered history with these due to anterior hip impingement and subsequent labral damage in my right hip. Keeping on top of the pre-hab has been a challenge and it means that sometimes I have to go a few weeks or even months without being able to squat but things have been good lately so I went for it today, feeling out the weights until I got one that felt challenging but controllable. 90kg x 5 felt grand, 95kg x 5, still easy so just threw on 100kg, did 5 easy reps and left it there.

Made sure to do a bucket load of stretching and rolling afterwards to keep the pain demons away.  It's been a few hours now and so far so good :)
I feel like I've gotten away with murder!
Rest day tomorrow, I reckon I'll need it!

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