Oly Practice

Warm Up
OH Squats
Pumps
Halos
3 x 10

Barbell
Hang Power Snatch: 20 kgs x 5, 22.5 x 5, 25 x 5, 27.5 x 5, 30 x 5
Hang Power Clean:30 kgs x 5, 32.5 x 5, 35 x 5, 37.5 x 5, 37.5 x 5
Clean DL & Shrug: 37.5 kgs x 5, 40 x 5, 45 x 5, 50 x 5, 50 x 5
Push Press: 30 kgs x 5, 32.5 x 5, 35 x 5, 37.5 x 5, 40 x 5
Front Squat: 30 kgs x 5, 35 x 5, 37.5 x 5, 40 x 5, 42.5 x 5
OH Squat: 20kgs x 5, 20 x 5, 20 x 5

Stretches

Comments: Still in limbo with the coaching, but I shall get onto the N Ireland House of Sport tomorrow to get contact details of my local club for a chat. In the meantime it was a dry day overhere so I could get out back and practice a little bit. I'd really be dependant on the Great British weather if I tried to do any overhead stuff at home with a barbell.

Out of all the training resources I have my absolute favourite has always been Jimmy Schultz's Olympic Style Manual and DVD. So today I started into the first program detailed in that. I was using conservative weights and really trying for good form on each lift. I've got to say though that my form went from the sublime to the ridiculous....well maybe not sublime, but decent (though I really need a coach to check it was even that). Not from too much weight, in fact I generally found it to be a bit better when the weight got heavier. Overall it went quite well. I found it to be just about right for the amount of stress it accumulated on my wrists, also my shoulders were getting pretty tender from racking the barbell.

The program also calls for 3 sets of Bench Presses at the end. I was going to do some Half Get Ups as I have nowhere to bench. But the OHSs were terrible and I was getting a bit tired so I just decided to wrap it up there. I'll just do this routine until I get myself sorted with one coach or another.

I managed to put on 1lb this week. Not much of a return out of the 3 pints of milk I have upped my daily intake to. Still according to the BF percentage it is all muscle so I'll take that every week, all year long!! Plus I ate a 12" pizza by myself last night as a treat so I can't complain really. ;)