Olympic Weighlifting

Thanks mate

Yesterday......

Low hang snatch

Up to 78
78 x 2
78 x 2
78 x 2 great

Power clean, jerk

Up to 88
88 x 2
88 x 2
88 x 2

Paused Front squat

Up to 100
100 x 3
100 x 3
100 x 3

Pull ups
DB rows

Done, good!

Today....

Snatch

Up to 70
80 x f
85 x f
90 x f
90 x f
90 x 1 ....
90 x f

C&J

Up to 106
106 x 1
106 x f
106 x f

Back squat

Up to 127.5
127.5 x 6
127.5 x 6
127.5 x 6
127.5 x 6

Pushing through certain niggles took it's toll today...

Power Snatch

Up to 71
71 x 2
71 x 2 easy
76 x 2 bit of a task on the 2nd

Cleans

Up to 100
100 x 1
106 x f... fell back with it, 106kg rolling over my face
106 x 2 better
10... nah, wrist had exploded jarred it very badly

Deadlifts

Up to 150
150 x 5
150 x 5 strong

Done. Squats emphasis now.

So ignoring niggles has absolutely battered me, wrist is shagged, couldn't even open those sachets of sauce you get at the pub... missus had to open them for me LOL!

But anyways yesterday...

Paused Front Squat

110 x 3
110 x 3
110 x 3 all pretty straight forward really

Today

Back Squat

Up to 122.5
122.5 x 8
122.5 x 8
122.5 x 8
122.5 x 8 felt strong!

Some crunches and leg raises to get those 6 pack abs bro.

The wrist sounds f**ked!

At least you can still get your leg strength on the up mate.

Solid ab work too

Playing around with stuff on Monday and Today, some pulls, pushes etc. just to see how the wrist is. It's the speed of flexion/extension that hurts the most. When I clean and turn through I get a sharp stabbing pain right through my hand and up my forearm. Fairly simple exercises are OK, however gripping hard SUCKS to release.

Highlights include...

Deadlift on Monday

Up to 160
160 x 5
160 x 5

Today...

Squats

Up to 135
135 x 4
135 x 4
135 x 4
135 x 4 feel great doing squats at the moment

A deadlift PB is there for sure!

Hope so mate, 200 is the goal!!

Can't you ice it, then stretch it past the pain. Keep it there for a minute relax n repeat. Seemed to sort my wrist. Oh and tramadol lool

Haha tramadol I'm sure would work extremely well... I'm past "training through" niggles though, I'm not gona be a world class lifter I'm training because I love it and want to get on stage again. It's why I gave up Rugby because I was getting absolutely battered I'm not sure I want the same to happen with my lifting. Two broken ankles, surgery and steelworks in one of them, a demolished A/C joint in my right shoulder and dodgy hips and knees at the ripe old age of 22 are enough to make me air on the side of caution.

Tried to front squat tonight, it didn't work... think I need to take my time and actually mobilise my wrist before I do something with it.

Did some box jumps.

Frustrated.

Squats

60 x 4
60 x 4
90 x 3
90 x 3
110 x 3
125 x 3
140 x 4
140 x 4
140 x 4
140 x 4 great!!

Some abs stuff too*

Wrist injuries are so annoying!

I have one that is threatening me at the moment but I will defeat it! I've damaged it before doing a clean and they take forever to heal! Trav says ice it and keep training?

Treat your wrists well lads (that sounded wrong, so wrong). Numpty here broke his last year had all sorts of problems. Like Andy says, they heal so slow its infuriating.

If you don't strap them already it really does help and I do recommend doing what you can to mobilise and strengthen them. Wrists take some serious abuse with training.