Bruised and Broken

Cheers. Yeah hope so. The reps are working, I must admit. The weightlifts are much less like a mental exercise that they were before and I am feeling a lot more comfortable at them at the min, so happy with that.

Looked good today Dave, just need to get more aggressive on the push press!

That Unit. Now it makes sense

Yeah I really hate push pressing, as you saw, lol. Going to keep them in and work on them, great strength exercise and I'm just being a wufter by not doing them.

Your pressing was daft. you f******g big Billy.

Wednesday i squatted 132.5 for 5 x 5 and did a bunch of stuff that would probably make little_a question my sexuality.

Today I had a session that also made me do the same.

Front Squats
60 x 3
90 x 3
110 x 2
120 x 1
130 x 1
140 x 1

132.5 x 3
127.5 x 3
122.5 x 3

Snatch Pull + Low Hang Snatch from Deficit
40 x 1+1
50 x 1+1
60 x 1+1
70 x 1+1
80 x 1+1
85 x miss x 2
85 x 1 + 1
80 x 1 + 2 x 2 (all monged)

Deficit Cleans
60 x 2
80 x 2
90 x 1
100 x 1
105 x 1
110 x miss
110 x 1
107.5 x 2 x 2 (these were disgusting and s**t)
102.5 x 3 x 2

Power Jerk
60 x 2
80 x 2
90 x 2
97.5 x 2
102.5 x 2 x 4

My god that was awful. Not sure if its because I have a ton of work stress going and I was mentally knackered before I got to gym or what but this was really s**t and I couldn't seem to do anything right. From the first set of front squats I wanted to f**k it off. This was one of those sessions where I sat back when I finished and asked myself why am I doing this? Not one of the weights was hard or heavy but everything I did was completely moronic.

Anyway, work is mega busy and so my schedule is a little off so some days (like Wednesday) I am doing what I can given time constraints.

Arse!

The dialogue you use to describe training is ace Dave. Makes your log an interesting read and cracks me up. Not Savage entertaining mind, but always worth a look

exact same boat as you with work mate! Looks like you got some good work in though! Well done

Ha, cheers mate. F*****g hell though, the goal should be to document mint lifting. Maybe I should give boxing a whirl?

Cheers mate, but to be fair what may look reasonable on paper was proper s**t in real life. lol. I don't get how that happens sometimes? Monday was quite possibly one of the best sessions I've had in ages. Today was just ugly.

we are harsh on ourselves, if its not perfect its f**king s**t init haha! theres no in between

Lol, this is so true. Moderation is for fannies though, so yes, anything other than perfection is s**t

s**t session that Dave

I know the feeling of sitting back and thinking that. Just listen to some Arnie and get back on it!

IT IS LIKE COMING WITH A WOMAN!!!

LOL @ you bunch of nutters.

Oh man, so glad its the weekend. Worked an open day yesterday and was basically on my feet from about 9-4 without sitting down, so my hip and back were angry today. Anyway, did what I needed to do.

Squats
60 x 3
100 x 3
120 x 2
132.5 x 1
142.5 x 1
152.5 x 1
147 x 5
140 x 5

Snatch from blocks (mid thigh)
40 x 3
50 x 3
60 x 3
70 x 2
80 x 2
85 x 2 x 2
80 x 2 x 3

Cleans
60 x 2
80 x 2
90 x 1
100 x 1
105 x 1
110 x 1
115 x 1
110 x 2 x 2
105 x 2 x 3

Jerk Dips
90 x 5
130 x 5
150 x 5
170 x 5
180 x 5

Power Jerk
60 x 2
80 x 2
90 x 2
100 x 1
105 x 1
110 x 1
112.5 x 1 (chinned myself too - whatta c***t)
115 x miss x 3(pb attempt)

Started off a bit s**tty but it got better. The squats felt a bit rough and like the brakes were on during the eccentric and the snatches from blocks were pretty standard for me really, hoping for a technique breakthrough on these. First rep of the heaviest sets are always really spazy and I seem to just flail and flop all out of position, but the second rep is always ace. Anyway, cleans felt great and the 115 was really easy. Nearly caught one of the power jerks at 115 (2nd rep) but the weight pushed me into a half squat and I couldn't quite hold it. Think that 110 - 112.5 is about the point where I stop push jerking and have to start getting under. Is a work in progress.