Well, so much for updating more often.
After the good Monday, the rest of the week went pretty much downhill, culminating in doing something to my back on that Saturday.
So, I've been spending the past week and change doing what Justin tells me to do. Which is a lot of rehab stuff, and stuff as heavy as is comfortable.
Hasn't really even started getting better yet. Almost feel like I need to put my foot down and take a week completely off. Except in mind I know he knows worlds more about recovering from injuries than I do.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Skipped out on any blogging about when holiday stuff started, as you can tell. It's all in my handy dandy little workout book though. Here's a recap:
Made it basically one more week on Squatmageddon, but it wasn't pretty. Front squats fell off, back squat 10s were fine, but then the 3s on the next Monday weren't so hot. Didn't feel terribly beat down but I guess the volume got to me. Justin pulled me out for a lower-volume squat and higher-volume classic lift cycle for a month or so. Started out with a 123kg clean + FS and 125 clean PR, same day as 3, 2, 1 back squats - hit 147kg and then 150kg singles for PRs.
Guess it took a week to get over "squat sickness," everything went to the crapper the next week. PR'd on pause front squats and overhead squats, but I hadn't done those in awhile anyway. Cleans were weak, snatches were sloppy and I just couldn't hit a heavy jerk or front/back squat with any consistency.
Was getting a little down on myself because I didn't feel hurt or beaten up, just not strong. Monday went a big way toward re-upping confidence in the process. Snatched up to 105 strong, tripled 110 clean and jerk, doubled 115 clean and hit probably the easiest 120 clean I've gotten. FS not totally back but 135 single is better than I had been. We'll see if this wasn't a one-day high on Wednesday with hopefully snatching 100+ again and 5x5 back squats!
Made it basically one more week on Squatmageddon, but it wasn't pretty. Front squats fell off, back squat 10s were fine, but then the 3s on the next Monday weren't so hot. Didn't feel terribly beat down but I guess the volume got to me. Justin pulled me out for a lower-volume squat and higher-volume classic lift cycle for a month or so. Started out with a 123kg clean + FS and 125 clean PR, same day as 3, 2, 1 back squats - hit 147kg and then 150kg singles for PRs.
Guess it took a week to get over "squat sickness," everything went to the crapper the next week. PR'd on pause front squats and overhead squats, but I hadn't done those in awhile anyway. Cleans were weak, snatches were sloppy and I just couldn't hit a heavy jerk or front/back squat with any consistency.
Was getting a little down on myself because I didn't feel hurt or beaten up, just not strong. Monday went a big way toward re-upping confidence in the process. Snatched up to 105 strong, tripled 110 clean and jerk, doubled 115 clean and hit probably the easiest 120 clean I've gotten. FS not totally back but 135 single is better than I had been. We'll see if this wasn't a one-day high on Wednesday with hopefully snatching 100+ again and 5x5 back squats!
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