Saturday- 10/22/11- Week 9/6

Week 9 Oly
-Snatch- heavy single
-Clean & Jerk- heavy single
-Front squat- heavy single
-SLDL- 3 x 5

Week 6 Oly
-Snatch- after 60%, singles up to heaviest for day with 3-5% increases per set- again missed 155 several times
-Clean & Jerk- after 60%, singles up to heaviest for day with 3-5% increases per set- cleaned 195 but missed the jerk twice
-Pause back squat- 3 x 2- ran out of time
-SLDL- 4 x 5- ran out of time

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-50 burpees for time- 1:49, the only bright spot of training today, 6 seconds faster than last time
-Mobility- did very brief stretching, I came straight from work to the gym today b/c we were going to a surprise party for my friend and had to be there by 6:15.  I had a good warm up and everything felt loose and ready.  The past couple weeks I have noticed that I have really been banging the bar off my hips in the second pull.  Also I have been jumping forward alot lately, which has always been an issue of mine, but seems to be getting worse lately.  During my first couple warm up sets I really made an effort to pull my knees back and pull the bar into my thighs and let it glide up my legs during the second pull.  With the lighter weights I was able to do this, and everything felt smooth.  Then as soon as I put  135 on the bar, I went right back to banging the bar off my legs.  I went up to 155 quickly since I was running short on time, and even with the bad technique I got under it easy but just couldnt stand it up.  I tried 5 or 6 times growing more and more frustrated with each attempt.  Then I gave up and went to c&j.  I was upset with myself and very frustrated- which is not the best mindset for oly lifting.  I went up to 195 quickly and got the clean.  Then I missed the jerk twice.  I was running out of time so I just did the 50 burpees and got them in 1:49 which was 6 seconds faster than last time.  I gotta get my technique on point and stop trying to lift heavy weight with bad form.  Time to check my ego and get myself right.  Days like today suck, but they definitely make you better if you focus on solutions and not the problems.

"Before success comes in any man's life he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps, some failure.  When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit.  That is exactly what the majority of men do." - Napoleon Hill

...i aint quitting!