Last Friday and Monday and today 8/30 trainbg

So I was out in California to
Visit my daughter. That means training at the Ice Chamber! Friday 24kg snatch set, 8 minutes 64/57... Kinda beat from the flight and very stiff... Worked on technique for a
While.
Monday
2x24 jerks 5 minutes 12 Rpms
2x24 jerks 3 minutes 12,12,16
Worked on snatch technique with light bells...
Tuesday
16kg snatch 8 minutes 20 Rpms
Feeling better about my form.
18kg snatch 6 minutes 18/20 Rpms
Cool using the 18kg... I am definitely going to get sone of this middle sizes!

Todays training, main set..

8/21-8/22 training

Sunday..
no focus at all.. had big plans but they just didnt happen, so I just made the best of it..
2x20 jerk 14,14
2x24 jerk 12
2x24 jerk 12,
2x24 jerk 12,12
2x28 jerk 8 reps... this is sad  know..
135 squats 2 sets of 10
ballgame...
Monday .
rode my mtn bike for half an hour until I broke my chain and had nothing to fix it with...
2x24 jerk 13,12,12,12,12,12,12
I have a blister on my hand, so no snatch today...

Todays Jerk set

Ivan Denisov teaches Long Cycle

8/20 training

Saturday
24 snatch 6 min 18 rpms
20 snatch 5 min 20 rpms.. had a hot spot on my left hand...
28kg swings 30/30
32kg swings 30/30
24kg swings 30/30
30 minute jog and stretching..

8/19 training

Friday
2x24 jerk 6 min 12 rpms
32kg OAJ 15/15
24kg snatch 6 min 49/53

I have been training, nothing great... But I have figured out after 3 weeks of battling with my schedule.. I need to train friday though tues...

Countdown to Born and Bred (2 of 15) : Teddy Atlas

Re-Starting?

It is not a question of, if you get off track in your training, it is only a question of when. Trying to train around your life is difficult. Things happen that are way out of your control that seriously foul things up! I have a couple a friends coming back now.. one from a death in the family and the other one had serious medical problems... It really doesn't matter what throws you off track... the steps involved in returning to your regular training is what is important.

It is totally normal to come back and get crazy about how much ground you lost! This is unproductive! Thinking about what you used to do or what you used to lift is the fastest ticket to the KB Boneyard! Gotta realize 2 very important things. 1) You are still the lifter you used to be, you are temporarily in a different place. 2) Be realistic about where your body is at for real... accepting the truth and liking it are 2 different things... nobody likes it, but accepting is helpful.

Starting out, have no expectations! This means pick up light bells and try some exercises. No rules here except notice how your body feels when you are doing this stuff. Maybe try 10 swings per side, put the bell down and move around... then maybe 10 cleans each side... 10 presses, 10 snatches... see how you feel... the truth is doing this stuff without big pressure is nice! 

Going slow can be tough to take! You instincts as a competitive person are to push yourself beyond what you have done before. Relax, you are not in that place right now... Your goal is to return to your regular training schedule (not load) as soon as possible,  the loads will take care of themselves in time... Get back to the daily business of training no mater how silly it may seem to you... this is the fastest way to get back up to speed! 

32kg snatch set Scott Tighe 8 min 48/48

Sergey Mishin Feats of Strength

8/9/11

Tues.
I did some foam rolling... I got a rumble roller and it seems to be helping me loosen up and lift better..
2x24 jerk 13,13,13,13,12,14   hard
24 snatch 6 min 18 rpms      solid set!

8/8/11

Monday training...
2x24 jerks 4 min 12 rpms
2x24 jerk 2 mins 12 rpms
2x24 jerk 1 min 12 rpms  x 2
My legs are still fryed from saturday.. I had some snap in them but no distance... kinda frustrated me...
I wanted to go 8 minutes straight at this pace but my legs had other plans!!
24kg snatch 8 minutes 16 rpms... this is probably my best snatch set ever! I was under control, and my form felt great...it is funny because when my jerks didnt go my way... I was ready for the couch... Glad I just kept ignoring the crazy talk in my head.. this set was not a PR or anything, but the quality was much better...

8/3/11 training and the rest of the week

8/3 wensday
jerks
16kg OAJ 20/20
20 kg OAj 15/15
2x20 3 min 12 rpms
2x24 3 min 12 rpms
2x24 3 min 12 rpms
2x24 3 min 12 rpms
that is all I had time for today
8/4
20kg snatch 8 min 20 rpms

Saturday.. training day with Scott Tighe

we did a lot of sets of jerks I am guessing at how many sets we did actually...
2x24 jerks 2 min 12/16 rpms  x 5 sets
2x28kg jerks 2 min 8/12 rpms x 5 sets
2x24kg jerks 2 min 12 rpms

Jump Squats
135/185/185   5 squats and 50 jump squats.. 3 sets

Scott Tighe Plyos

Scott Tighe Jump Squats

Functional

Just like songs that get overplayed on the radio, words get overused. In the fitness world, we see this happen quite often. Basically what happens is you hear a word so many times it becomes flat or somehow loses it meaning. Perfect example is the word functional. I think we all agree that this word has been prostituted so long now... it means nothing, or it can mean anything, regarding anything... "I am going to get on that treadmill because somebody just got off of it"... sounds like a functional plan... 

What we see now is unbelievable... this word functional had exploded into the mainstream America and now we have different degrees of function.. highly functional, extremely functional, sort of functional, not very functional The word functional has completely lost it function.

 

When I see or hear the word functional, I know that somebody is trying to get me to buy some kind of bullshit that they happen to be selling... 

8/2/11 training

Tues..

20kg snatch 8 min 20 rpms

I did a lot of shorter sets with the 16kg and 12kg... working on the drop..

24kg swings 5 sets 20/20 not hard, just working on technique, timing legs extension and weight shifting...

I really need to toughen up my hands... 

8/1/11 monday training

Monday 

lot of foam rolling and stretching... I was tired and stiff from the weekend... did some tubing and slept in a strange bed...  no place like your own bed...

2x24 jerk 12,12,12,12

2x24 jerk 12,12,12,12,14

24 snatch 18,18,20-18,18,18   

thats it