Monday, 5/5/08

Burgener Warm-ups x 3,

BB Snatch:
3 x 45 x3, 65×3/75×3/95×3/95×3/95/95/115/115/115f/. Last three were power snatches.

Snatch High Pulls:
115×3

Clean Pulls and Shrug:
160×3/165×3/170×3/180×3/180×3.

Overhead Squats:
95×3/115/125/140/150/150.

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Tuesday, 5/6/08

Rest, nah, just lazy. Did nuthin’.

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Wednesday 5/7/08

Deadlift Rack Pulls:

225×6/315×3/405×2/405×2/495×2/545/585/605, missed lockout by an inch. Should have finished. Two more attempts failed. Good work though.

Overhead Presses, from the ground up:

95/115/135/145/115.

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Thursday, May 8th 2008

I trained at Gold’s Gym in Venice with Danny Henry, who coaches lifters in the Olympic lifts and kettlebells.

After the warm-up, I was trained on stance, RDL and basics in the snatch and later, the clean and jerk. I did quite a few drills and skills reps, but not any higher than 110#. Danny did a great job in explaining the lifts and what I will need to do to perform them correctly. He did a good job correcting what I wasn’t getting and letting me know what did work. After 90 minutes, I realized I had a solid session of learning and lifting. Next week, we will go sub-maximal so he can get a baseline of where I am and then structure a training program.

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Friday, May 9th, 2008

Rest. I was drained.

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Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Warm-up included:

pull-ups, ring dips, ring push-ups, back extensions, overhead squats and dislocates.

Muscle Snatch + Behind the neck presses + Overhead Squats, 3 x 3:
45/65/95/95.

Hang Power Clean, 95 x 3

Hang Squat Clean + Front Squat, 3 x 3
95/115/135

Kettlebell Snatch, 24 kg.
10/20/20/10/20

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Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Later this afternoon, I drove down to the beach to do a skate session on the strand between the Newport Beach and Huntington Beach piers including the Seashore St. section. The total distance I did was just over 12 miles in 57 minutes. It was a “work before play” skate which meant I skated into a headwind before taking a flyer on the way back.