Laura - 9, 41kg - 0

Wednesday 18th February - heavy snatches and rack jerks

Bit of a warmup, OHS and drop snatches
Snatch: 2@32.5, 2@35, 1@37.5, 1@40, 1@42, 1@44 x 5 (and 2 misses on the 5th and 6th attempts, 1 forward one back)
Jerk warmup
Rack jerk: 2@35, 2@45, 1@50, 1@55, 1@57.5, 1@60 x 5 and 1 miss (due to holding the bar too long before jerking it)
Front squats: 3@40, 1@50, 1@55 x 3

A good day overall, but a lot going on - Sami, Gill and Shane were all training and the gym was pretty noisy and busy in general. Snatches and rack jerks were both around the 90% of max mark for me and it was an effort to concentrate enough to get these lifts in.

Missed a couple of snatch attempts, not because the bar was too heavy but because fatigue was starting to set in and distraction.

Thursday 19th February - snatch combo and more rack jerks

Warmup, OHS, drop snatches
2PS + 1S: 33, 36, 39, 41 x 3
Jerk warmup
Rack Jerk (1 behind neck, 1 in front): 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 x 4
Back squat: 5@40, 5@50, 2@60, 2@60, 2@73 x 6

All good today. The snatch combos were very tough (OK, they were modified snatch combo with 2PS instead of HPS + PS - due to my still delicate ripped callous). Mind you they should be tough, 41kg is a hilarious 85% of my best ever snatch to date so I shouldn't be able to do this at all. Here's the second set:



The Butcher has been threatening me with behind the neck jerks for ages now, but they haven't happened for some reason or another. I didn't much like these before but then I've done very little of them - definitely started to enjoy them a bit as I got into the groove. Here's the set with 45kg:



Moved the squats up another notch and leg was fine, hopefully back to normal squatting soon.

Need to get the ancillary work done this week, there is just no time at the end of sessions. Plan to get my push presses done at end of Friday's session to give shoulders max rest before I have to jerk again, then get in and do the rest on Saturday morning.