Super Awesome Jerks

Wednesday 22nd July
Power snatch; 4@25, 2@30, 2@35, 2@38, 2@41, 1+miss@43, 2@41 x 3
Behind the neck jerks: 3@40, 3@45, 2@50, 5@55, 2@59 x 4
Front squat: 2@50, 2@55, 2@60, 2@67, 2@72 x 3
Press: 5@32 x 3
Lat pulldowns 5 x 3

A reasonably nice easy day. Power snatches were a bit flaky - I tried a double with 43 and it wasn't quite there, so had to drop back down... but third day in a row training and probably not 100% sharp.

BTN jerks on the other hand were sharp, nice and fast with a good lockout on every one. The first set of 59s I actually did thinking it was 54kg, I was using a 20kg bar because we'd run out of 15kg ones and forgot to compensate. Once this was pointed out I promptly missed my next attempt at the same weight, before getting the next 3 sets done perfectly. See, all in the brain!

Thursday 23rd July
Snatch (light day): 2@33, 2@37, 2@40 x 4
Power Jerk: 3@25, 3@35, 2@40, 2@45, 2@59, 2@53 x 2, 2@56 x 3.
C+J: warmup sets, 2@55 x 3
Trap bar deadlifts: warmup sets, 3@90 x 3 (plus weight of trap bar)

OK day, power jerks strong but a bit wobbly at top of a couple of them, mainly due to losing focus - got to be better on this, even when I think the lift is easy. C+Js were fine, cleans easy and jerks were good.

Friday 24th July
Power snatch from high hang: warmup sets, 3@40, 3@40, 3@40, miss+1+miss@40
Snatch pulls: warmup sets, 2@53 x 4
Split jerks: warmup sets, 3@35 x 4
Back squats: warmup sets, 5@80 x 3

Think that's the first time I've managed 40 x 3 on the hang power snatches. Yay! Another kilo on the back squat 5s.

Monday 27th July
Snatch warmup
Snatch: warmup sets, 2@44 x 4
Jerks from split: warmup sets, 3@35 x 4
Plank holds, abs, back extensions

All my reps in the snatches, yay. Felt really good, all caught in good position and easy.

Skipped squats just this once to leave something in the tank for Tuesday.

Have swapped jerks from split at the end of the week with power cleans at the start, also in order to have more in the tank for snatches at the start of the week, and to get me in the groove for rack jerks on Tuesdays. Also dropping most of my pulls (we just think I've run the course of them for the moment and am doing plenty of volume), so that makes this a nice easy session.

Tuesday 28th July
Snatch to max: 2@34, 2@37, 1@40, 42, 44, 46, miss@48, 48, 49, miss@50 x 3
Rack jerks: 3@35, 2@40, 2@45, 1@49, 1@53, 1@56, 1@56, 1@58, 1@60, 1@62, 1@62
Clean: 2@45, 2@49, 2@54, 2@58, 2@61, 2@64 x 3
Front squat: warmup sets, 3@73 x 3

Good day today - snatched well, and managed to hit 49kg which is only 1kg under my best and considering I haven't snatched over 46 since April pretty pleased with that. Missed 50 3 times, was close the second time but not quite. I've got to stop poking my head forward when receiving the bar. I was also cutting my pull a bit on the heavier snatches, which I have stopped doing on the lighter ones. A timing thing to work on. There is definitely more there now.

Good jerks too, apparently a little wobble at the top of the 62s but still, a lot heavier than I was able to jerk last week. Clean doubles heavy, but good form overall. Harry is bored with my cleans now because I never miss anymore, even when doing doubles at 3kg under my personal best. Ah well, he will have to live with it.

Front squats tough after all that - yet another PR triple on those.