It was fun to be in such a different environment, where Olympic Lifting is the primary focus and just one element in many like at Crossfit.
I've been focusing on strength development for over 6 months now, so my Olympic technique isn't up to scratch, plus my adcutor/hip flexor pull made split jerk too risky.
As I worked up using kilograms instead of pounds, started with power jerks, but I'm not very good that those, then switch to split, but with my right foot forward.
That was so weird. At 70kg it was getting wobbly, so I switch to just doing cleans.
At 80kg, it felt pretty good, so I started doing some math in my head. 85kg would be 2lbs over my PR.
Adding 5kg is a lot more than adding 5lbs!!! But I nailed, quite easily.
I hummed and I hawed over what to add. Finally, and wisely, I went conservative and added 2kg, 1 on each side for 87kg.
Nailed it. Then I got cocky and went to 90kg, when really I should've been going up by 1kg increments if at all. Couldn't get the second pull to go anywhere.
This is where practice will help next year. I need to work under my threshold so perfect the mechanics of the second pull and then I expect to be able to move up in weight a bit more aggressively.
We'll see, now I need to stay focused on the plan, and trust the process.
Progress update.
New Clean PR.
Lift / target weight / current PR
Bench / 190lbs / 215lbs July 4, 2014 (up from 205lbs)
Dead Lift / 300lbs / 325lbs May 21, 2014 (up from 300lbs)
Press / 130lbs / 140lbs July 2, 2014 (up from 135lbs)
Power Clean / 185lbs / 185lbs Dec 30, 2013 (up from 175lbs)
Power snatch / 140lbs / 125lbs Mar, 27, 2014 (up from 115lbs)
Back Squat / 255lbs / 285lbs June 30, 2014 (up from 275lbs)
Other lift PRs:
Front Squat 245# (up from 235#) June 13, 2014
Push Press: 175# (up from 165#) Feb 18, 2014
Clean: 191# (up from 185#) July 29, 2014
Jerk: 185# (up from 180#) Oct 30, 2013
Snatch: 130# July 22, 2013
Clean and Jerk: 175# July 24, 2013
Overhead squat: 115# April 10th, 2014
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