Friday, January 30, 2009

I can feel it already, lol

10 DARC swings, 10/10 snatches @16kg
3/3 SLDL @16kg (CK-FMS-style)

4/4, 3/5, 5/5, 5/4, 4/4 strict Military Presses @16kg 
5*5/5 SLDL @16kg (CK-FMS-style)

3, 5, 5, 4, 5, 4 Double Jerks with slow negatives (no reclean) @2*16kg
3*5/5 double-bell-SLDL @2*16kg (CK-FMS-style)

5 TGU R @16kg
5 TGU L @16kg

Top of the minute:
10 dbl. swings @2*16kg
10 dbl. cleans @ 2*16kg
5 rounds, 10min

Thursday, January 29, 2009

High tension

5 C&P ladders of 3 @16kg, squeezing a 150lb gripper with the other hand.

This was far more tiring altogether but a lot more effective as for the presses themselves.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Quite some swings

I only had a 16kg at hand and with my hands a bit beaten from yesterday I didn't really feel like doing anything else than swings. Very simple template, 20 sets of 50 on 45sec rest periods. No, I don't find such sessions boring :)

50 swings @16kg
(10 two-hand/10L/10 two-hand/10R/10 two-hand)
75sec on, 45sec off
20 rounds, 40min, 1000 swings

Monday, January 26, 2009

Usual Monday combo

4*(swing - snatch - swing - C&J - swing - snatch - transfer) @16kg
1min on, 1min off
20 rounds, 40min

Friday, January 23, 2009

Today

I turned out to have gotten a great big blister on my right palm (I didn't have my sock sleeves yesterday) so I avoided snatches and restricted cleans to save it.

#1
3 side presses - TGU to half kneeling - 3 half-kneeling presses - TGU to floor - 3 floor presses - TGU to kneeling - 3 half-kneeling presses - TGU to standing - 3 side presses @12kg
3 rounds

(As an advanced group member has put it yesterday, I usually have 'mean ideas, very mean ideas or freakin' mean ideas, and this sequence is of the third category', there's some truth to it, lol.)

#2
Suitcase DL @2*32kg
lift L only - put down - lift both - put down - lift R only - put down - lift both - put down
5 sets

Yesterday

3 C&P ladders of 3 @16kg
20 Figure 8s to a hold between ladders
3*1/1 Shoulder Flow with bent press instead of MP

swing-snatch-combo @16kg
3 sn L - 3 DARC sw - 3 sn R - 3 DARC sw etc. (18 sn, 15 sw)
1min on, 1min off
15 rounds, 30min
270 snatches, 225 swings

This combo has become a kind of a hit, clients keep asking for it. Maybe because the swings in between make intensity go up and down, which enables them to go for longer sets than with snatches only, but it's more challenging than swings alone.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Swing it, snatch it, jerk it

Said client liked last week's combo pretty much so we did it again yesterday, this time combined with sets of long-cycle jerks. We were both a bit tired so we were actually going to go by feel about rest times, but then we turned out to be ready to continue in 1min, give or take a few secs. 

1min LCCJ - transfer @16kg (10), cca. 1min off
1min swing-snatch-combo from last Thursday @16kg (6*3 snatches and 5*3 swings), cca. 1min off
5 rounds, cca. 20min

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Where's my grip endurance?

Top of the minute:
15 two-hand swings @24kg
20 two-hand swings @24kg
25 two-hand swings @24kg
6 rounds, 18min, 360 swings

I had actually planned to do a bit more but it simply fried my grip pretty soon, so, after a few minutes rest, I switched to two-hand transfers @16kg:

Still top of the minute:
25 two hand transfers @16kg
20 rounds, 20min, 500 swings

At least that was no problem. Would've been really pissed, lol.

Yesterday's press practice

AM:
ROP C&P ladders @16kg
3*(1-->4)
kneeling presses @12kg
5/5 tall kneeling
5/5 half-kneeling, weight over stance leg
5/5 half-kneeling, weight over step leg

PM:
3 more rounds of kneeling presses @12kg:
5/5 tall kneeling
5/5 half-kneeling, weight over stance leg
5/5 tall kneeling
5/5 half-kneeling, weight over step leg

Thursday, January 15, 2009

AM "cardio"

Swing-snatch combo with an advanced client, @16kg

3 snatches L - 3 DARC swings - 3 snatches R - 3 DARC swings - 3 snatches L - ... - 3 snatches R.

10 rounds, 1min on, 1min off
20min, 180 snatches and 150 swings (6*3 snatches and 5*3 swings per round) 

Your "heavy weight, low rep approach for bulking up", Ryan.
What a witless clown.