18 February

Training (2p)


A. Squat snatch; build to a tough tng triple
*235, more there for sure. 
*Video https://vimeo.com/119986298

B. Squat snatch; 10 singles @80% 1rm; rest 2 min
*210#
*I think I missed one or two, just stupid mistakes but made sure to get 10 successful lifts. These felt fast and easy. 

C. Crossover step ups; @3121; 6-8x4/side; rest 1 min bw sides (try to
get the working leg to parallel, lift the non working toe to ensure it
is completely strict on the working leg)
*These were tough, did 25# db just to make sure we got the right tempo. Hammies felt this more than anything else. Definitely some imbalances between my bad knee and good knee. 

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6 sets:
15 power snatch 95#
15 bar facing burpees
15 box jumps 24"
rest 3 min bw sets
*1:41
*1:44
*1:47
*1:47
*1:59
*1:54
*Wow, this was miserable. Pushed the pace from the start, even though my brain told me that was going to make it 10x worse. I need to be better at this style of workout and I feel like I recovered about as well as I could. Things started to fall apart on the last set. One more and it would have been off the cliff most likely. Box jumps were bounding off the bottom. PS were all u/b and muscle-snatches for 95% of them. 

I can feel my brain getting a little more ready everyday for some of the pain coming in the Open. Physically, I am as ready as I am going to be and feel competitive. As always, it will come down to the mental side of the 5-weeks. I feel more ready mentally this year than I have in the past. Much more relaxed and not stressed about outcome. I want it just as bad as in the past, but don't "expect" anything. If I finish top 20, I won't be surprised, and if I don't finish top 20, won't be surprised. I am not running around wishing I had more time, I have put in 5+ years of solid training and consistency into this. Just comes down to what gets pulled out of the Hopper. The changes in the diet over the past 170 days have me confident that the UC won't have a say in the outcome. I would like to make it to Regionals so I can justify the fact that I haven't had any sugar other than fruit in the past 170 days has actually served a purpose....Not that I miss it, more for the principle than anything. Now it's turned into a game, like doing 100 u/b 12' WB...how long can I go before I break.....