November 11, 2015

Daily score: 8

Workout:

Barbell Club

7 sets of 2 high hang squat snatch:

35kg, 35, 35, 35, 40, 40, 40

Clean and jerk singles:

35, 45, 50, 55, 60, 60, 50, 45, 45, 45, 45, 45, 45, 45, 45, 45

I had such a great experience at Barbell Club.  Really looking forward to this being a part of my weekly routine.  It is a kilo only environment I was instructed so I am going to make an effort to start talking about weight in kilos.  Is that okay with you?  Will it screw up my blog if I start posting things in kilos?

The coach thought my snatches looked pretty good.  The only note he had was that maybe if I widened my stance in my landing squat I would have more room to get my body more vertical.

I received lots of great coaching on my clean and jerk.  A nearly overwhelming amount.  But very clear tips that I think I will be able to work on.  First though, I hit 60 twice.  Just slow coming up out of the squat as usual.  Tips I got:  I need to go faster from the knee.  Duh.  I am slow, I know.  She had me do a bunch of the 45s with a pause at the knee and then explode and those reps felt good.  Next:  widened my grip.  Next:  squeeze my butt and torque my legs out prior to the dip for the jerk in order to keep from dipping forward and to engage my glutes.  It's amazing how the 'squeeze your butt' cue really forced me to do this better.  Then:  adjusting my jerk landing so that my back knee lands more bent and front shin is vertical not leaning forward.  Lastly: catching the jerk with elbows back by ears, basically bar more back over center of gravity.  They said I was slightly forward and needed to let the bar go back and my head come through more.  So...good stuff.  I was a lot of fun.

Thanks!