November 8, 2015

Daily score: 8

Workout:

Weightlifting Cert with Burgener


What an amazing weekend.  I feel like a sponge and so hoping to retain all the information.  I learned a lot about how to coach: cues, seeing faults, drills, etc.  But I also feel like I learned and grew a lot as a lifter.  The biggest thing was to correct unloading my legs or raising my butt vs. keeping the same back angle on the way to the down and finish on both the snatch and clean.  I learned to focus on keeping my chest up and using a focal point to prevent dropping my chest and raising my butt.  Funny thing is- it worked!  Made the weight lighter!  I also think I was setting up with my feet too wide and starting from the ground with my weight to far back in my heels, so I changed that a bit too.  We never really snatched heavy but we did add weight on the clean and I 'squat' clean and jerked 133 twice :).  Which is a 5# PR for a squat clean anyway.  I didn't go for more than that because it wasn't supposed to be about that.  But the coach said I hit the positions well, I just need to be more aggressive and come out of the bottom faster.  We also did some front squat work and again I was instructed that I MUST come up more powerfully every time.  The thing is -  it doesn't take much weight for me to feel like it's heavy in a front squat.  Maybe this is why wall balls kill me ;).  Jerk work seemed solid.  Anyway, all and all a really great time.  I also made some good connections and reignited my passion for this community and coaching.  So...I'm all fired up!  Let's get to work :)