Baxmans Trip
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Clean form is good, but I think my snatch and overhead squat still need some work. They are much improved from the beginning and the more I snatch and overhead squat the easier it becomes. I'm amazed when watching olympic lifters on you tube and how smooth and easy they make the snatch look. I really should video tape myself and check out how my form looks. Better yet, some lessons from a oly lifting coach would be sweet. For now, I'll just keep with the plan and increase the weight a little at a time.
2-9-09 HST CYCLE 3 + OLY
Start 10's
Squats 2x10x190
Bench 2x10x170
Chins 2x10xbw+7.5
OHP 2x10x105
Second sets were tough and probally 1 rep shy of failure. Kind of surprised by this, I figured it wouldn't be too bad. Is this common for 1st workout of tens? Anyways, my strength seems to be crap. I'm going to order some creatine tomorrow, been off for 4 weeks now. Hopefully that will give me a little boost. Have to eat some more and drink more milk too! Oh yeah, I'm going to do my oly lifting in the a.m. on off days for my two weeks of tens.
2-9-09 HST CYCLE 3 + OLY
Start 10's
Squats 2x10x190
Bench 2x10x170
Chins 2x10xbw+7.5
OHP 2x10x105
Second sets were tough and probally 1 rep shy of failure. Kind of surprised by this, I figured it wouldn't be too bad. Is this common for 1st workout of tens? Anyways, my strength seems to be crap. I'm going to order some creatine tomorrow, been off for 4 weeks now. Hopefully that will give me a little boost. Have to eat some more and drink more milk too! Oh yeah, I'm going to do my oly lifting in the a.m. on off days for my two weeks of tens.
2-11-09 HST Cycle 3+Oly Workout 2 10's
A.M. Snatch 3x3x70,2x3x80
Deads 2x10x295
OHP 2x10x110
Weight Sit ups 3x15xbw+45
Ran short on time so bench and pullups will happen later this afternoon. I'll throw some overhead squats in too. Legs are still real sore from Mon. squats. Increasing snatch weight to 80# was good...Ahead of schedule with that.
A.M. Snatch 3x3x70,2x3x80
Deads 2x10x295
OHP 2x10x110
Weight Sit ups 3x15xbw+45
Ran short on time so bench and pullups will happen later this afternoon. I'll throw some overhead squats in too. Legs are still real sore from Mon. squats. Increasing snatch weight to 80# was good...Ahead of schedule with that.
2-13-09 HST CYCLE 3+OLY Workout 3 10's
Fighting a nice head cold today.
Squats 2x10x200
Bench 2x10x180
Chins 2x10xbw+12.5
RDL 2x12x170 Have to increase this weight
Inc Sit ups 3x20xbw
Nice job for feeling like crap. 10th rep on 2nd sets of squat, bench and chins were all at failure. Still a little behind on weight from my 2nd HST cycle, but inching closer. Left shoulder giving me some grief.
Bodyweight 168
Fighting a nice head cold today.
Squats 2x10x200
Bench 2x10x180
Chins 2x10xbw+12.5
RDL 2x12x170 Have to increase this weight
Inc Sit ups 3x20xbw
Nice job for feeling like crap. 10th rep on 2nd sets of squat, bench and chins were all at failure. Still a little behind on weight from my 2nd HST cycle, but inching closer. Left shoulder giving me some grief.
Bodyweight 168
Thanks Lol, I'd rather have a bigger squat like yours and quite frankly I've been seriously thinking about dropping bench in favor of OHP's. Surprisingly, OHP's don't bother my shoulder like benching does.
2-16-09 HST CYCLE 3+OLY workout 4 10's
Squats 2x10x210 Real Tough
Bench 1x10x185,1x8x185,1x2x185
Pullups 1x10xbw+5,1x8and1x2xbw+5
OHP 1x10x115, 1x8and1x2x115
RDL 2x12x185
Well, I think I reached my 10 rep maxes a little early. These were some tough sets. Could have maybe got ten on set 2 of bench, but I hit the pins on the way down...really bums me out when I do that. Really digging the RDL's, grip was strong and will increase the weight some more.
Started taking creatine again today.
2-16-09 HST CYCLE 3+OLY workout 4 10's
Squats 2x10x210 Real Tough
Bench 1x10x185,1x8x185,1x2x185
Pullups 1x10xbw+5,1x8and1x2xbw+5
OHP 1x10x115, 1x8and1x2x115
RDL 2x12x185
Well, I think I reached my 10 rep maxes a little early. These were some tough sets. Could have maybe got ten on set 2 of bench, but I hit the pins on the way down...really bums me out when I do that. Really digging the RDL's, grip was strong and will increase the weight some more.
Started taking creatine again today.
2-18-09 HST CYCLE 3 + OLY Workout 5 10's
Deads 2x10x315 Whoa!!
Tough
Bench 1x9x190,1x7and1x4 190
Chins 2x10xbw+17.5
OHP 1x8x120,2x6x120
Pretty intense today. 2 reps shy of a PR in OHP..I really wanted that one and will give it another shot Fri. Those deadlifts have to be the hardest 2 sets I've done in awhile. I've done 320 for ten, but not 2 sets so I'm real happy about the effort with 315. Bench is 5# off my best of 195 for 9. A good gym day!
Deads 2x10x315 Whoa!!
Bench 1x9x190,1x7and1x4 190
Chins 2x10xbw+17.5
OHP 1x8x120,2x6x120
Pretty intense today. 2 reps shy of a PR in OHP..I really wanted that one and will give it another shot Fri. Those deadlifts have to be the hardest 2 sets I've done in awhile. I've done 320 for ten, but not 2 sets so I'm real happy about the effort with 315. Bench is 5# off my best of 195 for 9. A good gym day!
2-22-09 HST CYCLE 3+OLY Last workout 10's
Squats 1x10x220 1x5x220 PR
OHP 1x10x120 1x5x120 PR
Pullups 1x10xbw+7.5, 1x5xbw+7.5
Bench 1x9x190, 1x5x190
OHP's were solid, helped doing them before bench. Squats were nasty tough. Reps 6-10 had a pause with 5 deep breaths between reps and were real slow coming up. Onto the 5's
Squats 1x10x220 1x5x220 PR
OHP 1x10x120 1x5x120 PR
Pullups 1x10xbw+7.5, 1x5xbw+7.5
Bench 1x9x190, 1x5x190
OHP's were solid, helped doing them before bench. Squats were nasty tough. Reps 6-10 had a pause with 5 deep breaths between reps and were real slow coming up. Onto the 5's
2-24-09 HST CYCLE #3 +OLY
Squats 3x5x190
OHP 3x5x120
Power Cleans 3x3x135
Bench 3x5x190
Chins 3x5xbw+20
RDL 2x12x195
Don't think I was fully recovered from Sun. workout. Squats, bench and OHP felt heavy while cleans,chins and RDL's felt great. Grip held up nice on the RDL's. I remember back a few years ago doing RDL's with straps and 205 for 6. I'm going to shoot for 205 for twelve next time and use a hook grip if I have to.
Squats 3x5x190
OHP 3x5x120
Power Cleans 3x3x135
Bench 3x5x190
Chins 3x5xbw+20
RDL 2x12x195
Don't think I was fully recovered from Sun. workout. Squats, bench and OHP felt heavy while cleans,chins and RDL's felt great. Grip held up nice on the RDL's. I remember back a few years ago doing RDL's with straps and 205 for 6. I'm going to shoot for 205 for twelve next time and use a hook grip if I have to.
2-25-09 HST CYCLE 3 +OLY
Snatch 4x3x85, **1x3x105 **
Turkish Get Ups 1x5x25db per side AWESOME exercise
I was watching some youtube and some how got to watching people doing turkish getups with kettlebells. Looked cool so I tried it with a dumbbell. I'm glad I did because that is one kick a** exercise. I also watched a dude do a turkish getup with a 135# barbell....Now that is something to be proud of.
**Previous best snatch was 1x1x100.
Snatch 4x3x85, **1x3x105 **
Turkish Get Ups 1x5x25db per side AWESOME exercise
I was watching some youtube and some how got to watching people doing turkish getups with kettlebells. Looked cool so I tried it with a dumbbell. I'm glad I did because that is one kick a** exercise. I also watched a dude do a turkish getup with a 135# barbell....Now that is something to be proud of.
**Previous best snatch was 1x1x100.
2-26-09 HST CYCLE 3+OLY WO 2 5's
5 minute treadmill
Front Squats 1x10x45,1x5x95,3x5x145
Deads 1x5x205,3x5x325
OHP 3x5x122
Pullups 3x5xbw+10
Pushups 35
Didn't feel like benching today so I tried some dips and by the third rep the old shoulder was really whining, bummer, so just did a set of pushups. Used a double overhand grip on my last set of deads which surprising worked pretty good..used a hook grip on the last two reps(I thought I lost my thumbs).
5 minute treadmill
Front Squats 1x10x45,1x5x95,3x5x145
Deads 1x5x205,3x5x325
OHP 3x5x122
Pullups 3x5xbw+10
Pushups 35
Didn't feel like benching today so I tried some dips and by the third rep the old shoulder was really whining, bummer, so just did a set of pushups. Used a double overhand grip on my last set of deads which surprising worked pretty good..used a hook grip on the last two reps(I thought I lost my thumbs).