Tuesday, November 28, 2006

snatch session.

Nov. 28th mostly devoted to dumbbell and Kettlebell snatch in morning.

Warm up on tai bag for 10 minutes. Light stretching and some foam roller to loosen up

snatches with Olympic dumbbell: 30#, 40# 50# 60# 70# 2-3 reps for speed.

Kettlebell snatches: 16kgx10,20Kgx10,24Kgx10,28kgx10, 32kgx7, 2-16Kgx10, 2-20kgx10x3

Stretching after.

My Kettlebell snatch technique is getting much better especially with doubles. Doubles do bring the heart rate up a little, but I don't see how I can get such girth between my thighs doing d0ubles with 32Kg and above. However I don't seem to be decelerate the bell when recovering from the top to take so stress off the arms effectively deceleration at this time.
On the other hand the Dumbbell Snatches are my one of my favorites but I have to build a small platform so I don't have to decelerate the dumbbell by guiding it to the floor to prevent the dumbell from lunching back into my shins.
For good information on the snatch or any of the basic lifts go to The Weightlifting Encyclopedia.by A. Drechsler. Its takes a year to read if you want to cover all the subjects covered.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

non burning logs..

Nov. 7th. Vote today for your favorite leader.....what ever!

for the last three decades I have used a training log as my guide in life when it comes to training. I never lied in my log as I am the only one who is going to view it so therefore there is no reason to impress someone else with inflated numbers. Only once did I loan a person my log to give some guidance on how to run a difficult 50 mile trail run. It was the JKF 50 and I have done it several times and always did well so this runner looked at my training leading up to the race. A week later I got the log back with a thank you and a comment that I was totally insane and they would not be running this for now(training mileage in the 80's was excessive). I finally convinced them that my training was somewhat over the top for the event, but I wanted to ensure that I would successful without killing myself on race day and would rather die on my own time.
Anyway I have recorded religiously all my training sessions most of the time without thought until I looked back each week or so to see if I was making progress or just spinning my wheels. Also if I was not making gains or did make a successful change in body or strength, it was an excellent way to see what the formula was that made it happen. Feed back from you training log always seem to kick start or maintain momentum. Also if there was a injury, you can go back to what the series of events that lead up to your down fall. We all known injuries take place in micro increments and not just one fall.
I always look at the gyms I have trained in an the ones most successful are the one where the members have books with them jotting down their sessions like some over sized Secretary.

Leg and back day for the most part:

Warm up on heavy bag for 10 minutes; Punches were fast today for some reason....that scary!
combo of incline dips, ab roller and KB front squat 24Kg sets of 20 for 5 sessions.
24Kg figure 8 and catch for 2x25
4 sets of low pully hip extentions
Good morning with 5x135x5 slow and tight for core work.
hammer curls: 70#