My work on my wonky squat continues. It’s been about a month since I started dedicated loaded unilateral work at least twice per week. And guess what? The hula dance that my hips did (leaning into the weak glute side) is dramatically better! Not totally gone as you can see in the video, but not […]
Archive | November, 2014
The New Eleiko App
Eleiko just released a fun new free app. I use it on the Apple iOS, it’s not available (yet) for the Android. It’s a weightlifting specific app that has many good features and a few issues that I hope it’ll address in future versions. The good: there’s a video library of basic weightlifting exercises and […]
Snatch Balances and Walking Lunges
Today was a snatch-centric day. Hang snatches at 80%, snatch grip deadlifts at 80% and snatch balances. I’m still working on that last one. With light weights I can snap under the bar, but the heavier the weight the more it looks like a snatch grip push press and subsequent overhead squat. But even done […]
Clean Pull Unders
I call these “clean pull unders” but they may have some official name of which I’m unaware. It’s a great drill for learning to pull under the bar instead of trying to (consciously or unconsciously pull the bar up to the rack position). It’s a lot tougher than it looks to just stand on your […]
Training When Sick
My beloved husband is on a four day fishing trip in another state. This is fun for him, lonely for me. The only upside to his being away is that when he’s away, my two girls come down and sleep with me. It’s like a giant snugglefest of mommy love. However, snuggling with a 10 […]
First Week of November Training Wrap-Up
It’s the end of the first week of my new training program, the first week after the American Masters Open. Body weight 116.4lbs. I equaled my PR Back Squat (153lbs), PRed by clean by 1kg (49kg) and hit a 94% snatch (35.5kg) without much trouble. I feel like it’s sort of a good baseline place […]
Another Variation on the Back Extension
Yet another variation on the back extension, this time with a row. You could do this with a barbell, but I prefer kettlebells as this gets heavier, mainly because I like each side to be working independently. It also doesn’t hurt that the KBs are easier for my short arms to reach from the […]
Warming Up For Competition
I was asked today about tips for national level competitions. I’m not super experienced having only been to two, but I had these two insights that I thought I’d share. One, colonize a warm-up platform early to put yourself where you’ll be most comfortable. I read a great article recently that talked about being in […]
A Variation on the Snatch Grip Back Extension
I found this right after my post from yesterday. It’s a great variation on the snatch grip back extension that I did on a GHD yesterday. This one requires no special equipment, just a friend to hold your ankles. This is the great Apti in the video, so I’d probably start with much smaller weights […]
The Next Phase of Programming
So now onwards to a little volume strength work. The structure of the next few weeks will look like this: Two days of 5-6 movements, 3×3-5 working sets (which don’t include warm-up sets) at 80-85% split thus: The classic lifts (Snatch, Clean, Jerk) or some partial of the classic lifts (like a hang snatch or […]