Pierre's Book of Lifting
 

Been lifting consistently 1-2 times per week since February 3rd 2007.

Tonights Effort:
Snatch
52kg x3
54kg x3
56kg x3
59kg x3
61kg x3
64kg x3
66kg x3

Bodyweight: 69kg
Previous PR: 61kg x 1 (I think I'm getting better!:))

My goal is to open with a bodyweight snatch at my first ever lifting meet on May 18th in St. Thomas, ON. It looks like if I keep progressing at this pace I'll be opening with this weight as planned.

Observations: My lifting is considerably better on days when I've completed a CrossFit MetCon WOD earlier in the day. My work capacity for the remainder of that day seems to be at peak. Interesting stuff! For some reason I seem to like starting to lift late in the evening 20:00 and going until 23:00 or so. Good thing I don't do this more often, though not fatiguing metabolically or even really on a muscular level it is more draining and gets me ready for bed soon after.

Other Notes: If I can open in St. Thomas with bodyweight then according to the current provincial standings I should be capable of winning a slot at nationals in the 69kg class.

You lift for 15 hours!:eek:

No 3 hours look again!

Previous Hard Log Entries
 

Jan 31st 07 - First day of Lifting outside of CrossFit
1x SNT+ 3x OHS
5x115
5x120

Jerk
5x115
5x120
Keeping Jerk light

3 Feb 07
1x SNT+3x OHS
3x110
3x110
3x100

C&J
110
110
110
Keeping C&J light

04 Feb 07
Snatch Pulls
10x185
5x255
5x255

Snatch High Pulls
5x135
5x135
5x185
5x185

Jerk Tech light

05 Feb 07

BS
5x135
5x185
5x205
5x225
5x245

SNT-DL
10x185

07 Feb 07
1x SNT + 3x OHS
105
110
115
120
125

10 Feb 07
1x SNT + 2 OHS
5x95

14 Feb 07
SNT-HP
5x95
5x115
5x125
5x135
5x145
5x155

SNT + OHS
100-100-100
105-105-105
110-110-110

15 Feb 07
SNT+OHS
115-115-115
120-120-120
125-125-125
130-130

23 Feb 07
115-115-115
120-120-120
125-125-125
130-130-130
135-135-135

25 Feb 07
BS
5x225
5x235


27 Feb 07
BS
5x235
5x240

FS
3x165
3x179
3x175
3x180

04 Mar 07
Jerk
115
3x135
3x140
3x145
3x150
3x155
3x160

As Mike Burgener would say: "Your Jerk sucks!"

05 Mar 07
Box-SNT(18") + SNT Balance
115 + 95
115 + 105
115 + 115
115 + 125
115 + 135
115 + 145
115 + 155
115 + 165
115 + 175
115 + 185
115 + 3x195 = FAIL

10 Mar 07
SNT
95
105
115
125
135

C&J
135
145
155
165

15 Mar 07
115-115-115
120-120-120
125-125-125
130-130-130
135-135-135
140-140-140
145-145-145

10 lbs PR

17 Mar 07
115
120
125
130
135
140
145

Confirms PR

Dropped bodyweight on myself during 3rd attempt. I forgot what I was doing but I got out in time!

21 Mar 07

CLN
165-165-165
170-170-170
175-175-175
180-180-180

SNT
95x3
115x3
125x3

Light snatches I was very tired after the heavy cleans. My PR on cleans was 80kg almost a year ago, it was nasty, dirty, shit! But it went up! At the time I was doing tons of front squats no back squats at all and had no technique. Now my front squats are terrible my back squats are moving up but at least my cleans look like cleans, and the weight is moving up.

What a modicum of technique can do is outstanding!! Understanding how the lifts are done and doing them are two different things...

2 April 07

SNT
115
120
125
130
135
140
142.2
145

CLN
135
140
145
155
165
165

I was done I couldn't clean any more then 165, my confidence was done. My overemphasis on the snatch I think is limiting both it and my cleans. SO tomorrow I will switch gears a bit. Yes I am actually going to workout tomorrow!

3 April 07

BS+CLN
185
195
215 + 160
225 + 165
235 + 170
245 + 175
255 + 180 (Both previous PR's were EASY)
265 + 185 (Missed the CLN-extension but got under and saved it for a PR)
270 + 190 (Big PR's both)
275 + 195 (Huge PR's both - this CLN was probably the best of the bunch)
280 + 185 (280 still felt very solid/Miss CLN 200 so return to 185)


Ummm OK not sure where that came from but I've been back into the fasting for the past week+ and have been building my work capacity back up. I'm sure that had something to do with it.

These ME style lifting workouts seem to be my kind of thing. I am too aloof to be following a strict program, which is why I like CrossFit so much and so simply working with a focused goal seems to be working out. I also noticed that I can snatch 135 pretty much on command at this point. It's my new starting weight in my warm-ups, that pleases me. Considering when I started this on Jan 31st I was barely snatching 135 for a single, it had been my PR for quite some time...

I've put on 3 pounds since I started fasting. Ughh, can my metabolism make up its mind? More cals lose weight less cals gain weight. I'm all f'ed up!