Saturday, April 06, 2013

24 kg Snatch and 40 Kg one arm swing pr



Turned out to be a good day.  Stretchout at a minimum ( which is the norm for saturdays lately) but warmed up well. yesterdays stretching held well.

Snatch
16 kg x 5/5 x 2
20 kg x 5/5
24 kg x 5/5
         x 6/6
         x 7/7
         x 8/8
         x 9/9
         x 10/10
         x 5/5
100 reps

haven't done 10 rep sets with 24 in awhile. No problem and the nice slow ramp up was perfect. This will work I think I will do this each week and just vary the top sets reps ( upwards if desired) and the down set(s) Plenty of good, powerful snatches and a decent amount of volume. Minimal rest between sets as Joe and Nick were snatching the 36 kg! for sets of 3's ,lol. Not much rest at all.
My form felt good and the bell not too heavy. Strength first for awhile, conditioning later. Maybe :)

One arm swings
28 kg x 5/5
32 kg x 5/5
36 kg x 5/5
40 kg x 5/5 Pr!


the first time I have done anything one armed with the 40kg and it was NO problem. the good news about doing it in this sequence is that I am fully ( finally) warmed up :)) Makes it a lot easier. One arm Beast swings here we come.

Two hand CB Shield casts
20 x 10/10
25 x 10/10
35 x 8/8 !
 these were the strongest shield casts I have done with the 35er.

CB Mills
 3 sets of 10/10 with 10 lbs


haven't done these in ages, just showing Joe some of the techniques. It was fun, have to add them back in again.

Bar pushups SS Scap pullups
4 sets of 13, 12 11, 10 ( Pr first set)
              6 6 6 6 


the pullups are getting better but the pushups were great. I should have gotten 15 on the first set but left a little in the tank. I want 20 reps here soon.
Not a bad improvement from August when I couldn't do one without pain.

a very solid day. weighing 158 in the am and body fat is as low as it's been so I'm happy with this. This is probably the perfect weight for me, light enough to be lean but heavy enough to still have some strength :))

datsit.
Sisu/





Strong hands, strong body.


4 comments:

Joe Sarti said...

Solid day for all of us. Great pace, strong numbers, a few PRs and yes, the intro of the mills.

You looked great today, nothing looked hard! Look forward to doing some beast 1 arm swings :)

Mark Reifkind said...

thanks Joe. it was a good day for all :)and I'm looking forward to those Beast swings too.

Anonymous said...

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Thanks for your time, and for the cool blog. I look forward to seeing more from you!

All the best,

Teo

Mark Reifkind said...

Teo

thanks for the kind words. I will check out Glipho later ( after my workout:) and get back to you

195 x 1 x 11 , 20 kg swings 5 x 8/8, floor pushups 35, 25

  Not great sleep and a bit sore ( no aspirin for last three days) so all in all it was a strong day . Just definitely not 'fresh'  ...