Earlier this week, I woke up with some nagging aches and pains in the traps. I’m not sure what exactly caused this – bad sleep position, the snatch balances, the behind the neck presses, the accidental 220 lb clean attempt,…
Mobility As I talked about last week, I had a session with a Functional Movement Systems certified trainer to assess mobility. Today was our first followup session to address some of the uncovered issues. We started with some hip opening work and some…
Wendler 5/3/1 Cycle 4 Week 2 Warmup: Run 450m (around block) Press: 142.5 x 3+: 3 Clean (as warmup for DL): 135, 165, 180, 195, 205 (PR!), 220x, 215x, 210x Deadlift: 320 x 3+: 7 (rep PR) Today was pretty…
Running Got in a short run today on the treadmill (incline 1): Speeds (1 min each): 4, 5, 6, 5, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 5 mph Summary: 10 minutes, .95 miles Short on time due to work. This felt…
Wendler 5/3/1 Cycle 4 Week 2 Bench: 197.5 x 3+: 4 😦 The tail of two bodies continues. Today’s bench result was pretty much the exact opposite of yesterday’s squat result. Just three weeks ago, I managed 5 reps at…
Wendler 5/3/1 Cycle 4 Week 2 Squat: 250 x 3+: 8! The last time I did 250 lbs was just a few weeks ago on March 4. That was for the 1+ set of the 3rd week of the last…
Snatch Hang Snatch, 75 lbs, 1:00 rest between sets 2,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1 The plan is to work with a low weight until I get the form right. I went with 2 reps on the first five sets in order to experiment with…
Mobility Today, I had a Functional Movement Screen done by an FMS certified trainer. Hop on over to the Functional Movement Systems web site to read all about the concept. This article on their site is a great, short overview of…
Wendler 5/3/1 Cycle 4 Week 1 Press: 135 x 5+: 5 Clean (as warmup for DL): 135, 165, 180, 195, 200 (PR!), 205x Deadlift: 300 x 5+: 8 (rep PR) The big news for the day is the 200 lb…
Wendler 5/3/1 Cycle 4 Week 1 Bench: 187.5 x 5+: 6 Not good. Hit 7 and 10 reps in the past. Upper body lifts definitely seem like they are regressing since switching from GSLP to Wendler. Olympic Lifting Snatch Drop:…
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