So uhh, I had to quit the program for very stupid reasons. Someone in my family brought home a virus or something that caused me to end up being sick for a couple weeks, and despite feeling really strong and other indicators of the program going well I decided to take a few days off and start a program that isn’t going to keep me into overreaching (I’ll be starting college soon anyway, so I probably don’t want to start college while overreached).
Anyway, latest sessions:
session 1
btn jerks
255X5
240X5
230X5
push presses
I was supposed to work up to a top set of 8, really underestimated how fatigued my legs would be after jerks so I just got three working sets in at some rep/weight that I didn’t rememeber
jerk dips
285X8
270X8
255X8
front squats
295X8
280X8
265X8
Fucking shredded my elbows doing this session because I forgot to stretch my upper body after meticulously stretching my lower body.
day 2
Pause jerks (apparently I am pathetic at these)
205X5
195X5
185X5
overhead squat+ snatch push press
185X4+4
175X4+4
165X4+4
front squats
295X5
295X5
295X5
pause front squats
235X3
235X3
235X3
day 3
no feet snatches
135X3
no feet clean+ split jerk
205X3+1
front squats
315X5
295X5
275X5
Managed to re-shred my elbows (this time not the tricep tendon, yay) because I lifted at a place I can’t drop weights at.
day 4
power cleans
225X5
215X5
205X5
heaving snatch balance
205X5
Stopped because I was in pain.
Anyway, feeling pretty strong and good to add a good 10-20+ pounds to all of those next week going to an actual (technical) max. Elbows actually feel reasonable right now, though I’ll do the pulls I was supposed to do after the snatch balances, and some bro-work just to get my volume in and pump some blood into my elbows. Also left out bodybuilding work for convenience of logging, just the usual stuff to keep muscle on and keeping my body from self destructing.
Goals for the week are: 265X5 BTN jerk, 225X5 pause jerk (why do I suck so bad at these? jesus.), 315X8, 345X5 front squats, 145X3 no feet snatch, 235X5 power clean, 225X3+1 no feet clean and split jerk. Also to actually feel healthy and hit every single training session (or if I miss them, miss them for a legitimate reason and not because I hurt myself in a stupid way).