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So this next one wont be pretty (not that the rest were, but this my actually gross a few people out)…excuse the white, harry legs. They definitely need some working on…

Wednesday 11/21/07

Power Clean and Push-press

Bar x 8 PC + 8 PP’s
135 x 1 PC + 5 PP’s
155 x 1 PC + 3 PP’s
165 x 1 PC + 3 PP’s
175 x 1 PC + 3 PP’s
185 x 1 PC + 3 PP’s
195 x 1 PC + 3 PP’s

Chins

BW + 15 x 5
BW + 20 x 3
BW + 20 x 2
BW + 20 x 1

(Fuck I suck at these!)

1-Arm DB Press (started with left arm…weaker arm)
60 x 4 x 6
(felt much easier than last time)

Pull-ups (was pretty pissed with my performance on chins, so I decided to do some pull-ups)

BW x 3
BW x 3
BW x 1
BW x 1
BW x 1

(FUCK!)

Pull Downs

120 x 8
135 x 8
150 x 8

(different pulley system than I used last time – which is why the increments are different)

Db Front Raises

25 x 3 x 8

(started getting kinda ugly towards the end)

Face Pulls

100 x 10
110 x 10 (form started to take a shit)
100 x 10

Standing Bb French Press

70 x 10
70 x 8

Friday 11/23/07

Power Cleans

135 x 3
155 x 3
165 x 3
175 x 3
185 x 3

Deadlifts (kept the O-lifting shoes on and used a clean set-up – lower hips, more leg drive)

225 x 3
275 x 3
315 x 3
340 x 2
365 x 1

1-leg DB RDL’s

100 x 4 x 6 (combined weight of DB’s)

Chins (neutral grip)

BW x 5,4,3,2

Isometric Hypers

BW + 25 x 50 sec
BW + 25 x 35 sec

Sat 11/24

Felt like shit today…I almost talked myself out of going to the gym; I went anyways, I just didn’t do much

Bench

135 x 8
185 x 5
230 x 3
230 x 2
230 x 2
230 x 2

Pull-ups

BW x 2 x 5

Dips

BW x 2 x 5

Rows

135 x 2 x 8

Monday 11/26

Overhead Squats

Bar x 5r x 2s

Power Snatch From Hang

45 x 5r x 2s
95 x 3
100 x 3
105 x 3
110 x 3
115 x 3

Power Cleans and Jerk

135 x 3 PC + 1 J
155 x 3 PC + 1 J
175 x 2 PC + 1 J
195 x 2 PC + 1 J
205 x 1 PC + 1 J
205 x 1 PC + 1 J
205 x 1 PC + 1 J

Overhead Squats

110 x 5r x 3s

Front Squats

135 x 3
160 x 3
185 x 3
205 x 3
205 x 2 x 2

Close-grip Bench

Bar x 8
135 x 6
185 x 5r x 3s

Pull-ups

BW x 3r x 5s

Wed 11/28

Overhead Squats

Bar x 5r x 2s
95 x 5r

Squat Cleans From High Hang

135 x 3r x 5s

Power Snatch From Hang

Bar x 5
95 x 3
105 x 3
115 x 2
125 x 2
135 x 1r x 3s

Back Squats (paused)

135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 3 x 3

RDL’s

225 x 3
275 x 3 x 3

Overhead Squats

45 x 5
95 x 5

Standing 1-Arm DB Press

65 x 5r x 3s

Neutral Grip Pull-ups

BW x 5
BW x 4
BW x 3

Got to the gym at about 3:30 and I hadn’t eaten since about 11:30 – felt really weak…

Overhead Squats

45 x 5
95 x 5r x 2s

Drop Snatches

45 x 5
65 x 3
75 x 3
85 x 3
95 x 3

Snatch from hang

45 x 5
65 x 3
75 x 3

Power Clean + Push Press

135 x 3PC + 3PP
155 x 1PC + 3PP
175 x 1PC + 3PP

Power Clean + Jerk

(185 x 1PC + 1J) x 3

Clean Pulls

225 x 3 x 3

Front Squats

135 x 3
155 x 3
175 x 3
185 x 3
205 x 1

Shitty workout…really felt like crap

Also, I don’t know if anyone is going to read this, but just in case: my wrists are really starting to bug me – I had surgery on the right one about 3 years ago and flexibility is an issue, and always will be. Overhead squats really hurt for the first few sets – anyone have any advice?

Sunday, 12/2

Overhead Squats

Bar x 5r x 3s

Some bar work to further warm up…

Power Snatch from Hang (knee level)

95 x 3
95 x 3
105 x 3
105 x 3
115 x 2
115 x 2
125 x 1
135 x 1
135 x 2
135 x 3
135 x 2 (this set was a little ugly…press outs)

Drop Snatches

45 x 5
65 x 5
80 x 5
95 x 3

Squat Cleans from High Hang

135 x 2r x 5s

Squat Cleans from pins at Knee Level

135 x 2r x 5s

Clean Pulls

225 x 3r x 4s (really tired after these…)

Front Squats

135 x 3
155 x 3
175 x 3
195 x 3
215 x 2
225 x 1

Chins (neutral grip)

BW x 5
BW x 5
BW x 4

Dips

BW x 5r x 4s

Tuesday 12/4

Bar work to warm up

Power Clean and Jerk

135 x 1 + 2
155 x 1 + 2
165 x 1 + 2
175 x 1 + 2
185 x 1 + 2
195 x 1 + 2
205 x 1 + 2
205 x 1 + 1 (the shoulders didn’t like that one )

Power Snatch from Hang

45 x 3
95 x 3
105 x 3
115 x 3 x 3

Squat Cleans from High Hang

95 x 3
105 x 3
115 x 3
125 x 3
135 x 3
145 x 3

Back Squats

135 x 3
185 x 3
225 x 3
235 x 3
245 x 3

RDL’s

225 x 5r x 3s

1-Arm DB Bench

70 x 6
75 x 6
80 x 6
85 x 6

Friday 12/7/07

General Warm up

Power Snatches from Hang

95 x 3
115 x 3
135 x 3
135 x 1 x a lot (I wasn’t really keeping track, maybe 6 - 8 sets with about 30sec rest)
135 x 5 (started really getting into the grove and I didn’t want to stop the set…)
135 x 4

Power Clean

135 x 3
155 x 3
175 x 1
185 x 1
205 x 1
215 x 1 (not too pretty)
215 x 1 (a lot better)

Cleans

135 x 1 x 5
(I’m pulling too high…as I’m getting quicker dropping into the hole I find the bar is crashing down on me. From a high hang it’s not an issue but from the floor I don’t really know what to do…)

Front Squats

135 x 3
155 x 3
175 x 3
195 x 3
215 x 3 (last rep wasn’t pretty…)

Military Press

95 x 5
105 x 5
115 x 5
125 x 4
135 x 3

Face Pulls

100 x 8
90 x 8
80 x 8

Sunday 12/9/07

BW = 232 (been consistently that for the last few days, thats ~5-7 lbs over the course of the last month. I feel stronger, I just don’t know about 5 - 7 lbs stronger, if you know what I mean…)

Bar work to warm up

Power Snatch from Hang

95 x 3
105 x 3
115 x 3
125 x 3
135 x 3
145 x 1
155 x 1r x 3s

Back Squats

135 x 5
185 x 3
230 x 3
240 x 3
250 x 3

RDL’s

135 x 5
225 x 3
285 x 3 x 3

D1 Chins (neutral grip)

BW x 5
BW x 5
BW x 3
BW x 3

D2 Dips

BW x 5 x 5

Monday 12/10/07

Still feeling kinda beat up from yesterday but I’m not going to have time tomorrow for the gym so I went anyways.

Warm-up

Power Cleans

135 x 3
155 x 3
175 x 2
185 x 2r x 7s

Jerks from rack

135 x 3
155 x 3
165 x 3 x 5

(really working on trying to get my form down here. Trying to keep my elbows high while racked and keep the shoulders out of it)

OHS

95 x 5
105 x 5
115 x 5
125 x 3

(shoulders and traps dead at this point, had difficult time balancing last set. Wrists are fucking killing me!)

Power Cleans from high hang

135 x 5r x 4s

(only about 30 sec between each set, just working on getting elbows up in rack.)

12/12/07

Felt really beat up today. Decided to just do some power snatches and then some upper body stuff…

Power snatch from hang

95 x 3
105 x 3
115 x 3
125 x 3
135 x 3
135 x 1
135 x 3r x 2s

Close grip bench

135 x 8
185 x 5
190 x 5
195 x 5
200 x 5
205 x 5

Close grip cable rows

120 x 8r x 3s

Face pulls

100 x 10r x 3s

Preacher curls

55 x 8r x 2s (am I right in assuming a ez curl bar is 35lbs?)

Push downs

140 x 8
160 x 8
180 x 8