Day: December 2, 2013

60 Day Lifting Challenge – Week 1 Day 1

I’m doing the 60 Day Lifting Challenge from Columbus Weightlifting. In to Survival Fitness at 10am. Took about 2 hours total with my warm-up.

Warm-up

  • 2:00 Air Dyne
  • PVC Pass-thrus
  • Banded OH Stretch (purple bands)

Wow, I was out of breath after the AD. Being sick really fucks up training.

Muscle Snatches

From 2 positions for each rep, above knee and below knee (Demo).

  • Warmed up with 2×45# and 2x2x75#
  • 2x3x95#
  • 3x3x85#

95# didn’t feel terrible, but it was a bit much and losing the technique aspect, so I dropped down.

Muscle Cleans

From 2 positions for each rep, above knee and below knee (Demo).

  • Warmed up with 2×75#, 2x2x105#
  • 5x2x125#

125# was pretty ideal here.

Turned out both of these muscle movements were supposed to be from the floor, not according to the demo videos they sent. I was thinking it was turning out to be a shit load of reps!

Snatches

  • 2×95#
  • 2×115#
  • 2×135#
  • 1×145#
  • 1×150#
  • 4x1x160#

Made every lift and felt pretty good.

Front Squats

  • 2×95#
  • 2×215#
  • 2×250#
  • 3x2x265#

This was a new way of doing squats for me. Big jump and not much warm-up! Felt really heavy after not squatting since Tuesday.