Tag: Split Press

60 Day Lifting Challenge – Week 7 Day 5

I’m doing the 60 Day Lifting Challenge from Columbus Weightlifting.

Woke up feeling really beat up. Could it have been simple from moving the heavier day 5 up? Lifted solo just after 11. I work Nano 3.0s for the entire session today since the lifts were not squat variants. Could really tell the difference in setup positioning.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • 3 Sets of MAX Unbroken DU
  • 10×45# Shoulder Press

Went 62, 50, and 73 on the double unders.

Split Press

  • 2×95#
  • 2×105#
  • 2×115#
  • 2×125#
  • 2x2x130#
  • 2×135#
  • 2×140#

Power Snatch from Below Knee

  • 2×100#
  • 2×120#
  • 2×140#
  • 4x1x150#

Power Clean from Below Knee

  • 2×135#
  • 2×155#
  • 2×180#
  • 4x1x190#

Lifts felt good today even though I wasn’t feeling so great this morning.

Snatch Deadlift

  • 6x2x185

Hooked gripped them all for once. Hard on my thumbs!

Skill

Three more sets of MAX unbroken DU. I went 82, 75, and 67 this time. Really happy with those 6 sets today. All sets at least of at least 50 and no stupid early trip ups. Had some really nice saves too, wanting to hit at least 50 every time.

Skill/Conditioning

5 Rounds

  • 10 Pistols
  • 20s Handstand Hold
  • 10 T2B
  • 90s Rest

I counted slow up to 21 during my handstand holds since I couldn’t see the clock. Timed out my counting while typing this up and it should have been pretty damn close to 20 seconds. My rounds were 1:08, 1:05, 1:03, 1:03, and 1:01 with everything unbroken. Really liked that one!

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Ended with Crossover Symmetry Iron Scap.

I wonder what they have in store for us in week 8. Tomorrow will be day 49, so not much time left.

60 Day Lifting Challenge – Week 6 Day 5

I’m doing the 60 Day Lifting Challenge from Columbus Weightlifting. Alex came over to lift at 11.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • 45# Shoulder Presses and Snatch Presses
  • 95# Shoulder Presses

Split Press

  • 3×120#
  • 3×125#
  • 3×130#
  • 3×135#
  • 3×140#

Snatch

  • 2×100#
  • 2×120#
  • 2×140#
  • 1×150#
  • 1×160#
  • 1×170#
  • 3x1x180#

Missed the first 180#, was way up on my left toes in the bottom of the 2nd, but saved it, and the 3rd felt pretty solid and easy.

Clean & Jerk

  • 2×135#
  • 2×155#
  • 2×180#
  • 1×190#
  • 1×205#
  • 1×215#
  • 2x1x230#
  • 1×235#

I can’t believe how much better my jerks feel in the last week and a half. Work jerk of the day was on the last rep and I’ve had much worse attempts at lighter weight even just 2-3 weeks ago. Decided to add the extra 5# on the last rep since it’ll probably be the last heavy day like this until the week after next.

Back Squat

  • 2×205#
  • 2×240#
  • 2×270#
  • 2×290#
  • 2x2x305#

Felt pretty good on the way up, but those doubles at 305# were rough today.

Snatch Deadlift

  • 7x3x205#

These may have been the most surprisingly hard part of the day. Focused on pushing through the floor and tried to keep a solid back angle, without my hips rising up first. Felt a lot different in my legs than I’m used to.

Finished the session with Crossover Symmetry Recovery.

Rested up and did conditioning at 8pm.

Explosive

10:00 EMOM

  • Odds: 5 Plyo Push-ups
  • Evens: 2 Broad Jumps (for distance)

Conditioning

3 Rounds

  • 20 Burpee C2B Pull-ups
  • 20 Over the box jumps (24″)
  • 1:1 Work:Rest

Regular burpee pull-ups are the way to go with this, but the pull-up bar on my rig is lower than my reach, so I essentially did jumping chest to bar pull-ups. My round times were 2:51, 2:51, and 2:49 with over the box jumps getting better each round. Knowing the burpee portion could really wipe me out, I took a steady pace with them on the 2nd and 3rd round, allowing me to push a little harder through the box jumps.

That was a fun workout. On to rest day!

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60 Day Lifting Challenge – Week 3 Day 1

I’m doing the 60 Day Lifting Challenge from Columbus Weightlifting. Out in the garage just after 10 by myself for the start of week 3, with a focus on 85% for the week.

Warm-up

Shoulder Pre-hab

  • Scap band work
  • 5×45# Shoulder Press
  • 5×95# Shoulder Press

Split Press

  • 2x4x125#
  • 4×130#
  • 2x4x135#

Have been bumping up the total weight on these each week. Not easy though, so they turn out to be solid work.

Snatch

  • 2×95#
  • 2×115#
  • 2×135#
  • 1×145#
  • 1×155#
  • 4x1x165#

Felt pretty good with the snatch today.

Clean & Jerk

  • 2×125#
  • 2×150#
  • 2×175#
  • 1×190#
  • 1×200#
  • 2x1x215#

Cleans felt powerful, but jerks still feel awkward.

Front Squat

  • 2×185#
  • 2×220#
  • 2×250#
  • 2×280#
  • 1×295#
  • Miss 310#
  • Miss 300#
  • 2x1x285#

Fuck! We were supposed to do 4 singles at 100%, but I failed the first, so dropped some weight and missed that. Struggled to get the 285# singles.

Made all of my other lifts for the day, so I guess there’s that to look at as a win. Kind of a downer with the front squats though.

60 Day Lifting Challenge – Week 2 Day 2

I’m doing the 60 Day Lifting Challenge from Columbus Weightlifting.

Thought I’d be feeling terrible after all of the 90% work yesterday, but I feel pretty good. In at 10am to lift.

Warm-up

I did a variety of stuff with an empty 45# bar, including muscle snatches, bottom squat snatch presses, snatch presses, and shoulder presses.

Split Press

  • 4×120#
  • 4×125#
  • 4×130#
  • 2x4x135#

Didn’t feel the strongest, but an overall improvement in load from last week.

Snatch

  • 2×95#
  • 2×115#
  • 2×135#
  • 1×145#
  • 5x1x155#

This was the first lift at 155#. My bar path is improving. Still gets away too much after meeting the hips.

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Clean & Jerk

  • 2×125#
  • 2×150#
  • 2×175#
  • 1×190#
  • 5x1x205#

This was the first lift at 205#. Finally starting to come in from the start instead of the first move of the bar being away from the body and then in.

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Clean Deadlift

  • 5x2x235#

Felt pretty good with the lifts. Could tell I was a little fatigued, but not too bad. Back to 90% lifts tomorrow!

60 Day Lifting Challenge – Week 1 Day 4

I’m doing the 60 Day Lifting Challenge from Columbus Weightlifting. Lighter volume today. Went out to the garage by myself around 11am. Took me about an hour to finish.

Warm-up

  • 3:00 Air Dyne
  • 3 Rounds
    • Max Effort L-Sit on parallettes
    • 5 Shoulder Press 45#
  • 5 Shoulder Press 95#

Split Press (Demo Video)

  • 4×115#
  • 4×120#
  • 4×125#
  • 4×130#
  • 4×135#

Could probably try 140# next time. The balance from the split is a little weird, especially since was the first time I’ve done them.

Power Clean from below the knee (Demo Video)

  • 45# Positions Warm-up
  • 2×95#
  • 2×125#
  • 2×150#
  • 2×175#
  • 1×190#
  • 5x1x200#

No blocks for these, as you can see in the demo video and some of my lifts.

Snatch Deadlifts

  • 5x2x185#

Trying to work these a little faster and get a little more violent with the hip action. Only got the first 3 sets on video.

As I was finishing up my lifts, UPS Freight came with my jerk blocks and the rack/cage. Just in time for jerk balances and jerks on Sunday! I’ll be waiting until doing some work on the garage before setting up the rack, but I’m excited!

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