7-21-08

Sam:

TGU 85# Barbell 1 each side
Bent press 97# KB 2,1,1
Snatch Grip DL 185x3, 225x3, 275x1
Overhead squat 95x3x3
Overhand pullups 3x3
Swings 97# KB x10

Then finished up with some wrist rolls (5#), armbars w/ 25# KB, and some calisthenics/Pose drills

The barbell TGU was ridiculous. Surpisingly my weakness was getting up from the lunge position - probably because I usually do them squat style - I must work on this.

Bent presses were more like 1/2 bent presses, 1/2 actual presses - I'm not sure if a lighter weight would help because then I'm pretty much going to be doing straight presses. I need to position my feet and hips better at the beginning of the lift methinks.

I love snatch grip DLs. the first rep with 275 felt fine, the I got stuck 1/2way up with the 2nd. Not in a struggling, shaking way it's just that my body wouldn't move anymore. It was really similar to when I get stuck in conventional DL. Weight goes up to a certain point and I just stop. Part of me feels like I should be able to finish it fine but the other part of me knows that if I straighten any more I'm going to drop it. Kind of a combination of grip and upper back maybe. I think snatch DL will help a lot with my weak point in conventional DLs.

OH squats are feeling more natural. I like them because you really have to keep tensed up in the pocket which is where me and a lot of other people relax and then have to re-tense to come up. I may grease-the-groove with these soon.