I didn't expect it to be a great workout since I had been out of town, eating the wrong kinds of foods (despite trying to eat healthy), drinking and getting to bed at 1am last night.
So I took a good while to warm up and went slowly. I started out with the women's bar and decided to stay with hit while working up to a heavy squat snatch. I was receiving it low in the hole with arms locked. I think my previous max for good form was 95. I hit 105 today and actually snatched 110 but could not receive it in the hole so I stopped at that. A 10 lb PR based on perfect form!
I stayed with the women's bar for the squat cleans - AMRAP 10 @ 175#, which is 95% of my max. I got 12 and missed two. One miss was due to getting the bar too far back on my clavicle (crunking my right hand) and the other was just a poor pull. This was so much better than I thought it would be. This was new territory for me so if I do it again I expect I could get something like 17 or 18. 20 would be optimal. by the way, this is the most cleans at 175 I have ever done at one time by a long shot.
I then tried 190 (a PR) and pulled so hard that I hit the underside of my chin. I was startled and dropped the bar but I had the pull with no problem. Women's bar for me from now on!
Finished with sets of 5 unbroken CTB in 5 minutes. Got 8, for a total of 40. The funny thing about these is that the 4th rep always seemed to be a little weaker than any other. I must be losing my momentum somehow. I will work on that.
I was supposed to do a swim but given my travel and the weather I bailed on it. Not to say I won't do it in the future.
What I thought would be a lackluster day turned out to be stellar.
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