Sneaky shoulders........

Due to a busy day (Yvette turned 30 and were having a party!)......

Managed to get 10 mins and do a shoulder workout and it went a little like this-

5/5 x 3 12kg military press - no rest
5/5 x 5 16kg military press
5/5 x 6 20kg military press

This was ok but left side was difficult to get I the right position
for every rep when if felt right it was good when it felt wrong it was
awful

That's all sng

Week 6 powerswings.......

Was really up for this - rest day drove me stir crazy - which is huge
for me, as my mojo has been awol for so long...... :-)

Went like this-
16 x 10 20kg powerswing
10 x 5 24kg powerswing

On Mark reifkinds recommendation I followed this with snatch holds
(snatch the bell to the over head position and hold for a fixed
period) -
12kg x 25 secs x 2
16kg x 25 secs x 2

This really made my shoulders sit in place/stabilise and despite the
fatigue towards the end of the last set I felt that these were good
for me - they will stay in the plan and see bow we go

Sng

We've all been there......

Ouch - we all know how this feels!

You know your mojo is back when.......

You find your self disappointed it's a rest day!!!! Want to train- but need to hold back or end up injured I guess

Bored! Sng

Week 5 snatches......

Oh my this was tough...
Had some issues/clunking in my left shoulder early on but ironed it out with the v02 work
Then moved onto the heavier snatches - which felt OK and strong but gave me some grief in the traps and the back of my neck ??
Went like this -

V02 snatch
24 x 5 12kg 15/15 work/rest (last 2 sets 8s)

5/5 x 16 16kg snatches (last 2 sets 10s)

Shagged

That is all sng

Sunday swings........ A revelation!

So volume swings on the plan and volume swings done - went for a simple 30/30 rest work ratio and opted for 2 hd swings as an experiment to see what my hip thought and it was a whole lot better than doing 1hd swings I guess the stability of the action keeps my hip where it needs to be - so for the short term at least this will be the way forward- only downside was that my grip was fried by the time I was done.....
Went like this-
10 x 20 16kg 2 HD x 10 sets
5 x 20 20kg 2 HD x 5 sets
10 x 20 16kg 2 HD x 10 sets

Hell yes that was good and sweat buckets - not sure it will counter the pizza and cake from last night but its a step in the right direction

Laters sng

Shoulders have moved........and a new groove?

After introducing the snatch back to the plan I have decided to swap
Saturday and Sunday workouts round to give an extra dat between
shoulders and snatch.....
Plan now looks like this -

Tuesday - snatch
Thursday- powerswing
Saturday- shoulders
Sunday- swings

Today's session went like this-

5/5 x 3 12kg clean and press
5/5 x 3 16kg clean and press
5/5 x 8 20kg clean and press
5/5 x 2 24kg push presses

This was a step up in volume and my right hand side dealt with it ok -
the left was ok for 12/16kg work but I just couldn't get the 20kg
right- the power was no problem but very unstable in and around the
joint - last 3 sets I got a lot nearer - it involved keeping my upper
arm as tight to my chest as possible during the clean and the setting
up of the press

Will work on this in next session and hopefully find something that
works for me Cos I love pressing !
Sng