This entry was posted on 10/4/2007 9:36 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
I pushed off training with the weights an extra day, then pushed it even further to this evening. With so many people around me sick, I have been focused on my sleep and rest more than anything. So far, so good. I have avoided catching the sickness. My wife is past the peak of it, so I may get through things unscathed.
Today when it was time to lift, I had one goal in mind. I wanted to hit my 3/4 body weight push press. I ate well this week due to everyone being sick. I had plenty of rest. My last workout I practiced tension techniques and made some improvements in my form. Today was a good day for a goal attempt.
The workout went down like this:
Leave work early and bike home Push Press: 3x45, 3x95, 1x115, 1x135, 1x145 (Ties PR, BW 191 - hits 3/4 bodyweight push press goal) KB Press: 1/1x16k, 1/1x20k, 2x1/1x24k; Fail / Fail x 28k (push press instead) 60lb Dumbbell: Fail to Press it each arm; Push Press it each arm 10 Minute Snatch Test with 24k Kettlebell: 80 reps (10/10, 10/10, 5/5, 5/5, 5/5, 5/5) PR Walk around block to cool down
I am very pleased to have hit the push press. It has been a long time since I knocked a goal off. I was in no mood for the regularly scheduled workout after that, so I did a snatch test. All my lifts today were caught on video. I will process them at some point this weekend. I took good things away from doing this:
1. Pavel's tension techniques make a big difference on a max effort push press
2. I am weak coming off the shoulder in a normal press
3. My pulling is way ahead of my pushing
4. I need to start pulling my right arm into the movement when I snatch with my left arm. I swing my left arm when snatching righty and the reps are much easier. For some reason I don't do it the other way.
5. I need to focus on controlling the weight more during the ascent and descent. In the video, I am heaving it, with energy leaks all over the place.
6. My skin held up great. I think the tearing problems I was having resulted from snatching too frequently. The skin under my fingers seems to blister a bit when I am done. I think these blisters create weak points that then tear if not allowed to recover.
The session went very well. Not only that, I am starting to look like I might lift weights. Pretty cool.
10/7/2007 6:24 AM
Ben Edwards wrote:
Great job on the PP Scott! Glad to see you're still having great success. Can't believe the amount of weight you've lost since last October.
10/8/2007 6:18 AM
Mike wrote:
well done, 3/4 push press isn't easy. I have a dumb question though, was that one handed (K or two (bb)?
10/8/2007 6:19 AM
Mike wrote:
scratch my question. Just saw the vid. Looking lean dude. You may have too work with the facial hair though
10/8/2007 10:35 AM
Scott Styles wrote:
Thanks Ben. Slow but steady progress has been paying off.
Mike, I would be very happy to push press 2 32k kettlebells. That is a long ways off though.
The facial hair is standard IT issue, one of the accepted best practices for giving the illusion of a chin after working at a desk all day for 5 years.
10/8/2007 5:11 PM
Mike wrote:
"The facial hair is standard IT issue, one of the accepted best practices for giving the illusion of a chin after working at a desk all day for 5 years. " The very fact that I find that funny tells me how much of a geek I must be.
or two (bb)?
