Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Goal within reach

Sunday 10/17/2010

Went for a nice bike ride with Kelly at Coopers Gap in Rothrock State Forest.

Coopers Gap map and stats

I bought the Droid to make maps like this and it seems to work well.

Monday 10/18/2010

Assessment day
Goal: 10 minutes with 2 24kg bells in the Long Cycle Clean and Jerk
Result: 7 Minutes with 40 reps.

This is the farthest I have gone with that weight.  I have been battling to reach the 5 minute mark for over a year.  Doing heavier one arm work has made a huge difference in my progress.  I felt failure in my legs earlier than usual, but my arms held up well in comparison.  I strongly believe I can reach 10 minutes by the end of November.

To finish up the workout I did 1 minute sprint by 1 minute rest sets with the 24's. I averaged 10 reps per minute.

I took a short break and decided to do some monkey training at the park.  I did some lateral monkey bar work, pullups, pistols, high box hops, very simple Parkour jumping from rock to rock, and balance work.  It was a freestyle session with no specific goal.  Yes I know I violated numerous principles, but I enjoyed it and it fueled some creativity for the future.

The gash in my hand is still creating some limitations and made the LCCJ set a bit more difficult.  I will try some snatch work later this week and see how that feels.

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