Sunday, July 13, 2014

Training Week in Review 7/7-7/12

Next event: USA Nationals. 6 weeks to go.

July 7 -

Easy jog 40'
Distance 4.29km, Avg. Heart rate 144

July 8th -

Snatch - 16kg, 100 reps. 20kg, 60 reps.
Swings - 22kg - 60 reps, 55 reps, 40 reps, 20 reps.
Squats - 30kg, 50 reps.
Cooldown jog - 5'

July 9th -

3km - 26'21", average pulse 156.
Bodyweight circuit (rest 1' between each round):
  1. Situps 20 reps x 3 rounds
  2. Jump Squats 20 reps x 3 rounds
  3. Dips 15 reps x 3 rounds 
  4. Sprints 50 meters x 5 rounds
July 10th-
Snatch - 16kg/35/2', 20kg/57/4', 24kg/28/2'
Overhead holds 20" L, 20" R

July 11th-

6km (5.8km easy, .2km fast)
58'34". Average hr 153

July 12th-

Snatch 20kg - 45 left (5 minutes rest) Snatch 20kg - 45 right.
Barbell finger rolls - 50kg 3 sets to fatigue.


This is my first week leading up to the USA Nationals. I definitely felt the increased intensity of training. Tuesday and Wednesday absolutely destroyed me. I've also tightened up my diet considerably so that might have an affect on it. My run on Friday was also fairly difficult.


Because of all that I was pleasantly surprised when my sets on Saturday went really well! My PR with 20kg is 106, so this was not a max effort set, but it was edging up towards my left hand's best result. No elbow pain, not fatigued cardio-wise. But I did start to change my technique a little bit at the end. 


I usually hate the 20kg with a passion. It's a weird "tweener" weight to me - not light like the 16kg, but not heavy enough to do a lot for itself like the 24kg. It always seems to catch and pull on my calluses. Yesterday felt great though!


Total running distance and time: 13.29km. 2hr:4min:55sec.

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