Full body: Heavy weight

Pretty good heavy workout today with a couple of 1 new PRs.

Power clean and jerk:
95 x 3
105 x 2 (3 cleans but couldn't hold the third jerk)
110 x 2
115 x 0 (locked out but couldn't maintain the overhead hold)
115 x 1 (PR. Dammit!)

This is an improvement on a few weeks ago during a personal training session, but I wasn't able to video it this time. The first attempt at 115lb today was pretty good, but I couldn't hold the bar overhead for more than a second and I wanted to be strict about keeping it up for 2. I rested a couple of seconds and tried again, successfully.

During my warm up/practice I was able to catch the bar on my shoulders and balance it near my fingertips. That meant my elbows were high and my arms were nice and parallel to the floor. I also did this up to 105lb during the actual routine, but from that point on my elbows got lower and lower.

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Front squats (a2g):
75 x 10
105 x 5
115 x 3
130 x 3
140 x 3
150 x 3
160 x 3
165 x 1 (PR)
165 x 1



This is the first time I'd managed 3 reps at 160lb, so I went for an extra 5lb. I could only do 1 rep, so I racked the bar. I was going to quit at that point, but Cher was watching and asked why I didn't do more reps. I said I felt like I was losing my balance and couldn't hold the bar any more. She said it didn't look like I was struggling with the weight, so I rested a couple of minutes before trying again. Cher videoed my second set at 165lb, including an attempt at a second (failed) rep. And whaddaya know - I lost my bloody balance and couldn't hold the bar any more. D'oh!