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Complex: 1 power clean + 5 front squats
115, 125, 135, 140, 145 (4)
Video of the last two sets (forgot to subtitle the video). My elbows are too low after catching the clean, but I corrected them for the squats. For the 145lb clean, my legs are all over the bloody place.
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 rft
Deadlifts @ 185lb
Pull-ups
Time = 11:16
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21-15-9 rft
Traveling lunges with 25s (per leg)
25lb dumbbell snatches (per arm)
I got as far as completing the 21 lunges per leg and then I got the a frigging painful cramp in both quads. It was the type of cramp where I thought I was going to puke, and I was hoping from leg to leg - both of which were equally bad, so that wasn't helping - then collapsed on my ass. It was bad enough that two people came to ask if I was okay! When I finally felt good to go, I started doing the snatches, but it still felt like the cramp would come back at any moment (I got to a total of 12 db snatches). I decided to abort as the time I'd spent trying to recover was longer than I'd actually spent moving, so whatever time I finished with would have been meaningless, anyway. I don't like walking away from an incomplete or poorly executed workout - or, in this case, staggering away - so I'm going to start with this tomorrow morning and make sure I finish it.
6 comments:
Eek those cleans were pretty iffy, you still struggle and cleaning properly when the weight gets heavy, don't rush adding weight, the catch it more important then any part of that complex for safety.
Hah I got a funny mental image when your quads cramped, I've had that happen in both quads pretty severe when I was on a first date (my cramping is always later in the day) and it was pretty embarassing hobbling to use the washroom, she was confused and I was in too much agony to describe it.
and that picture creeps me out.
Yeah, I know the cleans were crap, and that's something I need to be really careful with in case I cause problems with my wrists again.
I'm surprised I still have any molars after the cramping incident because I was grinding my teeth so hard. And I really didn't need to know about you cramping up on a date, although I can only imagine what your explanation was like. "Honestly, it's not you - it's my deep squats."
God, I hope they are actually pants.
Surely I should get some credit for posting a video that I knew showed poor form? :-) I don't shoot them to show off, but so I can get a genuine perspective on how well or badly I'm lifting.
My best advice would be to only increase the weight when you are catching the bar properly. Speaking of videos I haven't taken many lately, I should back on that sometime.
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