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« Reply #510 on: December 20, 2011, 04:29:51 pm »
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Are you still using straps for your deadlifts or has your grip improved in the meanwhile? As for the clean, do you feel the hang clean is easier than the clean off the floor?
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« Reply #511 on: December 24, 2011, 07:59:22 am »
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Quote from: Raptor on December 20, 2011, 04:29:51 pm
Are you still using straps for your deadlifts or has your grip improved in the meanwhile? As for the clean, do you feel the hang clean is easier than the clean off the floor?

I use straps, but my grip improves with the pulling (warm up deadlifts and cleans).

Hang cleans are technically easier for sure, but you can't handle the same weight with them.
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« Reply #512 on: December 24, 2011, 10:24:24 am »
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Yesterday:

Powerclean: technique work
Full-clean: 287 lbs x 1
Deadlift: 380 lbs x 5

Bodyweight: 193 lbs

Commentary: Nice training yesterday, worthy of a pre-christmas work-out. Attempted 287 lbs as a powerclean but turned into a full-clean. The good thing is that I got the bar path and positioning much better this time and that I handled 287 lbs for the first time - power or not. Deadlift with 380 felt much better than on Tuesday. Bodyweight at <193 lbs right now.
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« Reply #513 on: December 30, 2011, 04:40:55 pm »
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Powerclean: technique work
Split-Jerk: up to 265 lbs x 1
Clean: 287 lbs x 1
Deadlift: 386 lbs x 1

Bodyweight: 193 lbs

Commentary: Powerclean getting better. I am now able to keep the shoulders over the bar substantially longer in the first pull and suddenly there are no problems anymore with the rack because the bar path is more vertical and I don't jump back anymore. Powercleaned up to 265 lbs, full cleaned up to 287 lbs x 1 again. Jumping into the front squat position comes rather naturally with heavier weights. 287 with powerclean is not quite there yet. Split-jerked 265 for fun, comes pretty easily.
Deadlift was not great today, only getting the first rep. Probably still tired from my maintenance training a few days ago where I front-squatted after a long time off. My training frequency has been lacking quite a bit due to my new job that I do besides university studies. Hope it gets better in 2012.
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« Reply #514 on: January 01, 2012, 12:55:25 pm »
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Deadlift: 386 lbs x 3; 386 lbs x 1; 386 lbs x 1
Bench-press: 209 lbs x 5; 209 lbs x 1 x 2

Bodyweight: 194 lbs

Commentary: Used the opportunity to train today. Deadlift was much better than two days ago, form was okay except the last rep. Happy with it considering I had to pull from a lower height (different gym with shitty plates). Bench-press pretty low, first time training it for weeks. Hope to get into regular training again after December has been really bad in that regard. 
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« Reply #515 on: January 09, 2012, 04:18:40 pm »
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Powerclean: Up to 243 lbs x 1
Deadlift: 386 lbs x 4
Bench-press: 209 lbs x 5; 209 lbs x 3; 209 lbs x 1

Bodyweight: 194 lbs

Commentary: Had to train outside the weightlifting facility again so I only went up to 243 lbs in the powerclean to avoid the possibility of dropping the bar. Deadlifts were kinda hard again, failed the 5th rep half-way up the shin. Did several back-off sets with lighter weight to really get some quality work in with perfect technique.
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« Reply #516 on: March 09, 2012, 07:34:58 pm »
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Hey man haven't been on this forum in ages. Nice progress with the 130kg clean!
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« Reply #517 on: April 10, 2012, 03:12:56 pm »
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Quote from: tychver on March 09, 2012, 07:34:58 pm
Hey man haven't been on this forum in ages. Nice progress with the 130kg clean!

Thank you! How is your training going? Hope to see you around!
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« Reply #518 on: April 10, 2012, 03:21:13 pm »
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The first quarter of the new year has not been as good training wise as I had hoped. I somewhat lost interest and even neglected volleyball practice a bit and I had not been in a weight room for months. I do not want to analyze what lead to this situation, there is really no reason to. Part of it was university and a new job, but that is not really an "excuse" not to train.

Anyways, volleyball season is over now and I decided to go back to training. I decided to go all out on olympic lifting to see where I can get until autumn, maybe compete at nationals (although I am not sure yet if I will be able to qualify in such a short time), and then re-evaluate where I want to go with sports in general. VJ training is fun, but does not really fulfill my desire for meaningful improvements in training. I feel like I reached a point where progress is possible, but not really predictable anymore. Improvements in lifting have become more and more affectively important for me to stay interested in training in the first place and taking this step seems like the right thing to do at this point. I am still interested in improving my vertical, but it really is a secondary consideration for now. I have been on a 5-day per week training program for 3 weeks now and progress is coming along nicely. I feel in great shape and will hopefully surpass my former records in a couple of weeks.

I might update this journal every now and again if I have something to tell. I might also not do it. Do not expect me to log my whole training progress though - I do not want to at this point and I am bad at taking advice anyways  Grin. Good luck with your training everyone!

Btw.: Should be interesting to see what happens to my vertical once my powersnatch is up to ~115. When there is no competition to go to I might invest a couple of weeks for deloading + serious jump training to see what happens. Maybe...
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« Reply #519 on: April 10, 2012, 03:43:01 pm »
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I feel you , adult responsibilities can derail you without even noticing it. But if the passion is there, you will be back at it sooner or later, so here you are. Very curious to see you o-lifting progress and of course how it will affect your jumps , even if vert is now secondary. Keep us updated, try to make a training summary weekly.
Cheers and good luck.
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« Reply #520 on: April 10, 2012, 04:05:11 pm »
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Quote from: vag on April 10, 2012, 03:43:01 pm
I feel you , adult responsibilities can derail you without even noticing it. But if the passion is there, you will be back at it sooner or later, so here you are. Very curious to see you o-lifting progress and of course how it will affect your jumps , even if vert is now secondary. Keep us updated, try to make a training summary weekly.
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Thank you vag! I will try my best to keep people updated once it gets interesting. For now I am at rather low weights in most of the important exercises due to the set/rep-scheme I am using as well as me still trying to fix my powerclean/clean (snatches are coming along nicely, oddly enough, have not done any in ages).

Cheers!
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« Reply #521 on: May 18, 2012, 11:53:30 am »
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Just completed my last work-out of this 8th week. I felt that an update was appropriate, even though a large part of this time was devoted to getting used to the 5 consecutive training days per week, getting back in shape after long lay-off and ramping up. A couple of the lifts (press, front-squat especially) are lower than they should have been now due to missing training days because of the flu - I had that shit for nearly 2 weeks.
So far I did not go for any PRs in the olympic lifts, even though I could probably hit some with a deload. But that is not the point, right? However, I am approaching my former squat best and did an easy 435 lbs x 5 today. Next time will be the 200 kilos and then it will hopefully be PR-time every week. Other current numbers include:

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Squat:
- 435 lbs x 5
- 391 lbs x 5 x 5

Bench-press:
- 248 lbs x 5
- 237 lbs x 5 x 5
(~ 22 lbs increase so far compared to former 5 rm)

Press:
- 149 lbs x 5 x 2
(~ 5 lbs increase compared to former 5 rm)

Front-Squat:
- 325 lbs x 3 x 3
(technically a PR, but I did 331 lbs for one triple before)

Clean:
- 287 lbs x 1

Clean&Jerk:
- 276 lbs x 1

Snatch:
- 220 lbs x 1

Halting Deadlift:
- 281 lbs x 8
(Starting doing those to fix lower back weakness and it is working very well; those are very strict in form)

Keep in mind that those numbers do not represent real maxes. They are training weights done in a fatigued state. Real max weights vary with the exercise, for the bench those weights are close to what I can actually do, for the other lifts to a lesser degree (since lower body is trained 5 days per week, fatigue for lower body is high; in contrast I only bench-press twice per week and press once, which is close to optimal for letting the upper-body muscles recover).

Hope everyone is doing fine with their training. I will keep you updated!
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