Taking it one step at a time

I’m pretty happy with the past week’s training. Since starting with double Jerks a few weeks ago progress has been slow but definite. I can see the wisdom in consistent training and in particular the practice of timed sets. My sessions over the past week looked like this:

2010-05-24

2x20kg Jerk: 3 minutes @ 7rpm

16kg Snatch: 4 minutes @ 16rpm

20kg Swing: 25/25

Body weight work

2010-05-25

2x20kg Jerk: 3 minutes @ 7rpm

16kg Snatch: 4 minutes @ 14rpm

20kg Swing: 20/20

Body weight work

2010-05-26

2x20kg Jerk: 3 minutes @ 6rpm

16kg Snatch: 4 minutes @ 14rpm

Body weight work

2010-05-27

2x20kg Jerk: 3 minutes @ 6rpm

16kg Snatch: 4 minutes @ 14rpm

20kg Swing: 30/30

Body weight work

2010-05-28

2x20kg Jerk: 3 minutes @ 7rpm

16kg Snatch: 5 minutes @ 12rpm

Body weight work

My focus at the moment is to stabilize the Jerk sets at three minutes before building gradually up to five minute sets and beyond. For the Snatches I’m working towards 7 minute sets. In each session I’ll probably play a bit with pace but I don’t think I’ll go beyond 8rpm in the Jerks for now or 16rpm for the Snatches. I may also occasionally throw in some Snatch sets with the 20kg bell…we’ll see. More next week.