Monday session

Pretty much more of the same today.

Intu Flow warm up

16kg Clean: 3 minutes

16kg OAJ: 3 minutes

16kg Snatch: 3 minutes

24kg Goblet squat: 2x5

24kg Swing: 10/10

Stretching

Steady progress

I’m glad that I’ve bee able to maintain a consistent training program this past week or so. The stretching I’ve been doing a lot of lately is gradually working out the tight spots in my body which really seems to be making it easier to train with the bells consistently. Today I upped my sets to three minutes.

Intu Flow warm up

16kg Clean: 3 minutes

16kg OAJ: 3 minutes

16kg Snatch: 3 minutes

24kg Swing: 15/15

Tomorrow will probably be a rest day. More on Monday.

A bit of variety

I followed the same format today as I have been for the past week or so but chose to do different lifts. The session looked like this:

Intu-Flow warm up

16kg Press: 2 minutes

16kg Push Press: 2 minutes

16kg Half Snatch: 2 minutes

24kg Swings: 15/15

Stretching.

Now it is time for the weekend to start!

Baby steps

For months now I’ve been watching our baby girl gradually becoming more physically capable. She has been gradually noticing more of this big process called life. With every passing day she is trying out new-found abilities but without any major impatience or a desire to reach the end goal. Even moving forward a couple of inches a day is ok for her. It dawned on me today that she knows exactly how to live life and remain immortal and progressive. She is patient and she is quite willing to gradually increase her strength and general movement potential. Even more importantly, she is enjoying the process. Tonight I decided to apply this to my training. There is no reason to rush anything. Just keep going one little incremental step at a time whilst enjoying the process of discovery. My baby steps for today was all about doing what I did with the bells yesterday in a slightly more comfortable way. This is what I did:

Gentle Intu-Flow warm-up

16kg Cleans: 2 minutes

16kg OAJ’s: 2 minutes

16kg Snatches: 2 minutes

24kg Swings: 15/15

Stretching focused on the hip area: 3 minute holds

Perhaps tomorrow I’ll do one more rep or manage to go for 30 more seconds. For now I’m just happy that I kept the momentum going today. Don’t rush! Rather choose to enjoy the scenery.

Keeping it simple

Just more of the same today; bells and stretching:

16kg Cleans: 2 minutes

16kg OAJ’s: 2 minutes

16kg Snatch: 2 minutes

24kg Swings: 15/15

I ended the session with some hamstring stretches – 3 minute holds. I’m itching to start incorporating the 32kg into my swings. Maybe tomorrow.

Another light session

2008-03-23

Just another quick session with the bells today.

16kg Cleans: 2 minutes / 14rpm

16kg OAJ’s: 2 minutes / 14rpm

16kg Snatch: 2 minutes / 14rpm

24kg Swings: 15/15

I finished off with some stretching, holding each stretch for 3 minutes.

A few days of light training

Lately I’ve been focusing on stretching to get rid of the tightness in my body. I’ve tried various approaches to joint mobility with limited success and eventually realized that my joints are pretty mobile -  the issue I sit with has to do with overly tight muscles rather than immobile joints. After about two weeks of exclusively stretching I felt so much better that I decided to gradually work the bells back into the equation. So far so good. I did the following short session over the past few days:

2010-03-18

16kg Cleans: 2 minutes

16kg OAJ’s: 2 minutes

16kg Snatch: 2 minutes

24kg Swings: 10/10

2010-03-19

16kg Cleans: 2 minutes

16kg Push Press: 2 minutes

16kg Snatch: 2 minutes

24kg Swings: 10/10

2010-03-20

16kg Press: 2 minutes

16kg OAJ’s: 2 minutes

16kg Snatch: 2 minutes

24kg Swings: 12/12

2010-03-22

16kg Cleans: 2 minutes

16kg OAJ’s: 2 minutes

16kg Snatch: 2 minutes

24kg Swings: 12/12

I’m taking things pretty easy with the bells at the moment and I’ll maintain the stretching program to keep myself loose and limber. I wish I started listening to my body sooner. A lot of people seem to think that stretching is not necessary; well, for me it is.