I've been following Plan 2 @2x25kg (55lb bells
) for almost three months. It's been awesome. Currently at a de-load / recovery from back inflammation (this cleared up over the weekend and I fixed my form before yesterday's 10x1' of jerks) due to experimentation with GS technique which is, IMHO, vastly superior to the hardstyle jerk, but obviously not necessary for the purpose of this program.
I progressed from CJ x 30 to about 2CJ x 20-25 (upper end of that range is hard). I have on occasion, in true A+A fashion, trained untimed and gone up even to CJC x 42 OTM or 2CJ x 28 (50:00). I am absolutely enamored by GS and am currently training "hybrid" - I do hardstyle cleans and GS jerks, do times jerk or snatch sets, and once a week I do GS jerk/snatch. In addition, I go running or hit the air bike for 30 min to an hour 3x/week. I'm in the best shape of my life and absorbing this training really well. Double jerk is addicting. Double bell is addicting, whether hardstyle or girevoy.
Recent PBs:
- 5.2 mi. run without knee pain I would have gotten from it the last two years, in 1:16:00. Easy effort, nasal breathing.
- OALC (GS) @25kg , 14x 1-min. (28:00 total, min on, min off) sets at 9rpm (no soreness or fatigue. Felt like I barely worked. I also had a cold)
- All the jerks brought my press max up. I never train the press except occasionally after snatching.
- Best C&J (hybrid) was probably 2r x 20 OTM @2x25kg, followed by timed jerk sets.
-Also have lost like 6-7 lbs on this plan?