Finishing up my final week of KSK 1.0 Phase 1 with the 24. Getting ready to start my DLCOD block; I plan to test on Sunday to figure out if I’ll continue to DLCOD 1.0 Phase 2 with the D24s or bump up to 24+32 or D32 and repeat Phase 1; just depends on how my shoulder feels when I test.
Something I’ve been thinking about lately is lowering the jerk back to the rack. I’ve always just let them drop and I dip to catch them, but a recent video that
@Geoff Neupert sent out regarding his RMF promo shows him doing a controlled press eccentric. That got me thinking about the pros and cons of each approach. As an aside, I’m just sharing what got me thinking about the topic, not saying
@Geoff Neupert recommends one way or the other.
If I was alternating a DCJ block with a DCP block I definitely would do drop and dip for the CJ and leave anything that remotely looked like pressing to the CP block. In my case, though, I’m alternating DCJ with Snatch, which means I have room to sneak the press work into my DCJ block by doing the controlled press eccentric method of lowering. I’ll probably stick with the drop and dip method because that’s what I’ve been doing until now, but it’s an interesting thing to consider. I like the rhythm of the drop and dip method, but, on the other hand, I have a secondary goal of increasing my press (which has already gone up with my current method so I’m not worried if I stick with it) and doing the controlled press eccentric would slide this block a bit closer to strength instead of power, which would make it contrast better with the speed block of KSK snatches.