FlyingPig
Level 2 Valued Member
Today was my first ever snatch test. All in all, I'm quite happy: 86 reps in 5 mins with the 24kg, broke down as
10+10, 10+10, 10+8, 8+8, 6+6
(stopped after 4:30, could probably have squeezed some more out)
Hands feel OK afterwards, though I used a sock to cushion the downward movement. For a moment I thought I'd be able to maintain 10+10 per minute, but after 2 minutes my lungs were about to explode... I think I know now why it is said it's the closest thing to a fight.
A few more months of 1-h swings with the 32kg and I think I'll nail it.
As for pressing: I had to stop pressing on my right side as there is something wrong with that shoulder. It just hurts too much when going from the clean (no problem) to the press. All fine on the left, and no pain during heavy TGU's or swings/snatches. Will check things out with an SFG next week hopefully and in the meantime stop any kind of pressing that side.
I'm toying with the idea of a 2 week ROP break altogether and focusing on heavy 1-handed swings to improve conditioning. Today was meant to be the first 5 x(1,2,3,4,5) (last week went to 4x), but I think it's just too much volume for me at the moment and I need to take a step back.
10+10, 10+10, 10+8, 8+8, 6+6
(stopped after 4:30, could probably have squeezed some more out)
Hands feel OK afterwards, though I used a sock to cushion the downward movement. For a moment I thought I'd be able to maintain 10+10 per minute, but after 2 minutes my lungs were about to explode... I think I know now why it is said it's the closest thing to a fight.
A few more months of 1-h swings with the 32kg and I think I'll nail it.
As for pressing: I had to stop pressing on my right side as there is something wrong with that shoulder. It just hurts too much when going from the clean (no problem) to the press. All fine on the left, and no pain during heavy TGU's or swings/snatches. Will check things out with an SFG next week hopefully and in the meantime stop any kind of pressing that side.
I'm toying with the idea of a 2 week ROP break altogether and focusing on heavy 1-handed swings to improve conditioning. Today was meant to be the first 5 x(1,2,3,4,5) (last week went to 4x), but I think it's just too much volume for me at the moment and I need to take a step back.