Brett Jones RKC Cert Prep #1

Woke up yesterday morning and noticed my forearms were a bit more sore than usual. (Funny how one gets used to pain.) Therefore I will need to either maintain or reduce the same volume of my 16kg Snatches next week. Since I'll be doing some small Snatch work in the Brett Jones sessions, I might be able to give the same volume another try and see if I've adapted during the rest of the week.

I woke up late today, so rushed through the BJ#1 circuit one time with a single 16kg bell.

BJ#1: single 16kg

1-Hand Swings: 12/12
Clean & Military Press: 8/8
1-Hand Swings: 12/12
Clean & Front Squat: 8/8
1-Hand Swings: 12/12
Getups: 4/4
1-Hand Swings: 12/12
Snatches: 8/8
1-Hand Swings: 12/12

On the Clean & Presses, I just Cleaned once and then performed all of my presses from the rack. I didn't want to tax the forearms too much. Similarly, with the Clean & Front Squat, single clean followed by multiple squats.

I have discovered two things as of late...

(1) Pressing from my centerline, straight up out of the rack position, does not cause me forearm pain. As soon as I rotate out, any little bit, to more resemble a typical dumbbell press, the forearms make it known that they do not like it.

(2) Every so often, and probably more often than I realize, during my Snatches, I will not go completely into the hole, but will decelerate the bell a little short and at the same time, bend at the elbow to put on those 'brakes'. I noticed this today. (And I was not pleased with myself at all.) Never realized it. And it's not every rep. This will be a major focus for me. When this occurred it was very stark at how different that position looked versus the bottom position of my swing. Looked like two different animals.

I am now running late and so I gotta bolt. TGIF!!