Friday, April 30, 2010

A Good Week

Here we are at the end of what turned out to be a good week for training.

Here's the past few days...

Tuesday
Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 5 minutes
Jump Rope: 5 rounds of 2 min of / 1 min off
Snatch: 20kg - 4 minutes

Wednesday
Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 7 minutes
Snatch: 20kg - 5 minutes
Swing: 24kg

Thursday
Treadmill: 20 minutes

Friday
Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 5 minutes
Snatch: 20kg - 5 minutes
Treadmill: 20 minutes

I love it when my training is consistent!

Monday, April 26, 2010

Keep It Moving

Two sessions in the last three days. I took Sunday off totally. Saturday was a single snatch set. Most important is that I am seeing a nice bit of consistency in my training these days.

Saturday

Snatch: 16kg - 10 minutes @ 16 rpm

Monday (today)

Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 5 minutes
Snatch: 20kg - 6 minutes

That's it for today. Not a lot. But one doesn't need a lot to see the benefits of consistent training!

Friday, April 23, 2010

The End to a Good Week

Yesterday turned out to be a rest day. So that means I had to go into today's session, and kick it in the pants. And kick in the pants, I did.

Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 5 minutes

Jump Rope: 5 rounds of 2 min on / 1 min off

Snatch: 20kg - 5 minutes

I was able to increase the pace within my jerk to 12 rpm which is a PR. That coupled with the ever improving snatches have made this week a success!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Time Flies

Is Wednesday almost over already? And it's been two days since my last post. Training is going well. I like the effect consistency has on my performance.

Here are the last two days of training...

Tuesday
Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 5 minutes
Jump Rope: 5 rounds of 2 min on / 1 min off
Snatch: 20kg - 6 minutes

Wednesday
Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 5 minutes
Snatch: 20kg - 4 minutes
Treadmill: 20 minutes

Pace is increasing and numbers are going up. That's what I like to see!

Monday, April 19, 2010

Continuing On

It's been a while since I've updated this training blog of mine. With jury duty now behind me, I have gotten back onto my regular training schedule again.

Last week consisted of a few days of training. Didn't try to push things, just get the body moving with some regularity again. Yesterday, while hanging outside in my backyard with my son, I brought out the 8kg bell and started playing around with some basic kettlebell juggling. After the first few minutes I started to get the hang of it. Pretty cool, except my back seemed to protest when I woke up this morning.

Even still, I decided to push things a bit today and was happy with the outcome.

Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 6 minutes

Snatch: 20kg - 5 minutes

Treadmill cool down: 1.5 miles

Everything felt good today. Looking to keep things moving forward!

Friday, April 9, 2010

Split Routine

Today was another full day of jury duty. In order to squeeze my training in, I broke up my sets into an AM and a PM session.

AM: Snatch: 20kg - 6 minutes - 78 reps in total

PM: Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 5 minutes @ 9 rpm


This worked out well. On days when I'm home, I am going to try to make this a more usual method of training.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

A Few Days of Training

It's been a busy week so far! I've gotten in a few workouts but haven't had a chance to post them. Here's the quick and dirty...

Saturday, April 3rd

Snatch: 20kg - 4 minutes @ 12 rpm

Monday, April 5th

Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 5 minutes, 42 reps

Snatch: 20kg - 6 minutes @ 12 rpm

Treadmill: 20 minutes

Wednesday, April 7th

Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 5 minutes, 44 reps

Snatch: 20kg - 6 minutes @ 14 rpm

Treadmill: 20 minutes


That's it so far!!

Thursday, April 1, 2010

And Away We Go

OK, we're getting back on a roll now. Today was a short, simple session.

Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 5 minutes @ 8 rpm

Snatch: 20kg - 4 minutes @ 12 rpm

Treadmill: 20 minutes - walk/light run, 2:3 ratio


I kept my snatch set short today as I am still recalibrating my catch on these and want to stay fresh until I get things to click. Right hand felt improved today, but not left. I imagine this will take a few more sessions before I'm comfortable with it.