Leading up to Memorial Day Weekend

Very good training week!

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

Thursday
Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 8 minutes
Snatch: 20kg - 6 minutes

Friday
Jerk: 2 x 24kg - 5 minutes
Snatch: 20kg - 6 minutes

Went a bit heavier with my Friday jerks. Five minute set felt good! Snatches are coming along nicely. I'm lovin' it!!

Slow Moving Monday

After a busy weekend with the family and a slow moving Monday morning in the office, getting to training felt like a slow, uphill battle. But once I got myself into that "place", things started moving considerably well.

Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 7 minutes

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

Snatch: 20kg - 6 minutes

That's it! Look out Tuesday, I'm coming for ya!!

Steady Progress

Limited training this week, but still progressing forward.

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

Friday
Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 8 minutes
Snatch: 20kg - 6 minutes

Well alright! Looking forward to next week's training already!

PRs as Far as the Eye Can See

Given my current training methodology, as long as I continue to progress in reps and bell size, I can expect personal records (PRs) to be made on a regular basis. The key for me is to not rush things and to stay healthy without injury. Today was a good example of the benefits that I'm seeing from my steady, consistent training.

Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 6 minutes, 58 reps

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

Snatch: 20kg - 5 minutes

Swing: 24kg

I've been training my jerks in 5 minute sets for a while now, usually hitting 50 reps in that time. Today I decided to stretch it out a bit longer and made 58 reps. This felt good!

Staying After Class

I taught a kettlebell class in the park this morning. In the class I mix a lot of things up. Today we did some timed sets of cleans and push presses. We also did lots of swings, two-handed and one-hand are straight sets, and ascending and descending pyramids. We also did some squats, lunges and deadlifts, figure eights and figure eights a to hold.

After class and after I loaded all of the students kettlebells into my trunk, I busted out my bells and some sets of my own...

Snatch: 20kg - 6 minutes @ 14 rpm

One Arm Jerk: 15/15

Not a lot but after an hour of teaching, it was just right!

The End of a Short Week

No training since Monday, until today. Blame work. Here's my first training since the beginning of the week...

Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 5 minutes

Snatch: 20kg - 6 minutes

One Arm Jerk: 24kg - 15/15

That's it for today. Tomorrow morning I teach bells, so maybe I'll throw in a set or two for myself.

A 10 Minute Set and Some Other Training

Sporadic training over last week and this week looks to be the same. But out of the chaos came one super set. Here's the last few training sessions...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 5 minutes
Snatch: 20kg - 4 minutes

Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 10 minutes

Monday, 10 May 2010
Jerk: 2 x 20kg - 5 minutes
Jump Rope - 5 rounds of 2 min on / 2 min off
Snatch: 20kg - 5 minutes
Swings: 24kg

Hopefully, after this week training will get back to some nice steady consistency.