Rough Day

Today training was not what i had expected! I was very excited for my training session.
The plan:
 Clean pulls - Pause at knee
4x4
2x2
3x1
Front Squat:
2 Waves
3/3/3

I wish I could have gotten past my 4x4 with clean pulls. I started warming up doing my normal Mobility  Stability type warm up and was feeling good. Got some blood flowing got my mind ready for a good session. Started moving the bar and Bam! My Left Glute just did not want to work today! I could not get myself into a good set position. I had the hardest time trying to turn my glute/hamstring on the Load for my sets. I felt as if i was trying to turn my lights on in the house bit forgot to pay the electric bill... Nothing! So i decided it was time to switch it up and try and fix this situation. 3x4 Reps Straight leg Deadlifts to try and really load my hamstrings/glutes. That ended up just being a big waste of calories and an increase in frustration. Then I decided to use the Glute/Ham machine and perform some back extensions to get those glutes to light up like 4th of July.

I am not usually a huge fan of stretching, most of my training is done through a full range of motion and it is not necessary to stretch a whole lot. I do work on the problem areas pre and post training sessions but I  usually don't get a lot of time to spend stretching and rolling post lift.

Softball Hip Flexor Rolling x 3 min
PVC Pipe Hip Flexor and Quad Rolling x 3 min
1/2 Kneeling Quad Hip Flexor Stretch 5x:15s
Hip Mobility work to open up my Pelvis to realign my hips and allow my glutes to both fire.

Hoping that This was a one time issue and I can make sure to turn my glutes on in every training session. Tomorrow needs to be a good day! Bluegrass Barbell tomorrow the Goal: Great Snatch session/ Clean and Jerk Session with 0-1 Misses @ 85%.