I was hoping that today was going to be better than yesterdays training session was. I have not been that frustrated n a while. I did my warm up a lot different today. Ben Carter the owner of Bluegrass Barbell has an amazing soft tissue mobilizing agent known as the "Rumble Roller." This roller is not your normal roller, it has small protrusions on it that dig into your muscle fibers like an army of little massage therapists. It is not be best feeling while you are on it but after you finish your muscle feels like it was just touched by a Fascial Angel.
Warm Up - Since I had a hard time turning my left glute on yesterday I decided to start out with the Bretzel 1.0, this is not a typical stretch but a movement pattern recharger. It not only stretches the quads/hip flexor but opens the pathways up for glute firing.
Single Leg RDL x10L/5R
Single Leg Squats x5e
Bar Work.
Snatch:
I did not have a lot of time to train today but with the time that I had I needed to make my lifts count. Today I had 3 x1 @ 85% of 130 (110k)
I also could not find my lifting straps so I decided to tape up and use the Hook grip just like in Competition.
Warming up I was feeling great coming off the ground keeping the bar in tight to my body and hitting the bottom position with great posture. My glutes were firing like a recharged battery.
Attempt 1:
Felt great and hit the bottom position with no movement, turned turned the bar over, pressing and spreading it. Video attached to watch.
Attempt 2:
Arms broke as i came off the ground which made me keep the bar in front and could not pull it over my head; Missed the attempt in front.
Attempt 3:
Felt the best in my set position, came off the ground and had great movement on the bar. I actually had the best pull of the day on my last attempt. Hit the bottom position and my eyes lite up like a kid at Christmas. I had a hard time stabilizing the bar over my head at first, but found the balance and squatting up. I had to take a small step forward and ended up dropping the bar behind me due to a wall in front of me.
It was a great training session - Short and sweet.
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