Topic: Matt's Last Stand

[Paul LaDuke]

Matt,

Tell Jim hi from LaDuke!  He is a great guy and an astute observer of the lifts.  He has helped me a lot, especially with my jerk about 2 years ago.  My jerk was my weakest lift by far, but the information and guidance that he gave me has made that lift probably my best.

Good luck tomorrow and good lifting!

[Matt Edwards]

Unfortunately, wasn't able to get out to Jim today because of weather. Paul, I'll let Jim know you said hey when I email him. However, I had a HUGE day today on my own.


Snatch - 1RM
145 x f, f, 1
155 x 1 (10# PR, bodyweight snatch!!)
165 x f (not enough second pull to even get under)

Clean and Jerk - 1RM
165 x 1
175 x 1 (10# PR)
185 x 1 (20# PR!!)
195 x f (failed on jerk, 20# PR Clean!!)

Front Squat - 1RM
205 x 1
215 x 1 (10# PR)
225 x f


155, 185 - 340 (30# PR total)

[Paul LaDuke]

Welcome to the Body Weight Snatch Club.  Not that exclusive of a club by weightlifting standards, but a pretty exclusive club on a human standard!   It is really fun to lift your bodyweight in the snatch.

[Matt Edwards]

Thanks Paul!! While you're correct in that it isn't an exclusive club, it's huge in my eyes considering I've really only been o-lifting since August.

[Philip Middleton]

MAtt,

Good lifting, you mention the CA forums earlier on; what are they?

[Matt Edwards]

Thanks Philip. Here's a link to CA:
http://www.cathletics.com/

They post a workout of the day if you want to follow a routine that's structured, I finally established my major weaknesses so I moved on to focusing on those instead. And, they have a forum section you can click on at the top. It's much like the one here. You can post logs, dicuss training, post videos for critiquing, etc. Hope that helped out some.

[Matt Edwards]

Monday  1/12/09

Snatch - heavy single
143 x 1
155 x F

2.5 hour rest

Clean and Jerk - heavy single
195 x 1 (10# PR)
205 x F (got under on the clean, but couldn't recover)
185 x 1

4x40m sprints

10min hard run


Notes: I feel like I could easily Jerk 205 now, just need to hit the front squats hard so I can recover from the clean.

[Matt Edwards]

Tuesday  1/13/09

Rack Jerk - 1RM
195 x 1
205 x F
200 x F

Front Squat
185  3x3


Notes: Jerk felt off, mainly because of the heavy jerking yesterday. Tomorrow and Thursday are going to be light days since the highschoolers want to see me Clean & Jerk at least 200 on Friday before I have to go back to living at college.