Topic: Axeman who likes to Olympic Lift training Journal

[Arden Cogar Jr.]

Got some awesome beefcake today in the clean MHS.

Started with yoga and roller.

Then off to MHS for block power snatches.  Went 20x3, 40x3, 70x3, 80x3, 90x3, 90x3, 90x3, 70x10. 
Then did OHS.  Went 70x5, 90x5, 90x5, 90x5.
Then did back squats.  Alternated high bar and low bar.  Holy crap, I reckon I could squat 600 low bar now.  I went 135x5, 225x5, 315x5, 405x5, 405x5, 315x5.
Then did snatch pulls  went 100x3, 120x3, 120x3, 120x3.  Noticed something watching the vid - I'm coming off my heels when the bar is at mid thigh - bad.  So I now know to hold it longer.  I'm getting there.
Then did 2 board.  Went 135x10, 225x5, 275x4, 295x3, 315x3, 275x10
Then did 5 sets of ring pull ups.
Then did russian twists.
Then more yoga and back over to finish Kristy's stepper and drag some wood in for tomorrow's event training.

Here's some highlights:

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

all the best,
 Arden

[DAVE PETERSON]

Arden ,

 Looks good to me and you are getting more patience with yourself , that is not getting in a hurry to start the pull ! It's like that say , it all comes with time and you are learning to critique yourself and how to correct it .

All the best for your training and like Fred always told me : " train don't strain !"

Dave Peterson

[Arden Cogar Jr.]

Thanks Dave.  And now I have a respitory/sinus infection which will derail my training.  Crap!!!!  Oh well, a few days off never hurt anyone.

I might do some light event work tonight depending upon how I feel.  If this stuff settles into my lungs, I'll bail.

All the best,
  Arden

Arden ,

 Looks good to me and you are getting more patience with yourself , that is not getting in a hurry to start the pull ! It's like that say , it all comes with time and you are learning to critique yourself and how to correct it .

All the best for your training and like Fred always told me : " train don't strain !"

Dave Peterson

[Arden Cogar Jr.]

Well the crap settled into my lungs, I've taken off the past two days.  Likely won't do anything physical until Thursday.  Did do some mobility and foam rolling.  As of now, I'm only eating for time.   

[Arden Cogar Jr.]

Let's see 1.4.10 - pneumonia sets in tried a z-pack.  Felt like hell and was fevered.
1.5.10 - took day off work, stayed on couch, did nothing, got no relief at all.  Fever did break in the late afternoon.  But lungs were more congested than I could ever recall.  Pale complexion felt like death.
1.6.10 - tried to work, end up at Doc's in early afternoon - diagnosed pneumonia, prescribed leviquan and prednisone on a tapering dose. Pale complextion felt like death.
1.7.10 - started to feel human again.  Could actually laugh without coughing.  Worked half day.  Prednisone turned me into a crack baby, so I ended up cleaning and doing 12 loads of laundry.  Any time the HR approached 100, I had to sit down.
1.8.10 - went to lung doctor, got an albuteral lung treatment (script for them - oh my).  Comebine that with Prednisone and I was Hammy the Squirrel - just a 245lb verion that moonlights as a lawyer/timbersports athlete.  Finally decided to train, but kept reps down in order to keep HR under 120 to avoid coughing.
 
Started

[Arden Cogar Jr.]

Started with roller and yoga.

Then went over to the barn.  It's 13 degrees outside and only heat source is torpedo heater.  So as long as I stayed with a 4 foot radius, I was breathing warm air.

Started with Box Cleans.  Went 20x2, 40x2, 70x2, 100x2, 110x2, 120x2, 120x2, 120x2.
Then did high box cleans: went 70x2, 100x2, 110x2, 110x2.
Then did push press: 40x3, 70x3, 100x3, 110x3, 120x3 - this shocked me.  That is not from, if not, a PR.  And it was easy. 
Then did front squat 135lbx3, 225x3, 275x3, 295x3.
Then did clean pulls 120kgx3x3. All I worked on here was trying not to bump the weight when I got it to the top of my thighs.
Then did 4 board; 135x10, 225x5, 315x5.
Then went inside and did abs/yoga

Here's some highlights:

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

[Keith Miller]

Arden, great job with the workouts!!  Especially after such a debilitating illness.  I saw in your other post you are a lawyer?  I'm currently in law school part time (and trying to workout on top of working a full time job) down here in Texas (Texas Wesleyan Law School).  I've been having fun watching your workouts, and I'm a bit jealous of your gym. 

[Arden Cogar Jr.]

Keith,
 Thanks for the kind words!!  I've been practicing going on 13 years and am a junior member/partner in a medium sized firm that does civil defense.  I do very limited plaintiff's work and my background before this was as a D.A/Prosecutor.  I love my job.

  Working out was all that kept me sane when I was going through law school.  I would not want to do that again!!!!  Much respect for a fellow legal beagle.

   My home gym has evolved over the past four years.  I've just about got it where I want it.  Call me a *ussy, but the only things that will make it complete will be a few more Werksan plates - one more set of 15s and on more set of 10s.  I've got 4 25s, but I'm still not comfortable snatching it yet.  Once that happens, I'll stop using 10s and 15s, but until those double reds get snatched and not power snatched, I'm going to look at all those plates and be impoessed with myself.  :-D

I also need to get a women's bar as my daughters are getting into lifting.  That will likely be a Pendlay. 

But I love my man cave.

All the best,
 Arden
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Arden, great job with the workouts!!  Especially after such a debilitating illness.  I saw in your other post you are a lawyer?  I'm currently in law school part time (and trying to workout on top of working a full time job) down here in Texas (Texas Wesleyan Law School).  I've been having fun watching your workouts, and I'm a bit jealous of your gym.