Monday 091228 Thursday 091231

Warm up= arm swings/rotations, knee highs and side to side lunges with overhead press, 10 abmat situps with arms cross chest feet unachored butterfly, 10 abmat back extensions, 10 push ups against mid thigh bar, 10 air squats, 10 bench dips against bar.

Monday 091228
Snatch 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps

First time doing snatches so did Snatch practice, jumps, landings etc, snatches with broom, felt good so thought I’d try with 10kg bar - struggled because I can’t get the grip wide enough - I need to have the bar about 6-8 inches above my head right??? well I can’t get it any lower than about 12-14 inches!!! The bar is too short DOH!!! I’m using a 1 inch bar that’s only 5ft and my hands up against the screw thread and I can’t go any further grrrr - I managed 2 but obviously once I get up overhead it’s uncomfortable as I can’t get back far enough so I gave up and tried something else….

Thursday 091231
“Angie”

Puppiecup ‘ish:
For time:
25 Beginner or Assisted Pull ups - blue band assist chins broken into 10,4,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
25 Box Push ups against mid thigh high bar - broken into 11,4,2,2,2,2,1,1
25 Abmat Sit ups - unachored unbroken
25 Squats - unbroken

Done in 6.23 mins

Compared to
“Angie”
Puppies and Buttercups:
For time:
20 Pull-ups or 25 Beginner or Assisted Pull ups - I did 20 black band assist u/h (chins) - broken into 7,3,6,2,2
20 Push-ups or 30 Box Push ups or 35 Wall Push ups - I did push ups again upper thigh height bar - broken into 8,6,3,2
20 Sit ups (do not do crunches) - abmats unachored - broken into 15,3,2
20-50 Squats (depending on ability) - I did 20 air squats unbroken - wahoo

Done in 5.00 mins

Biceps were cramping a little during chins - I had some some max tries in warm up so this obviously didn’t help - but Angie wasn’t planned at that point!!! but pleased with Angie overall.


Not sure what to do about my barbell length!!!!!! Do I get a 6ft and hope it long enough - should be ok - I only need about about another hand width I think grrrr - I guess I should get a proper 7ft oly bar but the room I workout in won’t take it - it’s only a small box/spare room and I’ve only got a few 2” plates that I used on my power rack