Gradual Improvement

Diana and me

This has been a fun week. Monday, I did a high rep snatch workout mainly with the 8kg. It felt tremendously good. My endurance is improving. This is only the second week I have been training the snatch but it's fun to see even the slightest improvement.  My callus on my right hand tore open on the final twenty or so snatches. I'm pretty happy it took that long to happen if it was going to happen at all. I'm working on fixing my grip and trying to focus on fingertip grip more but this is a learning process. I have much to learn and much to improve. All in all though - it was a good workout and I wasn't sucking wind as I was the week before! I definitely could "feel" the workout the day after though! Thank goodness for a day of rest the next day!  

Tuesday we got a few inches of snow so my workout was shoveling. 

Wednesday, my friend Diana drove up to check out "Rocky"- my new comp bell. What a fun day! I always enjoy hanging out with Diana. Our snatch session was about an hour long. My hand got in the way of me really going for it unfortunately. I taped it up but at the end of the workout, blood was slightly seeping through the wrap. I didn't get an accurate rep count for my snatches save for a few sets. The numbers are higher than what I'll be posting but I have no way of knowing the exact count. Those numbers are under Monday's workout.

Monday's workout:

Totals:

Swings: 300

Snatches: 520

Bottoms up: 150

Swings

12kg comp bell

100 swings

10R 10L with transfers

nonstop swings

12kg RKC bell

100 swings

10R 10L with transfers

nonstop swings

12kg comp bell 

100 swings

10R 10L with transfers

nonstop swings

Bottom up

8kg 15R 15L  = 30 reps

rest

10R 10L x 6  = 120 reps

150 total bottoms up

Snatches - rests were about half a minute to 45 seconds long

Set 1

8kg 

10L 10R

Set 2

12kg

5R 5L 5R 5L

Set 3

8kg

10R 10L

Set 4

10R 10L

Set 5

10R 10L   

Set 6

10R 10L  120

Set 7

20R 20L 200

Set 8

20R 20L

Set 9

20R 20L

Set 10

20R 20L

Set 11 

20R 20L

Set 12

10R 10L with switches every ten

100 snatches without resting.

Set 13

10R 10L with switches every ten

100 snatches without resting

520 snatches total

Presses with 12kg

5R 5L

Wednesday workout

*I did more sets than I'm recording but I don't remember what the numbers were. I usually write down my counts as I'm training but I didn't Wednesday. We worked out for close to an hour so my numbers would be more than indicated. Grrrr. I should have grabbed my notepad because I suck at keeping numbers of reps straight in my head.

I did my ladder with the 12kg RKC bell. Rest was probably half a minute between 

5/5

6/6

7/7

8/8

9/9

10/10

11/11

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112 snatches

Then I did 1 swing 1 snatch sets

1 swing 1 snatch right transfer 1 swing 1 snatch left x 10 sets no rest

total: 40 swings and 20 snatches

rest

1 swing 1 snatch right transfer 1 swing 1 snatch left x 20 sets no rest

total: 80 swings 40 snatches

Overall total: 172 snatches

                       120 swings

I just ordered an 8kg comp bell so I can work on my grip and technique. I probably should have ordered a 10kg but there was free shipping on the 8kg (you cannot beat that) and I will put the bell to good use. It's pink as that is the color of the 8kg comp bells. So I shall name it "Floyd". 

I have a lot - A LOT of work to do. My stamina is improving. The main thing I am not happy with is my wrist strength and of course my grip (calluses suck). That will come. I know it will. :) Happy Thursday! It's supposed to warm up slightly - which will be nice in terms of getting outside with the kettlebell.