Wednesday Lifting
Didn’t go that well…..Was aiming to do 5×2 of 140KG clean pulls. Ended up doing just 4 sets of doubles.
Started off simply enough, 60KG’s for 5 reps, felt a bit heavy for some reason. It didn’t feel weightless as it usually does. Up to 100KG, I decided to use somewhat closer to a deadlift stance. Pop! It went up fast and powerful for the next four reps. Good. 120KG’s felt pretty dammed fast too, 3 reps and it was up. All these reps were done with a strap mind you, and I’m proud to say that I use the strap. There’s nothing really wrong about using a strap, especially considering the fact I don’t clean 140 yet. No biggie. Yes I use straps once again, so BITE ME!
140KG’s for the first set felt fast and powerful, second rep I used those weight brackets to avoid them from falling around. Small mistake, they weighed 5KG’S in total, bringing the lift to 145KG’s and making it considerably slower. Something about your CNS wiring itself to lift 140KG’s and suddenly you put in an extra 5KG’s. This makes the brain unprepared, but enough with the science, I dropped it back to 140KG’s and pulled fast again. The last set was rather…..disappointing. Perhaps my upper back wasn’t my strongest point, so it curved over slightly. Ugly. I didn’t grind the rep out, but my back wasn’t 100% straight. Felt a soreness after this rep. Not good.
Decided to skip the last set and dropped to 100KG’s and pulled for a quick five instead.
Did a lil bodybuilding nonsense after that, with 60KG’s x 10, 70KG x 8, 80KG x 6 of Pendlay Rows. Felt my left trap have a stinging pain. I have no idea where that pain came from, it wasn’t a muscular burn sort of pain. It was a sharp pain. Irritating. There was a huge back pump and stretch though. I now remember why I don’t like to do direct back work. The pump isn’t, enjoyable. I can’t understand how bodybuilders can enjoy the “pump”. It’s both irritating, tight and shits my flexibility off badly. Good god.
Then proceeded to do some kipping pull-ups. About 20 reps for the first set, 15 for the second set and about 12 for the last set. I’m horrendously bad at maintaining the momentum for the kips. I’m supposed to push away, but my timing’s always off when I’m trying to get under the bar. Sometimes I push too soon and I end up stuck at the bottom and have to reactive the kip once again. Stupid…
Did some stretching and bouncing about. That’s about it and called home. Had an oily dinner thanks to my aunt’s mother’s cooking. Oh whatever. Saunas and a freezing cold bath, is incredible. It leaves a tingling feel on your skin. Nice.
