First lift of the day was a hang clean, then a power clean followed by a jerk. Ellyn brought the pole out again for my warm-ups and it helped keep me in the correct positions...... and I just got back to the apartment and talked to Kat for a while about nonsense and her streetwalker friend who just got an awful tattoo. It is too big, too ugly, and I don't like it. Yes, I said all of those things to Kat and she agreed, but she's still friends with her. And I am extremely distracted and tired and don't really want to go into the details I should about my lift today, but I'm going to do a quick and dirty version (kind of like Kat's friends tattoo :))
All of my Olympic lifts are getting better. I am getting in better positions and able to alleviate most of the discomfort I had been having in my lower back. With that said I watched some video from todays lift and noticed on my hang cleans I am still doing my crazy feet and doing odd and awful things with my hips.. When I clean from the floor the problem isn't nearly as bad, but it still needs to be fixed. Another thing I need to improve/start doing is shrugging UP with my lifts. I loose a lot of good energy and power when I don't shrug up. Again, I think this is something I am able to get away with right now because of my strength, but when the weights get heavier, I wont be able to muscle the weight.
My jerks have gotten a lot better since last week. One thing I need work on is keeping my shoulders back and my elbows up (or not letting them fall.. which ever may be the case) and keeping my chest tight. When I Jerk, the weight doesn't collapse on me like it used to and my feet and hands are finishing nearly at the same time. progress.
Here's a video of what I was talking about/trying to say with these previous 2 or 3 paragraphs...
Well, I am tired and I need to be in bed... Hopefully I'll have a LITTLE more time tomorrow to finish up the details of todays workout and more success stories from tomorrows....
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