Monday, December 17, 2012

4 Month Progress - Weightlifting

Here's the results of my workout efforts over the last 4 months. Progress has been good; no incredible gains, but consistent small gains are fine by me. This was achieved with doing the following 5 workouts each week:

1) Crossfit class programmed for a benchmark around bench press & dips
2) Crossfit class programmed for a benchmark around bench press & dips
3) Personal training sessions, ~2 months on backsquat,~2 months on power clean
4) Running
5) Workout of own choosing depending on what I felt like I hadn't worked on in awhile, and based on soreness/fatigue level

Power clean improvement was the most difficult to achieve because it had nothing to do with strength, but getting better at technique. The trick that worked for me was to do 50 reps at a hard but comfortable weight (85#), and finally I was able to break through and get to 95#.

Lift: [Original Max] [New Max] [Dec 2012 Goal]

BACKSQUAT:[107][124][130]
DEADLIFT: [120][150][160]
BENCH PRESS: [57][77][95]
STRICT PRESS: [50][58][65]
POWER CLEAN: [82][95][90]
POWER SNATCH: [53][68][75]

The plan going forward will be to continue with what I'm already doing with the same sub-goal of getting a real chin/pullup.