Strength is a skill" -Pavel Tsatsouline
"Don't take this practice too seriously but train like your life depends on it." -Pattabhi Jois
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." - Bruce Lee

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

snatches and front squats

I have not done the snatch test in a few months so I thought it would be a good idea to give it a shot.  The snatch test idea comes from Pavel/StrongFirst of course.  The idea is to do 100 reps with the 53 lb bell in under 5 minutes.

I've been training primarily with the 40 lb kettlebell so testing with the 35 felt nice and light.  I managed to do 100 reps in about 3 minutes 50 seconds.  I have a feeling my lockouts wouldnt pass a StrongFirst certification so that is something I need to work on.  My conditioning is improving because last time I tested it took 4:47 to finish the 100 reps.   It still feels like I am miles away from snatching the 53 lb bell 100x but I'm enjoying the process with no signs of my motivation lagging.

I also attempted to do 6 minutes of  30 second work/30 second rest Front Squats with a pair of 35 lb bells.  Halfway thru the 5th set I thought I was gonna puke so I stopped there lol.

Training is overall going great.  Sometimes I dont think I am doing enough actual strength training but the numbers dont lie.  Next week I'm going to see if I can press the 24 kg bells for 5 reps :)

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