2009-11-21

Who remembers what week this is, I don't

This morning's workout had a minor setback at the "end" of my C&P practice. Had the Kettlebell over my head in lockout and felt this click right between the shoulder blades. Hurt like a sunofagun, but feeling a bit better now. Cats woke me up bright and early around 5ish so I figured I'd make use of the early start to actually get back into a groove.

Today's plans include going for a bike ride to try out my new ThermoGnars from Swobo, cleaning my bike up and maybe getting in another set of swings later, depending on how I feel.

I think my 2 weeks off are going to make me scratch my Snatch goal date. I think I should "finish" my current set and bell weight, move onto the 24kg Kettlebell and "start over" with the Program Minimum for 2 weeks with the new bell. Then I should do the Rite of Passage again. By then, if I can stay healthy and complete the RoP, then I'll look into the RKC Snatch test.

What then? I'm not sure. We'll have to see what's doing at that point.


Workout log for today

Warm up: RKC-Arm Bar 16kg 3x each arm.
TGU 16kg x 10 minutes — yes, I decided to up my TGU time. Practicing slower movement and feeling every fiber. Quite the difference in terms of technique, but I think I like this way better.
Goblet Squats 16kg x10

Workout: C&P 16kg 3x(1;2;3) — click in spine at the end. Decided to go low number wise since it's been a couple of weeks since I actually lifted.
Swings 5x20 before pain/cats took over.

2009-11-16

Ouch!

Just when I think I'm getting into a roll, I have some sort of setback. A couple weeks back I managed to sprain (or worse, but this is my unprofessional medical opinion) my right elbow, which has kept me from doing any lifting. This has also made jujitsu class painful, but I've been trying to tough it out anyway (in Jujitsu that is).

This morning, I managed to actually do a little workout before my elbow twinged and I almost dropped 16kg of Kettlebell on my noggin. Good thing I dropped it back into the rack before I dropped it onto my skull. Ah well.

I've decided I'm going back to the Program Minimum for a week as rehab. Also, my calluses are virtually gone from being off for 2 weeks and that's going to play murder on my first set of Snatches, I can tell.


Workout numbers for today

RKC-Arm Bar x2 each side

Pumps x 5 just to warm up the body

C&P 2x(1;2;3) — elbow tweaked, abandoned after evened out on Left side


The plan now is to do the Program Minimum for the rest of this week and see if I can re-do my Light day on Saturday.