Saturday, March 10, 2007

Snatch

Good solid workout today.

One arm swings:
26x10/10
36x8/8
44x5/5
53x5/5
63x5/5
72x5/5 ! this felt great! very fluid and strong.

snatch
36x5/5
44x6/6

53x6/6x12 sets 144 reps/7632

Snatch holds
44x30 sec
53x30 sec x4 sets

this went great! Overhead lockout getting much more stable.

Halos/face pulls/ stick presses
four circuits

also great, should feel solid!

3 comments:

Royce said...

Hey Rif do you think the extra shoulder work had anything to do with your overhead position getting more stable??

Mark Reifkind said...

actually royce, I think the stick press/upward shrugging has released the scapula a lot and that has helped; not kb pressing has helped and finally getting the teres major to stretch out has helped the most.

I do think the overhead holds are good though and help me find the best overhead position.

Royce said...

Cool, I was mainly asking about the stick press/upward shrugs, and the stuff from that article on t-nation.
Reason why I ask is that although I have never had shoulder problems (or at least very minor ones by comparison) I have been doing the JS band pulldowns, pushups where I extend my shoulder, and empty bar upward shrugs, combine that with some JM stuff and the stretches from ETK and the occasional windmill or getup and my shoulders feel phenomonal.