Saturday, November 26, 2011

Double 24 kg press, 36 kg one arm swings


Really wanted to work on my short cycle presses today . I'm very motivated to push these up so they can transfer to my handstand and handstand pushup work on the parallel bars. SO excited about this new toy of mine :))

But my left bicep tendon and shoulder is still wonky and moves in and out of position way too much so I really didn't know what to expect this morning. I thought I had gotten things squared away well last week but that was single arm work and who knows what today would bring?

7-8 am full stretchout

more focus on overhead stretches to prepare for the double overhead work planned.

8- 9:15

one arm swing warmup
16 kg x 5/5/5/5 x 3

short cycle clean and press
2 16's x 5 x2
2 20 kg x5 x2
2 24 kg x 5 x 7 sets

Found a very solid position that produced NO CLUNKS at all for any of the sets! Nice! I held my hands closer together and higher up than previously and it seemed to work well. At least for today:)) Very strong presses and I seriously thought about going up to the 28s for the last sets but decided to not be greedy :))

One arm swings


24kg x 5/5
28 kg x5/5
32 kg x 5/5
36 kg x5/5 x3 sets

Wanted to do some heavy swings today and secretly had the 36 kg in the back of my mind; but I haven't done one arms with it since April this year, which was the first time ever. I think I was stronger this time :))

The hardest part was my left hand grip! I was seriously worried I was going to drop the damn thing. Not a good sign. I need to stop worrying about volume so much and get my one arm swing strength UP again.NO reason I am not using the 40 and 44 kg bell in one arm swings for at least SOME reps regularly.

PBarz handstands
3 sets with bosu ball to start
3 sets from floor

each set was held 8-10 seconds

used Nick as the backstop. Have to start getting used to not using the wall. Very different. I'm used to overshooting the midline and then recovering. It's way harder to aim to hit the bullseye every time ,lol


Triceps extensions, black band
35
25
20
17
15
12
10

ouch. pump :)) my tricep size is definitely much improved and I like it alot.

datsit. Sisu

4 comments:

Bear said...

"Clunk" is a bad thing? I try to keep em as close as possible which leads to a lot of clunks, especially when doing 2KB-swings. Enlighten me! :)

Mark Reifkind said...

bear

'clunk' for me refers to my shoulders subluxating. years of gymnastics and injuries have lead to very unstable shoulder capsules.when things get too tight I get impingment and the shoulder 'clunks' and moves around. not nice.

Bear said...

Ok!

Aleks's Courage Corner said...

Unrelated comment, but way to be for listening to White Zombie in that first video! I definitely approve.

But seriously, you made the double 24 presses look like nothing - especially awesome considering your shoulder issues. Very cool!

155 x 3 x 5, 160 x 3 x 5, 20 kg swings 5 x 8/8, floor pushups 40, 35

 Thought about going back to 5x5 for a hot second then my left shoulder  reminded me why I stopped doing them before. It doesn't seem to...