Strength/Power

Warm Up:
7 min Sand-Bag Get ups

Jake made me some sand bags and today was the first day I got to test them out.  I decided to use the 60lb bag as the 80 kicked my ass.  I got 41 reps in 7 min.  I'm not too sure how to do more at this point, speed seems to be difficult to do with sand-bags, but I'm sure that as my core gets stronger and I get leaner, this well get faster.

Then:
Max Effort Snatch

I built up to my previous 1RM snatch and decided it was time to add some weight to that.  I ended up lifting 163.  Previous test was 153.  I realized that what is holding me back is two things.  First, I can't overhead squat much more than that and second, I'm afraid of getting under the bar when it feels "heavy."  The speed and height of the bar is plenty for me to get under and complete the lift, and yet I don't.  Fear.

Then:
Max Effort Clean

After finishing the snatch I picked the bar up to put it on the rack for some reason and power cleaned it at 163.  It came up fast so I was feeling pretty good about things.  I started adding weight 10 lbs at a time and finished at 240.  Previous test was 190!  Again though, my front squat and fear are the two biggest factors from me progressing even more.  This was a half-assed power clean thing that makes me firmly a novice.  I can power clean it high enough to finish the lift, yet I can't front squat it up?  WTF?