Yahooooooo I’m on a caffeine high today apparently. I had a really good session today: Back Squat- up to 180kgx3x5 (396lbs), super easy. We’re progressing up on these so we started lighter Snatch- up to 140kg (With no misses), have NO idea how I snatched this today because

Here is the plan of attack for our team as outlined by California Strength’s blog: We did the live feed again today, not as many folks chose to watch as usual, and probably a good thing! Although the morning session was pretty good, the guys, particularly Jon and Jared, didn’t s

As you can tell, my hips and lats are pretty tight. I can’t quite whip my elbows WAY up in the bottom of the clean, and I can’t quite hit rock bottom yet on it either (meaning I can’t catch a bounce). These are mostly flexibility issues that I Have been working on. I

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Yesterdays training was brutal. I am still pretty sore today from it. AM: Snatch- up to 130kg (286lbs) with no misses Clean/Jerk- up to 150kg (330lbs) with no misses, then front squatted to 170kgs before having a terrible migraine again. PM: Snatch- up to 137.5kg with no misses (302lb

Today was 100x better than yesterday. Jon North and I got on the same bar and really moved quick. We got the workout done in under 45 minutes. We were absolutely flying. We felt pretty sore but managed to bring some intensity and keep the duration of the workout down. PM: Power Snatch