Today was pretty similar to yesterday… 730am (1 hour) stretching, some yoga stuff, ab work, pushups 1015am (3 hours) Drop Snatch + OH Squat + Press in Snatch- 40kgx2x2/1/2, 50x2x2/1/2, 60kgx2x2/1/2 Snatch from Hip, Knee, Below Knee (1 each = 1 rep): 40,50,60,70,80kgx1 Snatch Pul

I crashed pretty hard after yesterday and slept for a little over 10 hours. I woke up feeling great. I was definitely ready to go today. 7:30am (40 minutes) Stretching, some yoga exercises, ab work, pushups, more stretching 1015am (3hours) Press in Snatch- 40kgx4x4 Drop Snatch + OH Sq

I just arrived at the Olympic Training Center today. I had to wake up at 4am to get to the airport and fly out of Minneapolis. Phew. Thankfully Dan Moeller let me stay at his mom’s house so I didn’t have to wake up even earlier to drive to Minneapolis. I ended up missing m

I head for the OTC in Colorado Springs, CO this wednesday until the following tuesday. I got an invitation to check it out and meet the head USA Weightlifting coach out there. They are selecting a whole new team to train out there in January, so I’ll do my best to try to impress

I have probably bench pressed 8 times in the past 2 years (and all of those being in the past 2 months). But, I thought I’d test myself out here…

I took a trip up to Montana to visit Mike Karchut and Steve Gough. They are extremely well known coaches, and Steve’s son, Tom, holds the American Records in the 94kg category with a 165kg snatch, and a 205kg clean/jerk. I went up there with these #’s: Sn 143, CJ 175, FS 1