Christine's Newbie Log

[Christine Petty]

Howdy! Thought I'd give this whole weightlifting thing a try. I'm a SHW with a powerlifting background. Learning the O-lifts with the patient help of Coach Mike McKenna (who has talked me into doing the Keystone Games on 7/24... and then the Powerlifting portion on 7/25... oy.)

Waiting on a finalized program from my coach (just started this on 6/29), so for now I'm blatantly stealing the beginner's program from Dan John.

6/30

Snatch + OH Squat (lbs)
55 x 2
55 x 2
55 x 2
60 x 2
60 x 2
65 x 2
65 x 2
70 x 2

Clean & Jerk
55 x 1
85 x 1
85 x 1
85 x 1
85 x 1
85 x 1
85 x 1

Back Squat
115 x 3
115 x 3
115 x 3

Swiss ball sit ups
30
20
25
25

[Christine Petty]

pvc warm-ups
weight in lbs.

Snatch
55 x 2
65 x 2
85 x 2
85 x 2
85 x 2
85 x 2
85 x 2
85 x 2

Cleans
85 x 1 +Jerk
90 x 1 +FSQ
90 x 1 +Jerk
95 x 1 +FSQ
95 x 1 +Jerk
105 x 1 +FSQ
105 x 1 +Jerk
115 x 1 +FSQ

Front Squat
115 x 3
115 x 3
115 x 3

Swiss Ball Sit-ups
25
25
25
25

[glennpendlay]

Christine,

Glad to have you here. You could do worse than to listen to Dan John. I look forward to seeing your progress.

Glenn

[Christine Petty]

Thanks Glenn!

Friday and Saturday are rest days - going to be a particularly busy few nights at work because of the holiday weekend. Got my Do-Wins today, but they're too big . I hear they stretch out even further, so I'm going to ship them back for another pair.

[SonicScrewdriver]

Those are good numbers you have.

Too bad about the shoes but when you get the right pair, they make a huge difference.

[Christine Petty]

Ha! You did catch they were in pounds, right?

[Christine Petty]

My Gym is Closed: A Haiku

platform cold alone
in darkness bumpers unused
who closes at 4?

[NewWorldMan]

Christine,

Glad to see you log here! I will be competing for the first time at the Keystone Games as well ( O-lifts only - no power lifting)!

Between Dan John and Glenn Pendlay, if you're willing to put in the work, the sky's the limit!

Kevin

[Christine Petty]

weight in lbs

Press
55 x 3
85 x 3
85 x 3
85 x 3
85 x 3

Snatch
55 x 2
65 x 2
85 x 2
85 x 2
95 x 2
95 x 2
100 x 2
105 x 2

Clean & Jerk
85 x 1
95 x 1
100 x 1
100 x 1
105 x 1
105 x 1
105 x 1

101 degree day + forgetting to eat = 1,000lb immobile legs glued to the platform. Today felt like it was my first day doing this. Not getting under the snatch properly. Not racking the clean properly. All kinds of hand position issues with the jerk. Le sigh.

[Christine Petty]

Weight in lbs.

Snatch
55 x 2
65 x 2
75 x 2
85 x 2
90 x 2 -- snappy!
100 x 2 -- loopy, slow, and crashy!
105 x 2
85 x 2

Cleans
85 x 1
85 x 1
95 x 1
95 x 1
100 x 1
100 x 1
105 x 1
115 x 1

OH Squat
55 x 3
60 x 3
65 x 3

Swiss Ball Sit ups
30
20
25
25

Notes:
Dropped down to a lower weight for the last set of snatches because I wanted to end on a snappy I-know-how-to-do-this note. Still working on the catch, the heavier weight was kind of loopy and slow, and then crashing on me at the top.

Rack position in the clean is improving as far as elbow position, but I feel that where I'm racking it now I probably couldn't jerk it without nailing myself in the chin.

OH Squat - heels coming up. Properly fitting Oly shoes will fix this, I think.