“Today is front squat, power clean, and some type of pressing,” I think as I walk in.
Now it’s early am, I hadn’t slept, was tired, but had a medium sized meal in me. I feel like I need to shit (cause I ate junk food), but can’t. No matter, the gym’s mine.
Okay, I’m supposed to clean, 255 for either 5×2 or 4×3. I completely go off plan skipping the warm up, and attempting to up my cold clean max from 260 to 265.
1st rep?
High pull so damn close.
Reset grip, slowly now, explode, catch. Got it. Drop, high pull the next rep missing what would have been a double PR.
No matter 265 for almost 2 (265×1.9) says “I can get past 275 today”, I’m thinking I’ll hit a new PR.
On with 285.
1st rep?
High pull, and I change the song.
Repeat 4-6x.
Damn it!
Strip it down to 225, clean it into the rack.
One front squat single, I’d lost my pop, and the mental on the cleans.
(Mental can matter a ton on cleans.)
Sit there for a while listening to some depressive country, then grab a pair of 35lb kettlebells.
Bottoms up press, both hands for 2 at the same time. So you know bottoms up presses are hard as hell using both hands, you can’t stabilize your wrists nearly as well.
I can rep a 50lb or 24kg kettlebell in my right hand alone, and get at least 1 rep with a 40 or 45 in my left, but together 35lb per hand is a near limit set.
I did very little work in this session, failed more reps than I completed, and going in thought I’d PR, didn’t, and lost interest in the workout big time.
You’re not going to win every session. Some workouts are shitty. At least I got in there though, and at times that’s the most important thing.
We have off days, and we have PR days. I’m getting close to the 315 clean. 285 will happen within a week should I max out again.
-J