New Videos

Today I'm just going to bombard you with videos from this week.

First, my strength coach Wil Fleming putting up a big 140kg clean from the blocks and making it move as fast as 60kg. I guess thats how he once cleaned 182kg. This one's for you, Adam Hamilton (Wil's nemesis hammer thrower).

Next is my final clean from the same day. I was doing cluster cleans, so 1 clean every 45 seconds. This was my third single on 45 second intervals at 110kg and Wil got creative with the video.

And this last one was my response to Wil's dare to me today that I couldn't push a 160lb sled down and back on the turf in less than 20 seconds. This one was tough and left me laying on the ground for about 3 minutes. I guess it's necessary to add that before this I pushed a 135lb sled for 10 rounds of 6 seconds with 40 seconds rest, so I was a bit thrashed already.

We have been having tons of fun at Force lately, and have been getting in some great workouts. Everything is transferring right over to the track and I'm feeling great running my intervals. Super happy with it right now! Big ups!

Jeff

Bounding, 150s, Olympic lifting and Jumping!

Well the last week has been jam packed with the items from the title of this blog. I've jumped a few times from 3 and 4 lefts now, working on hitting an elastic position at takeoff and swinging long(er) to the top. I'm still having a hard time catching the ride on the right hip and resisting the urge to pull up the bend, but I'm hitting much better takeoffs and the jump is flowing way nicer than ever before already! We've also been doing some pretty good workouts on the track, like 150m repeats on the track in the 18-19 second range. I am feeling really good during those workouts, feeling like I have a better ability this year to run fast repeats and not break down. I can't stress how much of this I believe is due to an increased emphasis on the olympic lifts in the weight room. This year I have probably tripled the total amount of olympic lifting per weight workout, and I'm feeling good! Here's a little video from today of me hitting a pretty decent position at takeoff (for me) and then missing the most of the rest of the jump (not too concerned about that just yet). The run is 4 lefts from 60 feet, the takeoff is out around 12' and the pole is small (as you can tell) - 4.60m 13.6. Enjoy!

Snatch PR

Well, it was probably the ugliest PR lift I've ever had, but I PR'ed in the snatch today, and hit a HUGE milestone goal in my training. The idea was to work up to a heavy single in the snatch from the hang, and go for a PR if I felt good. I started with a few triples at 60 and 70, then moved to a double (power snatch, snatch) at 80kg, and a single at 85kg. Then I skipped to 95kg, which was my previous PR, and made it on the first attempt with no issue whatsoever. It felt like a great lift, so we moved to 100kg. At 100kg I honestly didn't do much right at all. I collapsed at the direction switch, and my knees immediately came forward a little. I pulled hard and long through the second pull anyway, but ended up way behind the bar. I decided to dive under anyway, and ended up catching, stabilizing, and standing up with it. All in all its pretty amazing how ugly the lift was, but I caught it and stood up with it, so a PR is a PR!

This year, my overall goals in the clean and snatch were to make 120kg in the clean and 100kg in the snatch by the end of the year. I somewhat expected this to end up happening between indoor and outdoor season, but I have already made both of those goals before I have even really started jumping at all. I can't give enough credit to Wil Fleming at Force Fitness and Performance, and I have to also thank Ryan Ketchum down there who coached me through my PR session today and has instilled a lot of confidence in me throughout my training. I feel more powerful and explosive right now than ever before, and it's thanks to the work I have been doing at Force.

Well another thing this week that's pretty exciting is that we're gonna start getting on a regular jumping schedule. We'll be jumping mondays and thursdays and I'll start with some 2 and 3 left stuff this week and work back to 6 and 7 by December. Should be fun.

Until next time,

Jeff