Spartigus Training Log

[tank]

Great work, Spart.

[MikeM]

Great stuff, Spart! Living the life, eh? Good for you.

[big_swede]

Good work buddy!

[Spartigus]

Originally Posted by bruteforce

Nice work Spart, glad to see you back!

Thanks!! Its good to be back

Originally Posted by tank

Great work, Spart.

Thanks!!

Originally Posted by MikeM

Great stuff, Spart! Living the life, eh? Good for you.

Thanks!! Hahah yeah, what more do I need, my work consists of lifting weights, ladies in workout cloths who squat often and lots of food .

Originally Posted by big_swede

Good work buddy!

Thanks!!

Today was also light Oly work day

Clean + clean pulls
60kgx2
60kgx2
60kgx2
60kgx2
60kgx2

Felt good, 2 of the cleans werent fast enough. Keeping weight the same for next week.

Jerks from rack
60kgx2
60kgx2
60kgx2

Felt good and fast, getting quicker under the bar. Going for 65kg next week on these.

[Spartigus]

Thanks!

Fridays Workout

Squats
155x5 (worked up to a top set of 5 reps)

Bench
75kg + bands for top set of 5. Around 105kg at the top. I am not a very good bencher, I find I need more speed and commitment to the press, and the bands should help. I chose working in the 85% of max, though I made a mistake on the band tensions I think, so it was more like 75-80%. But next week will be heavier. I dont know a lot about band training, but I thought I would start playing around. Any advice is appreciated!

Chest Supported Rows
27.5kgx3x10

Face Pulls
10x3x10

Felt good!

Saturdays Workout
Hang Power Snatch
40kgx3
45kgx3
50kgx3

At this point my shoulder (sort of rotator area) and elbow were on fire, felt like nerve pain or something, I kept going.

Hang Snatch
50kgx3
55kgx3

Lots of pain, moved on and didnt do last set

Hang Clean
60kgx1

There was a lot of pain and I was having trouble moving my hand so I called it. One of the guys who trains there is a physio who works at NSWIS with some oly athletes. He had a look, found a little issue with my sub scap, he did a quick test to confirm his suspicion. He found a pinched nerve (i think this is what it was, he was poking me and it hurt a lot so I dont remember much) and it was going right up my shoulder, through my arm and into my wrist. He did a couple of minutes of manipulation and suddenly the pain vanished and I could move my arm. He gave me a couple of exercises and a couple of stretches to help. He said keep training. Been 3 hours and there is no pain. He is amazing!!

Saturdays workout was average because of the slight tweak. But all good now!

[Pull14]

Great squat, bench and snatch work Spart! Crazy how just a few simple movements and stretches can make that type of stuff go away. Glad to hear its no longer and issue. Keep kicking ass.

[Spartigus]

Originally Posted by Pull14

Great squat, bench and snatch work Spart! Crazy how just a few simple movements and stretches can make that type of stuff go away. Glad to hear its no longer and issue. Keep kicking ass.

Thanks!! Well the pain initially started on Wednesday session with snatching (the scapular abducts 4 separate times during the snatch, so it places a massive amount of work on the scap). It was bad, then I did heavy push press and pullups and that made it feel sweet until today. The beauty of the main lifts

[tank]

That's lots of great work, Spart! Glad to hear your pain is already handled, and good to see you posting again.

[big_swede]

Great work Spart! And good to meet a physio at the gym, amazing!

[BendtheBar]

Killing it Spart. Have a great weekend.