Tank climbs Mount Olympus 2012

[tank]

Thank you Big Swede Man!

[markievicz]

nice going tank ,

PRs are racking up nicely

really like the use of the Oly lifts here

[BendtheBar]

Awesome front squats. You're going to make me feel weak on those very soon.

[tank]

Originally Posted by markievicz

nice going tank ,

PRs are racking up nicely

really like the use of the Oly lifts here

Thanks Mark.

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Awesome front squats. You're going to make me feel weak on those very soon.

Thanks Steve, although somehow I doubt that.

[Kuytrider]

There's a veritable PR-fest going on in here. All I can say Tank is Oly-cow

[tank]

Originally Posted by Kuytrider

There's a veritable PR-fest going on in here. All I can say Tank is Oly-cow

Ha!! Thanks, Kuyt.

[tank]

Session A3

Warm-up
Jump-rope, bodyweight squats, shoulder dislocates, bar-only reps of various movements.

Clean and Jerk Triples
95 (43) x 3
125 (56) x 3
125 (56) x 3
125 (56) x 3
125 (56) x 3
125 (56) x 3
125 (56) x 3
125 (56) x 3

Chin-ups
BW x 5
BW x 5
BW x 5

Barbell Rows Bodybuilding style with a little body english
140 (63) x 8 Too heavy
135 (61) x 8
135 (61) x 8

Sit-ups
No time.

Conditioning/Cool-down
Stretching

Notes
The C&J work was exhausting. Just ridiculously exhausting. I plan to add weight to chins but I don't think I was ready this time. Rows were too heavy for 8 reps without resting the bar on the ground, so rather than go down I'm going to stay at 135 for a few sessions. I was running short on time so I dropped the sit-ups; I'm going to try to prevent this next time. It may have just been because of how long the triples took.

[markievicz]

strong work in here tank.

what is body english?

[BendtheBar]

The C&J work was exhausting. Just ridiculously exhausting.

How was your form holding up on the last few sets?

[tank]

Originally Posted by markievicz

strong work in here tank.

what is body english?

Thanks, Mark. Body english is slang for loose form or a lack of strictness, kind of muscling the weight up.

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

How was your form holding up on the last few sets?

It was holding up well, actually. It's funny, but as I fatigued I was forced to move the weight very naturally using what felt like more proper throwing and catching technique, as opposed to earlier sets where it was easy to kind of man-handle the weight. I learned that if I were using that technique the whole time, I wouldn't have been so fatigued! It's circular logic, but it taught me what I should have been doing, which is the whole point of the triple days.

Hope you can make sense of that.