Notes of the past week!

I am now OVER the 90% Dr Kramer said I should expect to achieve after my torn quad tendon. I've been doing 75kg cleans for a while now and this past week I did an easy 55kg snatch. I have done an 90kg clean some years back but that was with straps so I'm counting my 80kg clean I did before my back surgery as my PR. My PR snatch is 57.5kg.

One month down, two to go!

I love summer. Hope it's been good for you. I'm taking this week off from lifting because I was feeling a little overtrained. Next week Donna and I are taking the chalet (a small camper) up to a Wilton to see some friends and play a little volleyball. We'll be near I think the Cosumnes river so maybe some fishing and hiking.

More PR's

Today I worked out at the former Sports Club Irvine now known as Equinox. With a non needle bearing bar and plates that really didn't fit the bar (I'm spoiled) I cleaned 75kg and jerked 61kg (I don't jerk too much). I did the cleans off the platform not the 3" boxes I've been using to put less stress on my spine. All feels fine!

Sharing and encouragement!

This blog is meant to show that someone over 30 (I'm almost 51) can after devastating injuries can come back to a relative high level of fitness. Remember now I tore my quadriceps (all four thigh muscles) away from my knee cap.

DO NOT BE DECIEVED!

If you are an athlete over 31-35 years of age you CAN NOT exercise away a bad diet. I had a conversation this last week with an athlete who has qualified for the 2012 Olympics in London and he/she was trying to keep his/hers weight down mid season doing cardio when they are involved in an anaerobic sport. A couple things, a bad diet is not limited to too many calories. It could be too little protein, too little fat, wrong kinds of protein, wrong kinds of fat, too little carbs or the wrong kinds of carbs. It never ceases to amaze me that in this day and age, elite athletes are still getting BAD advice.

More good news

Monday(5/21/2012) cleaned 72.5kg x1)3. Wednesday snatched 50kg x 1, 52.5 x 1, 50 x 1. Now my strength is going up faster in the clean then the snatch. Fyi my goals are 90kg clean and a 60kg snatch.

Things have been happening

Since my last post in April my hitting and blocking have improved and I attribute that directly to the fact that I'm easily cleaning 70k for doubles and snatching 50k for multiple singles.