Officially back to training after 3 weeks off with an ankle injury and I find myself sluggish, weak and honestly, a bit tired. But does that slow me down? Only mentally. I have to push myself that bit extra now as I'm finding that I'm lacking that little pop in my step. When I saw that CrossFit Vancouver
had snatch progressions on the board yesterday I was torn with the typical psychological internal babble and dialogue that most everyone goes through at some time or another. Should I train or shouldn't I train? I really do need to pick up some groceries? I really should go and clean my car? I really should go and organize my desk......WTF! Excuses, excuses, excuses. So what did I do. I went, I snatched, and I felt great for it. Sometimes it's just that commitment and decision to move forward and put thoughts into action. And thankfully I did and I feel great for it. (plus I didn't really want to do all that other stuff)
Warm-up: 3 Rounds
- 15 x Overhead Squat w/45lbs bar
- 200 m sprint
Technique:
For 25 minutes worked on standing power snatches, hanging power snatches, standing squat snatches, squat snatches... basically a lot of technique with light weight.
Workout: Progress to a max snatch (power or squat)
- 135 x 6
- 145 x 3
- 155 x 1
- 165 x 1
- 185 x 0 (fail)
- 185 x 0 (fail)
- 165 x 2
- 155 x 1
- 145 x 1
- 135 x 20 something... just worked technique. I realize I have a lot to learn about snatching.
