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| Camille Leblanc-Bazinet at the bottom of the snatch catch... or in an overhead squat. Hard to say. |
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| Camille Leblanc-Bazinet sets up for the clean, getting the bar from the ground to her shoulders. |
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| Heather Bergeron catches the clean in full "ass to grass" depth. I need to work on this some more. ;) |
Olympic Total: 30min cap (Three attempts at each lift)
- Snatch
- Clean & Jerk
Ah, the Olympic lifts. Skill, power, and massive amounts of suckage when not done correctly. My goal for today was to try to do the lifts as true to form as possible, meaning no power snatches or power cleans, but the full "squat" variety of each. As a result, my total numbers were nowhere near my "sloppy-as-I-needed-to-be" Personal Records. Oh well.
After a thorough warm-up and refresher on the lifts using PVC pipes, we moved to the real bars. Goddamn they get cold in winter in an unheated gym! After warming up both lifts for a bit, I moved to 65# for a few reps on both, then 95# for a few reps. I started my snatch attempts at 115#, moved to 125#, failed once, then nailed it.
After that, we moved to the clean & jerk. In the workout as prescribed, we were allowed to jerk out of the racks (ie, get the bar out of the rack in the front rack position, and jerk from there, rather than needing to clean the weight up.) While doing that would have definitely improved my total, my main issue with the Clean & Jerk is the transition between the two, so I was more interested in working THAT and getting more experience in. After a success at 125#, I failed at 135#, then tried it again and nailed it. I found myself with some extra time, and made two attempts at 140#, and failed on both of them.
Snatch: 125#
C&J: 135#
Total: 260#
Snatch: 125#
C&J: 135#
Total: 260#
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