Bumper Plates, Hook Grip, Chalk and Singlets. A Texas Farmer Lifts.

[gobbles23]

Hi Jani!!! Look at you go! lol! It's so fun to see you learn and progress!! So cool that you're getting some coaching in, that's just awesome

[DieselsMom]

I agree with NG - use different plates to get past the blues in your head. I am the same with 45's on the bar for squat, for some reason it freaks me out but if I use 25's plus 10's I'm good. Same weigh but visually much different!

Sounds like it was a great session with the coach, you can't beat in person coaching to fix the problem at the time it is happening. That's what I liked about having my posing coach in person.

[jjeane]

Nice!

We'll need to have block jerk show down when your hubby is done.

Oh, BTW, I didn't tell you this. The drawing I sent you was revised based on your height, as you know. But what I did was instead of deducting a total of two inches (I am 5'8" and you are 5'6") I deducted three inches because sometimes if I dip too deep the plates would lightly brush the top of the block. (I've only done it twice.) So I deducted 3. You will still be able to get under to unrack the bar. I mean, Buddy is 6'0" and he has no problem getting under my blocks.

GOod to know! I will be doing jerk stalls with my new blocks on Friday and will let you know. I tested them out today and I don't think it will be an issue.

nice work jj

Thanks Wish!

Hi Jani!!! Look at you go! lol! It's so fun to see you learn and progress!! So cool that you're getting some coaching in, that's just awesome

The coaching was really cool! More fun things to learn!

I agree with NG - use different plates to get past the blues in your head. I am the same with 45's on the bar for squat, for some reason it freaks me out but if I use 25's plus 10's I'm good. Same weigh but visually much different!

Sounds like it was a great session with the coach, you can't beat in person coaching to fix the problem at the time it is happening. That's what I liked about having my posing coach in person.

Yes, the blue was all in my head. Next time though they are mine! Will talk more about the coaching in a minute.

Okay, I am not even sure where to start this update. Oh, my birthday was Sunday and Hubs made me my blocks! Which was nice since I broke my old ones on Monday when he was finishing up my new ones!!

Broken old one



New ones per Joel's design



Coaching- After going to Dallas I was offered an opportunity to train under the one of the Spoon barbell coaches. After much thought and consideration I decided to take up the offer. I will be going to Dallas probably once a month. I am really excited about this. I really enjoyed having Charis as my coach but it is hard to pass up the chance to lift with others and have someone right there with you. I started my new program today. I am now lifting 5x a week. Right now the big issue is fixing my snatch first pull. Daily I will be doing about 15-20 min of snatch pulls to the lap. Let me tell you you can do A LOT of x5 first pull in 15-20 min!! Also, I got a new set of kilo change plates over the black Friday deal. Muscle Driver had 25% off and the change plates I have were starting to have issues. I had the rubber ones and the sleeves were coming out of the 2.5's and I sliced one of the 1.5's by dropping the bar on it. THis time I bought metal change plates! Hopefully they will be in soon!

So today's workout

Standing muscle snatch
2x12xbar, 10xbar

PP+OHS jerk grip- THese are very tiring! My arms are gonna feel like lead tomorrow. You do a push press then a OHS then repeat 8-10 times. I was so happy to dump the bar!
8xbar,8x20,2x8x25,10x25

Snatch pulls to lap for 17 minutes
11x5x35,5x5x38

Tomorrow is snatch and clean off blocks and 4FS+8BS. Oh I am gonna be squatting like a full+a part time job!

[thehobbes]

Happy belated b-day JJ! Well what a happy accident with the blocks - serendipity at its finest! (Dude I have ben waiting to work THAT into a conversation for ages.)

[gobbles23]

Birthday!? How'd I miss that??? Happy Be-lated birthday!!!! Hope you had a good one!

So exciting about the new workout program! Sounds challenging!!!!

[NorwichGrad]

Your husband did a great job on those boxes!

Belated happy birthday!

[moshvr]

Exciting stuff working with a new coach. Looking forward to seeing how that goes for you!

Happy belated as well!

[BabyOilBrah]

very cool coaching opportunity for yuo, enjoy it

Holy crap those PP + OHSs for high reps sound deadly!

And of course happy belated bday.

[jshaw5]

Happy belated birthday. Those jerk blocks look sweet, much better design than the first pair.

Coaching opportunity sounds awesome. I would imagine the oly lifts would benefit the most from live, real time coaching.

[jjeane]

Happy belated b-day JJ! Well what a happy accident with the blocks - serendipity at its finest! (Dude I have ben waiting to work THAT into a conversation for ages.)

That is an awesome line! Serendipity for sure! I sent hubs the cracked block picture right about he time he was finishing the new ones. He was thinking he was pretty lucky in getting them done at the right time!

Birthday!? How'd I miss that??? Happy Be-lated birthday!!!! Hope you had a good one!

So exciting about the new workout program! Sounds challenging!!!!

I am really excited about the new program and the new coach! I think it will be really good for me!

Your husband did a great job on those boxes!

Belated happy birthday!

He did do a good job and you did and excellent job on the design!

Exciting stuff working with a new coach. Looking forward to seeing how that goes for you!

Happy belated as well!

Thanks!!

very cool coaching opportunity for yuo, enjoy it

Holy crap those PP + OHSs for high reps sound deadly!

And of course happy belated bday.

The PP+OHS is evil. Just plain, pure evil!

Happy belated birthday. Those jerk blocks look sweet, much better design than the first pair.

Coaching opportunity sounds awesome. I would imagine the oly lifts would benefit the most from live, real time coaching.

They are much more solid than the first pair and hubs used crews this time and not nails! LOL! I think the in person coaching will help a lot!

Thank you all for the birthday wishes. I was feeling very jaded this year since USAW has me listed as 39 for the next meet and I just turned 38! I was like hey! You can't add a whole extra year on me, but I guess that is the way they roll it. You are what ever age you tune that year as of Jan 1! But it was a nice day!

[DieselsMom]

Your hubby is soo sweet

Happy Belated and congrats on the new coaching set up sounds like it is going to help you move along.

[NorwichGrad]

Now let's see you make some big noise with those blocks, JJ!

PS - Even if jerks from blocks is not on your routine, you should do some anyway to show off your blocks.

[viccles007]

Happy belated birthday. Loving that setup!!

[meimonsta]

Happy belated birthday!! Oooh those blocks are popping up everywhere! They look awesome. Your husband did good

What an incredible opportunity! 5x a week is a lot of oly lifting and i bet you're going to have a blast!

[jjeane]

Your hubby is soo sweet

Happy Belated and congrats on the new coaching set up sounds like it is going to help you move along.

I know, it was really sweet of him to make them!

Now let's see you make some big noise with those blocks, JJ!

PS - Even if jerks from blocks is not on your routine, you should do some anyway to show off your blocks.

Made some noise today! Will include a short vid! Plus hit some nice PR's!!
I am doing jerk stalls on Fri!

Happy belated birthday. Loving that setup!!

Thank you!!

Happy belated birthday!! Oooh those blocks are popping up everywhere! They look awesome. Your husband did good

What an incredible opportunity! 5x a week is a lot of oly lifting and i bet you're going to have a blast!

Hey Mei!! It is a great opportunity, but boy am I not used to the volume!!!

HOOOLEEE VOlume!! Wow! I am sore from yesterday and was just huffing and puffing today! But hit a 4K PR on block snatch triples and a 6K PR on DCJ from blocks so worth it!!

Snatch Triple from blocks
25,30,4x35,38 PR,39 PR

DCJ from blocks- the jerks on the heavier ones have some pushing going on
35,40,43PR, 4x45 PR, 2x48 PR

4/8 FS/BS- I was pretty much huffing, and puffing on these.
bar, 20,3x25

short clip of some of the PR's!

[NorwichGrad]

Very nice.

Your blocks are Borat-approved!



Just a safety tip, cuz I don't wanna see you get hurt. When you dump the bar, let it go.. It will bounce but DO NOT catch it. Let it go and "guide" it until it stops bouncing on its own. I have gotten injured in the past for doing exactly what you are doing..

[jjeane]

Very nice.

Your blocks are Borat-approved!

Just a safety tip, cuz I don't wanna see you get hurt. When you dump the bar, let it go.. It will bounce but DO NOT catch it. Let it go and "guide" it until it stops bouncing on its own. I have gotten injured in the past for doing exactly what you are doing..

Thank you very much for this! I had one bounce right off the blocks today so wasn't really sure how to keep them there but not have to catch them!

[gobbles23]

Awesome PR's!!!! And blocks, those are awesome!

[moshvr]

Awesome work! All these oly lifting journals I'm subbed to are making me want to give it a try lol

[jjeane]

Awesome PR's!!!! And blocks, those are awesome!

Thanks and totally sturdy as well!!

Awesome work! All these oly lifting journals I'm subbed to are making me want to give it a try lol

Beware it is addicting!

Today was 2 exercises I had never done before. And I am used to doing 3 sets not 6 so I am like so glad tomorrow is Fri and I am ready to just about die! LOL!!

Muscle snatch from floor all sets of 5
bar, 2x25,27,28,29,30,32,34

Muscle Clean+PP all sets of 5 I totally felt like a way less version of Klokov when I got done with these!
35,3x38,2x39,40

Snatch Pulls to lap all sets of 5
16 sets @40

Top set of first 2 exercises

[viccles007]

Dang, some impressive snatches there jj!

[NorwichGrad]

Those are great drills, JJ. They enforce the correct bar path.

[DieselsMom]

looking strong!!!

[jjeane]

Dang, some impressive snatches there jj!

THank you! Unfortunately coach did not agree!

Those are great drills, JJ. They enforce the correct bar path.

That and keep pulling. TOo bad the first pull was wrong though. And that is what I need to fix. But at least I got an email saying call me we need to talk NOW! That helps!

looking strong!!!

Thanks! I was feeling pretty strong after that as well!

Snatch with pause triples
bar,25,2x30,3x33,4x35

2 Cleans with pause + jerk
35,2x40,5x45

Jerk stalls all triples
45,4x55

4/8 FBS
bar,4x25



And sorry Joel I did not use my blocks for the jerk stalls. THis increase in volume is killing me this week and I was like how can I do these easiest! Rack it is!
I got some thumb tape. Best chit EVER!! For real! My thumbs have been killing me esp my right one.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!

[jjeane]

Positions

Weightlifting is all about positions. Being in the right one at the right time to get the bar going where you need it to go. My first pull is my biggest problem. But I think I am getting into better positions. The better I get and the more consistent I get the easier it is to get the bar up and not have to chase it, ie jump forward.
So while I am no expert here are some pictures that I think show a better place to be for me.

Snatch

[jjeane]

Clean

[dreahere]

Happy belated birthday, Jani! Enjoyed watching your vids.

[thehobbes]

Those pics are sweet! That'd make a cool art piece to put all those side by side, wouldhangingym/10 You look very symmetrical in all those shots too, mirin'. I often see people at the gym doing a squat (ok ok, not a squat but a 1/8th squat) and their rt leg is like way over there and their left leg is going all weird somewhere else, don't even get me started on the use of the man-pon.

[beatha]

ditto Happy Belated Birthday JJ!
Great photo sequence from your vids.

[JenSTL4]

Always love your videos! And those pics are awesome!

Happy belated birthday