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yeah it's nothing against PC or (obviously) trying to make progress. but vag pretty much nailed it: don't chase weight room numbers at the expense of your main training goals.

but full cleans and power cleans are different movements -- full cleans are technically a lot more difficult to do. after all, a power clean can always be a little bit of an explosive reverse grip curl. if full cleans are something you want to add to your repertoire, then i think you should be drilling them now. but i don't know why you'd want to add them now, unless you're switching your focus to olympic lifting. spending a lot of time learning a technical lift, especially without coaching, just runs the risk of distracting you from higher-payoff activities.

It has me thinking though. I have no real illusions about my lifting career and realistically, once (I won't say if cause that's a losers attitude) I reach double bw squat and 2.5 bw deadlift I see no reason to keep pushing the envelope weight wise for stress and recovery. I'd rather turn my attention somewhere else and work on other aspects like size, rate of force whatever, oly lifting, etc. I figure if I can get some basics now then I'll be further ahead come that time.

I have to admit I have half a mongrel for crossfit at the moment but cannot in all good conscience go in that direction. They do have a good oly coach not 5 mins from my house so that's something I may look into. 

I'm a bit tentative to go in that direction for exactly the reasons you've said though.

I think the clean number is 1.5x according to what I've been reading in VJB 2.

26/7/14

First BJJ class. Pretty cool stuff. Worked on basic transitions from arm bar to omoplata to triangle. Had a free roll for the last 10 minutes and it worked me over pretty hard. I'm pretty strong compared to the others but lack the endurance.

V good indeed but pretty sore afterwards.

So I've got a week away somewhere warm at the start of September. Looking to get the bodyfat down a little 3-4% in the next 5 weeks. I'm going to focus on eating clean and getting around 2,500 on training days and 1,900-2,000 on rest days. I'll also be adding in some met-con style stuff after my main training sesh, starting tonight. I will be easing my way into things as I haven't done much/any of this recently/ever so we'll see how we go. I'm hoping not to overdo things but have still got power cleans and snatch work in prior to each session. Fingers crossed.

02/8/14
B3W
Week 13- Session 48
BW- 92.3

AM-
BJJ class. Lots of drills. No rolling at the end so felt pretty fresh. I've done martial arts on and off for about 15 years and can see why there's so much love for BJJ out there. It makes heaps of sense and is so progressive. V cool indeed.

PM-

Limited warm up

Jump & Catch into OHS
bar x 5, 5, 5

Deadlift-
OL DL- 60 x 5, 80 x 5, 100 x 5
DL- 120 x 5, 147.5 x 5 

Ring Chins-
bw x 5, 5
+7.5 x 3, 3, 3,

BB Curl-
30 x 10, 8, 8

Mini-circuit
1. Ring Push Ups- 5, 5, 5, 5
2. Thrusters- 40 x 5, 5, 5, 1

DL is going pretty well atm. Can feel my left bicep in the last couple of reps on my top set which I think is definitely related to my grip. I had an accident about 12 years ago in which I cut through the tendons in my left hand and the grip will never be as strong as my right so I might need to make some adjustments. Even just with volume. Idk.
I'm planning to test my max in a couple of weeks time and will reassess how I go forward from there. Will test max on DL, Squat, Front Squat and Bench (even though I don't currently do flat bench I'm still interested). I will do this the week before I go away and the week away relaxing in the sun will be my deload.

Thanks mate. Not sure how much longer I can do sets of 5 with the weight progressing but there's only one way to find out. It was a weird training session that one too. No music or sound of any kind and had a hong kong kung fu movie running on silent in the background. Odd training environment.

03/08/2014
B3W
Week 13- Session 49
BW- 93.5

Quick session as I only had about 30 mins

Front Squat-
bar x 5, 40 x 5, 60 x 5, 80 x 5, 102.5 x 5 

OHP-
bar x 10, 40 x 5

Push Press-
60 x 5, 5, 5

And done.

06/08/2014
B3W
Week 14- Session 50
BW- 92.6

Felt pretty average today. Little motivation and didn't feel ready when I got in the gym. Still got there though which is something.

Limited warm up

Hang Clean- bar x 5
Power Clean- 60 x 5

Squat-
bar x 5, 60 x 5, 80 x 5, 100 x 5, 122.5 x 4 

Incline Bench-
bar x 8, 40 x 8, 50 x 8, 65 x 8, 4, 5

Soooo close on the squats. Feel like I could have had a 5th rep in me but also felt like I wouldn't get back up. Decided to play it safe. Not too bad considering 100 felt super heavy. Can't really complain too much considering I'm getting PR's pretty much every week atm. Don't want that to end too soon.

Had nothing in the tank after bench. Decided to call it a day and get some rest.

I've been neglecting my stretching/SMR work so need to make that a focus again.