So today after a slight day off, I went back to the squat rack and tore my legs all to pieces. I started with cleans at 155. There I did about 10. I couldn't do too many clean and jerks because I was too tired. I think I did one maybe. So I decided to let the day really be about working the legs. Right now I am paying for it because my thighs are so sore. I took a page from my trusty book and executed deadlifts from the clean position. What I was hoping to achieve was the double knee position where the knees are slightly bent outward. I normally can deadlift 315 without a problem. Today, problem. The manner I was lifting was a totally different style. I wasn't pulling with the back but making my quads do a large part of the work while keeping my back in somewhat upright position. 315 stung but I did it. What I noticed was that I couldn't do but so many. I think I did about 4. Then I tried to a snatch deadlift at the same weight. It wasn't happening. So I dropped the weight to 225 and 135 perspectively. That felt better. So I did about five of each. By this time, I was a pool of sweat. From there I went into some overhead squats with 135. That's a little more that what I am used to but I will have to get used to that. From there, I preformed some behind the neck jerks. I went from 135 to 160. I learned here the breathing is equally important as it was in the clean part of the lift. I took in as much air as I could and the during the thrust, that air came right out and the weight went up! It was funny because I heard myself grunt (which I am ashamed of). It really was just the expulsion of the air. I was proud of myself because as I was getting tired, I pushed through the workout. Last I went and did some box jumps. I need to correct a previous post because I thought box was 40 inches. It's only 30. Anyway, doing about 10 of those after everything else, like I said, my legs won't be the same.
