musketeer
New member
I've been taking a lot of time off due to colds and traveling. Been doing light workouts to get back into it gently, but felt good tonight so decided to set some near max singles. I'm a wannabe oly-lifter so:
Did as expected with snatches and C&J - confidently put up close to 75% of my old best lifts and examined the videos to see that my form was pretty good.
Warmed up on squats with some Zerchers and built up to a pull of 150kg out of the rack fairly powerfully.
Took 90kg in the rack and easily front squatted it. Kept adding weight and doing doubles until I was 20kg off my old max and I felt like it was a breeze. For some stupid reason, I thought I'd add another ten kg each side and try to single my old max. WTF was I thinking? It was heavy when I lifted off and as I approached the bottom I knew I wasn't coming up and it caused me to miss the groove for the rebound. I tried to drop the weight forward onto the rack, but somehow managed to catch my elbows on my ribcage and lats. Crushed my wrists against the bar before it hit the spotter-bars. Instantly felt pain and left the bar lying there, workout done.
2 hours later I feel like I've done 50 sets of weighted dips. I've taken 800mg of ibuprofen and it still kills - I hope I can type tomorrow!
Did as expected with snatches and C&J - confidently put up close to 75% of my old best lifts and examined the videos to see that my form was pretty good.
Warmed up on squats with some Zerchers and built up to a pull of 150kg out of the rack fairly powerfully.
Took 90kg in the rack and easily front squatted it. Kept adding weight and doing doubles until I was 20kg off my old max and I felt like it was a breeze. For some stupid reason, I thought I'd add another ten kg each side and try to single my old max. WTF was I thinking? It was heavy when I lifted off and as I approached the bottom I knew I wasn't coming up and it caused me to miss the groove for the rebound. I tried to drop the weight forward onto the rack, but somehow managed to catch my elbows on my ribcage and lats. Crushed my wrists against the bar before it hit the spotter-bars. Instantly felt pain and left the bar lying there, workout done.
2 hours later I feel like I've done 50 sets of weighted dips. I've taken 800mg of ibuprofen and it still kills - I hope I can type tomorrow!