kartöflu (icelandic for potato): session one, crossfit reykjavik: snatch: 50kg 1x5 60kg 2x2 65kg 4x1 sent the box a message asking if it was ok for me to drop by and they mentioned that i could use the oly lifting equipment, so i did . also, i made the acquaintance of guðmundur sigurðsson, an icelandic olympic lifter active when they still had the clean and press (he competed around 90kg, and apparently had bests of 147 in the press and 200 in the jerk). damn cool! clean + 3 jerks: 60kg 65kg 70kg 75kg 80kg pretty much all of these were power cleans, and had the odd power jerk and pressout mixed in. fixed the head position issue, though clean and jerk: 82kg 85kg 87kg didn't find the 1.25s at the time (found them later), so i used 1kg plates instead. don't actually remember if i got 87 as my catch has turned into solid excrement, apparently, but i did multiple tries and successfully got under in all of them (then dropped the bar because derp). hang power clean: 70kg 2x3 lulzing around after being done with the main lifts. ohp: 35kg 1x8 55kg 1x5 60kg 1x5 62.5kg 1x1 65kg 1x1 67.5kg 1x1 70kg 1x1 was lacking a tiny bit of oomph here but it all went up (70 was super grindy). split jerk: 75kg 1x1 85kg 1x1 95kg 1x1 100kg 1x1 some men just want to watch the world put overhead. after this i went back to the hostel to rest a bit, then went to... session 2, JAKABÓL: deadlift: 60kg 1x5 100kg 1x3 120kg 2x3 140kg 1x1 145kg 1x1 150kg 1x1 155kg 1x1 140kg 1x1 walked in, grabbed a bar, deadlifted. i wonder if jón páll would have approved. mixed on 120, straps on 140 or 145, 3 rdls with 100 after the regular dls, and one with the back-off 140 (three plate rdl at 59kg trolololololo). one-arm db row: 52kg 3/5 60kg 3/5 seriously, did you expect anything else? . all with straps, all cheating, 60x5 from the floor. paused back squat: 60kg 1x1 62.5kg 1x1 65kg 1x1 67.5kg 1x1 70kg 1x1 72.5kg 1x1 75kg 1x1 77.5kg 1x1 80kg 1x1 82.5kg 1x1 85kg 1x1 87.5kg 1x1 90kg 1x1 my back was rather thoroughly fornicated by this point, so i did paused squats to see what was up. was already ahcing trouble standing up with 80. confidwnt of a plausible paused 110 at least, if fresh. back squat: 100kg 5x1 regular atg back squats. back said no but i eked out 5 food singles. pull-up 1x5 complete dead hang with pause at the bottom, no weight. chin-up: 1x5 +10kg 1x3 +20kg 3x1 same deal, arms also wasted for everything except ohping. so i went and PRd my ohp . ohp: 20kg 1x10 30kg 1x8 40kg 1x6 50kg 1x4 60kg 1x2 62.5kg 1x1 65kg 1x1 67.5kg 1x1 70kg 1x1 72.5kg 1x1 PR!: https://instagram.com/p/0ThZhJJArv/ trip couldn't have ended better. will drop by CF Rvk again tomorrow morning again then sod off to the airport. but now, FOOD
bulgarian potato: paused front squat: 30kg 1x1 60kg 1x1 70kg 1x1 80kg 1x1 90kg 1x1 100kg 1x1 PR! gonna front squat every day until i leave using the method from greg nuckols' bulgarian method manual (go to non-psyched max, then if still fresh do 2-3rep backoffs at 80%). started with paused squats, felt good, and wonders happened front squat: 105kg 1x1 85kg 2x3 also, vidya: https://instagram.com/p/0bCgJuJAlv/ https://instagram.com/p/0bDC-DpAm5/
Nice! In that vid, the way you begin to stand from the squat looks a little jerky from here. In my experience, that can hurt your lower back. Careful with that, bro. Very impressive weight for a front squat, btw. I'll catch up to you one day. :hat:
Awesome! Cool shirt too... Although, you know that means I have to get my belted 110 to a beltless 110... Damnit
i'll just leave this here: [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PJjHGLyr_o"]2014 World Champion Deng Wei (63kg) 150kg x 2 Front Squat - YouTube[/ame]
bulgarian potato 2, the potatoning: front squat: 40kg 1x5 60kg 1x5 70kg 1x3 80kg 1x3 90kg 1x3 95kg 1x2 100kg 1x1 105kg 1x1 day 2 of 10-day bulgarian experiment. bugger me sideways my front squats improved for real with what i did before. this is pleasing. ohp: 60kg 10x3 for lulz. btnpp: 60kg 1x5 70kg 1x3 75kg 1x2 80kg 1x3 for lulz and pleasant surprises. PR and rep PR in the same set btn jerk: 80kg 2x3 ALL THE LULZ split jerk (regular): 80kg 1x1 85kg 1x1 90kg 1x1 95kg 1x1 100kg 1x1 LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. also, failed one 95, then got it. chin-up: +20kg 4x3 +10kg 3/5/5 gonna test max unweighted chins soon. still grinding out the +20s somewhat, but the +10s are fast, and on the unweighted ones i just fly (but my endurance is still crap )
How do you weight your chinups, bro? Weighted vest? Sounds like something I'd like to try for shiggles. Thanks! Nice 'tater, btw.
Thanks! If MAP had a rep function, I'd +rep ya. I'll give one of those belts a try later this year. :hat:
bulgarIIIan potato: triple tuber tribulations: front squat: 50kg 1x5 70kg 1x5 80kg 1x3 90kg 1x3 95kg 1x2 100kg 1x1 105kg 1x1 day 3 of 10-day bulgarian method front squat experiment. third day in a row i've hit my prior 1rm without issue, which is lulzy because it still feels like a 1rm. here's to hitting it on all 10 days. afterwards messed around with one arm barbell overheads for a chaos and pain contest, but it was a no go so i went home
soviet* omnipotato (ALL THE POTATOS): front squat: 60kg 1x1 70kg 1x1 80kg 1x1 85kg 1x1 90kg 1x1 95kg 1x1 100kg 1x1 105kg 1x1 110kg 1x1 paused up to 105 :3 power clean and press: 50kg 3x1 60kg 3x1 70kg 5x1 ROARRRRRRRR split jerk: 70kg 2x5 for lulz and extra overheads. power jerk: for more lulz. also horrible. *afaik technically bulgarian method is post USSR but i don't care (edit: nvm no it's not. soviet it is )
