Triskaidekaphobia - Joshua's Training

**Alan H** · 6th July 12, 10:46 AM

Ugh...passing out during a workout. I've done it once, but it was pushups on a wrestling mat. No big deal.

Hey, you gotta THROW this Fall, you know!!

**Joshua** · 7th October 12, 09:32 PM

It's been awhile since I updated this log. About 2 months ago I moved to a new place, in the process of moving, completely, utterly wrecked my back... that's what I get for thinking I can carry a washing machine down a flight of stairs and still load it on the back of my truck.

I'd not touched anything heavier than food and icepacks since. For the past two weeks I've been lifting again, but very light.

Still on the fence about resuming the log.

I did a full day's workout saturday, power snatches from the hang, clean and jerks, clean pulls, and front squats. In that workout, I did clean and jerk 100kg, which didn't feel as heavy as I expected - so that's good, right?

**Alan H** · 16th October 12, 12:21 PM

That IS good.

For me, the log has been a good motivational tool. Not so much this one, but the one I keep at NASGA, that is *serious* motivation because I know how many people are watching it. I mostly C&P the same words in both places, so it's not a big deal to drop it in here. One good thing about logging here is that several of my "real life" friends log here, and that's fun. Also, "just folks"...not diehard athletes are here at X Marks and I know that sometimes they look over the log. If that inspires a few of them to try out the events and get in the gym, then that's a WIN for everybody.

Just my thoughts.... you will have your own motivation.

**Joshua** · 16th October 12, 09:06 PM

Well, in that case...

This last saturday I did the exact same routine but 5kg more on each of the main lifts (power snatch triples to 70kg), squat clean and jerk singles to 105kg, and I did some squat triples at 115kg.

During my hiatus, I joined a commercial gym and got kicked out my first day. I guess meatheads don't "fit" at "Youfit". I'm kinda glad, someone actually walked into my bar while I was doing front squats, because they were f'ing with their ipod. I get kicked out for making noise (supposedly dropping weights), but that asshat could have killed me and he's happily chugging along and paying his dues.

Oh, and for my android phone friends out there - I got an app called "liftlog" - it's a very, very barebones workout logging app for your phone that you can export the workouts to a csv file in case you are a data nerd like me. I've been using it for two weeks and seeing that I only do about 5 major movements in my gym lifts (power hang snatch, clean, clean and jerk, clean pulls, and front squats), it's served me well. The only downside for a kilogram lifter like myself, is that the app doesn't currently support decimals - and seeing that lifters lift in .5 and 2.5kg increments that makes for a minor pain. I've emailed the app vendor to see if he can make a modification.

**Alan H** · 17th October 12, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by Joshua

Well, in that case...

This last saturday I did the exact same routine but 5kg more on each of the main lifts (power snatch triples to 70kg), squat clean and jerk singles to 105kg, and I did some squat triples at 115kg.

During my hiatus, I joined a commercial gym and got kicked out my first day. I guess meatheads don't "fit" at "Youfit". I'm kinda glad, someone actually walked into my bar while I was doing front squats, because they were f'ing with their ipod. I get kicked out for making noise (supposedly dropping weights), but that asshat could have killed me and he's happily chugging along and paying his dues.

Oh, and for my android phone friends out there - I got an app called "liftlog" - it's a very, very barebones workout logging app for your phone that you can export the workouts to a csv file in case you are a data nerd like me. I've been using it for two weeks and seeing that I only do about 5 major movements in my gym lifts (power hang snatch, clean, clean and jerk, clean pulls, and front squats), it's served me well. The only downside for a kilogram lifter like myself, is that the app doesn't currently support decimals - and seeing that lifters lift in .5 and 2.5kg increments that makes for a minor pain. I've emailed the app vendor to see if he can make a modification.

Seriously? Time to go elsewhere. You can't RUN out of that place fast enough.