Olympic Weightlifting

British Master Buildup Over

24 March 2010

Well the British Masters Championships are this weekend, and if I’m not ready now, I’ll never be. Which is to say, I’m not ready now! I hate preparing for competitions because I’m *never* ready! This week’s lifting went ok, but could have been better. The highlights are, on Tuesday I managed 3 out of 6 [...]

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Why Crossfit Coaching Sessions are Priceless

20 March 2010

As many people have noted from my earlier post, snatch practice for the British Masters has not been going well. Dropping six 70kg (154lb) snatches in a row, 2 weeks before competition day, is never a good sign. So this weekend, with 2 sessions back at Crossfit Manchester, I desperately needed the experienced eye of [...]

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Build up to the British Masters Olympic Weightlifting Competition – 2 weeks to go

18 March 2010

I’m pleased to report that my hamstring tweak had mostly cleared itself up by Tuesday, so I was able to train as I’d intended. There was still a little soreness there, but 98% there. However, that didn’t prevent the disaster that was Tuesday’s snatches! Tuesday followed my normal routine of snatches for 45ish mins then [...]

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Build up to the British Masters Olympic Weightlifting Competition – 4 weeks to go

4 March 2010

I’ve started seriously thinking about the BWLA British Masters Olympic Weightlifting Competition at Lilleshall (I came 2nd last year) at the end of March and how I’m going to prepare for it. For reasons I won’t bore you with, I’ve not done as much lifting as I should have done in preparation for this competition. [...]

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The Longest Crossfit Workout in a while

2 February 2010

Today I did Saturday’s workout from the main Crossfit site, it looked fun: Seven rounds for time of: – 95 pound Power snatch, 7 reps – 95 pound Snatch balance, 7 reps – 95 pound Overhead squat, 7 reps 95lb doesn’t compute too well to kg, and at the last minute I had an inkling [...]

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Ouch Ouch Ouch – Crossfit kicks my butt

19 January 2010

Going back to the Cardiff gym this week, for the first time since November, was always going to be messy but I’m as sore as I’ve ever been right now. I decided to do workouts from the main Crossfit.com site. I can’t necessarily follow their daily scheme, either because like today, it’s a rest day, [...]

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This Weekend’s Weightlifting Shambles

24 November 2009

It’s hard to start this post… without resorting to impolite expletives! This weekend’s weightlifting competition went about as wrong as it could have done, short of bombing (failing to get any lifts). I could wax lyrical about my failures, but can’t quite face it to be honest. It was a shambles that’s soonest forgotten. The [...]

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It’s Competition Day!

20 November 2009

The day I’ve been waiting 2 months for has finally arrived – the Northern Open Olympic Weightlifting competition, held in Mytholmrod, West Yorkshire (England that is). First the important stuff: I made the weight. For the last 5 days I’ve been at or under my target weight, which is the upper limit of the 77kg [...]

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