03.04.10
Colin McNulty at the British Masters – Weightlifting Video
Here’s the video I took at the British Masters last week:
Sadly I only got the first half as the video camera died half way through, grrrr.
02.10.09
Weekly Friday Fun – More Liv Films
Some months ago I posted what is one of the best spoof videos I’ve seen on the net: a beer diet video. This week’s Friday Fun videos are from Liv Films, the same makers:
And another funny one about Michael Phelp’s pot photo:
17.09.09
Weekly Friday Fun – More Cat Videos
Yes I know, *more* cat videos. It’s not my fault, cats are cute, and the internet was pretty much invented for cat videos, so what ya gona do? This first one is the ultimate in cat stoicism, as this cat tries to ignore the fact that it’s sitting on a monster subwoofer!
Cat must have Striiiiiing!
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it lunch? This is evolution in motion and boy does this cat need the exercise!
16.09.09
Day 1 of my 9 week Olympic Weightlifting Training Program
I’ve started the build up to the North Open Weightlifting competition in 9 weeks, and have started following a vaguely Hungarian influenced training program. I can only manage to train 4 days a week, not the 6 prescribed, but we’ll have to see how it goes. Here’s the first week’s program:
Day 1
- Power Hang Snatch – 6 sets of 3 reps at 65%
- High Pull of Snatch – 5 sets of 3 reps (I’d look to do these at about 70kg)
- Dead Pull of Snatch – 4 sets of 5 reps (work at your current snatch max)
- Back Squat – 5 or 6 sets of 5 reps at 65% (of your 1 rep max)
Day 2
- Front Squat – 5 sets of 5 reps at 70% of 1 rep max
- Power Snatch/Power Hang Snatch – 5 sets of 1+2 at 65% of Snatch (this means 1 Power Snatch followed by 2 Power Hang Snatch)
- Power Clean/Power Hang Clean – 5 sets of 1+2 (as above)
- Split Jerk – 4 sets of 2 at 70%
Day 3
- Power Hang Clean – 6 sets of 3 reps at 70%
- High Pull of Clean – 5 sets of 3 reps (I’d work at 100kg for these)
- Dead Pull of Clean – 4 sets of 5 reps (start at 100kg go up to 110)
- Front Squat – 5 sets of 5 reps at 75%
Day 4
- Power Hang Snatch – 7 sets of 3 reps 72%
- High Pull of Snatch – 5 sets of 3 reps (about 72kg)
- Dead Pull of Snatch – 4 sets of 5 reps (work up to 82kg)
- Back Squat – 6 sets of 5 reps at 72%
I’ve not really done the slightly oddly titled: “High Pull of Snatch” and “Dead Pull of Snatch” before, so recorded a short video to so my Crossfit coach could inspect my form:
As you can see, the first day went quite well, however I did wake up this morning with a sore back. It’s not used to that level of back related effort I think. It’s just DOMS, so a days rest to make sure I don’t tweak anything on Day 2, and it should be fine.
03.09.09
Friday Fun: FAIL!
This is a great video of someone doing a human flag impression, but fails in an unexpected way:
This is looking cool, right up until the inevitable happens:
And lastly, anger never pays:
03.07.09
Friday Fun – Cat and Mouse… maybe?
And I thought our cats were stroppy, this cat is seriously unhappy:
Kitten + turntable = inevitable results:
Is this the cutest baby “thing” ever? What on earth is this animal, it’s a head on legs!?!
05.09.08
Friday Fun – Wingsuit Flying Video
One day I hope to be brave enough to try something like this, it looks awesome:
29.08.08
Friday Fun – And I thought the last batch of computer animation was realistic!
This is jaw droppingly amazing!