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Post by Simon klimesh on May 12, 2010 18:01:28 GMT -5
I wouldn't say they were easy Jared. Drewes told me to take it easy this week so I'm keeping the lifts around a 80% clip (minimum type of weights), but to just go up to 80% and stop wouldn't be enough work, so that's where the ten singles come in. I believe a week of smaller weights makes more sense the week AFTER a contest as apposed to the week OF a contest. Keep the questions coming, I like q and a.
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Post by Jared Enderton on May 12, 2010 18:04:12 GMT -5
I didn't say they were "easy" haha. were they easier than the last time you did them? As in- did you feel they were easier than your 10 singles on monday?
and I agree with you completely on the 2nd part.
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Post by Simon klimesh on May 12, 2010 18:15:53 GMT -5
I think the clean and jerks were easier. ten singles are just taxing.
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Post by Jared Enderton on May 12, 2010 18:19:46 GMT -5
I hear ya. I just didn't want you to think I was mocking your training or anything.
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Post by Jared Enderton on May 12, 2010 18:22:23 GMT -5
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Post by Simon klimesh on May 12, 2010 18:56:17 GMT -5
Drewes trusts me and he understands that I've been around long enough to know how to train. A good coach holds you back and pushes you at the correct times. It's brilliant because I also trust Drewes and we are in agreement on so many things. He knows how I like to go heavy all the time, he told me to back off this week, and I understand why it could be helpful. His thinking is that I'm going to need a lighter week before the big push for nationals, and I'll buy that. It going to be "living in Bulgaria" so to speak after this week.
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Post by Simon klimesh on May 13, 2010 18:49:50 GMT -5
5.13.10 BS-120X5X2
done with spring semester classes, woot woot. I helped side a garage today from 9-5. Feels good to get outside and do some old fashioned labor. I was working out on our family farm and you can see for miles, it really is a slice of heaven. I can't wait to start hitting the big weights next week!
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Post by lillianreptilian on May 14, 2010 12:21:28 GMT -5
Congratulations! Is your family's farm in Iowa or MN? I do think it feels good to do honest work after months/years of school work. Enjoy the beautiful weather
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Post by Jared Enderton on May 14, 2010 13:37:15 GMT -5
It really looks like you have all the tools you need to make a big push for nationals... ON TO 250KG TOTAL BABY!
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Post by Jared Enderton on May 16, 2010 10:41:18 GMT -5
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Post by Simon klimesh on May 16, 2010 19:17:08 GMT -5
5.14.10 SN- 85X10X1 CJ-110X10X1 FS-120X5X2
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Post by Alex Moss (Chomper) on May 16, 2010 19:31:33 GMT -5
hows the training back home goin? I see you're doin a lot of singles lately, how are they feeling?
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Post by Simon klimesh on May 16, 2010 20:52:21 GMT -5
Alex, training at home has been going good. I love my new eleiko bar, it is precise. I was thinking I needed a week of light training and I read Duane Hansen's article how you have to do 10 singles at 80% to actually be doing work. The 10 singles are tough. They are light weights but doing them 10 times actually makes them hard, but as Adam commented I'm not feeling as worn down as I might be with 90+%. I like the idea of doing many singles and one of the reasons I do is because mathematically you are bumping your stock of successfull lifts by a lot. In the end it might come down to simply how many successful competition style lifts one has under their belt. Let's say you have done 5,000 snatches, Well most likely if another guy has done 10,000 snatches he is going to be way more skilled than you at snatching. The big thing I don't like about this week is the light weights, they don't tranfer over to the heavy ones, but tmrw I will start back at the big ones. I just feel like even though I've only done a week of the light weights that I am forgetting how to lift the big ones. My contention is that you have to remind your body and mind how to lift heavy weights often. Lifting light just confuses your muscles. It's like telling your muscles they are strong one day and then telling them they are a pussie on another day. If you lift light enough long enough the muscles will be convinced...they are a pussie.
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Post by Jared Enderton on May 17, 2010 11:28:44 GMT -5
Good discussion going on. I definitely agree with you. Another way of putting it is... If you teach your body to hold back- it is used to holding back, you are telling it that it's ok not to put out 100% effort. Whereas if you teach it that it must lift its hardest, every time, that is the only way it will know how to perform- all out.
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Post by Simon klimesh on May 17, 2010 11:43:32 GMT -5
My long time coach John Drewes from Red Wing sent me this letter the other day:
Some years ago a friend of mine, the late Gary Cleveland, a 1964 Olympian, and I wrote an article for Milo that dealt with the ratio of snatch to clean and jerk for medalists at Olympic games and World Championships. I've kept up the calculations each year since his death and will continue to do so. For quite a few years this ratio, expressed as a %, has hovered at a bit over 83%. In other words, the typical World Championship or Olympic medalist snatches 83%+ of what he clean and jerks. Considering your recent 244Kg. total achieved via 105 snatch and 139 C&J, that would amount to about 75.5% for the ratio. If you would have snatched 83% percent of your 139 C&J, you would have snatched 115Kg. I believe that the 139 C&J success demonstrates you are definitely capable of 110kg.+ right now if you could properly tap into the power you currently possess for the second pull of the snatch movement. The finish of that pull is a weak point to focus on for you. Constantly identifying & focusing upon weak points will become more & more important as you advance. Exactly how to make the correction is a challange & something we must always be thinking about. John Drewes
This is the kind of letter I have come to expect from John Drewes. He never fails to give me feedback. He is the kind of guy that believes there is always room for improvement. If you did a PR in the snatch, he will tell you what wasn't perfect about it! If you set a PR total, he will tell you it should have been done a long time ago, or that you are capable of so much more. John is a perfectionist. And he is also a realist, if you are flying high after a good performance he brings you back down to earth and tells you it could have been a better performance. He is goal oriented but isn't a dreamer. He has never mentioned the Olympics to me,right now he wants me to break 250kg total. He put it this way I think: 350kg total is a world class standard for the 77kg class, well 250kg isn't nothing but I it something you have to do. I imagine once I get to 250kg he will start talking about a 275kg goal and I know now that Rozmenoski has done 273kg total in training and John told him 300kg total is within striking distance. John's favorite cues to give me while I'm lifting are "get set", "tighten up", and "finish it".
I have been accepted into the University of Wisconsin- River Falls campus for the fall semester which is close distance to the Red Wing Weightlifting Club. I plan to attend college there and train at the RWWC with John Drewes.
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