Training Week 4, Day 1

A good day.  I woke up late and asked if I could lift during the 10:30 am CrossFit class.  Gabe lifted at that time as well.  I think the 2 hour change makes such a difference for me.  I never feel fully awake at 8:15, whether I get out of bed at 6am or 10 minutes before class.  Also we were lifting outside in the fresh air which felt kind of nice.

I PR'd on my snatch at 35kg and think two things are helping me:  1.) Making sure I go through the Burgener warm up before the lifts and 2.) Just not thinking at ALL during the lift attempt.  I think by clearing my mind I am able to go faster and explode more on the 3rd pull than if I'm constantly mental-checking my knees, my elbows, thrusting my hips and so on.  So from now on I'll probably just walk to the bar, grip it, think "SPEED" and lift.  

Heavy snatch - 35kg (PR!)
Snatch balance - 80% 3 sets of 2 (27kg)
Back squat - 80% 5 sets of 3 (54kg)
Snatch pull - 105% 3 sets of 2 (39kg)

Finished with a set of bench presses at 30kg.

Just realized I should have done 33kg on my snatch balance.  I went down 3 kg instead of up 3.  Will have to fix that next week.

Snatch day OVER.  Looking forward to Wednesday's clean and jerk.