Olympic Total

Snatch
93#


I still struggled with dropping under the bar, even though I pull it plenty high enough. I was doing super well on my warm ups-full snatches with no trouble, fluid motion, feeling good...there is improvement though since I didn't start to freeze up until 88# today, and it has been very hard for me to match this previous PR of 93#.


I.must.get.past.this! I am pulling the 93# bar all the way to my eyeballs, but then I just stop. Why do I stop? If you look at the series below, I breeze through image 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and then stop at 6. And look at that-once the bar is that high, it hardly moves for the rest of the lift...humph.



Clean and Jerk
128# PR


Not the most beautiful clean by any means, but I fought for it. That is progress too as I am learning to really keep my elbows up, chest up, and core tight in order to not let go of the bar. The jerk was much better than the clean. I just tried to focus on tightening up before the lift and then dipping slower than I often do. This is very, very important for me, and the cue seems to make a big difference in my success.


All in all, it was a good day, and I really appreciate the encouragement from Sam and Jason N., even when I was getting pretty frustrated. I really needed that.