Fitness-6/6-snatch, squat clean, "Half-Pack Cindy"

Saturday-Oly work and "Half-Pack Cindy"

Today was the first day of olympic lifting work in my two-month long strength/power biased experiment. I worked the snatch and squat clean. It was a humbling and very productive session. I haven't trained full squat snatch in longer than I can remember and I felt as strong or stronger than I ever have in this lift. My front squat, though, is weaker than it's been in a long time but there's a awesome reason why; I have a much fuller range of motion now and can hit depth without tucking my pelvis. So, I'm just having to start training this new range of motion to get stronger. It's a great feeling doing a full-depth squat and knowing your back is in the right position.

I started with snacth @ 3x5, aiming for max effort on the last go. It turned into 4x5 because I was feeling strong:

5x135#
5x145#
5x155#
5x165#

I went after squat cleans next, again aiming for 3x5 with max effort on the last go. It turned into 2x5 because I was a bit gassed by this point and not feeling I could safely go any heavier;

5x185#
5x205#

After the oly work, I decided on a little "Half-Pack Cindy" for a good met-con. It was as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes of:

-5 pullups, chest to bar
-10 pushups
-15 abmat situps

score=7 rounds in 10:49

Not bad here but the chest to bar pullups are still really slowing me down. But they're getting easier.