LC "home-PR"

LC jerk 2x 20kg: 5
LC jerk 2x 24kg: 5
LC jerk 2x 24kg: 51 (10min, one no-count)

LC jerk 2x 20kg: 5

SC jerk 2x 30kg: 5
OA jerk 30kg: 5/5

Push ups: 4x 10 reps
Stretching

This was my first 10min lc set with 24s since last year's competition in Uddevalla (March 2011). I did 50 reps then. Today, I did 51, not counting one ugly rep. This is a "home-PR" not a competition PR so maybe there is some more no-counts.

It was cardio that held me back. Heart rate was at 182 bpm which is 97% of my max pulse. Grip held up fine and didn't feel like an obstacle at all (which it has been sometimes previously).

Admittedly, I think 28s are more fun than these 10 minute ordeals. Tried some more jerks afterwards but was too tired.

Now, I have to hurry post a really cool video by Hamburg's Johann Martin that I want you to have for the week-end in case you missed it.

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Snatch, LCCJ

Snatch 24kg: 5/5, 40/40

LC 2x20kg: 5
LC 2x24kg: 5
LC 2x28kg: 2,10,10 (4rpm)

Jerk 2x28kg: 10 (no pace)
Jerk 2x24kg: 32 (8rpm)


Outside swings 2x20kg: 20
BU-cleans 20kg: 1min/1min

Stretching

Snatches felt better today, which was a relief. Maybe, they will "return."
Long cycle with 28kgs is fun. I could get out more reps than 10. Still, I have to fight my sluggish tempo so I struggled to get at least 4 rpm - otherwise I could do 10min but not very many reps :-).

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Inside your Chinese-made Competition Kettlebells

This is the contents of a pair of 24s that I opened. I decided to refill them as they were problematically balanced. In one of them, the weight also shifted place when swinging, cleaning, or snatching it. I find it noteworthy that there had been no attempts to weld or fixate the weights inside.
  Some brands - like Leoko - cast the bell to its weight, a procedure that makes them more expensive to produce.

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Snatch

Snatch 12kg, 20kg: 5/5 each
Snatch 24kg: 5/5, 42/42, 5/5

High pulls 2x20kg: 10

High pulls 2x24kg: 10, 10

Farm walk 2x32kg: 1,5min (stricter posture)

Snatch 12kg w gloves: 4min (1/1/1/1)

Snatches felt better. However, there were some extra swings on the left side when technique suddenly failed. I think it is that somewhere in my subconsious, I mix up whether I am about to do a swing (less hip thrust) or a snatch (more hip thrust). Grip felt fine, but my cardio was taxed.

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2: Bohuslänningen om U-A Open Long Cycle Competition (Swe)

Bohuslänningen 2011-03-07

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