I lifted weights yesterday afternoon. The gym was almost deserted and, as usual, devoid of females. I took it easy, opting to focus more on explosive lifts and plyometrics – while watching the UAAP games on the boob tube (great job Blue Eagles! What a stellar finish!) I was still a little exhausted from the previous night’s basketball pick-up game.
I tried out my modified Umbro kicks. The extra lace holes gave the much snugger fit I prefer in my shoes. I am now a fan of Umbro, or cheap yet quality running shoes in general!
The plyometric session was highly satisfactory. I started off with my favorite exercise, the depth jump with bunny hops. After a few reps, all the jumping did a good job of pumping up my heart rate.
The lack of plymetric boxes at the gym irritates me. I had to improvise, putting a low box over some aerobic steps just to have a suitably high jump off point for the aforesaid exercise.
I added another 5 kilos to my jerk (45kg, 3×9 reps) just to challenge myself. I’m still quite far off from my clean & jerk personal best of 60kg (3×5 reps) in 2007/2008. Nevertheless, I’m getting there. I can lift 50kg (3×10 reps) in the power cleans. Once I lessen the number of reps, I’m sure I can manage to exceed my previous bests.
Plyometric workout:
Depth jump + bunny hop (static, 1×5)
Depth jump + bunny hop (2×8)
Single leg box jumps (3×8)
Pikes (3×8)
Gym workout:
Jerk (3×9)
Bench press (2×8)
Barbell row (2×10)
Leg press + back delt fly (2×10)
Bicep curls + tricep kickback (2×10)
Lower ab circuit (2×15)
Ab circuit (2×15)
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what is your 1 rm in the power clean?
I can’t remember… the best I can do for 4 reps is 120 lbs + 44 lbs bar… back in 2007.