Balance Gym
8 x 1 power snatch/1 heaving snatch balance @ ~75% of 1 RM (50kg)
Snatch pulls 3 x 3 @ ~85% of 1 RM (57.5kg)
Skill work: skin-the-cats
Notes: Didn't have a ton of pop on the snatch drilling. I warmed up with full squat snatches, but then moved to power snatches for the working sets. Stayed patient and allowed the bar to move high into the hip crease before exploding upward. Snatch balances started off nicely, but started to deteriorate over the course of the workout. I lost the slot and starting losing the weight before behind and out in front. Perhaps it was just a lot of volume for me -- focus needs to be better. I was pissed off at this point and decided to take my anger out on the pulls. Strapped up and tried to pull each rep as high as possible. Sara took a video of my last set and I'm curious to see how it looked on film. Practiced skin-the-cats on the rings and finally did my first one. I had been so scared of flipping over backward; however, once I finally did one, I realized that there was nothing to fear. These really allow for a deep stretch in the chest/shoulder/bicep area. Even though it's a simple movement and most little kids can do skin-the-cats, it was a major accomplishment for me and I try not to take it for granted.
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