Starting back in March, The American Masters Championship was posted online for 2013. I started training with full focus on that one competition. This will be the first meet I have lifted in since this very one back in 2011. It was time to assess where I stood strength-wise. Below was where I stood and the quarterly goals I had set for the future. I had about 7 months or so to train. The back squat went very well, improving from 315 lbs up to 350 lbs. The snatch improved much more quickly than planned from 185 lbs up to 210 lbs almost three months early. The clean and jerk is another story altogether. By this time, all I have been able to clean is 253 lbs which is about 25 lbs under where I wanted to be by now. I have jerked behind the neck 285 lbs so it is not the issue at all. I still have some timing issues that I have to get worked out on the clean portion. I seem the pull the bar too high and it just crashes on me. With a hair over five weeks to go, I hope it all falls into place. As it stands now I hope to have these as my attempts on November 3:
Snatch - 90kg, 95kg, 100kg (220 lbs)
Clean and Jerk - 110kg, 115kg, 120kg (264 lbs)
Total - 220 kg (484 lbs)
Gratuitous Weightlifting Videos
Below is the set of goals that I drew up. Some were achieved way ahead of schedule, while some are still waiting on me to catch them.
3/23/13
Back Squat – 315 (143kg)
Clean and Jerk – 240 (109kg)
Snatch – 185 (84kg)
Total – 193kg
Goals
May 14 (1st quarter)
Back Squat – 325 (148kg) - Accomplished
Clean and Jerk – 253 (115kg) Accomplished
Snatch – 191 (87kg) – Accomplished
Total – 202kg Accomplished
July 6 (2nd quarter)
Back Squat – 336 (153kg) accomplished
Clean and Jerk – 264 (120kg)
Snatch – 196 (89kg) accomplished
Total – 209kg accomplished
August 27 (3rd quarter)
Back Squat – 347 (158kg) accomplished
Clean and Jerk – 275 (125kg)
Snatch – 202 (92kg) accomplished
Total – 217kg
October 20 (211 days away)
Back Squat – 360 (163kg)
Clean and Jerk – 286 (130kg)
Snatch – 209 (95kg) accomplished
Total – 225kg
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