*Mid week was the experiment with a 32 kg snatch (which prior consisted of a good 6-8...10 would scarily be the edge point). Applied the breathing technique of a sharp exhale on the pitch of the bell back, followed by an additional sharp exhale coming back thru the mid point into its upward ascent. A inhale consisted of the area between the Adam's apple and sternum/breastbone line (both coming and going) followed with a body locked exhale, bell being overhead. This allowed a very comfortable (and surprising) 10 reps (so surprised, I was too shocked to continue even though more could have easily been obtained...next time :) followed by 10 reps on the opposite side.
*This made swinging the 40 kg for 20 reps feel more like an alignment process over a working process. The breathing, however, differed from the snatch in which a nice inhale came with pitching the bell and the exhale with the thrusting of the hip (energy down into the ground more so than forward)
*A replication of 2 more sets followed.
This lead into a bit of a sadistic complex ladder for Sunday (in some opinions...)
*Double 24's for 1 double snatch (set-up) into 2 strict presses (no knee/hip flexion) followed by 2 squats (2nd was 1 dbl snatch - 3 press - 3 squat) (3rd 1-4-4)
*Following the 1st round of the press/squat was a 32 kg single arm snatch for 4 per side (2nd - 6, 3rd - 8)
*Followed by 40 kg swings for 8 (2nd - 12, 3rd 16)
Much harder than I anticipated w/the original intent being to complete 4 rungs :) HA!....had a hard enough time completing 2!
But the good news is the breathing pattern definitely helped tremendously. Differs on the press/squat as well.
*Traveled back to club for playtime with some nice assisted full straddled planches (no elbow lever), dragon flags, skin the cats, ring dips and other odd n ends......
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