Before meeting Kevin at 6:30am I did 2 minutes on the lacrosse ball on my traps, mainly the R. It continues to be tight fairly frequently. I slept in, so really didn't get warmed up at all.
6:40am - Training session with Kevin. We did some basic primal move and then got into things.
We worked some arm bars and particularly added a nuance that seems to have really been helpful in opening up some of that tightness in my R trap, which was huge. Basically I put my head on the ground in the arm bar position rather than the usual resting it on my extended arm. This additional range of motion immediately turned on my trap and particularly my neck muscles. As I held the position, really locking in the arm holding up the bell, I could literally feel tension releasing as I continued to take deep breaths, trying to take them right into the affected area. I knew right after the rep that something really good had happened. Amazing. With a whopping weight of 12kg.
We did some TGUs, focusing on locking out the elbow which continues at times to be troublesome for me. I think honestly part of the issue is what I have been dealing with on the R side, and if I can open that up and the left with arm bars with the additional range of motion, that is really going to help with lockout.
We used the pull up bar to stretch out further a bit. Felt good.
We then worked on a lot of single leg deadlifts, really trying to get the technique dialed in. We used the 12 kg. Kevin thinks I need to get up in weight and practice the lift more often. I totally agree. It really challenges me.
We then did some swings, some snatching, some cleans and presses, some doubles, some singles, then did some double swings. Uses the 24 kgs for everything. Basically Kevin just wanted to get an eye on all of the lifts I have been working on for the last several weeks.
The callous I had nearly torn last Friday is healing well, didn't bother me too much today during the session. I did notice it on the snatches.
We finished by doing some Toe Pulls for my right ankle that has been tender due to the Seattle 1/2 marathon training. Those were pretty useful and I am going to try and use them.
8:00am - Finish
Great session, I feel like we covered quite a bit of ground with a lot of lifts and is was very good practice for me to get Kevin's eyes on my lifts as it always is. We are going to mix up the programming and focus on some conditioning work for the next 3 or so weeks, with a lot of swings in the mix, and snatching but not for time, just practicing to get the volume in. Here's to more progress---
