8:00am - Kettlebell warm up ("Standard")
1/2K halos - 8kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
1/2K pullover - 12 kg, 5X each leg
(Issue - neck tightened up significantly when picking up this bell - had to take about 30 minutes to try and loosen it up)
1/2K halos - 12kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
1/2K pullover - 16 kg, 5X each leg
Roll to press (TGU start) - shoulder cam shafts, each arm
Arm bar 12 kg, 1+1
8:50am - Training session - Focus on 32kg TGUs, SN 24 kg 7/7 8 mins / 112 repsRoll to press (TGU start) - shoulder cam shafts, each arm
Arm bar 12 kg, 1+1
TGU 16kg, 1+1
TGU 24kg, 1+1
TGU 32 kg, 1+1, 3X
GSq 32 kg, 10
SN 24 kg for 8/8 for 7 minutes on the minute, 112 reps (last week 7/7 for 8 minutes - 112 reps)
9:20am - Complete
Notes - What the fuck is going on. I was feeling quite good waking up, even got some extra rest as I did not have a busy morning planned. Mobility work felt good although I did notice as I started some of the kettlebell warm-ups with halos I was feeling a lack of energy. May have been the drain on the last couple of days of having multiple treatments trying to deal with this neck and trap thing. I went to pick up a 12kg bell for a halo and felt a sharp twinge in my neck, it really tightened up. Just totally out of the blue. I spent 30 minutes trying to work it out, lacrosse ball etc. with some benefit. It felt tight but not painful. Then I got pissed off and basically said F this, I am going to keep going and move my body instead of doing nothing this morning, and see if I can work this thing out. As long as there was not pain I was planning on moving ahead. Strangely enough I got through the entire training session as planned without pain but thing thing was damn tight. I could not believe it as my reps on the 32 kg for TGUs are the best I have had yet, the practice the last several weeks paid off. I did not have a problem getting to lockout with the L arm and though I could feel the neck and trap working, in some ways the load in the TGU at lockout standing up felt good on that shoulder, like it needed it. I took a step back and said - am I going to snatch today - and after a warm up or two I felt fine and went for it. Again, I could hardly believe it, this is the lightest the 24kg has ever felt even with the noticeable tightness in the L neck and trap. My breathing was extremely controlled the entire time, reps very strong with technique good. I was finishing with about 17 seconds left each minute until the next round, so pacing at 16 reps / 43 seconds which works out to about 22 or so reps a minute - I just need 20 for 5 minutes to pass the SFG. I might be overstating but I honestly think the way I did today, I may have passed the snatch test if I had done that. That is amazing to me. Things are getting better with the snatch. With all of that said I am just so frustrated with the neck and trap. I am seeing my chiropractor today who I have not seen in 8 months. He is good and helped me out a lot in the past, I saw him regularly for about 18 months and it was a huge benefit. I got out of the habit and this shit is the impetus to get me back in there, get some adjustments and posture work, get the CNS on track, and get through this thing. I have not quite figured out what is going on but perhaps there is some accumulated stress building and I reached a point of my body telling me enough. I did not see this one coming though as I honestly thought I was managing things well. The new sleeping arrangement and new pillow this week that coincided with waking up stiff on Wed maybe really does have quite a bit to do with this, not sure.
