August 9th, 2012

Been lagging a bit on this, but oh well.  Recent testing has shown a 115kg CJ and 95kg SN.  Close, but I'd still like to break some records while I'm here.  Big issue is still pulling off the ground and overall strength, and I think it's still just a matter of exposure.  Basically on a 4 day lifting schedule, broken in pair.  One day upper body pulling, one day pushing, and then both days for legs.  Trying to stay away from the heavy o-lifting, and squatting and spending more time with the slow lifts and augmenting with tech work.  Toying with the idea of combining box squats with front squats - box squats for absolute strength, and front squats as tech work/movement that's more "sports specific" towards o-lifting.

As well, just started with our first sponsored athlete - a "jammer" for a local roller derby team.  Giving her the full treatment, with an aim of having her fully developed and peaked in the next 3 years.  Her attitude is great and she's got a pretty good background for athletic capacity; there's going to be a bit of work for getting her a good training "foundation," before we can really even get into the significant training.  Only time will see how far we can take this...