20/10/07
-Fasting 17h21/10/07
-Wu: Jump rope (200/25/75)/DROM
Workout #2
80kg wow, don't know how that happened...
-BS: 97.5 x 5 x 3
Solid. Form still holding.
-Presses: 42.5 x 5 x 3
Ugly. Lots of lean on the last rep. Stay put.
-Power Cleans: 60 x 3 x 260 x 150 x 355 x 3 x 2
Was going strong but then failed and couldn't get going again. Go 58.5-L
Pull-ups 5/4/3/3/3/3/3-3
Rounds:10 OH-Lying Hip Swings, 20kg10 OH Sit-ups, 10kg

19/10/07
-fasting 20h

18/10/07
-Fast 19h to Pre-WO
-WU: 300 Jump Rope/DROM
Workout #1
78.4kg
-BS 96 x 5 x 3
Solid. Keep going
-BP 66 x 5 / 66 x 4 blah / 65 x 5
Try 66 again. Tough is out.
-DL 135 x 5
Pretty ugly
-W Pull-ups: 10kg x 5 x 3
-Windmills: 17kg x 3 x 3 per side
Average weeks weight: 78.5kg/173lbs

17/10/07
-Fasting 23h

16/10/07
-Fast 20h to Pre-WO
Workout #2
78.4kg
-BS: 95 x 5 x 3
-Presses: 43.5 x 5/42.5 x 5 x 3
stick with 42.5
-Power Cleans: 57.5 x 3 x 5
Try 60
-3 Rounds:
10 Overhead Lying Hip Swings, 20kg
10 turkish sit-ups, 17kg

15/10/07
-Fasting 19h

14/10/07
-WU:Jump Rope/DROM
Workout #1
78.6kg
-BS 95 x 5 x 3
94kg was heavy but 95 was heavier. Stay put for one more session.
-BP 65 x 5 x 3Stay for one more session
-DL 135 x 4
Blah. This was heavy and my form felt like shit on the 4th rep so I bailed on the 5th.
-W Pull worked up to 20 x 3 x 3
-3Rounds:5 OH Sit-ups, 20kg10 Kneeling Evil Wheel
Putting together some nice workouts. Feeling much better too. The scales been going up pretty consistently too but I think its probably because I'm fasting all day and eating a huge ass meal before I weight in. Regardless I don't feel that much heavier and the weight seems to be lean...Lifting shoes are also treating me well; they're making a huge difference on the squats and my cleans feel much better too.Keep grinding.

13/10/07
-Fasting 21h

12/10/07
-Fasting 20h

11/10/07
-fasted 21h to pre-workout
-WU:Jump Rope/DROM/pull-ups
Workout #2
78.4kg
-BS: 94 x 5 x 3
Fucking heavy. Stay 94 unless I end up taking 2 days off.
-Presses: 40x5/42.5x5heavy but go up to 43.5kg
-Clean: 55 x 3 x 5Not too bad. Try 57.5kg
-W Pull-ups-played around with some floor wipers like on the 300 WOD. Easier than they look.

11/10/07
-fasting 20h

09/10/07
-fasted 19h to pre-workout
WU=Jump Rope/DROM
Workout #1
78.8kg Happy Thanksgiving!
-BS: 92.5 x 5 x 3
Felt good. Go 94.
-BP: 64 x 5 x 3
Solid. Go 65.
-DL: 130 x 5
Easy. Go 140.
-Stretch
-3 Rounds:
10 Lying Hip Swings
10 Kneeling Evil Wheel
Solid Session. The back squats felt good and I think my shoes arrived today so I hope that helps with form. Feeling better lately; hip not so tight and my neck and shoulders are feeling better. I was doing the math and I realize that my strength to bodyweight ratio is pretty much the same since I started Oly-lifting and gaining weight. Not what I had in mind but it beats it being nothing but pure fat. I've come to the conclusion I went at the whole Oly-lifting thing the wrong way. I Should have kept doing CF and did the OL stuff once or twice a week just working on form for Cleans, snatches and jerks instead of trying to gain strength and power with it. Because of the skill involved, strength and power gains are going to take a long time. If all I can snatch is 40kg because of technique, it won't matter how much I eat and weight I gain, the bar just won't get heavier and I won't get stronger lifting the same weight untill that skill increases. Back to the squat rack.Goals by New Years:Back Squat 135kgBench Press 90kgThere are 0.5kg plates at my gym so I figure I throw on a kg/session, push hard, sleep good and eat well and it'll come.

07/10/07
-fasting 15h to Post-Workout
-WU: DROM/ JumpropeWorkout #2
77.4kg while fasted, shit
-BS: 90 x 5 x 3
Felt good. Aerobic capacity slowed me down, how sad. Go 92.5.
-Jerks: 60 x 3 x 5
Not too bad. Try 61.
-Clean: 55 x 3 x 5
Ugly. Hard to believe after 4 months of Oly-lifting this is about the best I can do...
-Weighted Pull-ups: 10x3/15x3/17.5x3/20x3x3
-3Rounds:
10 OH-Sit, 15kg/ 3
Windmills per side, 17kg-Stretch

06/10/07
-fasting 19h

05/10/07
-fasting 17h to pre-workout
-WU: DROM/ 3R: Cindy
Workout #1
76.8kg
-BS: 90 x 5 x 3
Feels alright. I'll stick here for a another workout or two.
-BP: 60 x 5/62.5 x 5 x 2
Good. Grind away.
-DL: 120 x 5
This was easy but I didn't want to go much heavier as it's been 5 months since I've deadlifted
3 Rounds:
20 Russian Twists, 15kg
7 Kneeling Evil Wheels
-weeks average weight: 77.3kg

Time for a review of things:It's been 4 months now since I've started Oly-lifting in hopes for some improvement in technique, skill and most importantly strength. I decided today that I am seriously out of shape and feel like shit. I've gained about 15lbs/7kg in the last 4 months with negligible strength gains. In fact, I've gained more strength in the past while losing weight than I have in the last 4 months while gaining weight. Along the way I've lost a number of other physical attributes such as endurance, stamina, bodyweight skills/ability, recovery/GPP, strength endurance and so forth. I am winded walking up stairs and sets of 5 on the back squat feel like cardio. I am in pain. My shoulders, neck, upper back, hips, wrists all hurt. Some nights, I wake up in the middle of the night because of numbness in my hands and fingers. All of this I could put up with, grind away at, and continuously smash my head into a wall until I made some sort of progress except for one simple fact; I'm not having fun. Fitness, to me, is about having fun and feeling great. It's been a good while since I've felt either.The last couple weeks I've been having to drag my ass to the gym and each time I've sat out in the parking lot contemplating if I should go in for a workout or not. Today I forced myself in, said fuck the template and just did some heavy lifting SS-style. It felt good plus I didn't have to spent 2 hours working out and still not have time to stretch and do core work. So that's the plan from here on in, some solid heavy lifting SS-style. My Oly-lifting experiment hasn't been what I had hoped and I know it's probably shit that I'm copping out after only 4 months but like I say, I'm not having fun so why do it? Life is just way too fucking short.

Goal: Strength
3 days a week, rotating days:

Workout #1:
Back Squat 5 reps X 3 sets
Bench Press 5 reps X 3 sets
Deadlift 5 reps X 1set

Workout #2:
Back Squat 5 reps X 3 sets
Jerk 3 reps X 5 sets
Clean 3 reps X 5 sets

04/10/07
-fasting 18h

03/10/07
PR Week Day 2
77.4kg
-SQ.SN: 25x3/32.5x3/40x2/45x1/45xF/40x1
-B.N.Pr: worked up to 47.5x1 new PR
-FS: 62.5x3/77.5x3/90x2/100x1/105x1/107.5x1 just about
-WPull-ups: 15kg x 3 x 5
-3 Rounds of:
10 overhead sit-ups, 10kg plate
10 Back ext, 10kg plate
Snatches suck as per usual. Behind the Neck Press just keeps going up; just about did 50kg. Just about hit 107.5kg on the front squat.Fasted 19h to pre-workout