Richard Gibney's 365 Days of Fitness: Day 270

Day 270 For my workout today I decided to do some Olympic weight lifting, focused on the snatch. Relatively speaking I've never moved any loads worth bragging about in Olympic lifting. I've managed to power clean 100 kilos but that was a long time ago. In the snatch I've never been able to get under a plate a side, 135lbs or 60 kilos. For some reason I've just had this mental block with getting under that weight. I've been able to snatch weights close to 60 kilos for multiples but for some reason just couldn't commit to going under a full 60 kilos. However, today I was determined to snatch a plate a side over my head.

Today's Workout:

Set 1: Hang Snatch / 90 lbs x 5 Set 2: Hang Snatch / 90 lbs x 5 Set 3: Hang Snatch / 90 lbs x 5

Set 4: Snatch (Floor) / 115 lbs x 4 Set 5: Snatch (Floor) / 115 lbs x 4 Set 6: Snatch (Floor) / 125 lbs x 4

Set 7: Snatch (Floor) / 135 lbs x 2 (made 1) Set 8: Snatch (Floor) / 135 lbs x 2 (made 1)

Set 9: Squat Snatch / 115 lbs x 3 Set 10: Squat Snatch x 1 + Overhead Squat x 4 / 115 lbs

Great success!! I managed to Snatch 60 kilos. it took me a couple attempts but I got it done. It felt great. I knew I had some technical things that were holding me back. I had been working on cleaning things up a bit lately, so I had a feeling that things were going to go well today. I'm pretty confident now that I will be able to get under 60 kilos every time I go to perform a snatch. I decided that my goal now is to be able to snatch my body weight (175lbs). I may need to commit to doing Olympic lifts a little more full time but I think I'd just be so stoked to be able to put that much weight over my head in one motion. We'll see.