Sunday Story…Recap Day 2 cont’d
As I move into the final workout of the day, I am 11 th overall. There is one workout left on Friday. It’s a snatch ladder. Going into the competition I was feeling good about this one. The initial weights…95 & 105 are light enough, and the reps…5 &4 are easy enough to fly through those first two. I need to do 3 at 125 and then 2 at 135. I hit 135# on Monday in practice which I haven’t done in ages. I tried 135# about 10 times during the semi-finals and never got one.
The bottom line is that my hip is inhibiting
any dynamic up-and-down movement. This translates to doing all the snatches in
a power position as there is no way I can squat the weight overhead.
I got through the 95# quickly (about 12 seconds)
and then we had to add the weight ourselves to get 105#. This was a change. The bars
were preloaded with the first and third weights and then we had to add the
weight ourselves for the second and fourth. So, I stepped up to 125# with
plenty of time to get 3 reps. And it didn’t matter. In this condition, 125# was
out of reach. I could pull the bar (and did) plenty high enough, but I had no
way to get under the bar. It was an unmitigated disaster and a very
disappointing performance. I finished in 17 th
place (and thankful
for that!) and 13 th
overall.
Luckily, Jason Grubb brought cold plunges for us to
get into which helped the hip. With a considerable amount of Advil 2 and deep
blue, we will see what tomorrow brings!
John Mariotti
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