Rowing and A Trip to SAA!

Sunday morning I woke up feeling pretty sore. It was hard to get out of bed and definitely contemplated not going to the gym. However, I promised Alicia I would go in and do another rowing wod with her before I headed over to SAA for some lifting.

I tackled the steady distance of 8-15k rowing wod.
I chose to do:
8000m
Time – 37:50
Average 500m – 2:21
Average S/M – 22

Definitely wasn’t feeling rowing today, but knew it was needed. So I just took it easy and really paced it, wasn’t an all out effort by any means. And I wanted to save myself for lifting later.

Around 1PM a group of us met up at Superior Athletic Advantage in Barrington to practice some Olympic lifts. I was so sore from the last week of training that I knew going into it I wasn’t going to go after any PRs. I purely wanted to work on technique and see if the SAA guys could give me any tips. I went there last February with Tommy Mo for a clinic put on by Jianping Ma. I can’t believe it’s almost been a year! But it was nice to be back!

Steph, Maddie and I shared a bar and we started off with the Snatch. Even though my body was pretty tired I felt like my form was pretty good. I could tell once I was getting to the heavier weights and after working on the snatch for too long that my arms were starting to fatigue. During the first few warm up sets, Tim reminded me to get the bar to pop off my hip to drive it up. When I first started doing this after going last February, I tended to pop it too much and the bar would be way out in front, so I stayed away from it. But yesterday as I was doing it through my lifts, it felt really smooth and the bar was staying in pretty close. I was able to get my current SRM up, even with my fatigued arms and legs, so there’s hope for more the next time I get after it.

After spending too much time on the Snatch, we decided to move onto our cleans. Which was more of a struggle because by this time I was super fatigued. My legs from all the squatting weren’t having it. I did a few warm up sets and Tim and Will said my form was looking really good. I think I made my way up to 55 kg and called it quits. It was a little tough standing that up, so I ended it there. After just setting a PR on Friday, I wasn’t in the condition to go any higher.

I felt great leaving SAA. Will and Tim said my form was really fluid and consistent and looks great since the last time I was there. So that was nice to know that they think I’ve improved. Just have to get my squat stronger and I’ll be pulling some heavier numbers. I hope some of us can make it back there again sometime soon, when my body is fresh so I can get after some PRs! :)