Training back at my old club!

After work (coaching gymnastics) today, I trained at the leisure centre (Wave Leisure, Lewes, E. Sussex) where I work, and where I used to train, on the old Argos bar that I first learnt Oly Lifting on, and with my old coach, Rob! We only did snatches today, and I am very happy that I managed to snatch 42.5kg. If I can do it on that short, crappy bar that doesn't rotate, I should be able to get back and do 45kg on the better bar at Hove! :D

Today's training

Today I tried something different, which was recommended by someone who started talking to me on Facebook: I did a practice competition. So I warmed up as usual, then had a few minutes break, then did 3 of each lift, as I would in a competition. The idea is that it gets me psychologically prepared for competitions, so that I am less nervous when it comes to the real thing. Sadly it didn't go as well as I hoped. I snatched 40, 42 then failed 45. Then clean and jerked 55, and failed 57 twice! Giving me a total of 97! Rubbish! I hope I get back on form soon!

Training - 24/02/2010

Again, I'm very disappointed with my total today! It was only 95kg! I haven't done that badly in a long time. I snatched 40 and clean and jerked 55.

I am going back to basics with my snatch at the moment - trying to get squat snatches right, which could take a while! I have been power snatching for so long that squat snatches are very hard for me!

I also did 30 mins of cardio beforehand so I may just have been tired!

My awards so far....

My progress from the beginning:

Wow, it's been a while...

I haven't blogged for a long time!

Well Olympic lifting is going well(ish). I had my first competition in August (London and South East Under 18s Championships) and got a total of 85k, and a bronze medal. My second comp was in Birmingham (Warley Open) and again came 3rd, with 97kgs. My third comp was the British Under 18s Weightlifting Championships in Kilwinning, Scotland, and I got 98kg total and a bronze cup. I then had the London Opens in December and got a 100kg total and silver!

My latest competition was this weekend, in Lilleshall, and it didn't go as well as the others! I entered at 41kg snatch, which was OK, then I failed my next 2 lifts! (45kg). Clean and Jerk was slightly better, I got 55kg and 59kg but failed 61kg. This was very disappointing as I had done 45kg and 60kg in training and I was hoping to get new PBs. However, I still got bronze, beating 2 other girls in my 69kg BW category!

I will try and keep you updated more often from now on!