It’s Monday morning and I’m a little strapped for time as I write this so…
This months been ok for Team Savage everyones ticking along nicely but the only guys who were really in a phase where they’ll hit PB’s were Jo, Jen and Paul… and did they hit PB’s?
Yes they did!
Lucy obviously isn’t ‘Jo, Jen or Paul’ but we had one goal going into this early phase of training… Hit a front Squat PB… Lucy took her Front Squat up by 3kg (about 5%) from 79kg to 82kg. This will give us more space to add to her Clean & Jerk. It should also put us in a good position to chase that 100kg back squat.
Big Jo hit rep PB’s in both the Deadlift (200kg x3) and the Log (87.5kg x1+3) while also hitting a new 1RM Strict Press of 80kg (+5kg). As I write this Jo is on a nice heavy week where he’ll likely hit a PB in the Deadlift alongside hit strict press. Watch this space.
Jen hit a PB Snatch of 32kg (+1kg) and PB C&J of 50kg (+2kg). Considering her max Back Squat is 90kg we still have plenty of room to push these before we run out of the room on the strength aspect of the lifts. More technical work coming up and more strategically placed singles. Because Jens strength levels in the squat far outweigh what she’s lifting in the classic lifts, I give her more singles than I usually would to other athletes who’s ratios are maybe closer together.
Paul hit a PB in the Squat of 115kg (+5kg) and Deadlift of 175kg (+10kg). Not much to say other than Paul’s a hard worker and everything is moving upward nicely.
Finally Xena hit a huge Squat of 58kg for 5 reps. I’m really proud of Xena with this as when she first came to me she couldn’t squat past 45 degrees. now she’s burying heavy squats for sets of 5 and there’s more there. She’s also take her first Snatch’s and Cleans from the floor this past month too.
Everyone else is ticking along nicely and should hit some PB’s around Christmas time… My present to them :).
Now as I said, it’s Monday, I’m a little strapped for time and I have a client in around an hour so no musings and ramblings this month.
As i’m strapped for time i’ll leave you with the link to a research paper on the Minimum Effective Training required for 1RM Strength in Powerlifters.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354240457_The_Minimum_Effective_Training_Dose_Required_for_1RM_Strength_in_Powerlifters
It seems pretty apt all things considered.
Until next time
Adam
