2012-08-15 Eleiko (MB)

I went to the Eleiko Sports Center which has been open for 3 months so far in Chicago. The space serves as a show room for their merchandise, but since they have the equiment and the space, it doubles as a gym. They have some classes during the week -- mostly powerlifting/strength and olympic weightlifting. I went to the oly class today.

We warmed up with some basic movements using 32kg. We rotated through three different positions, doing a full snatch from each position. The positions were (1) knees bent, bar on upper thigh, (2) knees bent + hips flexed, bar below knees and (3) knees bent + hips flexed + knees bent some more, bar/plates against ground. We did this many times. Sometimes we slowly went from (3)-->(2)-->(1), sometimes quickly.

Then we started going heavier. We did 20-30minutes worth of Snatch + Hang Snatch without putting the bar down for those two movements. Between sets, we rested as much as we wanted. The coach said something like, "this isn't a Crossfit workout -- we're not trying to do 40 sets in 20 minutes. Take your time and rest as much as you want." I had some trouble here since I did 40 power snatches this morning. I also have some problem with my form -- mostly with my entire movement being too soft/nice and not hard/mean enough. I'm flimsy at the top. I worked up to around 45kg, then I started having issues.

The next segment was focused on doing the hang snatch movement perfectly. We did 5 sets of 3 hang snatches at very low weight.

We ended with 3 sets of 5 sotts presses with only the 20kg bar.

Sotts press: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOrdzRTiBJY