About 4 weeks ago, we ran a six-part series on running technique, evaluating the Pose and Chi methods for running. In that series, we looked at:
Whether there is a basis for teaching running as an activity, as opposed to letting “natural” technique evolve?
*The philosophy of how we run
*The biomechanics of Pose running
*The Scientific evidence for changing a running technique
*Some practical tips for improving your running without trying to make “wholesale” changes
*Whether running techniques like Pose are marketed as medical products?
For the conclusion from the series check out:http://scienceofsport.blogspot.com/2007/10/pose-running-reduces-running-economythe.html
So… I undershot the weigh in again and was 56.8. Dan showed up at the competition at 12:30 (my weigh in was at 1) and told me to go get lots of water and my food and wait for him to come back. Melanie Roach (who will be competing in the Olympics for the US) made a last minute decision to come down and compete in the 58kg weight class, so 15 minutes before my weigh in, realizing I wasn’t going to be able to compete with Melanie (links to her videos are bellow) for fun Dan decided it would be good practice for me to move up to the 63kg weight class, so I fit 2litres of water in me in a 15 minute time span and weighed in at 58.1kg allowing me to compete in the 63kg weight class-who new it was so hard to fit that much water in you-gave me a crazy headache!
Snatch warm-ups were… sporadic to say the least. Lots of lifters (58 and 63kg categories were lumped together-probably about 11 lifters), lots of misses (meaning lifters got 2 minutes between attempts) and the weight changers were so slow changing the weights. I did a 51kg warm-up that was beautiful, but then my two at 55kgs (we did 2 because lifters were taking so long) were UGLY-my last one I actually had to chase it. But My first attempt at 58kg was pretty nice.
Dan was pretty impressed I could put it together so well on the platform after such ugly warmup lifts, but then when it came to my second and third attempts…check out the video for yourself.
Not my finest moment. My third attempt I overcompensated and threw it over my head. I have done 61kgs before, just not today:{
Clean and jerk warm-ups went really well and I was happy with my first attempt at 76kg.
But my leg got real tired and just couldn’t support the 79kg clean on the second or third attempt-check out the left leg (the one that I tore the quad doing the jumping squats 5 weeks back) just give out at the bottom (I realize the shorted pull and everything else that went wrong with the lift didn’t help either J)
But the coolest part of the day was watching Melanie in the warmup area. Her two last attempts are bellow:
Melanies snatch:
Melanies Clean and Jerk:
But I think one of Melanies coaches comments at the end of the day pretty much summed it up. He asked how long I’d been training for, and when I said I started training in November he laughed and said don’t take this the wrong way, but it shows, you have moments were you look like an amazing lifter and then there are moments where your body has no clue whats going on, but don’t worry, everythings there, just takes time!
-Tomorrow Josh Competes at 12pm. Dan is going to teach me how to schedule all the warmup lifts and coach somebody through a competition.
“Just beause you CAN do something doesn’t mean you SHOULD. I mean you probably COULD steer your car using your feet, that doesn’t make it a good ****ing idea.” -Chris Rock
Lee recently went and got his body fat retested and it got me thinking about having it done to see the imbalances that have been created in my legs so I went today. My arms have actually evened out and are almost identical but the following comment sums up my legs:
“You have a significant difference in the muscle mass in your right leg relative to your left leg. The asymmetry in your lower limbs is significant and may indicate potential for risk of injury due to muscular imbalance. Optimal health and performance in work, life and sport activities are best achieved through a balanced muscular system.”
The other interesting thing about it is that the last time I had it done was in December when I was 21.6% body fat. This was when I just started o-lifting and was eating based on zone proportions. In January I switched from Zone proportions to high protein (110grams a day-lean muscle mass is 99lbs) high fat (typically 50% of my calories and the equivalent of about 25-30 zone blocks) and low carb (eliminating bread and grains and just getting carbs mainly from vegetables and some fruit) after doing this for the last 6 months, my body fat fell by over 3% and is down to 18%. The interesting thing about it is that there was a 4% reduction in body fat in my torso where body fat is said to be most influenced by diet. Goes to show that fat really doesn’t make you fat!
Its all about steak, eggs and fish oils with some whole milk and protein powder thrown in. The ablacore tuna mixed with avacado that john likes is rather tasty. I’ll dice up some tomatoes, green onion add some olive oil and put a poached egg or two and salsa on top.