Buy In: Mobility drills and burgener warmup.

Deadlift:
* 45# x 5
* 95# x 5
* 115# x 5
* 125# x 5
* 115# x 5

Press:
* 45# x 5
* 55# x 5
* 50# x 5

Power Clean:
* 33# x 3
* 45# x 3
* 65# x 3
* 85# x 3
* 95# x 3
* 105 – FAIL

Front Squat:
* 45# x 5
* 65# x 5
* 85# x 3 (FAILED 4TH)
* 65# x 5

BOO WAH DAMN CRAP SOB

I went into the workout hoping for a 3-digit power clean and a few sets of 85# front squats. I guess today was not the day. I am so mad at those power cleans. I have it in me, I’m sure I do. Frustration, fatique, and mental block kept me from landing that goal today, plain and simple.

OK so now something funny so I can stop wallowing in self pity:
I got to the gym late so just as I started into the cleans the lunchtime crowd filled up the area I work out in. My rack was close to the corner that the cushy gym mats are stacked in. So this old lady goes over to the corner and grabs a mat. Fine. Then she just lays it down right there next to the weight rack and starts cranking out a million crunches with her head about a foot away from where I’m trying to power clean a hundred freaking pounds! I figured she was going to do like twenty and then go away, so I waited. Then I waited some more. Then she started talking to me while she was still going. She did complement me on “lifting a lot of heavy weight”, so I gave her a pass and waited for her to finish but seriously. There’s a big sign right by the racks that only has three rules, one of them is “stay clear of the Olympic lifters.”

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