Thunderhead Unchained

[Chad R. Thundercock]

3.18.2016
Friday

Power snatch to drop snatch

65 x 1 x 3+3
95 x 1 x 3+3
115 x 1 x 2+2
135 x 1 x 2+2

Snatch

165 x 1 x 2
185 x 2 x 0 - damn it.

Snatch pull

185 x 1 x 3
205 x 1 x 2
225 x 1 x 2
245 x 1 x 1

Snatch grip deads - Speedwork

315 x 2 x 3
365 x 1 x 3 - HARD

Front Squats

135, 185, 225, 275 x 1 x 3
315 x 1 x 3
365 x 1 x miss

Good mornings

135 x 1 x 6
155 x 1 x 6

Ab wheel

1 x 8, 1 x 6, 1 x 4

Cable crunches

150 x 1 x 12
180 x 1 x 10
190 x 1 x 10

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

Late post.

Couldn't train Oly yesterday because it was a national holiday commemorating the birth of Benito Juárez and all OLY gyms in the area were closed, including Crossfit.

Found a gym in Rosarito that I like and I'm going to train at:



Dropped off my gym equipments there (Rogue Dog Sled, Farmer walk bars, 50 lbs chains, chalk bowl) in exchange for membership. The gym owner is a local American football coach here (Yes, American Football exists in Mexico), and we had a great chat about the similarities of our training philosophies.
Monday
3.21.2016

Squats

135 x 5
225 x 3
315 x 3
365 x 2
405 x 2
455 x fail
440 x 1
455 x fail



365 x 1 x 3 - paused
315 x 2 x 3 - paused, speedwork
225 x 6 x 3 - ditto

SGBTNPP

135 x 1 x 3
155 x 1 x 3
185 x 1 x 3
205 x 1 x 3
225 x 1 x 3

PU

BW x 1 x 13
50 x 1 x 6, 5 - chains

Dips - chains

50 x 1 x 8
100 x 1 x 10
100 x 1 x 8

Abs

Did some

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

I'm taking the rest of the week off. Too much going on at the moment. I'm settling into a new house in Rosarito this week. I will officially start training at a proper facility next Monday.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

I'm still alive, motherfuckers. I'm doing this program starting tomorrow:

http://www.catalystathletics.com/olympic-weightlifting-training-program/58/8-Week-Rough/

Finally got an apartment today. It's a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment in Rosarito Centro just a few blocks away from the beach that I got for $325. Once my lease ends on my apartment in SD in July, I will move into a 3 bedroom house by the beach.

Finally, I can start cooking and eating my own meals. I swear to Baphomet, I've been stuffing my fat ass with lots of quesadillas, hamburguesas, mulitas, tortas, tacos, and dulces lately. My six pack is starting to slowly fade away. Fuck.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

3.28.16
Monday

New gym. New program. Same old Thunderhead.

Technique primer:
Press in snatch (after snatch balance)

45 x 5
65 x 4
75 x 3

Snatch

75 x 2
95 x 2
115 x 2
135 x 1

155 x 1
165 x 1
175 x 1

155 x 1
165 x 1
185 x 0, 1

C&J

185 x 1+1
205 x 1+1
225 x 1+1

185 x 1+1
205 x 1+1
235 x 1+1

Squats

135 x 3
225 x 3
315 x 1

365 x 3 x 3 - AR Down
345 x 1 x 3 - ditto
335 x 1 x 3 - pause on last rep
315 x 1 x 3 - same



GM

95, 115, 135 x 1 x 10

No ab work today.

Bar path of snatch needs to be straighter.

Jerk needs improvement. Angle of front knee is FUBAR. Knee is ahead of the toes. Bad.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

3.29.16
Tuesday

AM Training

Technique primer:

Muscle snatch

45 x 3 x 3

Hang snatch from below the knee

95 x 2
115 x 2

135 x 6 x 2

Power clean + power jerk

185 x 6 × (1+1)

PM training coming up in the afternoon.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

3.29.16
Tuesday

PM Training

Snatch Pull

135 x 3
165 x 3
185 x 3
205 x 3
185 x 3

Snatch Grip Deadlifts

185 x 3 x 10

Ab Wheel

3 x Failure

Hanging Leg Raises

3 x Failure

My left's hand all fucked up again. The callus under my left ring finger tore again. THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE...

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

Couldn't hit my target on the C&J because my left hand was fucked up and bothering the ever loving fuck out of me.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

Accessories:

3 in deficit deads

225 x 1 x 10
275 x 1 x 10
325 x 1 x 6

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

Notes:

Changed the lead leg of my jerk from left to right. Felt more comfortable this way. Makes sense because I fought as a southpaw back in my competitive BJJ/MT days. I am naturally right-handed.



Sick with flu-like symptoms. Weather's been chilly lately (40 deg F in the morning) and my apt doesn't have a heater. Stressed the fuck out too. New business, girlfriend drama, idiots, gah. C'est la vie.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

So I did a bar path analysis with Kinovea and I saw that the bar is moving too much horizontally on the second pull. I need to work on extending my body vertically instead of bumping my thighs into the bar, because it's fucking everything up and I'm wasting too much energy pulling the bar in a horizontal motion.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

4/4/2016

Down with the flu.

No training today.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

Todavia estaba letargico y enfermo. Vete a la chingada, flu. Pinche pendejo. Mi novia esta enferma tambien. Gracias a ti, puto.

Fuck you, flu.

 

[btwrestler119]

Hope you feel better, but for real man, it seems like you're a flu magnet.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

Hope you feel better, but for real man, it seems like you're a flu magnet.

Yeah, thanks for the well wishes. I think my immune's system is being a bitch again. And lately, I've been swamped with a lot of obligations, stress, drama, and whatnot, and couple the burnout with the mercurial weather down here in Rosarito, and you've got a recipe for an immune system that acts like a bitch.

I seriously need to learn how to relax and take it easy. My switch is always ON and it would be nice if my OCD ass could flick it OFF once in a while.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

The pain in my right leg has been slowly subsiding. Been fucking pissed off the past week due to not being able to train. Will recommence training tomorrow. Shifted the days around on my programming so that my rest days are on Sundays and Tuesdays instead of Fridays and Sundays.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

Notes: My right leg was feeling better this morning, but I couldn't use it as my lead leg for the jerk.

Hit some new PRs on my clean and clean and jerks, but they're so woefully low that I didn't give too much of a shit. But I'm still making progress, so I have that going for me.

My snatch form needs improvement. My ass is too high during the second pull. Perhaps I should throw in some hang snatches from the thighs to rectify this.

I will go to Tijuana in the afternoon for another training session. HS Back Squats.

Also, I changed my diet last Saturday. I'm ketoing again. Last night I ate a kilogram of beef with a crap ton of butter and fat and vegetables.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

Late post.

4/11/16

PM Training

I went to Crossfit Armentum in Tijuana for the second half of my doubleheader of training.

Squats - HS

135 x 3
185 x 3
225 x 3
315 x 3
365 x 1
405 x 2 x 1 - 8 big ass 45 bumper plates were all the barbell could handle. Ran out of real estate space on the bar.

Back off sets

315, 275 x 3 with pause on last rep

Front squats - pause on last rep

315 x 3
275 x 3
225 x 3 x 3

3 inch deficit stiff legged deads

225 x 10
275 x 8
315 x 8

No abs this day. Fucking tired as shit right now. Maxing out on all three lifts is no fun.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

Was weak as shit today. My body was still reeling from the pounding I got from Monday's max out training. I couldn't squat my target weight today because my knees were feeling so raw.

On another note, my technique is getting sharper on the snatch. Bar path's getting straighter, so I have that going for me.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

Hypers

45 plate x 10
60 barbell x 10
80 barbell x 10

Cable crunches

65 x 1 x 12, 10, 8

Pullups

17, 5, 5


Somewhere in between my work sets, I peered out of the windows with a look of dejection and in a debilitated state. Perched on the roof were two birds, whom I immediately assumed to be of opposite genders as soon as I saw them pecking at each others beaks like young ... love birds ... in an obnoxious public display of affection.

What occurred next didn't surprise me. After 30 or 45 second of this smoochfest, the male partner hopped onto the back of his mate and did the deed. It took only 3 seconds for the male to inseminate his partner. 3 fucking seconds, and then he flew off without even bidding much of a farewell to her.

And then the thought hit me: are human beings the only animals on this planet that are obsessed or fixated with sex to the point of absurdity? Countless number of flicks depicting this disgusting act have been made like a spectacle of some sort, acts of domestic violence have been committed due to impotency or size issues, people have been to driven to a state of neurosis over their uncertainty of whether or not they are able to please their partners, numerous wars have been fought, the human trafficking...

Whoop, there's my next set. Gotta go. Bye!