Sarah Johnson

I finished off my Wednesday with the Compex strength cycle on my quads followed by the active recovery cycle. I think I’m going to try the strength cycle on my shoulders as well to see what happens. On to today’s lifting which was all squats and accessory work. Eze Front Squats 91kg for 1×3 81kg […]

To say I was moving slow today would be an understatement. That’s okay though, not everyday is going to be easy or feel amazing. On days like that you just have to put your head down and push through your reps. Snatch Push Press + OHS: Worked up to 72kg Block Snatches: 60kg for 2×3

This week is a little lighter to give my body a few days to recover from the beating its taken the past two weeks. I feel like the past eight weeks have been great for my lifting and next week I’m going to push my lifts to the limit and see what happens. In the

This was my second week of the Mash Method Squats and it went way better than my first week. It probably didn’t hurt that I didn’t work an eight hour shift before this squat session, but it did help that the session was fueled by Mexican food and cinnamon buns. Back Squats: 126×3 100×10 131×3

It’s weird the cycles you go through when you’re training. A couple of months ago I was having a terrible time at both of the jobs I was working and my training was in the toilet. Fast forward two training blocks plus two new jobs and I’m on the verge of a break through on

The grind continues and I’m hoping that big numbers will follow the added accessory work. Jerk Recoveries: These are getting better every week. I still have a lot of work to do to make them “good” but progress is being made. Worked up to 105kg 1×5, drop set 100kg for 1×5. All of my work