Sarah Johnson

Wednesdays are all about accessory work. Slow Motion Front Squats 5s down, 5s in the hole, 4s up, 10s at the top: 95kg for 1×3 and 85kg for 2×3 Push Press: 75kg for 1×5, and 65kg for 2×5 Snatch Deadlift with the first two paused for 3s at mid shin: 90kg for 1×5, then 80kg […]

Training is going well, I’m starting to move fast consistently and feel strong on a regular basis again. It’s been awhile since my training has gone this well consistently, so I’ll be looking for some big lifts in the next couple of weeks. The ECU Open is in 3 weeks as well, hopefully that’s when

Today went amazingly well. I came into the gym a little stiff and unsure how the session was going to go, but I ended up hitting some solid numbers. I even power cleaned triple digits for the first time in almost a year. I’m not sure what it is about power cleaning 100kg, but it’s

I trained late after work today, so I was happy with how the session went. This session was my first taste of the Mash Method and it worked just like Travis said it would. I did a super set with the two biggest lifts of the session because like I said it was a late

Day 3 and 4 of this new program are all accessory work which is a tad different than any thing I’ve ever done, but it’s been a nice change from the typical weightlifting routine. The first thing I had was overhead squats. I’m not very good at overhead squats mostly because they bug my bad

The title of this post is a little bit deceiving. There was no metabolic conditioning done by this weightlifter today. (Unless you count playing soccer with my dog before practice.) Today I did 75% of my training session in my Nike Metcons, and I’ll tell you why. It all boils down to personal preference. Some weightlifters