There were two other guys in the o-lifting room when I got there. Guy #1 was doing what looked like the top half of a romanian deadlift off a rack, so maybe it was just the top half of a regular deadlift, and another guy was doing really heavy power cleans (he just pulled it up to a shrug but didn't get under it or anything). Then he did a bunch of heavy jerks off a rack. Turns out he had some elbow pain that only bothered him during the arm flipping portion on the clean. He's long-time powerlifter who made the switch to o-lifting one month ago.

I got started with hang cleans from various positions, and was doing ok until I started below the knee. I was really starting to frustrate Mr. Coffee, and finally he told me to try it from the ground. That I did almost perfect on my first try. Surprising he barely gave me any coaching on the jerk, just told me to push it up over my head. I split my legs out like I saw other people doing, but the weight was so light for me, especially after having done a bunch of thrusters over the last month or two, that I wasn't really having to put much effort in. Just thrust it up overhead and lock out, didn't need to bother with the lunge and such. My final set I did two reps with 60kg.

Then he had me do a bunch of back squats with whatever weight I felt like, so I worked my way up to 70kg, which isn't too much, but I was damn tired already. The cardio workout from doing 3 and 4 set reps of o-lifts is phenomonal.

To add to the day's glory, this 15 year old girl came in with her father. She's a volleyball player and is learning snatch and c&j to improve her game. She was wearing the tightest, shortest shorts I have ever seen. Granted, at 15 she's way too young, but I can look, right? Plus she had great form, so I learned a lot watching her.

Overall I'd say my biggest problem today was dropping the weight. I'm just not used to dropping weight from overhead like that, I kept wanting to bring it down in a controlled fashion. Once I almost busted me shin doing that, John was getting ticked off. "The only thing wrong with your lifting today is the way you drop the damn weights. Just drop it and move out of the way!"