Another claim

I haven't been focusing on this as such, and hence why I forgot it, but I definitely am pretty passionate about completing 15 reps at or above bodyweight in the overhead squat.

how it started

recent goings on

see you soon Nicole!
(presuming that I could afford a return to a lvl 1, had time and could get into one before 2010)

OHS - Reps X BW from Full Circle on Vimeo.

Sorry Big Mark;

Big Tex has taken that spot on the leaderboard.
You're gonna have to better than 185lbs if you want to stay on top!


Overhead Squat - BW and PR from Full Circle on Vimeo.

One thing I suck a little less at

To Melissa;

There's plenty I suck at. Today, I feel a little less like Overhead Squatting is one of those things...

Smolov (which the first two weeks have in fact taken me about 5 to complete) called for 10 sets of 3 today at 165lbs.
The first few sets went very smoothly, and as anyone who's worked the OHS knows, the next few sets only got better... Something about the OHS: You're never warmed up until you're 3rd or 4th set...
So, the first nine sets went great. I lost rep one around set 6 or 7, but I turned the music up, cleaned it back into the rack and started over.
Everything felt so good that I decided to go for a little extra credit;
set 10, I completed 4 reps. I think that was all I had. But pretty good shit for what should be a 'I don't know if I am going to finish this workout' type of stuff.

So, 165lbs x 4 reps. New rep max. New MAX MAX. I have never done 165 before, so yay me. It suggests a max around 190lbs. I used to snatch pull 155 pretty consistently... Why can't I snatch more?
Jan-Feb, we'll see what we can do about that!

Overhead Squat Progress

Here's towards the end of my second week on the Smolov cycle
It's seven sets of five with 155lbs, which is in excess of bodyweight at this point.
That is a great feeling.


Overhead Squats - Smolov Week Two from Full Circle on Vimeo.

Crossfit Overhead Squat Benchmark

Still making good progress in my OHS, but not at quite the same pace!

Tested my max at 135lbs, got ten reps. I think I can bump this to about 16-18 in 2 weeks. We'll see.

When I retest, I'll have to shoot another video!

Overhead Squat Update

Today's workout was 4 sets of 11. I got the first two, but then for sets 3 and 4 I buckled right at 10 reps. Close.

After Friday or Saturday I will have to retest. We'll see... 115lbs is a lot harder than 95!