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Wellness Wednesday for May 17, 2023

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Been trying out this KB Pentathlon thing. For time reasons, did a half-pentathlon with 16kg today which felt hard but manageable to put after my usual lifting:

Clean 60/60

Clean+Press 30/30

Jerk 56/60

Snatch 47/54

Push Press 60/60

503 points total

Jerk and Snatch are the hardest ones, I haven't done them before last week so my form is pretty awful. Snatch also gives me some lower back pain towards the end. Cleans and presses I've done before so they feel fine. Even the half gets me out of breath, though.

Weight is down from 90kg to 84.4kg over the past ~6 weeks. Not bad when I'm not counting calories or restricting myself from eating anything in particular. A little bit of strength lost on bench and OHP, but squat and deadlift feel great. Next week is probably going to be a deload because it's going to be really rough at work.

Super proud of you bro! Let me know how your progress goes if you keep up with the Pentathlon.