snatches, presses, and stances

My fiance's parents have been in town staying with us this week. Between work, toastmasters, and socializing, that leaves little time for working out. Monday, my day went from 9-9 so I wasn't able to do anything of significance, but Tuesday I came home and immediately went to work.

~75 hand to hand swings 53 lb
20 snatches left and right 53 lb
3 sets of 3 military presses 53 lb

After that I did some stances. I jumped right into this workout with the swings--no warmup. I focused on quality movements and soon I felt ready to do some overhead work. The overhead work is important because at work, everything is the opposite. Instead of stretching back and an upright back, I am reaching in to a computer.

When you're a working man--an office man, I suppose--you have to try to find things that don't exacerbate the problems your job creates. As my back is slumping forward, I need to make sure I arch rearward later on, perhaps in a bridge stretch. My hip flexors tighten so I need to stretch those.

This was a short workout but it did the trick. Later on tonight I'll do some push ups and some pulling kettlebell work.

Justin