American Open and Week 2 Day 1 Oly Program

The American Open was this weekend, here is how everyone on Team MDUSA did.

Jess N     77/94         9th
Mike S    112/145     3rd
Chris G    125/155     5th
James T   133/163     1st
Travis C   145/185     1st
Jon N       160/188     1st
Caleb W   140/180     9th
Tom S       NA/192     na

Our team got 2nd place as a team, Jon North got Best Male Lifter, and I got a Rick Schutz award (named after Rick Schutz who went 6 for 6 at the 1992 Olympics).

I also got a chance to be on Jon North's "Weightlifting Talk".  He had a lot of people as guests including Kendrick Farris, Greg Everett, Holly Mangold, and a few others.  Here is the link to it
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/weightlifting-talk1/2012/12/02/weightlifting-talk--american-open

Well here is the workout!

Week 2 Day 1
Hang Snatch from mid thigh (use Straps)
3 sets of 2 reps with 90 seconds of rest
Use more weight than last week even if its just 1kg

Hang Snatch from mid thigh (use Straps)
3 sets of 3 reps with 90 seconds of rest
Use more weight than last week (Form is more important than weight)

Rest 15 minutes before completing the rest of this workout

Hang Clean from mid thigh + 2 Jerks
3 sets with 90 seconds of rest

Jerks from Rack
3 sets of 3 reps with 90 seconds of rest
use more weight than last week

Back Squat
3 sets of 7 reps with 2 minutes and 30 seconds of rest
Use 5-10% more weight than last week