My Genius Hour question is this: How much can I improve my maximum Olympic lifts of 165lbs in the clean
& jerk and 135lbs in the snatch by the time this class finishes? No, it's not anything that's going to contribute to world peace but it's personal and if Genius Hour is about a pet project and something I am interested in and passionate about, then right now this is it.
In July I had surgery and took 7 weeks off from weightlifting. I went back after 4 weeks but quickly found out that I needed to be off longer to be able to tolerate the level of activity that Olympic weightlifting requires. Before surgery I was maxing out at 195lbs in the clean & jerk and 135lbs in the snatch. Since resuming, I have been able to get back to 135lbs in the snatch but my clean & jerk is sitting at 165lbs. To be fair, I have focused more on slowly building back strength since coming back to weightlifting on the first day of September so my current numbers were my first attempts to max out since then. I didn't want to set a goal of achieving specific weights and attach a limit to this goal, but the time frame posed in my Genius Hour question will allow me to give a focused effort for a specific duration and see what comes of it.
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