December, now things are starting to get real. Today was kind of, technically, in a way, a meet. I really wasn't comfortable with my knee so I didn't jump, I took one five stepper before shutting it down. It wasn't really "sore" but I felt like one bad jump and it could have been. Even off five steps I held back. Instead of looking ahead to the ultimate goal this season, I'm trying to focus on the micro details--right now my goal is to get healthy this week and be able to do a technical practice on Saturday, the first one of the season. Even if I can just get up to five step triple jumps pain free then it will have been a success. Then hopefully I'll be able to get up to 7-9 steps the week after and open the season the week after. It's weird, at the moment I haven't done any real technical work yet and am very far away from being a "jumper" but I'm feeling really good right now. I can appreciate the season for one it is, a slow climb towards peaking in March. The next two weeks will be a good chance to get strong and start doing light technical stuff, focusing on coming off of the hop,which is really where I feel like I'm weak right now, I don't feel my body would be able to absorb the first phase. After that it's four weeks to really get competition ready and get 3 progressively better meets in during January. Then in February four more weeks to become explosive and really refine technically and really focus on being able to transition from the hop-step. Then finally, drop a big jump at AUS at the end of February and then jump 14.80m+ at CIS in March.
   Set a x2 hang power clean pb today which I'm quite happy with, 251.5lb's (old one 245lb's) and tied my clean and jerk x2 pb. So all in all, even though I couldn't jump, it was a good day.

TODAY'S WORKOUT
600m jog
Warm-up
Dynamic mobility
Light bounding
Five step triple jump x1
Power Hang Clean (2x5@135lb's, 1x5@185lb's, 1x5@205lb's) 1x2@225lb's, 1x2@235lb's, 1x2@246lb's, 1x2@251.5lb's, 1x2@255lb's (x-)
Clean and jerk 1x2@185lb's, 1x2@195lb's, 1x2@205lb's
Frog jumps 5x5
Rehab squats (5 seconds eccentric) 2x10@135lb's, 2x5@185lb's
Static stretching
Rolling