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Be Nice to Your Body (Athlete Journal 34)

This week was a mixed bag of success and difficulty, with solid back squat and snatch workouts.

Terry Hadlow

Written by Last updated on Oct 25, 2022

Saturday: Snatch Day

My left wrist was a little tender so I decided to take it very cautiously.

  • Speed snatch: 40kg for 2 sets of 6 – I switched to overhead squats to see if that would help the wrist.
  • Overhead squat: 40kg for 2 sets of 6
  • Speed snatch and snatch combo: 40kg for 2 sets of 1 and 1 x3 for a total of 6 reps per set. Repeated with 60 kg.
  • Power snatch and snatch from the floor: 60kg 2 x 1 + 1 x 3 for a total of 6 reps per set and 2 sets. Jumped to 80kg and repeated the rep sequence.
  • Snatch pull and power snatch from the floor: 90 kg for a total of 3 reps, then jumped to 95kg again for 3 reps
  • Snatch pulls: 120kg for 1 set of 5
  • 120kg for a set of 3 and 2 slow pulls

Sunday

Stretching

Monday: Back Squat

Back squat:

  • 70kg for 2 sets of 6
  • 100 kg for a set of 6
  • 130kg for 2 sets of 6
  • 150kg for 2 sets of 6

These went very well and I was ecstatic. My legs were sending me some positive vibes. I dropped down to 100kg to do two sets of ten speed squats. The last three reps of each set were tired, but I was able to maintain good movement.

Tuesday

On Tuesday I had to suffer through an extraordinarily long workout, about twice as long as normal. My body was not moving or feeling very well. I guess that is what 150kg squats will do to you. I started with speed cleans, doing 40kg, 60kg, 80kg, and 100kg for sets of six. I switched to power clean from the floor doing 60kg, 80kg, 100kg, and 110kg for a set of six. I finished there, feeling fairly positive.

Wednesday

I did nothing today, and I think my body appreciated that.

Thursday: Front Squats

I wasn’t feeling well and I had front squats, so I decided I was going to try and struggle through it.

  • 70kg for 2 sets of 5
  • 110kg for a brutal set of 3
  • 110kg for an ugly set of 5
  • 135kg for a disgustingly heavy set of 3 reps

Get me out of here. Note to self: redo this workout on Monday.

Friday: Circuit Day

I did a long fifty-minute circuit. I decided I was taking the lazy man’s route and only did every second station.

Terry Hadlow got started in Olympic weightlifting in 1970 and is the only Canadian to have competed in senior nationals in five different decades – 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Follow Terry’s journal here to learn about his approach to training and competing.

Terry Hadlow

About Terry Hadlow

Terry Hadlow started lifting in 1970 at the age of thirteen. He was a member of the CanadianJuniorNational team at seventeen, Senior B team at eighteen, and on the SeniorA team at nineteen. He was selected to three junior world teams and competed in two of them. His best finish was a tie for third place, but he lost on body weight. His best lifts as a junior were 140-167.5 in the 82.5 class. Terry won medals in the 1978 Commonwealth Games and 1979 Pan Am Games, and was selected to the 1980 and 1984 Canadian Olympic Games team. He competed in five senior world championships, with a best finish of twelfth in Moscow in 1983, with 90kg lifts of 155-185. Terry’s best lifts ever in competition were 160-190 and his best training lifts were 163-195 at 90kg.

Terry stopped lifting in 1991 age 33 and didn't touch a weight to Olympic lift again until 2005, at the age of 48. He went on to win the Masters Pan Am in 2006. At the age of fifty, Terry competed in the 2008 World Masters at 85kg in Greece and won with lifts of 112-135. In 2010 he went to Poland in the same category and won with lifts of 113-135. His best lifts in that division were 114-139. Those lifts were enough to qualify him for the Canadian Senior Championships as a53 year old. Terry is the only Canadian to have competed in senior nationals in five different decades -1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s.

After that, Terry took a break from world competition and trained to compete in competitions in North America.His last competition was the 2013 Pan Ams inChicago, Illinois. He won with lifts of 108 (world record)- 132, for a total of 240 (also a world record).

Terry always takes the summer off training, as his summer work schedule just doesn't allow time to workout. In addition, there’s no training in September as that’s Terry’s time to go R.V.-ing.

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