It is good to mix things up Crankin, sounds like it paid off for you! It was also good to visit your friend, I am sure she or he appreciated the visit.

I've been officially released to do everything I want, outside of volume snatching. I can still snatch - even for weight, but no high volume. Sometimes we just have to accept reality, and that might change, who can say? The important part is I've been cleared for competition :-) We are going to do a "test" a week from tonight where each of us will go through a full competition timed set for our chosen lift (or lifts) and our training partners will count for us and let us know what they see. There are three of us so it won't take all that long. I've not lifted for time since I strained my bicep tendon so it will be interesting to see what happens. I have, however, been lifting and I don't think I've lost a thing. It helps that my competition weight is light If I were in a higher rank it would likely be more of a problem.

Good session tonight - my coach had me focusing on technique tonight since I did a long set of my competition lifts on Tuesday, so tonight I did 100 cleans, 80 push presses, then a series of descending heavy double kb deadlifting with planks in between.