After a couple weeks of more reps and strength building exercises, the focus has shifted to refining technique and doing more singles with the snatch and clean and jerk. We get up to about 90%+ in both lifts twice week. The weights are feeling pretty good, but my technique is a little off, so I am working on trying to straighten that out. It seems winter is on its way out. A lot of the snow melted and its probably only about 30 degrees now. One can even see the dead grass on the ground now. This week we are gifted with a special guest star at NMU. I'll give some clues as to the identity of this mysterious person: Long, blond hair, blue eyes and has a hurt arm (recovering from surgery). If clues didn't scream the identity to you, then Click Here It's Steve Jarvis! For those of you who don't know Steve, he is a 105 kg lifter who is a resident at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Steve decided to spend his spring break up here in the remote city of Marquette, Michigan. Part of the reason (besides the excellent company) is that he is originally from Wisconsin and it's not very far from his house. Well Collegiate Nationals is fast approaching and there's only a week left of heavy lifting to prepare for it.