Month: October 2017

Burpee Bonanza

Made it in for the 4:30 again. Not feeling any effects from the deadlifting yesterday.

Warm-up – 3 Sets

  • 10 PVC Passes
  • 50’ Bear Crawl
  • 15 Hollow Rocks
  • 20s Hollow Hold
  • 50 Jump Rope
  • 10 DU

Strength – Push Press

  • 5×45#
  • 5×95
  • 5×125
  • 5×145
  • 5×165
  • 5×185
  • 5×195
  • 3s Pause at the top & slow eccentric
    • 3x5x165

Put on the belt with 165 and up. Felt pretty good, but 195 was enough. Did all sets TnG, even the pause ones which wasn’t easy to do with the slow lowering phase.

Conditioning

  • 6:00 AMRAP
    • 20 DU
    • 20 Burpees
    • 20 Pull-ups
  • 2:00 Rest
  • 6:00 AMRAP
    • 15 DU
    • 15 Burpees
    • 15 T2B
  • 2:00 Rest
  • 6:00 AMRAP
    • 10 DU
    • 10 Burpees
    • 10 Wall Balls

All about the burpees. I tried to keep a good rhythm and just breathe through them during every AMRAP. I went 10-10 and 10-5-5 on the pull-ups for 2+24. I did all 5s on T2B to get 2+27. Normally I would say doing 10 dubs is pointless because it takes longer to pick up the rope than it does to do the reps, but on 3 of the 4 sets I missed at 8 reps. Concentrate! There is no place to rest in that third AMRAP, where I got 3+22. I think that adds up to 126 burpees for the day.

Doing Singles

Went to the 4:30 class.

Warm-up

  • 3 Sets
    • 10 Reverse Hypers (140#)
    • Dead Hang
  • 3 Sets
    • 10 Glute Bridges (pause at top)
    • 15s L-sit
    • 200m Row

Forgot how hard the L-sits are. Need to start doing those again.

Accessory

  • 4×10 Double Kettlebell Deadlift (44# KBs)
  • 3×25 Push-ups
  • 2 Sets
    • 20 Double Kettlebell Front Rack Walking Lunges (35# KBs)
    • 10/10 Kroc Rows (53#)

I did the KB deadlifts and push-ups in place of heavy deadlifts, especially with more reps coming up in the WOD. Then did 3x5x135# deadlift to warm-up for the metcon.

Conditioning

10:00 AMRAP

  • 10-12-14… Row calories
  • 5-6-7… Deadlift (185#)

Had my belt on even though I don’t like it for the rowing. I went through 8 unbroken and then switched to quick singles because the eccentric part of the lift was feeling weird. Something I’d never do, but will try to protect my back at all costs now. I didn’t think I’d get through the 22 calories so I threw off my belt. Got through and knocked out a TnG set of 5 deadlifts to finish up.

No Time Again

Thought I might get a workout yesterday, but got going on a restoration project while family was gone during the day and didn’t make time. Had to rush in a workout today after the family took off and before heading to a movie. Did this one that the gym did earlier in the week (20# light of Rx).

  • 150 DU
  • 50 T2B
  • 50 OHS (95#)
  • 50 Box Step Overs (24”)
  • 150 DU

I did 14×3 and 2×4 on toes to bar, wearing grips. Was ready to start failing any rep. I did 5 sets of 10 on the overhead squats. First set was snatch grip and the next four I kept my pointer finger on the last knurl line. Planned to do box jump overs but got there with smoked legs and decided to do steps instead. Finished in 17:57.

Snatch Sandwich

Rested yesterday. Can’t believe how minor the DOMS ended up being from the 400m lunge. My ass barely got sore at all. Went to the 4:30 today.

Warm-up

  • 3 Sets
    • 10 Reverse Hyper (140#)
    • Dead Hang
  • 800m Run
  • 3 Sets
    • 4 Snatch Pull
    • 3 Snatch High Pull
    • 2 Power Snatch
    • 1 Squat Snatch

All snatch warm-up with the empty bar.

Weightlifting

Complex of 1 Snatch Pull + 1 Snatch High Pull + 1 Squat Snatch + 1 OHS

  • 75#
  • 95#
  • 115#
  • 135#
  • 145#
  • 155#
  • 135#
  • 135#

Been a long time since I’ve done a full snatch with 155. Didn’t feel wonder, so I backed off for two more sets.

Conditioning

E5M – 5 Sets

  • 200m Run
  • 8/8 KB Snatch (53#)
  • 200m Run

I pulled out my wrist wraps for the snatches to protect my wrists. Probably haven’t wore them in a year or two.

Good gut check WOD for pushing the pace. Brandi started off with a faster pace on the run than I was thinking, so then for the remaining rounds I set a mini goal to get faster each round. My splits were 2:37, 2:32, 2:28, 2:28, and 2:22. I really thought round 4 was fast, but it turned out to be the same as round 3. With nothing left to do, I pushed both runs in the final round.

Thanks Sam

Another strength AMRAP today at the gym, with push press. I’m going to limit some of my pressing until my shoulder gets better. So I did a workout in the garage. Originally I was going to do a version of the 18 minute AMRAP programmed at the gym, but my back seems really tight today, so I decided not to touch a barbell. I had planned to do “AirDyne Hell” on Saturday but didn’t end up working out, so when I saw Sam Briggs’ Instagram post today, I had my new workout. I cut back to 10 rounds instead of 12 and did 9:30 rest at the halfway point so I could keep starting on the top of minutes.

10 Rounds

  • 30s Airdyne cals
  • 4:30 Rest (9:30 between 5 & 6)

In only takes a couple of rounds for this to turn deadly. On the first five I went 40-45-41-39-41. During the long break I took something down into the basement and nearly fell down the stairs my legs were shaking so bad! My pacing didn’t seem to recover with the longer rest. I went 38-39-36-37-36 on the last five. After round 6 and through the rest of it I felt like I might barf.

Crazy that only 5 minutes of actual work time over a 50 minute period can feel so terrible. I think I’ve been neglecting this energy system lately.

Ski Couplets

The DOMS from yesterday’s workout is starting to kick in down my back side and my abs are sore. Out in the garage tonight since the program at the gym has heavy back squats. #BoycottTheStrengthAMRAPs I did adjust the gym metcon (which was with rowing) for home use.

I thought about doing the 8th week of the No B.S. Bench program, but I’m starting to get sick of the movement. This shoulder impingement doesn’t seem to be getting any better as I keep benching either. So conditioning only today.

Warm-up

  • PVC Passes
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • Air Squat
  • Shoulder Stretching
  • 5/5 DB OHS (35#)

Conditioning

  • @ 0:00 – 4 Rounds
    • 250m Ski Erg
    • 5/5 DB OHS (50#)
  • @ 10:00 – 3 Rounds
    • 500m Ski Erg
    • 10 Bench Jump Overs (18”)
  • @ 20:00 – 2 Rounds
    • 750m Ski
    • 15 American KBS (70#)

Felt solid to start and was able to hit negative splits with 59.7, 59.4, 59.2, and 59.1. Finished in 6:31. Started out with the same pace, but couldn’t hold it after that. Splits of 1:59.4, 2:04.7, and 2:03.9 for a total time of 7:35. The heavy kettlebell swings in the last couplet kicked my ass! I haven’t used seventy pounds for those in ages. 3:06.2 and then it was a battle just to fight for a 3:12.4. Finished the 3rd part in 7:42.

I’m sick of this heat for October. It was 81° in the garage when I finished and 76° outside at 6:30pm. The last 2-3 weeks have been warmer than the entire summer.

All The Posterior Chain

Meant to workout yesterday at home, but was busy with projects for my workshop and time flew by. At the gym today.

Warm-up

  • 3×10 Reverse Hyper (140#)
  • Dead Hang
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • 10 Deadlift (45#)

Conditioning

4 Rounds

  • 20 Deadlifts (135#)
  • 40 Lateral Bar Hops
  • 20 Push-ups

I thought about putting on my belt and decided I didn’t need it. I split the deadlifts into 12-8 every round with a quick break. All push-ups were 10-10, with some slow down on the final 5 reps. Finished in 6:13. Was a much quicker workout than I was expecting.

Test

  • 400m Walking Lunge

Been over 2 years since I did this I think. Felt pretty good considering I was doing a lot of lunges the last time. Not at a track, so the distance may not have been right, but I set a 6 second PR with 11:55. Next couple of days will be rough.

Midline

3 Rounds

  • 20 Weighted V-ups (10#)
  • 20 Russian Twists (35#)
  • 20 Shotguns

The combination of v-ups and shotguns was not cool.

Emily

Had some dental surgery on Wednesday, so was on drugs for the last 2 days. Went to the 4:30 class tonight.

Warm-up

  • 400m Run
  • 3 Sets
    • 50 Jump Rope
    • 15 Double Unders
    • 5 T2B
    • 10 Air Squats
    • 100′ Shuttle Run (50′ out + 50′ back)

“Emily” Hero WOD

10 Rounds

  • 30 Double Unders
  • 15 Pull-ups
  • 30 Air Squats
  • 100m Run
  • 2:00 Rest

I was feeling good, but air squats slowed after the first round or two. Then when I felt a rip in round 7, things fell off the pace. I had to try a finger-tip grip with my left hand and did a bunch of kipping reps instead of butterfly. Was trying everything not to put any pressure on the rip to make it worse. Aso you can see below, there was a big drop off in those rounds. Pull-ups in 3 sets of 5 with a couple of steps of rest felt great otherwise. Finished in 40:42.

30s

It was Kalsu at the gym today and there is no way my back was attempting that. Did a late workout in the garage. Warmed up with 3 minutes on the AirDyne.

6 Rounds

  • 30s MB Cleans (20#)
  • 30s Rest
  • 30s Ski Erg cals
  • 30s Rest
  • 30s Double Unders
  • 30s Rest
  • 30s Push Press (45#)
  • 30s Rest
  • 30s Lateral Hops
  • 30s Rest

It started getting hard in the middle of the 4th round, but with only 30 seconds of work at a time I knew I could push on. Should have gone faster early on I guess. Hot sweaty mess for this one. It was up to 85° during the day today.

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