Month: May 2018

Side to Side

My triceps have been a little sore from Murph. Out in the garage late in the afternoon.

Active Life – Hips

Warm-up

  • 250m Straight Leg Ski
  • 5 Inchworms
  • 5 Sumo Inchworms
  • 5/5 Leg Abducted Rocking
  • 1:00/1:00 Sciatic Nerve Flossing

Warmed up with 8/8 single leg deadlifts using 45-95-125 pounds.

Workout – 4 Sets (2x each leg)

  • 12 Single Leg Deadlifts
  • 45s Bent Knee Hollow Body Hold

I used 145# for the first set on each leg and then 165#, which was about a max for that many reps.

Active Life – Back Max

  • 1:00/1:00 KB Psoas Mobilization
  • 2 Sets
    • 5/5 Split Squat Rock Backs
  • 10:00
    • Single Arm Waiters Walking Lunge (35#, switch arms every 10m)
    • Single Arm Press (35#, every other step, press when the leg opposite the arm holding the KB is forward)

Did them in the driveway instead of the garage so I could go 10 meters straight. Instead of 10 full minutes I stopped at 12 rounds (6 each side), which was 9:10 on the clock.

Hot Hot

I came down with a killer headache last night from being out in the sun. Feeling good today though. Out in the garage in the afternoon.

Active Life – Hips

Warm-up

  • 5 Pallof Series (each position)

Workout – 4 Rounds

  • 10 Dead Bugs
  • 20 Mountain Climbers
  • 5/5 Hip Airplanes
  • 10s/10s Standing Straight Leg Hold

Active Life Back Max

Warm-up – 3 Rounds

  • 5 Cat Camel + Rock Backs
  • 5 Inchworms

Then I warmed up with 10 Sumo Deadlift at 45-95-145#.

Workout – 3 Sets

  • 20 Sumo Deadlift (165-185-205#)
  • 30s/30s Sciatic Nerve Flossing

Conditioning

Real easy 10:00 Airdyne for 3.05 miles.

Ring Rowing Murph

It was scheduled for 11am, which always turns out well when the high temp for the day is in the mid 90s!

Murph

  • 1 Mile Run
  • 20 Rounds
    • 5 Ring Rows
    • 8 Air Squats
    • 10 Push-ups
    • 7 Air Squats
  • 1 Mile Run

My shoulder still doesn’t feel great on the bar, so I wasn’t attempting 100 pull-ups. I also figured I’d try something new to get through the air squats quicker, which is always what takes me so long.

Surprisingly I got in from the first mile in about 8:35. I was on a pretty steady pace of just under a minute for at least 5 or 6 rounds. Then I started resting more in the transitions and seconds ticked away. Ring rows were fine and I was able to get in some kip. After standing up I rested too much before getting going on the air squats though and with double the sets that added up. When I got going with the squats and committed I was able to bust through the sets of 8 and 7 at a much better pace. I downed some water and grabbed my shades before heading out for the second mile. I remember reading about 34:10 on the clock, which had to be after my short break. Felt like I was going so fucking slow on the second mile, but picked it up for the last 400 meters and finished in 43:10. Still not sure how I did that run in 9 minutes.

Definitely wasn’t setting any records today. The ring rows are slower reps plus the extra time of getting down and up from the ground. Pretty far off my best time of 37:11 in 2015, which I may never touch again.

Light Linda

Rested and was pretty damn lazy yesterday. After the deadlift volume on Friday and the plan for today with Murph tomorrow I didn’t want to overdo it. In to the gym early today at 10am.

Warmup

Active Life – Hips

  • 1:00/1:00 Banded Posterior Ankle Distraction
  • 20 Lateral Banded Step Overs
  • 8 Paused Squat Press Outs (25#, 3s)
  • 5 Jump Squats (singles)

Starting loading bars.

  • 10 Deadlifts (45#)
  • 10 Bench Press (45#)
  • 10 Squat Cleans (45#)
  • 5 Deadlifts (135#)
  • 5 Bench Press (95#)
  • 5 Squat Cleans (75#)
  • 5 Deadlifts (185#)
  • 5 Bench Press (115#)

Light Linda

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

  • Deadlift (205#)
  • Bench Press (135#)
  • Squat Clean (105#)

Wanted to try it out with the loading used by women at Regionals and as I’m typing this I realize the deadlift should have been 220 pounds. Whoops! We still got a good workout. I did the first set of squat cleans unbroken and quickly decided not to do that again until the late sets. It sent my heart rate way up and then my round of 9s took almost twice as long as the 10s. I did the deadlift and bench unbroken the whole way and went back to unbroken cleans for the 3-2-1. Finished in 14:55.

Active Life – Hips

Workout: 4 Sets (2x each arm)

  • 12 Single Arm Waiters Squats (24kg, 5s pause)
  • 100m Single Arm Farmer Carry (28kg)
  • 30s Rest

Holding the KB on the front rack for so long sucked! this took about 12 minutes.

Memorial Weekend

Walked 18 holes yesterday. My hamstrings and hips are a little tight, probably from all of the lunges. Out in the garage in the early afternoon.

Active Life – Hips

Warm-up

  • 5:00 Airdyne (1.46 miles)
  • 15/15 Lateral Leg Swings
  • 20 Groiners
  • 1:00/1:00 Samson Stretch

Workout

  • Romanian Deadlifts
    • 8×45#
    • 8×135
    • 8×185
    • 8×225
    • 2x8x255
  • Rest
  • 60 Sumo Deadlifts (225#)

All RDLs were done with a neutral grip. For the Sumos I wanted to do 10×6 and was able to. Alternated my mix grip each set. Finished in 4:44. Wasn’t sure how my back would do coming back to these after the trip and slacking most of the week after.

Active Life – Back Max

3 Rounds

  • 60s Front Rack Hold (165#)
  • 50m/50m Single Arm Farmer Carry (70#)

That hold was no cake walk in round one. I focused on controlling my breathing to get me through. Finished in 7:24.

Don’t need anything more than those pieces for the day since I turned strength into some conditioning. Looking forward to the three-day weekend.

Lunge to the Death

Went to the 4:30 class.

Warm-up

15:00 EMOM (alt)

  • 50′ Butt Kicks + 50′ High Knees
  • 20 Air Squats
  • 15 Supermans

Strength

Back Squat

  • 10×45#
  • 10×95
  • 10×135
  • 10×165
  • 10×185
  • 20×135

Can’t remember the last time I’ve squatted that many reps. Felt fine.

Conditioning

12:00 EMOM

  • 5 Burpees
  • MAX Front Rack Lunges (75#)

I did 2 rounds of 12, then 8 rounds of 10, 12, and 14 for a total of 130 lunges. Fucking terrible, especially in the front rack.

Walked 400m to cool down.

Keep Planking

On Sunday night I played pickleball for about 2 hours. It was a lot of fun! Walked 18 holes yesterday. Out in the garage in the afternoon today.

 

Active Life – Hips

Warm-up

  • 250m Straight Leg Ski
  • 5 Inchworms
  • 5 Sumo Inchworms
  • 5/5 Leg Abducted Rocking
  • 1:00/1:00 Sciatic Nerve Flossing
  • 8/8 Single Leg Deadlifts
    • 45#
    • 95#

Workout – 6 Sets (3 each leg)

  • 8 Single Leg Deadlifts (135-155-155#)
  • 40s Bent Knee Hollow Body Hold

Was getting unstable with 155. I guess it’s been a few weeks.

Conditioning

15:00 AMRAP

  • 10/10 Single Arm Push Press (50#)
  • 25 Sit-ups
  • 20 Russian KBS (70#)

Stole from the gym’s workout today but I’m still not doing bar work so I did sit-ups instead of 15 T2B. Got through 5 + 55 with everything unbroken.

Active Life – Back Max

5 Rounds

  • 30s Plank
  • 30s Left Side Plank
  • 30s Right Side Plank

Did them on my hands, which was probably a bad idea with my left wrist bothering me the last few weeks.

2018 AGOQ #4

I’m a little bruised up on my collarbone from the cleans, but feeling good otherwise.

Active Life – Hips

Warm-up

  • 10 Side Shuffles (10m)
  • 2:00/2:00 Banded Posterior Hip Distraction
  • 10/10 Lateral Leg Swings

Workout – 6 Sets (3x each leg)

  • 10 Box Step Ups (24″, 50# DBs)
  • 5 Eccentric Ankle Dorsiflexion
  • 1:00 Rest

Got the ticker going!

Conditioning

Warmed up snatches with 5×45, 5×75, 3×115, and 3×145.

2018 Age Group Online Qualifier #4
5:00 AMRAP

  • 9 HSPU
  • 6 Bar-facing Burpees
  • 3 Snatch (165#)

Holy fuck when I got that first snatch! My feet were getting really wide on every catch. I did every set of handstand push-ups unbroken though the 2nd and 3rd rounds were a bit slower. Felt pretty good on the burpees. Did exactly 3 rounds.

Active Life – Back Max

12:00

  • 8/8 Bottoms Up KB Press (26#)
  • 8/8 Half Kneeling Halos (26#)
  • 8/8 Suitcase Deadlift (88#)
  • 8/8 Single Arm Push Press (50#)

After cruising through round 1 I picked it up so I could get through 3 rounds and was able to.

Lift Heavy Shit

I really did have plans to hit a garage workout yesterday, but I was tired and decided on another rest day. Wasn’t missing the 10am class today, except I walked in and it is actually a 9am on Saturdays! Oh well, I was able to take advantage of the empty gym and was kind of nice to do my own thing.

Warm-up

  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • 10/10 Leg Swings
  • Dead Hang
  • 2 Sets
    • 50′ Walking Lunge
    • 10/10 Single Arm KBS (35#)
  • 10 Power cleans (45#)
  • 8×95#
  • 20 DU
  • 6×115#
  • 20 DU
  • 4×135#
  • 40 DU

Conditioning

This was one programmed at the gym during the week.

  • 10-8-6-4-2 Power Cleans (155-185-205-225-245#)
  • 50 Double Unders

I did all single cleans. I missed 3 times in the first round of DU, did 2 rounds of 30-20, missed 5 times in the 4th round, and did the last round unbroken. Finished in 10:09. The bars sure got heavy after the first 2 weights, but it felt great to lift some shit.

Active Life – Back Max

  • 1:00/1:00 KB Psoas Mobilization
  • 10:00
    • 8/8 Glute Bridges (3s hold)
    • 12 Curl-ups (3s hold)

Did 5 rounds.

Take It Easy

Tuesday was a travel day coming back from Barcelona. Walked 18 on the course yesterday and was fucking dead by the 8th hole. Probably shouldn’t have played because I was unable to do anything the rest of the day and could barely eat.

Still tired today so I jumped on the Airdyne for 20 minutes, doing 5.95 miles. Didn’t want to dig myself a bigger hole by doing anything too intense yet. Mowed the lawn too.