Month: October 2018

Three Centuries

Definitely feeling my shoulders from yesterday’s workout. Went to the 4pm class. Pretty sure it’s colder in the gym than it is outside.

Warm-up

3 Rounds

  • 30s Assault Bike (Easy)
  • 30s Assault Bike (Hard)
  • 10/10 Single Leg/Arm KB Deadlifts (44#)
  • 30s Handstand Hold

Strength

Deadlift

  • 6×45#
  • 6×135
  • 6×185
  • 3×225
  • 3×255
  • 3×285
  • 4x3x305

I put the belt on for 285+ I think. Just feels weird moving the weight. I’m not sure if I’m just scared of what. Still able to keep a neutral grip without any issues. Nice to build up that grip strength at the same time, which I’m sure has some carryover to the gymnastics stuff on the bar.

Conditioning

3 Rounds

  • 1:00 HSPU
  • 1:00 Rest
  • 1:00 cal Row
  • 1:00 Rest
  • 1:00 DU
  • 1:00 Rest

I went 10-10-5, 4×5, and 4×5 on the handstand push-ups. I started off pulling over 1,700 cal/hr on the rower, quickly realized that would be too fast, and backed off to an average of 1,500-1,550 the rest of the way. Ended up with 25 calories each round. My only miss on the rope was after my first two reps, so I ended up with 108, 110, and 111 double unders! It’s been a while since I did a hundred unbroken dubs, so doing it three times felt great. Made for consistent rounds of 158, 155, and 156 to total 469 reps.

Hold On

My glutes are a little sore from the lunges. Went to the 4pm class.

Warm-up

  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • Dead Hang
  • Shoulder Stretch
  • 5 Rounds on the Rower (went about 1,250 meters)
    • 30s Easy
    • 30s Hard
  • 10 Muscle Snatch (45#)
  • 10 Overhead Squats (45#)
  • 10 Snatch Balance (45#)
  • 10 Snatch (45#)

Weightlifting

Squat Snatch

  • 10×45#
  • 3×75
  • 3×95
  • 2×115
  • 1×135
  • 1×145
  • 1×155
  • 1×165
  • 1×170
  • 1×175
  • 1×180
  • 1×185

As I got to 170+ I really started thinking about punching the bar in to position. My only miss of the day was the first attempt at 180, but I got it on the next try. Last time I snatched 185 in the squat was during 17.3 over a year and a half ago! Shoulders and back are still getting used to the weight. With my last few attempts I had to make sure I was stable in the hole before standing up.

Conditioning

5 Rounds

  • 5 T2B
  • 5 Pull-ups
  • 5 Bar Muscle-ups
  • 250m Row
  • 1:00 Rest

I thought this was going to get nasty and it ended up going much better than expected. My bar work has improved more in the last 1-2 months than it ever has. I’m still not attempting butterfly pull-ups, which would speed things up too. Coming off the bar between movements allowed me to stay unbroken when I was up there. I rested a little extra before the bar MU and was able to hit every set of 5. Coasted a bit on the rower in the 1:55-1:58/500m pace range for the first 4 and then kicked it in for the final pulling a low 1:40-ish pace. I finished at 14:16 with rounds times of 1:58, 1:59, 2:04, 2:04, and 2:11.

An Easy Sweat

Did a bunch of walking at Cedar Point on Friday night and took a needed rest day yesterday. I was so tired from the trip I was in bed by 10 last night. Went to open gym today.

Accessory

4 Sets

  • 3/3 Turkish Get-ups (35#)
  • 10/10 Single Arm/Leg KB Deadlift (53#)
  • 15 Lemon Squeezes

Conditioning

30:00 EMOM (40s work at a recovery pace)

  • Walking Lunges
  • H2H KBS (44#)
  • Double KB OH Hold (35#)
  • Bicycle Crunches
  • Lateral Box Step Overs (14″)

An easy sweaty one to get the heart up a bit and keep it there.

Stringing Toes to Bars

Set my alarm to make sure I was up this morning for the 9am class. Feeling good after yesterday’s workout.

Warm-up

  • 2:00 Assault Bike
  • 2 Rounds
    • 10 PVC Passes
    • 10 PVC Overhead Squats

Weightlifting

  • 5 High Hang High Pulls (45#)
  • 5 Muscle Snatch (45#)
  • 5 Overhead Squats (45#)
  • 5 Snatch Balance (45#)
  • 5 High Pulls (45#)
  • Squat Snatch
    • 5×45#
    • 3×95
    • 2×115
    • 1×135
    • 1×145
    • 1×155

10:00 EMOM

  • 1 Squat Snatch (155#)

Conditioning

5 Rounds

  • 5 Power Snatches (115#)
  • 15 T2B
  • 60 Double Unders
  • 1:00 Rest

Supposed to be unbroken snatches, so with all of the toes to bars I scaled instead of fighting with 135 pounds. Was able to do 3×5 T2B every round and never died out. My endurance with the movement has improved significantly in the last month. 60-80 reps is no longer an issue in a workout. I even got all of my DU unbroken today! My rounds were 1:40 – 1:50 – 1:48 – 1:56 – 1:46, so I finished at exactly 13:00. That was a good one with all grip and shoulders.

Time for a road trip to Cedar Point!

Hop-Hop

Tuesday night after getting home I was feeling beat already. Shoulders were rocked, legs were smoked, and even my abs were feeling something. Maybe abs are from the T2B yesterday in addition to using them a lot in today’s bar muscle-ups? My shoulders were still rocked yesterday and they didn’t feel great doing some dead hangs today either. Went to the 4pm class.

Warm-up

  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • Dead Hang
  • 3:00 Assault Bike (1 Mile)
  • 10/10/10/10 Leg Swings
  • Stretch

Strength

Back Squat

  • 10×45#
  • 5×115
  • 5×165
  • 5×205
  • 5×225
  • 5×245
  • 5×255
  • 10×185

The program was to work up to a 5RM, but I’m just trying to progress on what I’ve been doing and stay safe. Last squats were 3x5x235 so I wanted to get 245-255 today. Not too much of a struggle and back felt good. I wore my knee sleeves because I wanted them for the burpees.

Conditioning

  • 70 cal Row
  • 600m Run
  • 50 Bar-facing Burpees

Averaged somewhere between 1,200-1,300 cal/hr and got off the rower before 3:30. Tried to run at a steady pace but nothing crazy, knowing I could make time on the burpees. I pulled up my knee sleeves when I got in the gym, but forgot to look at the clock until I was 6 or 7 burpees in, which was at about 7:00. I had been thinking if I could keep the same 3:30 pace on the run I’d be happy with that and seems I was somewhere around 3 minutes.

I added in a little stagger to my jump forward today and that allowed me to turn all the way around during the jump over. During the stretch of reps 20-35 I slowed when my hop-hop turned into step up, hop over, and then turn for probably 8 of those middle reps. I finally told myself to move and get the rest done. Pushed to the end and finished at 10:01.

Use the Holes

Took the day off work since I finally got my Model 3!!! Drove around all day, but made it to the 4pm class.

Warm-up

  • 400m Run
  • 10 High Pulls (45#)
  • 10 High Hang Muscle Snatch (45#)
  • 5 Pause Overhead Squats (45#)
  • 5 Snatch Balance (45#)
  • 5 High Hang Snatch (45#)
  • 5 Squat Snatch (45#)
  • 4 Squat Snatch (75#)

Weightlifting

2-2-2-2-2 Snatch

  • 2×95#
  • 2×115
  • 2×135
  • 2×145
  • 2×155
  • 2×160
  • 2×165
  • 2×170

Still not comfortable on the bottom position. I think I’m getting my feet too wide for the squat. Happy to for no misses again though and 10# more than the triple with 160 last week.

Conditioning

5 Rounds each – I go you go rounds

  • 12 Push Jerks (135#)
  • 6 Bar Muscle-ups

Alternated rounds with Weston who was doing different combinations of bar MU, C2B pull-ups, and box bar MU. I did the push jerks unbroken for 3 sets and then had to go 7-5 for the last two in order to survive. I was able to do 2×3 MU every round. I did miss starting the second set of round one, but made sure to get in big kips the rest of the way.

I started, so know the first round took me 1:18, but know knows after that. Don’t know the exact time I finished but was around 13:15. Weston finished us off at 14:31.

This was pretty fucking terrible on the shoulders. The dips on the bar muscle-ups even started to get tough after the fatigue from the jerks. I didn’t use the holes on my grips for two rounds and realized I was slipping more. So after the push jerks I put my fingers through the holes for the other rounds and my MU were smoother.

Ton of gymnastics reps on the bar over the last three days. Time for a rest day!

Grip City

My shins and ankles are sore from the broad jumps. Shoulders have some fatigue too. Maybe now that I’m on protein again I’ll have improved recovery. Went to the 4pm class.

Warm-up

  • 600m Run
  • 3 Rounds
    • 5/5 Kettlebell Snatch (35#)
    • 10/10 Single Leg KB Deadlifts (35#)

Strength

Deadlift – 4×5 @ 80%

  • 10×45#
  • 5×135
  • 5×165
  • 5×195
  • 5×225
  • 5×255
  • 4x5x275

Estimated my current 1RM at 345 based on the 3×325 I did in August. The working sets were 10 pounds more than I did a month ago for 5×5. The weight felt decent and I’m still able to keep a neutral grip for every set. Slow progress, but moving in the right direction.

Conditioning

10:00 AMRAP

  • 5/5 KB Snatch (53#)
  • 10 T2B

I was all geared up with my gymnastics grips and wrist wraps over the top of them to soften the blows from the kettlebell. Was able to do 4-3-3 for the toes to bars every round, which is very surprising with this only being a couplet. Even between those inner sets I didn’t come off the bar very long. Made it through 8+3 and felt good in that one.

That was 80 T2B! My hips always give out a lot earlier in rep counts, even in much longer workouts. Maybe I’m finally improving my endurance with the movement. Sure have been doing enough lately!

Sandbag It

My glutes and hamstrings have still been sore, but not terrible. Definitely feeling those dumbbell bench presses though. Open gym at noon.

Strength

Bench Press

  • 10×45#
  • 10×95
  • 5×135
  • 5×155
  • 5×175
  • 5×185
  • 5×195
  • 5×205
  • 5×210

Far from the 245 pounds I did last summer.

Conditioning

7 Rounds

  • 40s Sandbag Cleans (100#)
  • 40s C2B Pull-ups
  • 40s Broad Jumps
  • 40s Wall Ball Sit-ups (20#)

Basically got about 30 seconds of work for each movement. I started out with my gymnastics grips on, but I wasn’t using the Speal bar, so I was having a hard time keeping my grip. I took them off after the 2nd round and did much better. Averaged 7-8 pullups and 13 sit-ups, but no idea on the other moves. It was hard to get in good broad jumps under fatigue.

1st Quarter

Each time I woke up during the night I could feel the soreness in my shoulders growing.

I think the active recovery I get from walking the golf course in the summer really helps my recovery and conditioning. With the weather shift our golf season is most likely over, so I’ll try to get on the Airdyne or treadmill each week.

Started at the beginning of the Michigan vs Michigan State game and planned to go through the first quarter, but then there was a weather delay for lightning.

40:00 AirDyne – 11.33 miles

Lower the Power

My glutes and legs are sore from the the split squats. Went to the 4pm again.

Warm-up

2 Rounds

  • 30 Double Unders
  • 15 PVC Pass Throughs
  • 10 Push-ups

Weightlifting

  • 5 High Pulls (45#)
  • 5 High Hang Muscle Snatch (45#)
  • 5 Overhead Squats (45#)
  • 10 Snatch Balance (45#)
  • 10 Power Snatch (45#)
  • 3 Power Snatch (95#)
  • 3 Power Snatch (125#)
  • 1 Power Snatch (135#)
  • 1 Power Snatch (145#)
  • 1 Power Snatch (155#)

E30S – 10:00

  • 1 Power Snatch (165#)

My feet starting catching wide somewhere around rep 8, so today was a good time to work on dropping into a lower power snatch. Was a bit odd and uncomfortable, but I was getting the hang of it by the end.

Conditioning

5 Rounds

  • 60 Double Unders
  • 12 Dumbbell Bench Press (50# DBs)
  • 6 Bar Muscle-ups

I broke up the dubs into sets of 20 again, hoping to keep my heart rate down. Bench presses were all unbroken, though after the second round reps 8-12 definitely got slower. I was expecting to jump up and knock out 6 unbroken every round (or at least a few), but then I missed my very first muscle-up. Oh shit! Plan B. I focused on my movement and knocked out two reps. Sets of two was the new goal. Most of those sets were not easy, but I made it without missing again. I could feel the fatigue in my pulling muscles right from the first round. Maybe from the strict toes to bars yesterday or from 20 heavy snatches. Going right after bench press was tough as well. I finished in 14:58.

Had my first protein shake in 5.5 months after I stopped supplements to fix some concerning lab results.