Year: 2018

Pulling on the Rope

Played 18 holes today, but didn’t walk with the heat. Went to the 4pm class.

Shoulder Flexion 5

4 Sets

  • 50m Single Arm OH Carry (44#)
  • 30-60s Rest

Warm-up

  • 400m Run
  • 3 Sets
    • 5 Rope Pull-ups
    • 10 Push-ups
    • 15 Air Squats

Weightlifting

Squat Cleans

  • 6×45#
  • 4×95
  • 4×135
  • 2×165
  • 2×185
  • 3x2x205

Plenty heavy for the day. My squats are weak and I’m not risking a back tweak before my bro’s wedding this weekend.

Conditioning

  • 400m Run
  • 9 Power Cleans (165#)
  • 18 Rope Pull-ups
  • 400m Run
  • 7 Power Cleans (165#)
  • 14 Rope Pull-ups
  • 400m Run
  • 5 Power Cleans (165#)
  • 10 Rope Pull-ups

The runs always feel slow and probably are. I think the clock said 2:00 when I came in on the first one. Quick singles for all of the power cleans. I scaled back from 185# to keep the pace up and again to not risk my back. I split up the rope pull-ups to keep things even with one hand higher on the rope. 5-5-4-4, 7-7, and then my grip was giving out, partially due to a cut on my thumb, so I went 5 and 2-1-1-1. It was kind a of a jumping rope pull-up, but still a lot of pull. Finished in 11:05.

Happy with my loading and scaling choices lately, especially with the switch to this Ben Smith affiliate programming. Keep moving and keep the intensity high.

 

The Don

Went to the 10am.

Warm-up

  • 400m Run
  • 2x
    • 20 Air Squats
    • 10 Pass Throughs
    • 30s Dead Hang

Conditioning

“The Don” – Partner Style

  • 66 Deadlifts (115#)
  • 66 Box Jumps (24″)
  • 66 American Kettlebell Swings (53#)
  • 66 V-ups
  • 66 Sit-ups
  • 66 Ring Rows
  • 66 Thrusters (55#)
  • 66 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
  • 66 Burpees
  • 66 Double Unders

Partnered with Weston. BTWB said the deadlift should have been 110, which seems like a weird weight. I had to do V-ups instead of knees to elbows and ring rows instead of pull-ups. For the deadlifts, KBS, v-ups, sit-ups, thrusters, and wall balls we each did three sets of 11. For the box jumps, ring rows, and burpees we each did 3 sets of 6 and 3 sets of 5. Dubs were a quick set of 33 each to finish at 22:25

Feeling Good on the Rower

Got to the gym a little early before the 4pm class to get in the shoulder rehab work.

Active Life – Shoulder Flexion 4

  • 3 Sets 5/5 Thoracic Rotation
  • 2 Sets 5 Evil Wheels

I tried an evil wheel from my feet. Not happening!

Warm-up

  • 400m Run
  • 2x
    • 20 walking lunges
    • 15 Push-ups
    • 30s Dead hang
  • 10 Push Press (45#)

Hung from the bar instead of doing 10 kip swings.

Conditioning

5 Rounds

  • 20 cal Row
  • 20 Push Press (95#)
  • 20 V-ups

Tried to keep it above 1,150 cal/hr on the Concept 2 rower. I did 12-8 push presses for the first two rounds and was feeling pretty good, so waited to see how round three went and maybe do the last two sets unbroken. Yeah right! Started fading fast in round 3 and had to rest a bit more in between. The last two sets of 12-8 were tough. Still no bar work, so I did the v-ups in place of toes-to-bars. Finished in 15:47. Would have been a lot slower trying to get through 100 T2B. Feeling good on the rower lately, so maybe losing 14 pounds is paying off.

Gymnastics

3 Sets

  • 45s HS Hold
  • MAX Ring Rows

I went E2M and got 15-12-10 ring rows.

Surviving the Heat

Spent most of yesterday in the cool basement working on some projects and then went up and sat in bed early where I have an AC unit and could work on designing part of one of the projects.

Went to open gym at noon.

Active Life – Shoulder Flexion

  • 3 Sets of 10 Yoga Push-ups
  • 10 Wall Walks (2s pause)

I also did 10 thrusters with 45# and some bottom squat hold.

Conditioning

  • 20 Bar-facing Burpees
  • 40 Thrusters (75#)
  • 20 Bar-facing Burpees

Trying 25-15 would have been a bad idea, so I was thinking about 15-15-10, but when I got through my first 5 I settled on 4×10. I needed to have something left for the final 20 burpees. Finished in 5:47. I put a wrist wrap on my problem wrist and it helped out a lot, so I guess I’ll continue that and hope whatever is going on in there heals.

Accessory

5 Sets

  • 5 Evil Wheels
  • 8/8 Suitcase Deadlifts (40kg KB)
  • 1:00 Bent Hollow Hold
  • 8/8 Half Kneeling Bottoms Up KB Press (26#)

Going to keep working in some stuff from the back rehab so I don’t lose all of the progress I’ve made.

Touch the Sky

Hot one! Made it for the 4:30 and was the only person at class.

Active Life – Shoulder Flexion

3 Sets

  • 10 Hollow Body Shoulder Flexion (2.5#)

Warm-up

  • 2 Rounds
    • 250m Row
    • 10 PVC Passes
    • 10 Shoulder Press (45#)
  • 4 Shoulder Press (75#)
  • 4 Shoulder Press (95#)

Conditioning

10 Rounds

  • 1 Legless Rope Climb (13′)
  • 4 Shoulder Presses (115#)
  • 200m Run

Can’t remember the last time I did a rope climb and it’s been rare to even do shoulder presses in a metcon. Not bad, but hard to breathe on the runs with it being about 90° outside. Finished at exactly 19:00.

This is from the Ben Smith affiliate design program, which they’re following at the gym. Not sure if I mentioned a couple of old friends from a previous gym bought out Mid Michigan Muscle and it’s now Malott Athletics. It’s been a goal of theirs for years, so I’m excited to see someone taking over that should do well to grow the gym.

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Midline / Skill

4 Sets

  • 1:00 HS Hold
  • 2:00 Rest

All The Rowing

Went to the 4:30 class again. My back is a little tight after yesterday’s workout.

Warm-up

  • 2 Rounds
    • 10 PVC Passes
    • 10 PVC OHS
    • 30s HS Hold
    • 1:00 Row
  • 45# Snatch Warm-up

Weightlifting

  • 3x30kg Squat Snatch
  • 3×95# Squat Snatch
  • 3×115# Squat Snatch
  • 3×135# Squat Snatch
  • 2×135# Squat Snatch
  • 2x2x145# Power Snatch
  • 2x1x165# Power Snatch

My shoulder was very uncomfortable in the hole and I was not able to feel stable, so I actually missed the 3rd rep of the second set with 135#. Switched to powers after that and those were easy.

Conditioning

Partner Workout

  • 100 cal Row
  • 100 DB Thrusters (40# DBs)
  • 100 cal Row

Partnered up with Weston and Michelle joined us as well, going at the same time as Weston. We did 25 cals each time (20 for the women) and did 10 thrusters at a time. I felt good on the rower but those thrusters are terrible with dumbbells. The 50# DBs would have been miserable because we both wanted to drop the 40s in the last two sets. We finished at 14:54

 

Counting Cals

Golfed yesterday. Went to the 4:30 class today

Warm-up

  • 300m Run
  • Wrist Stretch
  • Front Rack Stretch
  • 10 Shoulder Press (45#)
  • 10 Push Press (45#)
  • 10 Split Jerk (45#)

Weightlifting

Push Press + Split Jerk

  • 3×95#
  • 3×115
  • 2×135
  • 1×155
  • 1×175
  • 1×195
  • 1×215
  • 1×225

Conditioning

21:00 EMOM (alt)

  • 20 cal Row
  • 10 Burpees
  • 10 Ring Rows

I did the ring rows instead of 5 muscle-ups. Had to really push on the rower to get in the 20 cals. Laxed on the burpees after 3 rounds to try to recover a bit. Ring rows were no joke either. Good workout.

Too Heavy

At the gym at noon.

Warm-up

  • 3 Sets
    • 15 pushups
    • 10/10 Single Arm DB Push Press (35#)
  • 3 Deadlifts + 2 Hang Power Cleans + 1 Push Jerk
    • 2×45#
    • 2×95
    • 125
    • 155

Conditioning

E30S – 10:00

  • 3 Deadlifts
  • 2 Hang Power Cleans
  • 1 Push Jerk

I originally wrote this with 185# as the weight, but switched to 175 today. Still too heavy. I was starting to struggle in the 6th or 7th round I think. Held on through the first 10 rounds, took one 30 second round off as I stripped down to 155, and then finished with 10 rounds at that weight. Definitely much harder than I expected. But good to push it with some weights again.

Midline

5 Rounds

  • 15 Sit-ups
  • 20 Russian Twists (45#)
  • 30 DU

Missed a double under after 6 in the first round but then the rest were unbroken. Finished in 6:27.

Not Even Close

Golfed the last two days and realized one of the reasons I don’t get worked up about missing a workout two days in a row (or 3 of the last 4, like I just did) is that especially when I golf I’m walking over 6 miles on the course. Just as I believe in a healthy work/life balance, I think it’s important to find a balance with your exercise.

Went to the 4:30 class.

Warm-up – 4 Sets

  • 10/10 Single Arm KBS
  • 10/10 Single Arm Shoulder Press

Strength – Push Press

  • 5×45#
  • 5×95
  • 5×125
  • 5×145
  • 3x5x165

Conditioning

Nancy – 5 Rounds

  • 400m Run
  • 15 OHS (95#)

Ran the straight out and back route today. After the first set I didn’t think I’d be able to get every set of OHS unbroken, but I did. Finished in 16:24, which is not even close to the 13:35 I somehow did two years ago.