Month: May 2021

Chill Memorial Day

It’s so nice not having to worry about doing Murph today! Out in the garage around 10:30.

Conditioning

30:00 EMOM (alt, 40s work)

  • Jump Rope
  • H2H KBS (53#)
  • Plank
  • Side to Side Step Overs (14″)
  • OH Barbell Hold (45#)

Midline

3 Rounds (30s work, 10s rest)

  • Feel Elevated Mountain Climbers (14″)
  • Weighted V-sit Crunch (20#)
  • Oblique Heel Touches
  • Weighted Hollow Flutter Kicks (20#)

I think I went 30-25-30 for mountain climbers, 16-13-14 for crunches, 50-49-50 for the heel touches, and 70-70-60 for flutter kicks.

Arms

3 Sets
16 In-Out Curls (20# DBs)
16 Tricep Pushdowns (bar, 60#)

Got the lawn cut and heading out to play 9 holes of golf.

Early Murph

Took a rest day yesterday, but I spent 2 hours milling wood for my living room wall and over 2 hours doing yard work. Out in the garage to start at about 11am today.

“Murph”

  • 1 Mile Run
  • 20 Rounds
    • 15 Air Squats
    • 5 Pull-ups
    • 10 Push-ups
  • 1 Mile Run

I ran the first mile in 8:15 and felt good. My round times were 47, 45, 48, 50, 52, 51, 55, 56, 55, 55, 56, 53, 56, 55, 57, 59, 59, 59, 59, 59 seconds for a total of 18:06 doing the 20 rounds. It was nice starting with squats because my legs felt much better heading out for the second mile. Ran that in 8:54 to finish in 35:15. Not as good as last year, but my second best time.

Nice to have Murph done so we have all day tomorrow to do whatever we want. Now we brunch!

Heavy Day

On Thursday I walked 18 holes and was wore out from the windy and chilly day. Out in the garage at 4pm.

Warm-up

  • 3:00 BikeErg (1,338m)\
  • 80′ Lateral Monster Walks
  • 80′ Lateral Monster Walks
  • 10 Air Squats
  • 5 High Hang Squat Cleans + 5 Hang Squat Cleans (45#)

Weightlifting

3 Position Cleans (High Hang Squat, Hang Squat, Squat)
2 Sets @ 70%
3 Sets at 75%
Do not drop the bar during the complex

  • 2×95#
  • 1×135
  • 1×155 (belted up)
  • 1×175
  • 2×185
  • 3×195

Conditioning

12:00 AMRAP (2-4-6-8-10…)

  • Deadlifts (225/155#)
  • Double DB Shoulder to Overhead (50/35#)
  • Weighted V-ups (20# DB)

We haven’t had this weight on the bar for a deadlift in a long time. I wore a belt throughout. For the deadlifts I did 2-4-6, 2×4, 2×5, 3×4, 5-5-4, and 7. Was able to stay unbroken with the dumbbells, doing push jerks the whole way. Both movements went better than expected. Got through the 14s plus 7 deadlifts.

Quick Partner Intervals

I was whooped last night! Out in the garage at 4pm.

Warm-up

  • 2:00 SkiErg (404m)
  • 80′ Lateral Monster Walks
  • 80′ Monster Walks
  • 10 Air Squats
  • Dead Hang / Shoulder Stretching
  • 8 DB Thrusters (15#)
  • 8 DB Thrusters (25#)

Conditioning

8 Sets (each, IGYG)

  • 12 cal BikeErg
  • 10 DB Thrusters (35#)
  • 8 Burpee Box Jump Overs (20″)

The lower box and lighter weight was nice for a change and really let me hit the gas. Brandi went first. Each of our first rounds took about 1:50 and B settled in at about a 2:00 pace after that. I got a little faster for a few rounds and then turned it on for the last four, getting down to 1:34 for my final round. Took us 29:42 to finish. I really enjoy workouts like this where I can go-go-go and get a big rest.

Strength

Push Press

  • 5×45
  • 5×95
  • 5×135
  • 3x5x155

The bar felt heavy after 80 thrusters. Did these from the rack, which sucks.

Midline

2 Rounds

  • 30s Hollowbody Knee Tucks (alt, alt, both w/ 12# DBs OH)
  • 10s Rest
  • 30s OH Leg Lifts (12# DBs)
  • 10s Rest
  • 30s Jack Knife (12# DB)
  • 10s Rest
  • 30s V-sit Up and Over DB
    10s Rest

Did two rounds today instead of three since the other stuff took awhile. I got 17-13-16-30 both rounds.

Testing a Strategy Through Half Murph

Yesterday I got rained out of golf, so was able to spend the evening finishing the outside wall of my house. Today is was about 80° and humid as fuck at 4pm when we hit the garage.

Conditioning

  • 850m Run
  • 5 Rounds
    • 30 Air Squats
    • 10 Pull-ups
    • 20 Push-ups
  • 850m Run

I’ve been thinking about doing 10 rounds of 10-20-30 for Murph, so this was a good test. This morning I was reading Reddit and saw someone mention starting with the air squats, which I thought was brilliant because going from squats right to that last mile always sucks on the legs.

I did the first run in 4:29. My round splits were 1:26, 1:32, 2:01, 2:03, and 2:06. I was able to do two rounds of push-ups unbroken, but then 12-6-2, 10-6-4, and 4×5. I bet my squats got a little slower too. The last run was about 4:36. Total time of 18:13, which is a slower pace than my full Murph last year. Needless to say I won’t be doing the 10-20-30, because my average pace per round of “Cindy” today would have been 54.8 seconds and last year during Murph I averaged about 51.6 seconds per round. I think I will start with squats though.

Our plan is to do Murph on Sunday morning, which should be nice and cool. So that should be much better on the body because it was hard to breathe in the thick air today.

Midline

4 Rounds

  • 10/10 Partner Banded Rotations & Holds (red)
  • 10/10 KB Side Bends (70#)
  • 10/10 One Arm Weighted Single Leg V-ups (20#)

Legs

4 Rounds

  • ~35s Bottom Squat Hold
  • 20 Plyo Lunges

Unbroken 20s

We were going to go out for an easy run and do push-ups throughout, but it started raining. Out in the garage around 4:30.

Conditioning

4 Rounds

  • 2:00 TrueForm Run
  • 20 Push-ups
  • 2:00 BikeErg
  • 20 Push-ups

Started out standing on the bike in the first round but we quickly decided that was not a good idea to continue. I managed to do every set of push-ups unbroken, which was surprising. My distances were 0.38 – 0.41 – 0.43 – 0.45 km on the TrueForm and 1,032 – 1,056 – 1,059 – 1,086 meters on the bike. That has hard!

Back

3 Sets

  • 15 Lat Pulldown (104-93-93#)
  • 15 Lean back Lat Pulldown (104-93-93#)

3 Sets

  • 15 Straight Arm Pulldown (49#)
  • 15 Incline Back Fly (20#)

2021 PairUP ThrowDOWN

Of course we actually got some rain this morning, so it delayed our workout and made it super humid. Finally out in the garage after 11am.

Warm-up

  • 10 Deadlifts (45#)
  • 20 PVC Passes
  • 5 Deadlifts (75#)
  • 5 Deadlifts (125#)
  • 5 Deadlifts (155#)
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • 5 Deadlifts (175#)

Conditioning

Pair UP ThrowDOWN
Time cap: 35:00

  • 30-20-10 synchro deadlifts (185/125)
  • 30-20-10 synchro bar-facing burpees
  • 400-m run

5:00 Rest

  • 10-20-30 synchro thrusters (75/55)
  • 10-20-30 synchro pull-ups
  • 400-m run

We broke the deadlifts up in sets of five throughout. Finished the first part at 18:41. Ten thrusters unbroken and then I think we did 4-3-3 pull-ups. Went 12-8 thrusters and 3-2-2 and singles for the 20 I believe. We got through 2/30 thrusters, which is 187 reps. Really rough one in the humidity this morning.

Now I’m getting a late start working on the outside wall of the house and the lawn needs to be cut at some point too.

Bike Intervals

Yesterday I walked 18 holes with the temperature in the mid 80s and my score in the high 80s. Workout at the usual 4pm.

Conditioning

6 Rounds

  • 2:00 BikeErg
  • 3:00 Rest

I did 1,134 – 1,142 – 1,145 – 1,150 – 1,155 – 1,176 meters.

Chest

3 Sets

  • 15 Incline DB Bench (40#)
  • 15 Incline DB Fly (20#)

2 Sets

  • 15 Batwing Fly (incline, 10#)
  • 15 DB Peck Dec (20#)

Decided we should cut it short with the thrusters tomorrow for the Pair UP ThrowDOWN workout.

Midline

3 Rounds

  • 30 Swimmer Crunches
  • 30 Crunches
  • 30 Leg Lifts
  • 30 Single Leg Lifts
  • 30 Plank Hip Dips

Finished in 9:02, 1:01 faster than the first time we did this with 30s!

Snatch Accessories

My ass is sore from the lunges and probably some from the air squats. Out in the garage at 4pm. I did 40 PVC passes because my shoulders were feeling really tight.

Conditioning

12:00 EMOM

  • 200 Row

My times were 41.7, 40.8, 42.0, 41.6, 41.6, 41.8, 41.5, 41.4, 41.3, 41.1, 41.1, 40.5.

Weightlifting Strength

E2M – 5 Sets

  • 3 Snatch Grip Push Press + 2 OHS

Warmed up with 45-95-115. Then used 135-145-155-160-165 for the working sets.

E90S – 3 Sets

  • 3 Snatch Pulls

Warmed up with 115-135-155. Used 175-185-195 for the working sets.

Midline

20-20-10

  • V-ups
  • Plank Knee to Elbow
  • Reverse Crunch
  • Side Plank Pulse
  • Side Plank Pulse
  • alt V-up
  • Big Hollow Flutter Kick (single leg raises)
  • Oblique Heel Touch
  • Russian Twist
  • Lying Leg Lift (w/o hip raise)

Finished in 9:25 for a 58 second PR.

Murph Prep Twist

I didn’t golf yesterday because a demolition crew was over removing the concrete slab that had been the sunroom floor. I spent some time on the outside of the house in the evening. Had to cut the lawn today in between meetings because it’s growing even though we haven’t been getting rain. Out in the garage at 4pm.

Warm-up

  • 3:00 BikeErg (1,282m)
  • 40 PVC Passes

Conditioning

  • 850-400-200m Run
  • 30-20-10 Pull-ups
  • 60-40-20 Push-ups
  • 90-60-30 Air Squats

I set a goal to go unbroken on every set of pull-ups and easily did it. I did all sets of 10s for the push-ups and just kept grinding through the air squats, which seemed to go forever. Finished in 20:38. Interesting and challenging twist on Murph prep.

Legs

4 Sets (each)

  • Glute Bridge
  • 20 Plyo Lunges