Month: February 2022

9 is So Early

Had to get it in early (just after 9) this morning due to plans for the day.

Warm-up

  • 20 PVC Passes
  • 20 Trunk Twists
  • 10 Toe Touches

Conditioning

  • 5:00 AMRAP
    • 5 Burpee Pull-up
    • 20 Sit-ups
  • 2:30 Rest
  • 5:00 AMRAP
    • 5 Burpee Step-ups (24″)
    • 20 alt Side Crunches
  • 2:30 Rest
  • 5:00 AMRAP
    • 5 Burpees
    • 20 Mountain Climbers

Felt pretty good after yesterday’s back issue. Went a little too slow to start out the first AMRAP though. I got 3+16, 5+5, and 7+12.

Accessory

  • 10->1 Plate Curls (35#)
  • 10->1 OH Tricep Extensions (35#)
  • OH Hold (35#)

We crushed out best by over 30 seconds, inn 4:07.

Partner Buy-in

Buy-in:

  • 4x 11/15 cal Row

AMRAP

  • 10/10 DB Hang C&J (40#)
  • 20 Renegade Rows (40#)
  • Rest
  • 10 HSPU
  • 160’ Suitcase Carry (73#)
  • Rest
  • 20 Russian KBS (53#)
  • 40s Sandbag Hold (100#)
  • Rest

Partner w/ B. Rows were our buy-in, then doing 2 movements and resting while partner goes. We were planning on something in the half hour range, with the buy-in being like a warm-up. My back gave out in the 3rd round of renegade rows so ended it after those, taking 29:24.

50 Second Abs

Conditioning

4 Sets

  • 2:00 Row (513-520-521-525m)
  • 2:00 TrueForm Walk recovery (0.15 – 0.18 – 0.2 – 0.21 km)

Back

3 Sets

  • 10/10 Single Arm Side Seated Crossbody Pulldown (38#)
  • 12 Close Grip Pulldown (93#)

3 Sets

  • 12 Wide Grip Seated Row (93#)
  • 10 Underhand Grip Seated Row (93#)

3 Sets

  • 10 Chest Support DB Wide Row (25#)
  • 10 Chest Support DB Low Row (25#)

Midline

2 Rounds

  • 50s Single Leg Lifts
  • 10s Rest
  • 50s Crunches
  • 10s Rest
  • 50s Reverse crunches
  • 10s Rest
  • 50s Bicycles
  • 10s Rest
  • 50s Oblique Heel Touches
  • 10s Rest

I hate Tabata, so you can guess how much I disliked 50 seconds at a time!

Straight Through Legs

Warm-up

  • 80′ Lateral Monster Walk
  • 80′ Monster Walk
  • 10 Monster Squats
  • 10 Monster Toe Touches
  • 20 Trunk Twists

Legs

  • 3 Rounds
    • 20 Skaters
    • 250m Standing BikeErg
    • 16 Air Squats
  • 3 Rounds
  • 4 Sets
    • 6/6 Lateral Step-ups (20″, 30-40-50-60# DB)

Slight tweaks to the format we’ve been liking with different movements and placements for the types. Was supposed to be 10 goblet squats in that first section, but my back has something lingering so I scaled back and did the Sumo deadlifts instead of a classic. We went straight through again and I went first today. Took us 27:12.

Some Incline Tates

Warm-up

  • 20 PVC Passes
  • 10 Close Grip Bench Press (45#)
  • 5 Barbell Curls (35#)
  • 10 Close Grip Bench Press (95#)
  • 5 Squat Cleans (45#) 
  • 5 Kip Swings

Arms

Source

3 Sets

  • 12 Close Grip Bench Press (115-125-125#)
  • 12 Barbell Curl (55#)

3 Sets

  • 12 Barbell Skull Crushers (55#, vary touch point)
  • 15 EZ Bar Preacher Curls + 5 partial reps (56#)

3 Sets

  • 15 Incline DB Tate Press (20#)
  • 12 Incline DB Curl (20#)

Conditioning

10:00 AMRAP

  • 5 Burpees
  • 5 Squat Cleans (75#)
  • 5 T2B

Ended up getting 7+8.

With a Knee Tap

Warm-up

  • 2 Sets
    • 10 Air Squats 
    • 10 Calf Raises
    • 30s TrueForm Walk
  • 10 Back Squats (45#)
  • 5 Back Squats (65#)

Legs

3 Sets

  • 10 Back Squats (85#)
  • 20 Plyo Lunges
  • 70 Jump Rope

3 Sets

  • 12 DB Walking Lunges (45#)
  • 20 Lateral Hops (over 8# DB)
  • 250/200m Standing BikeErg

4 Sets

  • 12 Double DB Box Step-ups (45# DBs)

We went straight through again, resting while each other did their round. I decided to stick with the dumbbells I had instead of going from 30 up to 45 each set. We ran a clock and it took us 26:17.

Midline

Tabata

  • 12-14-16-17 Sprinter Sit-ups
  • 14 Side V-ups
  • 14 Side V-ups
  • 14 Plank Knee Taps

Pounding Eights

We’re trying to get back on track and be more consistent in the gym. Next week we’ll be making some changes to our shopping and eating.

Warm-up

  • 80′ Lateral Monster Walk
  • 80′ Monster Walk
  • 10 Monster Squats
  • 10 Monster Toe Touches

Conditioning

  • 8:00 AMRAP
    • 10 Push-ups
    • 15 Air Squats
    • 20 Crunches
  • 3:00 Rest
  • 8:00 AMRAP
    • 6 DB Hang Squat Cleans (25#)
    • 12 Reverse Lunges
    • 24 Mountain Climbers
  • 3:00 Rest
  • 8:00 AMRAP
    • 10 Box Jump (24”)
    • 8 DB Push Press (40#)
    • 6 Pull-up

I did 6+21, 6+9, and 5+10, with all kipping pull-ups on that last piece. My vision started to get blurry right after and I ended up getting a migraine, which put me in bed the rest of the night.