Author: Nick Momrik

I'm searching for my first hole-in-one. I enjoy being active and making things. I work for Automattic.

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.

Run Inside

Complete rest day yesterday and went to the 4pm class today.

Warm-up

  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • Dead Hang
  • Couch Stretch
  • Figure 4 Stretch
  • Line drills

Conditioning

21:00 EMOM (alt)

  • 15 Burpees
  • 15 cal Row
  • 8 Jingle Jangles (45′)

Was getting my burpees done in 41-43 seconds every round and kept my pace at about 1,400 cal/hour on the rower. Didn’t feel like running 200 meters outside (I was going to scale to 150 anyway to survive) with the weather and it turned out much nicer to run inside. 🙂

Accessory

3 Sets

  • 10/10 Bulgarian Split Squats (30# DBs)
  • 12 Strict T2B
  • 15 Strict Ring Dips

This was pretty terrible. Had a much tougher time doing multiples today for the toes to bars. I did 3×5 for every round of ring dips.

Jerk & Recover

Feeling ok after a couple of tough days at the gym. Went to the 4pm class.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • 400m Run
  • 10 Strict Press (45#)
  • 10 Push Press (45#)
  • 10 Push Jerk (45#)
  • 10 Split Jerk (45#)

Weightlifting

Split Jerk

  • 4×95#
  • 4×135
  • 2×165
  • 2×185
  • 2×205
  • 2×225
  • 1×245
  • 1×255
  • 1×265

Felt the overextension in my back on that last rep. Hit my goal for the day, so I’m happy.

Conditioning

4 Rounds

  • 500m Row
  • 10 Push Jerks (135#)
  • Rest 2 Minutes

There wasn’t a prescribed weight today so I tried to pick something that wouldn’t be easy, especially since the pressing muscles had a long time to recover. My rows were all about 1:44.5, give or take a tenth or two. Round times were 2:12, 2:14, 2:15, and 2:14 to finish at 14:55. I picked the right loading for the jerks because each set got uncomfortable at around 5 reps.

More Toes to Bars

I was whooped after that workout yesterday. Sat on my chair for a few hours before I got the motivation to get up and do some this around the house. Made a new organizer for the garage gym. Went to the 4pm class today.

Warm-up

  • 2x 30s Couch Stretch (each side)
  • 2x 30s Figure 4 Stretch (each side)
  • 20 PVC Pass Throughs
  • 2:00 Assault Bike
  • 10 Pause Overhead Squats (45#)
  • 5 High Pulls (45#)
  • 5 Muscle Snatch (45#)
  • 10 High Hang Squat Snatch (45#)

Weightlifting

Squat Snatch

  • 3×75#
  • 3×95
  • 3×115
  • 3×125
  • 3×135
  • 3×145
  • 3×150
  • 3×155
  • 3×160

My shoulder was still holding up and the lifts felt pretty solid. I don’t think I’ve squat snatched this much since 17.3! Guess I was doing all powers after the back tweak in the Open that year and then this year I’ve been letting my shoulder recover.

Conditioning

E3M – 5 Sets

  • 200m Row
  • 15 Kettlebell Swings (70#)
  • 15 T2B

Was pulling 1:40 or less every round. I was able to do 3×5 toes to bars for the first four rounds and then 5, 3, and 7 quick singles in the 5th round. My splits were 2:04 – 2:02 – 2:05 – 2:12 – 2:17. That’s enough T2B for this week after 72 yesterday and 75 more today. Seems like my endurance with them is finally getting better.

Almost Met Pukie

Friday night my hamstrings started to get sorer. Maybe I’m using them more when I squat now after so much time off from heavy lifting, where I was really quad dominant before. Maybe some is from the step overs though?

Yesterday was a long and exhausting day playing in a scramble where the temp never got above 50°. Went to open gym for noon today.

Conditioning

24:00 EMOM (alt)

  • 10 Thrusters (95/65#)
  • 50 Double Unders
  • 6 Burpee Box Jump Overs (24/20″)
  • 12 T2B

After flying through my first set of the burpee box jump overs I thought about increasing to eight reps. I figured things would get rough and decided not too. Boy was I glad I made that call! In round four I started questioning why I had to make this a six rounder instead of five. I was cruising along pretty good but the thrusters were getting slower and slower and I was missing one or two double unders every round. My toes to bars were holding well with 6-6. Then in the 5th round I had to do 6-3-1-1-1, which really cut down on rest going into the thrusters. I was hurting at that point, but wasn’t putting the bar down. My final set of the burpee box jump overs had to be almost twice as slow as my other rounds. I had been doing so well at jumping up off the ground and rebounding right into the box jump until that point where I resorted to doing everything I could to finish. I had to do 3-3-2-1-1-1-1 to finish out the T2B. I thought I was going to puke and it took me a long time to recover. Worst workout I’ve created in a very long time!

Accessary

4 Sets

  • 6 Pendlay Rows (125#, supinated grip)
  • 7 Good Mornings (45#)
  • 8 Evil Wheels

Tried doing good mornings with the same weight, but my back was really tight.

Thirty on the Bar

My legs are a little tight from yesterday, but not really sore yet. Few other people seem destroyed, but I had missed the previous days workout. Went to the 4pm today.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • Hang Snatch High Pull
    • 2x5x45#
    • 5×95
    • 3x5x115

I don’t think I’ve ever done the pulls from a hang before. Thumbs are not used to hook gripping that much.

Weightlifting

Power Snatch

  • 3×95#
  • 3×115
  • 3×135
  • 2×155
  • 1×165
  • 1×175
  • 5x1x185

Supposed to be 5×1 @ 75% of 1RM, which would be 165 pounds. I was feeling good and haven’t put up much weight in a while, so I wanted to push it. I was catching with my feet much wider than I’d like, so on the last couple I tried to catch narrower. I wasn’t dropping under enough, so they were kind of ugly. Glad I can still easily get the weight up there though.

Conditioning

  • 100-80-60-40-20 Double Unders
  • 10-8-6-4-2 Bar Muscle-ups

I stopped every 20 double unders to keep my heart rate down for the muscle-ups. I think I had 4 or 5 misses. On the bar I went 6-3-1, 5-3, 6, 4, and 2. I wasn’t thinking hips enough in that second set of round one or I could have gotten the set of 4. Other than that I’m really happy with my sets, especially getting the set of 6 so late into the workout. Took me 9:29 to finish.

Bar muscle-ups have been feeling so good. I wonder how fast I can do 30.

My shoulder is feeling so much better, so hopefully I can get on the rings again soon.