Author: Nick Momrik

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

Snatch Sandwich

Rested yesterday. Can’t believe how minor the DOMS ended up being from the 400m lunge. My ass barely got sore at all. Went to the 4:30 today.

Warm-up

  • 3 Sets
    • 10 Reverse Hyper (140#)
    • Dead Hang
  • 800m Run
  • 3 Sets
    • 4 Snatch Pull
    • 3 Snatch High Pull
    • 2 Power Snatch
    • 1 Squat Snatch

All snatch warm-up with the empty bar.

Weightlifting

Complex of 1 Snatch Pull + 1 Snatch High Pull + 1 Squat Snatch + 1 OHS

  • 75#
  • 95#
  • 115#
  • 135#
  • 145#
  • 155#
  • 135#
  • 135#

Been a long time since I’ve done a full snatch with 155. Didn’t feel wonder, so I backed off for two more sets.

Conditioning

E5M – 5 Sets

  • 200m Run
  • 8/8 KB Snatch (53#)
  • 200m Run

I pulled out my wrist wraps for the snatches to protect my wrists. Probably haven’t wore them in a year or two.

Good gut check WOD for pushing the pace. Brandi started off with a faster pace on the run than I was thinking, so then for the remaining rounds I set a mini goal to get faster each round. My splits were 2:37, 2:32, 2:28, 2:28, and 2:22. I really thought round 4 was fast, but it turned out to be the same as round 3. With nothing left to do, I pushed both runs in the final round.

Thanks Sam

Another strength AMRAP today at the gym, with push press. I’m going to limit some of my pressing until my shoulder gets better. So I did a workout in the garage. Originally I was going to do a version of the 18 minute AMRAP programmed at the gym, but my back seems really tight today, so I decided not to touch a barbell. I had planned to do “AirDyne Hell” on Saturday but didn’t end up working out, so when I saw Sam Briggs’ Instagram post today, I had my new workout. I cut back to 10 rounds instead of 12 and did 9:30 rest at the halfway point so I could keep starting on the top of minutes.

10 Rounds

  • 30s Airdyne cals
  • 4:30 Rest (9:30 between 5 & 6)

In only takes a couple of rounds for this to turn deadly. On the first five I went 40-45-41-39-41. During the long break I took something down into the basement and nearly fell down the stairs my legs were shaking so bad! My pacing didn’t seem to recover with the longer rest. I went 38-39-36-37-36 on the last five. After round 6 and through the rest of it I felt like I might barf.

Crazy that only 5 minutes of actual work time over a 50 minute period can feel so terrible. I think I’ve been neglecting this energy system lately.

Ski Couplets

The DOMS from yesterday’s workout is starting to kick in down my back side and my abs are sore. Out in the garage tonight since the program at the gym has heavy back squats. #BoycottTheStrengthAMRAPs I did adjust the gym metcon (which was with rowing) for home use.

I thought about doing the 8th week of the No B.S. Bench program, but I’m starting to get sick of the movement. This shoulder impingement doesn’t seem to be getting any better as I keep benching either. So conditioning only today.

Warm-up

  • PVC Passes
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • Air Squat
  • Shoulder Stretching
  • 5/5 DB OHS (35#)

Conditioning

  • @ 0:00 – 4 Rounds
    • 250m Ski Erg
    • 5/5 DB OHS (50#)
  • @ 10:00 – 3 Rounds
    • 500m Ski Erg
    • 10 Bench Jump Overs (18”)
  • @ 20:00 – 2 Rounds
    • 750m Ski
    • 15 American KBS (70#)

Felt solid to start and was able to hit negative splits with 59.7, 59.4, 59.2, and 59.1. Finished in 6:31. Started out with the same pace, but couldn’t hold it after that. Splits of 1:59.4, 2:04.7, and 2:03.9 for a total time of 7:35. The heavy kettlebell swings in the last couplet kicked my ass! I haven’t used seventy pounds for those in ages. 3:06.2 and then it was a battle just to fight for a 3:12.4. Finished the 3rd part in 7:42.

I’m sick of this heat for October. It was 81° in the garage when I finished and 76° outside at 6:30pm. The last 2-3 weeks have been warmer than the entire summer.

All The Posterior Chain

Meant to workout yesterday at home, but was busy with projects for my workshop and time flew by. At the gym today.

Warm-up

  • 3×10 Reverse Hyper (140#)
  • Dead Hang
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • 10 Deadlift (45#)

Conditioning

4 Rounds

  • 20 Deadlifts (135#)
  • 40 Lateral Bar Hops
  • 20 Push-ups

I thought about putting on my belt and decided I didn’t need it. I split the deadlifts into 12-8 every round with a quick break. All push-ups were 10-10, with some slow down on the final 5 reps. Finished in 6:13. Was a much quicker workout than I was expecting.

Test

  • 400m Walking Lunge

Been over 2 years since I did this I think. Felt pretty good considering I was doing a lot of lunges the last time. Not at a track, so the distance may not have been right, but I set a 6 second PR with 11:55. Next couple of days will be rough.

Midline

3 Rounds

  • 20 Weighted V-ups (10#)
  • 20 Russian Twists (35#)
  • 20 Shotguns

The combination of v-ups and shotguns was not cool.

Emily

Had some dental surgery on Wednesday, so was on drugs for the last 2 days. Went to the 4:30 class tonight.

Warm-up

  • 400m Run
  • 3 Sets
    • 50 Jump Rope
    • 15 Double Unders
    • 5 T2B
    • 10 Air Squats
    • 100′ Shuttle Run (50′ out + 50′ back)

“Emily” Hero WOD

10 Rounds

  • 30 Double Unders
  • 15 Pull-ups
  • 30 Air Squats
  • 100m Run
  • 2:00 Rest

I was feeling good, but air squats slowed after the first round or two. Then when I felt a rip in round 7, things fell off the pace. I had to try a finger-tip grip with my left hand and did a bunch of kipping reps instead of butterfly. Was trying everything not to put any pressure on the rip to make it worse. Aso you can see below, there was a big drop off in those rounds. Pull-ups in 3 sets of 5 with a couple of steps of rest felt great otherwise. Finished in 40:42.

30s

It was Kalsu at the gym today and there is no way my back was attempting that. Did a late workout in the garage. Warmed up with 3 minutes on the AirDyne.

6 Rounds

  • 30s MB Cleans (20#)
  • 30s Rest
  • 30s Ski Erg cals
  • 30s Rest
  • 30s Double Unders
  • 30s Rest
  • 30s Push Press (45#)
  • 30s Rest
  • 30s Lateral Hops
  • 30s Rest

It started getting hard in the middle of the 4th round, but with only 30 seconds of work at a time I knew I could push on. Should have gone faster early on I guess. Hot sweaty mess for this one. It was up to 85° during the day today.

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Miscount?

Went in with B at 5:30 because the workout was all fucking barbell again. The new programming is coming later this week or next week. Can’t wait!

Warm-up – 2 Sets

  • 3/3 Turkish Get-ups (35#)
  • 10/10 Kroc Row (35#)
  • 5/5 Single Arm Front Squat (35#)

Tried to do bottoms-up KB presses, but my right shoulder was having none of that so I did the get-ups instead.

Strict Deficit HSPU

  • Sets of 5…
    • No deficit
    • 1.375″
    • 2.75″
    • 4.125″
  • Set of 3…
    • 5.5″
  • Set of 2…
    • 6.875″

I just kept adding a 10# bumper plate and wanted to do sets of 5 as long as I could.

10:00 AMRAP

3-6-9…

  • Burpee box jump-overs (24″)
  • American KBS (53#)

I think I missed either 1 or 3 burpee box overs in the set of 9. Got into a rhythm with the burpee box overs where I’d turn a bit getting up on the box and then continue turning as I stepped off so I was then facing the box again for the next rep. I finished the round of 15, got the 18 burpee box overs and 7 of the swings. Based this workout off the Team Series one that had deadlifts instead of the KBS.

Russian Twists With a Twist

Still a bit sore in my legs. Went to the gym.

No B.S. Bench Press

  • 10×45#
  • 10×95
  • 5×135
  • 5×185
  • 5×205
  • 5×225
  • 3x5x240
  • 8×225 (Max reps)

Week 7 of the program called for 15-20 pounds over the base (225#) weight. The working sets were not easy. Got 8 on the max reps drop set. Same number I got in week 4, which was about a month ago.

Team Series 17.4 – Partner

  • 100 cal Row
  • 100 T2B

Did it with Jason. We did 25 cals at a time. I started with sets of 5 and was feeling ok so did some sets of 10 at the end. I think I ended up doing 5 sets of 5 and 3 sets of 10, though I did drop real quick and did 8-2 on the final set. We finished in 9:46.

 

Midline

The three of us lined up and did Russian Twist plate passes like this…

I had a stack of varying plates. I think from bottom to top it started out as 10-15-25-15-10-15-25-15-10-15. After passing down and back, we took a rest and rotated positions. Then one more rest and rotation so we each sat in every spot once. Didn’t expect my low back to get fired up as much as it did.

Big Slow Sets

Still sore all over the place. Went to the 4:30 class.

Warm-up

  • 3×10 Reverse Hyper (140#)
  • 2 Sets
    • 10/10 Single Arm Kettlebell Thrusters (26#)
    • 20 Superman Extensions
    • 100 Jump Rope

Strength

There was no way I was doing the front squats with my back. Lunges sounded like a good way to hit some legs.

5 Sets

  • 20 Dumbbell Overhead Walking Lunges (40#)

I alternated arms after 10 every set.

Conditioning

  • 10 Strict Chin-ups
  • 75 Thrusters (45#)
  • 10 Strict Chin-ups
  • 50 Overhead Squats (45#)
  • 10 Strict Chin-ups
  • 75 AbMat Sit-Ups

The Rx weight was 75# so I scaled back with a goal of going unbroken. I got through 50 thrusters and there was no way I was getting another 25 in a row. I broke and then finished the last 25. I was able to do the OHS unbroken. Big sets for those 2 movements, but each rep was really slow. I did 5-5 on the first set of chin-ups and then all sets of 2. Finished in 12:52.

Weekly Challenge

1:30 AMRAP

  • 1 Pull-up
  • 2 Push-ups
  • 3 Air Squats

Was combining the movements as much as possible while still hitting the require ranges of motion. When someone called out 45 seconds I about died! I figured we had 10-15 seconds left. Hard to count, so I may be wrong with a score of 12+4. If anything I think it would have been 11+4.