Nick Momrik

Turkey Eve

My quads felt pretty smoked last night after the workout. In for the 9am class.

Warm-up

2×8 Reverse Hyper (210#)
2 Rounds
- 15s Jumping Jacks
- 15s Air Squats
- 15s Toe Touches
- 15s Hip Circles

Strength: Deadlift

10x20kg
6x70kg
3x110kg
3x130kg
8:00 EMOM
- 3x150kg

Conditioning

10:00 AMRAP

30 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
20 Push-ups
10 Hang Power Cleans (115#)

Went 18-12 on wall balls, all sets of 5 for push-ups, and unbroken on the cleans. Went 24 unbroken wall balls at the end to finish with 3+24.

Midline

6 Sets

30s Weighted Plank
1:00 Rest

Used 45-70-70-90-90-100#.

Accessory

4 Sets

12 Weighted GHD Sit-ups (20#)
6 Strict C2B Pull-ups

Planned to do 6 sets, but when I got into that 4th one my upper abs were burning way too much. I fought through them. Didn’t think the planks were that bad, but evidently combined with the other stuff it was some great work.

One More Row+Burpees

Feel pretty good today. In to the gym a little after 4:30.

Warm-up

3 Sets

5 Bridge Rocks
5 Arm Circles (one arm at a time, forward, backward)
10s Laying Handstand Hold Drill
15s Plank on hands

Gymnastics Tests

MAX Strict HSPU + MAX Kipping HSPU (stay on the wall)
4-5 min Rest
MAX Kipping HSPU

Wasn’t sure what to expect. Over 3.5 years ago I did 10 strict handstand push-ups. I was 173.5# that day, but I’m almost 210# now so I’ll take the PR of 11 strict and then I was able to stay up and get 5 kipping after that. Got 14 kipping after the rest, which matches an old record from January of 2013.

Rowing WOD Week 17 Session 1

27-21-15-9
- Calorie Row
- Burpees over the Rower
15:00 Rest
7:00 AMRAP (3-6-9-12…)
- Calorie Row
- Burpees over the rower

Just like 15.5 but the burpees in place of the thrusters. I thought this would be easier, but with burpees you don’t have any rest time like you did when splitting up the thrusters. I pulled close to 1,500 cal/hr during the set of 27 cals and then tried to keep about 1,200 during the other sets. The burpees seemed to take forever. Finished in 9:15, which is 8 seconds slower than my time on 15.5.

I actually messed up the order of the movements for the AMRAP. Burpees were supposed to be first. Whoops! Finished the round of 15s and got 5 more calories for 95 total reps.

One more workout to finish out this cycle! Looking forward to it and the switch to gymnastics work. Cameron, the guy who puts out the program is giving away some t-shirts this week, so I made a couple of videos for my entries. Both are from the first round of each part of the workout.

All of the Change

First pre-heated garage session of the winter. Warmed up with 5 minutes on the Air Dyne for 1.55 miles.

10×65# Safety Bar Squats
10×45# Shoulder Press
6×155# Safety Bar Squats
6×95# Shoulder Press
4×225# Safety Bar Squats
4×115# Shoulder Press
4×255# Safety Bar Squats
4×130# Shoulder Press
4×275# Safety Bar Squats
4×137.5# Shoulder Press
4×280# Safety Bar Squats
4×138.75# Shoulder Press
4×285# Safety Bar Squats
4×140# Shoulder Press
4×290# Safety Bar Squats
4×141.25# Shoulder Press
4×297.5# Safety Bar Squats (extra 2.5# on right side!)
4×142.5# Shoulder Press
4×300# Safety Bar Squats
4×143.75# Shoulder Press

Actually there were a few firsts today. First heavy squat session in the new lifters. I love the way they feel. My feet are so solid with the ground now. First session using all of my change plates (0.625#, 2.5#, 5#, and 10#) at the same time between the two bars. I thought it was the first time I used the washer “plates” but there was one other time right when I bought them.

Since I was lifting by myself I didn’t want to continue with the alternating EMOM of bench press and front squats due to safety of benching alone and with just one rack it wouldn’t be easy to setup unless I squatted off the jerk blocks. Plus I front squatted 3 times last week so was up for something different. It’s easy to shoulder press off the jerk blocks and I don’t get a chance to use the safety squat bar enough, so it was a pretty easy choice.

I actually planned to do a 10:00 alternating EMOM with 4×275# and 4×137.5# but as I warmed up I didn’t feel like going that fast and working up such a sweat. So I started at those weights and slowly added weight. The plan was 5 sets, but then I saw that one more set would use up all of the change I had laying around. Again, easy choice. 🙂 Not really sure how I managed to get that extra 2.5# on the right side of the bar and I actually didn’t even notice it during the set.

Hold On

My knees are feeling a little rough after yesterday. I need to work on my knee-caving issue with the lifts. I don’t have a problem in squats, but in the rebend of the snatch/clean and the dip of the jerk they do dive in.

Warm-up

2×8 Reverse Hyper (210#)
Bottom Squat Hold
Hang Stretch
Box Jumps at 24-30-34-38″

Skill / Accessory

12:00 EMOM (alt)

5 Box Jumps (41″)
2/2 Turkish Get-ups (44#)

Felt good to get in some high box jumps.

Conditioning

All 3 parts done with a partner, alternating rounds. Weight on the bar stays the same.

5:00 AMRAP
- 3 Snatches (135#, squat)
- 3 Muscle-ups
2:30 Rest
5:00 AMRAP
- 5 Clusters (135#)
- 5 C2B Pull-ups
2:30 Rest
5:00 AMRAP
- 7 Deadlifts (135#)
- 7 Push-ups

Done with Bryan. I started the first AMRAP I didn’t get my 3rd snatch back into place on the 2nd set and lost it forward. Then same thing on another attempt. That got me fired up. Bryan missed one is his 2nd round too. Had to go 2-1 on my final set of MU. We finished 7 rounds plus a snatch.

Bryan started the 2nd AMRAP and we got 6+3, then exactly 16 total rounds in the last one. Pretty rough and a mental battle to hold on to the bar. My goal was to go unbroken with the snatches and clusters. Without that miss I would have. Had been thinking about 115# since I came up with this one but figured it would be too easy. Was right.

Midline

8 Rounds

20s L-hang
20s Rest

I alternated my grip between regular and underhand each round. Kind of held my feet up in the first round but then just knees up. My hands were on fire by the end of this after all the grip work done in the AMRAPs.

Saturday Snow

Got some sleep last night and in to the gym early this morning. Going to test out a few things before starting the gymnastics focus in another week.

Warm-up

3 Sets

10 Pass-thrus
10 Pass-thrus w/ reverse grip
10 Bar Taps
10 Bar Taps (dynamic)
10 Hollow Rocks
10 Arch Rocks

Chest-to-bar Pull-up Test

3 reps
3:00 Rest
3 reps
3:00 Rest
MAX Reps

I put on my leather gymnastics grips just to be safe. Had done 15 reps back in January so thought 20 might be a good number. I ended up getting exactly 20 and then was going to try to knock out some with a regular kip before coming off the bar. But after hanging there for a second I was done. Getting that number in your head before can really mess you up sometimes. Would I have gotten more reps had I not had that 20 number in mind? Who knows. Really happy with the 5 rep PR though.

Then I started lifting with Alex. First big session with the new kicks.

Front Squat

10x20kg
3x70kg (2s pause)
3x100kg (2s pause)
2x120kg
2x130kg

Not used to big jumps like that. Felt easy though.

Snatch

20kg warm-up
3×40
2x3x45
2×50
2×55
60
65
70
5x1x75

Was going a little slower off the ground and trying to drop under better. Didn’t feel all that great so I didn’t push the weight.

Clean & Jerk

2x2x60kg
2×70
2×80
2×90
100
105
110
2x1x115

Slow off the floor again, at least to 100 I think. Cleans felt money. Jerks weren’t too bad. Alex went a couple more jumps but I felt like that was a good place for me to stop.

Accessory

3 Sets

5 GHR
15 V-ups

Trying not to lead with my ass on the GHR. They are so hard for me though.

That was a long session!

Tired Legs

Legs are definitely tired today. Jumped on the Air Dyne for a really easy 20 minutes and went 5.71 miles.

15k

Legs still feeling smoked from that workout yesterday. I woke up to piss in the middle of the night and my left knee did not feel good. Threw on an Ace wrap for the wrest of the night and seemed to be ok when I woke up. Went in for the 9am class.

Warm-up

2:00 Bottom Squat Hold
3 Rounds
- 5 Strict Pull-ups
- 10 Push-ups
- 15 Air Squats

Strength: Front Squats

10×45#
6×135#
3×185#
3×215#
3×235#
3×255#
3×265#
3×285#

Felt good. Wore a belt for the last 3 or 4 sets.

Conditioning

10:00 AMRAP

40 Double Unders
5 Thrusters (95#)
5 Push Press (95#)

Took a little breather between the rope and bar. Kept all barbell reps unbroken. Finished 7 rounds + 38 dubs.

6 sets

30s Row
Rest as needed

Was still out of breath from the metcon in the first round so slowly ramped up each set. My meters were 154-161-165-169-174-179.

Wasn’t sure if I’d end up going back in the evening to finished out rowing for the week, but I did.

Rowing WOD Week 16 Session 2

3 Rounds
- 300 Calorie Row
- 4:00 Rest
5:00 Rest
10 Rounds
- 3 Burpees over the Rower
- 1 Calorie Row

The plan I wrote on the board was to go at 19-21-23 s/m and try for 950-980-1010 cal/hour. I stuck with the stroke rates, but after setting on the rower for nearly 20 minutes straight, the 2nd and 3rd round just couldn’t pick up the pace as much as I hoped for.

Rounds

18:51 @ 19 s/m for 4,637 meters at a pace of 954 cal/hr
18:30 @ 21 s/m for 4,595 meters at a pace of 971 cal/hr
18:20 @ 23 s/m for 4,571 meters at a pace of 980 cal/hr

The 10 round transition practice is dumb if you ask me. Unless you’re a high level competitor it’s not worth it. But I did it anyway. There is no good way to setup the rower for rounds with that, so I basically just did 3 pulls each time so that I wouldn’t could the rollover calorie or two you get from the previous round. I kind of lost track of rounds so might have done some extra. Who knows? Who cares? Not me. Time was 4:13 and monitor said 453 meters, but that’s 10 rounds of rollover.

I wasn’t too excited when there was rowing programmed this morning knowing what I had in store tonight or tomorrow. Ended up being over 15,000 meters total for the day. Surprisingly I feel pretty good.

Next week is supposed to be the last week of this cycle and then I’m going to be done with the rowing. Will be shifting a focus to gymnastics work leading up to the Open. Endurance with chest-to-bar pull-ups and handstand push-ups hurt me in 2 of the workouts in the 2015 Open

Four Wheels For Five

I had planned to do some active recovery yesterday, but when I woke up I knew I needed a full rest day. That row-burpee combination has been destroying me. Had a chiro appointment tonight so went to the 5:30 class right after. Doc says things have been loosing up well each time I go in and my low back and transition to my mid back looks a lot better lately. Knock on wood, I haven’t tweaked anything in months either now that I’ve been doing some accessory work and taking things slow.

Warm-up

3×10 Reverse Hyper (210#)
Inch Worms
Zombie Kicks
High Knees
Butt Kicks
Arm Circles

Strength

6 Sets

5 Strict C2B Pull-ups

I did a couple sets before class started and the rest in between my early deadlift sets. Felt really explosive with them today and that’s an extra set from what I’ve been doing.

Deadlifts

10×45#
5×155#
5×225#
5×265#
5×305#
5×335#
5×365#
5×405#

Don’t really like to make a bigger jump than previous jumps, especially at the end like that, but everyone else was waiting on me. Did 405 for a triple recently so wanted 5 today. Feels good to be pulling 400+ again. Wore the belt starting with 305#.

Conditioning

E2M 12:00

3 Bear Complex (135#)
10 Wall Balls (25#, 10′)

Nice quad burner. Rounds were 42-40-41-41-41-40 seconds with all touch-n-go reps.

Gymnasty

5 Sets

30s Handstand hold + 2 Strict HSPU

I wanted to increase the difficulty of the handstand holds that were programmed so I thought trying to do some handstand push-ups after would be a good test. Nearly failed in the first set. Was getting some nasty over extension in sets 4 and 5 but I completed them all without coming off the wall after the hold.

Accessory

10:00 EMOM (alt)

12 Weighted GHD Sit-ups (20# MB)
5 Russian Dips (heels on ground out front)

Death Due to the Rower

Didn’t make it to the gym until after 6pm.

Warm-up

8 Reverse Hyper (160#)
10 Front Squats (45#)
10 Bench Press (45#)
8 Reverse Hyper (160#)
5 Front Squats (155#)
5 Bench Press (135#)
8 Reverse Hyper (160#)
5 Front Squats (185#)
5 Bench Press (165#)
8 Reverse Hyper (160#)
5 Front Squats (215#)
5 Bench Press (190#)

Strength

10:00 EMOM (alt)

5 Front Squats (235#)
5 Bench Press (205#)

Front squats went pretty well. Bench got pretty hard by the last set. The combination was rough on the wrists.

Rowing WOD Week 16 Session 1

6 Rounds – Every 2:30
- 19 Calorie Row (+2 from last week)
- 10 Burpees over the Rower (+1 from last week)
5:00 Rest
For Time
- 38 Calorie Row (2x above)
- 20 Burpees over the Rower (2x above)

Fucking deadly. My intervals were done in 1:00, 1:04, 1:07, 1:09, 1:09, 1:14. Then I hit a huge wall just after 20 of the 38 calories. Took me about 1:27 for the calories and 3:17 total. That’s a long time to do 20 burpees! I had to take an extra step to get me closer to the rower and make sure I didn’t trip over it. I was so dead.

3rd week in a row of this brutal combo of calorie rowing and burpees over the rower. Each week it’s been bad. Slight headache each time and couldn’t leave the gym for at least a half hour after finishing. Total of 1,377 and 467 meters for the 2 parts.

New Lifting Shoes

Took 10-15 minutes to warm up the snatch. I did some reps with 45-75-95-115-135#.

Weightlifting

E30S 10:00

1 Snatch (155#)

Squatted every rep and had no misses. Wore my new Adidas Adipower shoes and they felt really good. After about 3 years with the Reebok CrossFit lifting shoes it was time for a real pair of lifters. They are like night and day. I was going to get a pair of Nike Romaleos, but I’m not a fan of the colors available and I found an awesome deal on these Adipowers, which I’ve had my eye on for quite some time.

Conditioning

4 Cycles

1:00 AMRAP
- 3 Hang Power Snatch (95#)
- 6 Tuck Jumps
0:30 Rest

* Continue the AMRAP where you left off each round.

I took every snatch back down to the knees for a low hang and so I could hit my hips on the way back up. Ended up with 13 rounds plus 1 snatch.

Gymnastics Strength

12:00 EMOM (alt)

5 Strict C2B Pull-ups
15 Decline Push-ups (16″)

One more set of the pull-ups than I’ve been doing. Really tried to be explosive with my pulls, especially at the end of the rep. The push-ups got pretty tough in the 5th and 6th rounds where I had to take a little pause between reps around half way through the sets.

Midline

8 Rounds

20s Hollow Rocks
10s Rest

This was a horrible idea after the push-ups. I failed to go all 20 seconds in round 2 already. Only managed 83 reps when I usually get around 120.