Author: Nick Momrik

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

Workin’ the Clean & Jerk

Needed to work on the C&J but especially the split jerk since I haven’t done them in a while and there is a ladder in the competition next weekend. In at 10am.

Olympic Lifting

5:00 Jerk Footwork Drill

First time doing this and I think it really helped me get a feel for it.

I also did some jerk drills with an empty bar holding it at eye level, up on the toes, then jerking from there.

Jerk Balance

  • 3 @ 95#
  • 3 @ 95#
  • 3 @ 115#
  • 3 @ 115#
  • 3 @ 135#

Felt pretty fast and solid getting under the bar.

Clean Deadlifts

Just a few to warm up.

  • 2 @ 135#
  • 2 @ 155#
  • 2 @ 175#

Clean & Jerk

  • 2 @ 175#
  • 4 sets of 2 @ 185#
  • 1 @ 205#
  • 1 @ 215#
  • 1 @ 225#
  • 1 @ 230# (PR)
  • 1 @ 235# (PR)
  • 1 @ 245# (PR)

I took my time on the doubles, probably resting 2-3 minutes between each set. Then I was going to go EMOM for the singles, planning for 5 lifts. But after hitting 215# I figured it was a good idea to slow down a bit and test my limit. The lifts actually got easier the higher I went. After setting 2 easy PRs I said what the hell and jumped 10# for a final attempt. The clean was so much easier than the 250# I cleaned a couple of weeks ago for a PR.

WOD

2 Rounds

  • 50 DU
  • 300m Run

Wanted a little short one because we’d already been there over an hour and a half. Went 3-47 on DU in the first round, but missed a bunch in the second round and then had Michelle out in front of me, so I sprinted trying to catch up. Finished in 3:37.

Epic Session

My hamstrings are pretty sore from doing the RDLs yesterday. Need to do those more often and pay more attention to the hamstrings. Went it an 10:30 this morning and we had a big group. Best session we’ve ever had.

Warm-up

  • 300m Run
  • 2:00 Jump Rope
  • Stretching

XWOD / OLY

7:00 EMOM

  • 3 Explosive Squat Snatches (95#)

Felt great and really tried to drop under the bar fast.

Strength

OHS

  • 3 @ 135#
  • 3 @ 145#
  • 3 @ 155#
  • 3 @ 165#
  • 3 @ 180# (PR)
  • 3 @ 190# (PR)

Booyah! I just had set a 3RM with 175# about a week and half ago.

Close Grip Bench Press

  • 5 @ 135#
  • 3 @ 165#
  • 3 @ 175#
  • 3 @ 195#
  • 3 @ 205#
  • 3 @ 215#

Still fighting that right arm flaring out, but when I keep it in, it’s money. Matches my 3RM for regular grip bench press, so maybe I’m back on the upward swing.

WOD

Wanted to try the 100s workout from Regionals, but not quite for that long, so we dropped the reps to 50s. Still brutal.

  • 50 Wall Balls (20# MB, 10′ target)
  • 50 C2B Pull-ups
  • 50 Pistols
  • 50 Alternating One-Arm DB Snatches (60# DB)

Did the wall balls as 25-25 without a problem and then did 5 C2B at a time through 20, with one 4 and the rest 3s. Tried to get 6-10 pistols at a time and started doing the foot hold to keep myself from tapping the foot on the ground. Worked well for the first time trying that. Then survived through the snatches. They used 70# at Regionals. My time was 16:28 and I feel pretty good about it, but Froning did 100 reps of each with a heavier dumbbell in just over 19 minutes. Think about how sick that it!

Off to get a massage!

Work Your Back Side

Feeling great after the workout yesterday. In at 10am this morning and trained with Michelle and Kevin.

Warm-up

  • 500m Row
  • PVC Pass-thrus
  • 2 x 3/3 Turkish Get-ups (35# KB)
  • 10/10 Leg Swings (F-B, S-S)

Strength

10:00 EMOM

  • Odds: 10 RDL (225#)
  • Evens: 5 Pendlay Rows (145#)

WOD

5 Rounds

  • 3 Deadlifts (345#)
  • 5 Over-the-bar Burpees
  • 7 HSPU

The deadlifts were brutal. Had to drop each rep. Finished in 6:54.

Core

5 Rounds (NFT)

  • 10 Floor Wipers (45# DBs)
  • 10 Hollow Rocks

My upper abs were on fire in those last couple rounds of hollow rocks. Hadn’t done floor wipers in a really long time, so was nice to do them for a change.

Finisher

10:00 Row trying to keep a 20s/m pace.

Unfortunately I was pretty much keeping a 18s/m pace. Good way to finish a good workout.

Back To It

Had an epic weekend attending the Central East Regionals in Columbus. I’ll have more to say in a few days. Went it at 5pm tonight and stayed after for some extra fun.

Warm-up

  • 30 Air Squats
  • 20 PVC Pass-thrus
  • 30 PVC OHS
  • 50 Jumping Jacks
  • 50 Butt Kicks
  • 50 High Knees
  • 50 Mountain Climbers

Strength

Back Squats!

  • 5 @ 45#
  • 5 @ 135#
  • 3 @ 185#
  • 3 @ 225#
  • 3 @ 255#
  • 3 @ 275#
  • 3 @ 285#

Felt solid today, especially after sitting in stadium seating and standing on concrete all weekend, plus about 10 hours of driving.

WOD

10 Rounds

  • 2 Power Cleans (205#)
  • 1 Push Jerk (205#)
  • 5 Pull-ups
  • 10 Push-ups
  • 15 Air Squats

I didn’t rush myself on the cleans and jerks because I didn’t want to fail and I wanted to be able to put a little effort into technique while doing them. Started out hot with only 1:17 for the first round. Too fast. Finished in 21:07.

Finisher

Picked up a S-35E Rogue “E” Sled this weekend and put it to use today. Did some sled drags forward and backwards, starting with 135# loaded on and up to 180#. Then did some sled arm pulls.

It felt so good to workout after 3 rest days and eating all kinds of awesome food and desert and drinking plenty of beers.

Thursday Before Regionals Road Trip

Legs are still feeling those back squats from Tuesday. In at 10am with Brad and Kevin for a quick workout. May hit up a box in Columbus later today.

Warm-up

  • 500m Row
  • PVC pass-thrus
  • Stretching

Strength

12:00 EMOM

  • Odds: 8 Ring Dips
  • Evens: 8 Ring Rows

Bench Press (Close Grip)

  • 10 @ 45#
  • 5 @ 135#
  • 5×5 @ 185#

This felt so much better for me than my benching has been lately. Kind of surprising considering the ring dips and rows we had just done before it.

WOD

  • 50 American KBS (53#)
  • 30 Burpees
  • 50 Goblet Squats (53#)

Nice little burner. Finished in 5:56, going unbroken in the KBS and burpees, then breaking up the goblet squats quite a bit due to quads burning up.

Now off to Columbus for the weekend to watch the beasts of the Central East.

Snatch Some More

Definitely feeling those high volume squats from yesterday! In at 10:30am today with a big focus on the snatch.

Warm-up

  • 3m Jump Rope
  • PVC Pass-thrus

Olympic Lifting

  • High Hang Snatch
  • Hang Snatch
  • Snatch

All squat snatches. Started at 75# and added 10# each set, finishing with 125#. Took about 2-3 minutes between sets.

5:00 EMOM

  • 2 Snatches (125#)

I missed the first one in the 2nd set, but they were feeling pretty good other that. Rested about 5 minutes and then weight for more weight.

6:00 EMOM + 1 more

  • 1 Snatch

I did 2 sets with 135#, 1 with 145#, and then 1 with 155#, which matches my PR. Things were feeling good, so I went for 165# on what I was planning to be my last set (originally wanted to do 5:00). Missed it, but felt I could get it, so tried again and missed.

Took about a 2 minute break because I know I could get it and figured a little extra rest would help. Tried to focus on being explosive and caught it overhead. Rode it down, just shy of parallel, and was able to come up with it. So doesn’t count as a full squat snatch, but I was literally like an inch away. I’ll take it though. First snatch PR since November, although my technique hasn’t been feeling good enough to try until today.

WOD

3 Rounds

  • 250m Row
  • 10 Box Jumps (32″)
  • 10 KBS (53# KB)

I’m not sure if my time was 5:43 or 6:43, because I started on a minute with a clock already running for other people and wasn’t paying enough attention when I finished. I think it was 6:43 because I finished the first round just under 2:00.

Central East Regionals Week

Heading down to Columbus on Thursday to watch the Central East Regionals this weekend. It’s going to be so much fun!

Walked 18 holes of golf on Sunday afternoon and yesterday morning. Feeling refreshed today. Went in at 10.

Warm-up

  • 500m Row
  • 10/10 Leg Swings (f-b, s-s)
  • PVC Pass-thrus

Gymnastics

12:00 EMOM

  • Odds: 5 Strict Deficit HSPU on 35# bumpers
  • Evens: 7 Strict Pull-ups

First time doing strict HSPU on 35s and survived all 6 rounds! That might be the most strict pull-ups I’ve ever done in a day too.

Strength

Back Squats

  • 8 @ 45#
  • 5 @ 135#
  • 5 @ 185#
  • 5 sets of 8 @ 225#

Wanted to try something with a little higher volume and this definitely did the trick. 225# is about 70% of my 1RM.

Core

3 Rounds

  • 10 Ab Roll-outs / Evil Wheels (on knees)
  • 10 T2B

Not for time. Aimed for good quality on the roll-outs and did all sets of T2B unbroken.

Conditioning

10 Rounds

  • 50m High Prowler Sprint
  • 50m Low Prowler Sprint

Used the wooden prowler and loaded it up with four 45# bumpers.

Partner It Up Times 3

Feeling a little sore from yesterday, mostly in my upper chest and shoulder area. Abs are pretty sore from the 150 sit-ups too. Went it at 11am today.

Warm-up

2 Rounds

  • 25 Air Squats
  • 25 HR Push-ups
  • 25 Russian KBS (49# KB)
  • 25 Lunges
  • 25 Star Jumps
  • 25 Zombie Kicks
  • 25 Jumping Jacks
  • 25 High Knees
  • 25 Butt Kicks
  • 25 Mountain Climbers

Nothing like 500 reps to get you warmed up! Finished in under 13:00

WOD

It was a 3 part partner WOD, with each part having a 6:00 time cap. Each partner does the pacing element once and then you switch. Rest the remainder of the six minutes. I worked with Kevin.

  • Pace: 500m Row
  • MAX Wall Balls (20# MB, 10′ target

Stupid screen on the rower turned off right before we started, so I did a bunch of extra distance. We got 105 reps, with Kevin getting 54 and me 51. I did mine in sets of 25 and 26. Kevin whooped my ass on the rower as usual. I think I kept around a 2:00/500m pace.

  • Pace: 600m Run
  • MAX Clean & Jerks (115#)

I got 28 in around 2:50 and then Kevin got 18 more for a total of 46.

  • Pace: 0.75 mile Air Dyne
  • MAX Sit-ups

I started us off with 68 sit-ups for a total of 130. Not sure I needed a bunch more sit-ups after 150 yesterday and already having a sore core.

Good workout!

A Do Work Saturday

We partied at the box last night for Casey, who is going away to be a Navy diver in just over a week. Went in to the 10am this morning.

Warm-up

“Annie”
50-40-30-20-10

  • Sit-ups
  • DU

First time in a year I didn’t bring my bag to the gym, so didn’t have my good rope and had to use one that was hanging on the wall, with about a foot of extra cable hanging off the one end. There was a screw-up with the clock anyway, so wouldn’t have been able to set a PR. These movements are actually in the wrong order as well.

Strength

12:00 EMOM

  • Odds: 8 Ring Rows
  • Evens: 8 Ring Dips

I’ve always been pretty terrible at ring rows, but I was able to get 8 for all 6 sets. Did all of my ring dips strict too.

WOD

4 Rounds

  • 20 Sandbag Clean and Toss over Shoulder
  • 10/10 Sledgehammers
  • 150m OH Run (45# bumper)

Finished in 13:44. Had to stop about 2/3 of the way through each run because my shoulders were on fire. Other than that, didn’t stop on anything.

Finisher

Tire flips

Back at 3pm for some lifting.

Cleans

Clean + Hang Clean + High Hang Clean, with about 2:00 rest between sets. I used 115#, 125#, 135#, 145#, 155#, 165#, 175#, and 185#. Last set was a new high for this complex. (I’ve actually done this up to 195#, but that started at 135#. Only have done 175# with power cleans) Still not using wrist wraps or lifting shoes, and it’s actually feeling pretty good.

5:00 EMOM

  • 2 Cleans (205#)

Rest 5 minutes.

5:00 EMOM

  • 1 Clean (225#)

Rest 3 minutes

3:00 EMOM

  • 1 Clean (235#)

Up until a week ago, my max clean was 230#, so it felt really good to get those rep at 235# after already having done so much cleaning.

Without thinking about how many front squats I had already done, I was going to do a 5×3 of back squats with 275#, but I got 2 reps in and had nothing in my legs, so I called it quits before I hurt myself.

Shoulder Press

  • 5 @ 135#
  • 5 @ 135#
  • 5 @ 135#
  • 5/5 @ 45# DB
  • 5/5 @ 45# DB

The issue I’m having with a weak right arm on bench press is following me along to overhead. I switched up to DBs after the 3rd set to try to make sure each arm got work. It was a struggle to get 5 reps on the right side with the 45, but not much of an issue on the left. Weird.

Just Another Thursday

In at 10am with Kinde and Monica. Not many people training this week after “Murph” destroyed us all.

Warm-up

  • 3:00 Air Dyne
  • PVC pass-thrus

Strength

Bench Press

Warmed up with 10 @ 45#, 5 @ 135#, and 2 @ 185#.

E2MOM 12:00

  • 1 Bench Press (205#)

We were supposed to use 95%, but since my bench press has been a struggle lately and there were no other guys there to spot me, I didn’t want to push my luck. The 205# felt pretty good throughout.

OHS

Find 3RM

  • 3 @ 135#
  • 3 @ 145#
  • 3 @ 155#
  • 3 @ 165#
  • 3 @ 175#

I’m not using wrist wraps or lifting shoes for a few weeks, so this was interesting. My wrists were killing at the end of those last couple sets. That’s 15# more than I’ve done for 3 reps, so I’ll take it!

WOD

21-15-9

  • Burpees
  • Air Dyne calories

Fun little metcon here. I finished in 5:09.

Finisher

7 x 12 GHD Sit-ups (Romain Chair)

Was supposed to do 10 sets, but my back started to light up, so I called it quits.

Rest day tomorrow to golf!