I walked 18 holes yesterday and my back got tight on the back nine. I also spent about 30 minutes in the evening compacting sand to prepare for digging the post holes. My back is feeling good today though.
Warm-up
2:00 BikeErg (861m)
Shoulder Stretching
Conditioning
400m Run
50 Parallette-facing Burpees
400m Run
The parallette is a little over two inches taller than the barbell and roughly twice as wide too. My runs were about 2:00 each, so I was doing about 10 burpees a minute. Finished at exactly 9:00.
Back
3 Sets
12 Seated Wide Grip Cable Row (93#)
12 Seated Back Fly (30#)
3 Sets
12 Lat Pulldowns (lean back, 93#)
8/8 Kroc Row (60# DB)
3 Sets
12 Straight Arm Pulldowns (60#)
12 DB Pullover (50#)
Then we spent about an hour digging a couple of the post holes and made pretty good progress for neither of us having any experience doing it.
My back is feeling much better. In the garage just after 11am.
Conditioning
E80S – 10 Rounds
250m BikeErg
Was taking me 21-22 seconds. Much harder than I expected.
Chest & Midline
I warmed up with 10+10 @ 20 pounds.
E2M – 3 Rounds (alt)
10 Chest Fly + 20 DB Bench Press
30 alt Side Crunches + 30 Reverse Crunches (ankle weights)
This was alternating every two minutes between the two supersets. I kept to one set of dumbbells for the bench press and double the reps because Brandi was handing the me weights after I laid down on the bench so I didn’t tweak my back getting down in to position. The really high reps was tough!
Hopefully I’ll be able to mow the lawn later, but it’s raining again now.
Yesterday I walked 18 holes and could feel my back at the top of my backswing. It wasn’t feeling great the rest of the day. It was rough getting out of my chair last night and I could feel it throughout the night. So modifying movements today. Out in the garage at 4pm. I did some monster walks without the band.
Legs
10 DB Lunges (30# DBs)
10 Reverse DB Lunges (30#)
20 Reverse DB Lunges (30#)
30 Reverse DB Lunges (30#)
It was definitely more comfortable doing them reverse, as long as I braced my core properly when I stepped back with my left leg.
Midline
10/10 Bird Dogs
10 McGill Curl-up
5/5 Bird Dogs
5 McGill Curl-up
All with two second pause.
More Legs
3 Sets
40’ Tip Toe Farmer Carry (40# DBs)
12 Calf Raises (40# DBs)
Conditioning
7 Rounds (each, IGYG)
15/10 cal BikeErg
12 Pull-ups / 5 Strict C2B Pull-ups
I did the strict pull-ups so I wouldn’t put that stress on my back. Got faster each round on the bike and stuck to 3-2 every round of the chest to bars. We finished in 14:58.
I used the massage gun on my leg and hip for awhile last night. During lunch I did a bit of work on the area that’ll be my outdoor gym and I don’t think my back was too happy about it. Worked out at 5pm today and could tell right away I was going to have to adjust, so I did.
Conditioning
1,000m BikeErg (1:30.8)
@ 10:00
60 T2B
60 alt Hang DB Power Snatches (50#)
60 Box Step Overs (24″)
I guess I haven’t tested any of the typical distances on the bike, so I had no idea what to shoot for. Took me 1:30.8. I kind of hit a wall with my legs with about 300 meters to go. During the rest I got back on the bike for three minutes and went 1,148 meters to help flush. I did the toes to bar in 20×3, which took me just under five minutes. The small set strategy is really paying off when there are huge numbers like this, so I don’t have to resort to singles. I did 6×10 for the snatches, trying to protect my back. Those took a little more than four minutes. I almost couldn’t get on the box for my first step up! I went side to side for them. Those took me about 3:15 and overall the 60s took me 12:27.
We ended up not doing anything else for the day since my back was feeling wrong. Hopefully I wake up and am ok to golf tomorrow.
On Saturday we spent about 2 hours hauling sand and then I mowed the lawn. That was enough for the day.
On Sunday morning I did more yard work, we had some plans, and we got out in the garage around 4:30 to start a workout. Neither of us were in to it and we decided to go for a walk instead, which was about 2.7 miles. Bodies just needed a break I think.
Yesterday I walked 18 holes on the golf course. In the evening I made 10 more trips carrying two 5-gallon buckets of sand to the dumpster, which was done in less than 30 minutes.
We really haven’t worked out since Friday! Up near my hip socket started feeling weird today around 3pm when I was sitting at my desk.
Warm-up
5:00 BikeErg (2,041m)
80′ Lateral Monster walks
80′ Monster walks
Strength
Push Press
10×45
5×95
3×125
3×145
3×165
2×165
I was supposed to be doing a 10:00 EMOM of 3 reps, but I only got through the first set and then on in the second set I had some shooting pain from that left leg. So after pouting a couple of minutes I sat down and worked my shoulders
6:00 EMOM
5 Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press (50#)
Conditioning
27-21-15-9
cal BikeErg
Push-ups
Was supposed to be deadlifts with 225 (planned to scale back to 185), but I could feel my leg when I tried a couple reps with 95 pounds. So I decided to use the bike. Was able to go unbroken on the push-ups and finished in 5:01
Midline
4 Rounds
10 Hollow Rocks
10 V-ups
10 Tuck-ups
10s Hollow Hold
1:00 Rest
Been a long time since we’d done this one and it showed. Took me 6:43.
Back
3 Sets
12 High pulley underhand row (double handle, 93-82-82#)
12 Incline DB Row (35#)
3 Sets
12 Incline Straight Arm Pulldown (60#)
12 Incline Lat Pulldown (forward facing, 93#)
I’m going to sit here and hit my leg with the massage gun. I really hope this isn’t some new injury. Maybe some kind of pinched nerve from sitting all day.
Walked 18 holes yesterday in the heat again, but it didn’t hit me as hard the rest of the day.
Warm-up
3 Sets
40′ Tip Toe Walk
10 Calf Raises
Calf Stretches
20 PVC Passes
10 Hang Power Snatch (45#)
5 Hang Power Snatch (75#)
Conditioning
2000-1500-1000m BikeErg
3-2-1 Rounds
15 Hang Power Snatch (75#)
45 Double Unders
Modified the Mayhem version, which was power snatches with 95 because I wasn’t doing 90 snatches from the ground. I held under a 2:00/1,000m pace on the bike and got faster each time I was on it. Taped my thumbs and went 8-7 for the snatches until the final set where I did them unbroken. Too many misses on the double unders. Finished in 19:55 in a pool of sweat.
Midline
3 Rounds
15 V-ups
10 Plank Walkout
30 alt Side Crunches
Burn started in the middle of round two! Finished in 6:48.
Ready for some normal June weather, because this 80+ bullshit is here way too early!
Warm-ups
20 PVC Passes
10 Air Squats
5 Front Squats (95#)
Strength
Shoulder Press
10×45#
6×75
3×95
2×115
1×135
1×150
1×160
1×167.5
1×172.5
I think I put the belt on for 150+. Maybe could have done up to 180 or close today, but this was heavy enough and didn’t want to tweak my back going in to 63 front squats.
Conditioning
18-15-12-9-6-3
Front Squats (115#)
Bar-facing Burpees
Scaled it back from 135, which was the right call. I wore a belt and adjusted between movements. Was able to do every set of squats unbroken and kept a steady controlled pace on the burpees. It felt better than expected and finished in 11:06. So sweaty!
Walked 18 holes yesterday and shot my best round of the year so far with a 78.
Warm-ups
80′ Lateral Monster Walk
80′ Monster Walk
10 Monster Squats
5/5 Landmine Curtsy Lunges (45#)
5/5 Landmine Curtsy Lunges (80#)
5 DB RDLs (35# DBs)
5 Goblet Squats (45#)
5/5 Lateral Step-ups (20″, 25# DB)
10 Bench Press (45#)
5 Bench Press (85#)
Legs
3 Sets
8/8 Landmine Curtsy Lunges (115#)
10 DB RDL (50# DBs)
3 Sets
10 Goblet Squats (70# DB)
8/8 Lateral Step-ups (20″, 45# DB)
3 Sets
40’ Tip Toe Farmer Carry (35# DBs)
12 Calf Raises (35# DBs)
Conditioning
10 Rounds (each)
10 Bench Press (115/65#)
5 Strict Pull-ups (while partner is benching)
This was heavily inspired by a Mayhem Daily workout, which was partners doing 200 bench press with a penalty of 10 strict pull-ups for each break.
Brandi went first and we’d each take care of loading/unloading a 25# plate from one side of the bar with each switch. Made quick work of the transitions. I wore grips and moved them out of the way between movements. I wasn’t feeling great in warm-ups and even during the early rounds so I stuck to 2×5 on the bench with a very short rest. Then I did the last three rounds of bench unbroken. I did all singles on the pull-ups except for the final round because I was trying to get us under 15 minutes and did, finishing at 14:57. Really pleased with the way this workout turned out and we both enjoyed it.
