Whistler Westin

I haven’t done shit in a couple of days with the travel day and just didn’t have the motivation yesterday when I woke up, even though it was early. Well, not exactly true I guess. We did go for a nice long walk yesterday during our team day. Knew I needed to do something today though, so I hit up the fitness center in the hotel.

Warm-up

  • 800m Run

Gymnastics Strength – 5 Sets

  • 10 Strict Pull-ups
  • 10 Strict Dips
  • 10 Leg Lifts

Jumped on the pull-up/dip stand. Old school!

Strength

Back Squats – Smith Machine

  • 10×45#
  • 10×95
  • 5x10x135

The angle you have to squat at is so fucking weird on the Smith machine.

Conditioning

Jumped on the stationary bike for 20 minutes and went 6.13 miles.

Did a long walk at night with about 100 people hoping to see the Northern Lights.

Sunday Press

Walked 18 on Friday in some perfect golf weather. I planned to bench and do a metcon yesterday but got busy doing other stuff. Since I’ll be gone Monday to Monday, it’s not bad to delay my benching until today since I won’t be able to get in the next one until the following Tuesday. Worked out early at 9am with the crew because the girls had places to go be. Wasn’t excited about the early morning, but it worked out well since I had a lot to do around the house.

Warm-up

  • 3×10 Reverse Hyper (140#)
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • Dead Hang
  • 5 Back Squat (45#)
  • 5 Shoulder Press (45#)
  • 5 Back Squat (85#)
  • 5 Shoulder Press (85#)

Conditioning

  • 15-10-5-10-15
    • HSPU
    • Back Squat (135#)
  • Rest 1/2 as long as it took
  • 25-20-15-20-25
    • Push-up
    • Air Squat

I went 9-6, 10, 5, 10, 9-6 on the HSPU and they felt good. Would have been interesting to try all sets unbroken. I took my time on the back squats, but didn’t drop the bar during any set. Finished in 9:16, so my rest period was 4:38. I wanted to go for more push-ups than I usually do so went 15-10, 10-10, 10-5, 10-10, 10-10-5. They were getting hard, but I was happy with that after the handstand push-ups. Took me 6:38.

Accessory – 6 Rounds

  • 30s Double DB/KB OH Walk (40# DBs)
  • 30s Rest
  • 30s Superman-Banana (Banana Rolls)
  • 30s Rest

In the afternoon I got in my bench workout.

No B.S. Bench Press – Week 5

It called for 5×4 at the base weight + 15-20#, so I added 15. I’ve been staying on the low side of the increases and barely making it through my sets.

  • 10×45#
  • 10×95
  • 4×135
  • 4×165
  • 4×195
  • 4×215
  • 4×230
  • 5x4x240

Last 3 sets were a grind. I shouldn’t try this after burning out my shoulders earlier in the day.

Not More Barbell

The gym programming was doing a whole lot of C&J work today. After pretty much an hour of snatching yesterday I didn’t want to push my luck with so much more barbell work. So I fitnessed in my garage.

Warm-up – 10:00 AMRAP

  • 5/5 DB Shoulder Press (30#)
  • 10 Russian KBS (53#)
  • 10 Sit-ups
  • 10 Step-ups (18”)

Good mix. Get through 5+32.

Strength – Shoulder Press

  • 8×45#
  • 8×75#
  • 8×95#
  • 8×105#

Shoulder was very uncomfortable, so that was enough of that.

Conditioning

  • 20-16-12-8-4 Sandbag Bear Hug Lunge (100#)
  • 50-40-30-20-10 Double Unders

Missed one dub at 39/40! Finished in 5:37.

Done in about 45 minutes today, but it’s been a busy week for work, so that’s good enough.

Snatch City

Much needed rest day yesterday. I started getting a knot in my right mid back, I think from doing a bunch of bush trimming on Monday. It’s tight today too. Went to the 4:30 class.

Warm-up

  • 3×10 Reverse Hyper (140#)
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • Dead Hang
  • 5 Sets
    • 3 Hang Muscle Snatch
    • 4 Hang Power Snatch
    • 5 Squat Snatch
  • 3 Hang Power Snatch (95#)

I used 45# for 3 sets and 75# for 2 sets of the complex.

Weightlifting – 16:00 EMOM

  • 2 Hang Power Snatch (115#)

Still taking it easy with the back. Felt really good though! Not pushing it with a big trip coming up on Monday.

Conditioning

10 Unbroken Rounds

  • 1 Power Snatch (95#)
  • 1 Hang Squat Snatch (95#)
  • 1 Squat Snatch (95#)
  • 2 OHS (95#)

Scaled way back from the 135# so I could concentrate on positions and now fuck something up. I’d do a round, move my poker chip for counting and then right into the next set. I messed up the sequence a couple of times so did another snatch or overhead squat to make up for it each time. Finished in 4:49.

Midline

8 Rounds (Tabata)

  • 20s Plank
  • 10s Rest
  • 20s Superman
  • 10s Rest

Rankel

This shoulder impingement is really starting to piss me off. Felt pretty good last night and today after the 40 minute workout. Went in at 10am.

Warm-up

  • 3×10 Reverse Hyper (140#)
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • Shoulder Stretching
  • 10×45# Deadlift
  • 6×135# Deadlift

Conditioning

“Rankel” – 20:00 AMRAP

  • 6 Deadlifts (185#)
  • 7 Burpee Pull-ups
  • 10 American KBS (62#)
  • 200m Run

Scaled the deadlift back from the 225# and we don’t have a 2 pood (71#) kettlebell, so I used the heaviest we had. My legs felt heavy on the run from yesterday’s workout. Finished 6+18.

I’m AMRAP’d out for awhile. 25, 40, and 20 minute AMRAPs in the last 4 days!

Accessory – 4 Sets

  • 200m Farmers Carry
  • 45s HS Hold

I held a 25# and a 15# bumper plate, switching at the turn-around. On the last set I held the handstand for 1:30.

All 40 Minutes

My outer pecs started getting sore early afternoon yesterday, must be from all of those push presses. Had a fun day and got some sun. In with the crew at noon today.

Warm-up

  • 3×10 Reverse Hyper (140#)
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • 6 Power Cleans (45#)
  • 6 Power Cleans (95#)

Conditioning

40:00 AMRAP

  • 6 Power Cleans (115#)
  • 8 Box Jump Overs (no touch, 18″)
  • 10 Ring Dips
  • 8 Box Jump Overs (no touch, 18″)
  • 6 Power Cleans 115/75#
  • 400m Run

I’ve been wanting to program something really long for a couple of months and was finally able to fit it in. I did fast singles on the cleans the entire workout. Ring dips were 2×5, except one round I lost focus and did 6-4.  Was watching my splits and kept a pretty steady pace right from round 1. Finished 8+18, which makes 102 cleans, 136 jump overs, 84 ring dips, and 2 miles of running. I have a feeling the effects of this one will hit me in a few hours.

Midline – 5 Sets

  • 5 Evil Wheels
  • 20 Leg Lifts
  • 40 Flutter Kicks

For the last 3 sets of flutter kicks, I held a hollow while doing them. I had been keeping my hands under my ass for the first 2 rounds.

Early Bench Session

Out in the garage just after 8 before heading to Lansing for a football game.

No B.S. Bench Press – Week 4

  • 10×45#
  • 10×95
  • 5×135
  • 5×165
  • 5×195
  • 5×215
  • 4x5x230
  • Max 225 (8)

Program called for 4×5 @ base + 5-10#. I added 5, which was tough so early in the morning. Then for some volume and testing do a max set with the original base weight. I got 7 reps in week 1 and was happy to get 8 today. Can’t push too hard being home alone.

Here are some of the updates I made to the gym area last weekend…

Sled up on the wall out of the way.
Pipes of my DIY Reverse Hyper out of the way as well.
Other half of the Reverse Hyper.
Bumper plates moved out where they are much easier to get to.

Got tired of kicking screws in the middle of my handstand push-up wall so put up this plastic panel.

25 Minutes of Exhaustion

Played a shitty round of golf yesterday and my legs were really sore. I guess walking helpd a bit. Went to the 4:30 class today.

Warm-up

  • 3×10 Reverse Hyper (140#)
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • Shoulder Stretching
  • 4 Sets
    • 10/10 One Arm Dumbbell Shoulder Press (30#)
    • 30s Hollow Hold
    • 30s Dead Hang

Conditioning

25:00 AMRAP

  • 10 Push Press (95#)
  • 10 T2B
  • 10 Goblet Squat Jumps (35# KB)
  • 10 Pull-ups

The Rx weight was 135#, which I never thought about attempting. I knew I could stick to push presses the whole way with 95 and probably keep them unbroken. I was right. My goal was to be able to split toes to bars up into 2×5 every round and do all of the pull-ups unbroken. Mission accomplished! I finished 9 rounds plus the push presses. Wore my gymnastics grips without using the finger holes so I could flip them around during the push presses. I’m still wiped the fuck out over an hour later as I type this. Really surprised and happy with how good my pull-ups have been feeling.

  • 100 calories Rowing

If that wasn’t enough we were also supposed to get in 100 calories. Jason and I swapped every 50 calories on the rower. Took me 2:30 to complete both sets, so got about a 3 minute rest between because of the extra time to swap in and out.

Some Snatches

My quads are sore from so many OHS and wall balls yesterday. Went to the 4:30 class.

Warm-up

  • 3×15 Reverse Hyper
  • Dead Hang
  • Shoulder Stretching
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • 4 Sets
    • 3 Hang Muscle Snatch
    • 3 Hang Power Snatch (above knee)
    • 3 Squat Snatch
    • 10 Scap Pull-ups
    • 10 Scap Push-ups

I used 45# for 2 sets and 75# for 2 sets. Did a short pause at the top of all of the scap work.

Weightlifting

It was an EMOM of singles, but I wasn’t getting heavy. Wanted to ease back in by doing reps.

15:00 EMOM

  • 3 Power Snatch

I did 5 minutes with 95# and 10 minutes with 115#, all touch-n-go reps. Felt really good!

Conditioning

With having done so many reps on the barbell already, I swapped out the 15 snatches in this workout for 20 DB snatches. I also felt like running instead of rowing 30 calories. Have to take advantage of this weather while we still have it.

E4M – 6 Rounds

  • 300m Run
  • 20 Dumbbell Snatch (40#, alternating)

Was able to push the runs and hold a good pace on the snatches. Intensity was high and I was able to push the run more each round, and then especially the last 2 when Michelle came out and ran with me. Maybe I should have run 400m, but I’ll take the intensity I got out of this. My splits were 2:05 – 2:06 – 2:01 – 1:58 – 1:53 – 1:50.