Sunday at the Bar

Out in the garage after 11. Can still feel sore quads and for about a week I’ve been feeling something in my left leg which seems to be almost exactly like what I had when I couldn’t do pistols for the better part of a year. Good news is I was able to do them the other day after this had already started. Something to keep an eye on.

Snatch

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  • 5×45#
  • 3×75
  • 3×95
  • 2×115
  • 1×135
  • 1×145
  • 1×155
  • 1×165
  • 1×175
  • 1×185
  • 2x1x195

Tried to shut off my brain on the last three. Always a good day when I don’t miss a snatch.

Clean & Jerk

  • 5×45#
  • 3×95
  • 3×135
  • 2×165
  • 1×185
  • 1×205
  • 1×215
  • 1×230
  • 1×245
  • 2x1x260

Jerks felt weak and slow.

Front Squat

  • 3×225#
  • 3×255
  • 3x3x275

Good Morning

  • 3x5x155#

Stiff low back so didn’t increase. Decided to skip any extra work since I took my time today.

That’s a wrap on 3 “weeks” of the OTM program. Week 4 is a deload week, which I’m not sure I need since I’m only doing 2-3 lifting days a week instead of getting all 5 in. I’ll take it though. Will be nice to speed through the lifts and have some more time for abs and accessory work.

On Target

My quads are a little sore from yesterday or maybe even from the pistols on Thursday. Yesterday was actually the nicer day to run. When I got to track after 12 it was about 60 degrees out with a breeze. I was there sooner, but had to drive back home to get my watch. Dummy!

Aerobic Capacity – Lactate Threshold

3x

  • 800m Run (target – 3:31)
  • 3:00 Rest
  • 400m Run (target – 1:39)
  • 3:00 Rest
  • 200m Run (target – 0:36)
  • 5:00 Rest

I was on or under pace the entire workout.

  1. 3:28 – 1:32 – 0:35
  2. 3:27 – 1:39 – 0:34
  3. 3:26 – 1:34 – 0:33

Walked 600 meters to cool down and picked up a breakfast bagel sandwich on the way home. That finished 12 “weeks” worth of the AC programming, but still no mile test in the upcoming week. After participating in 2 CrossFit classes this week I’m ready for this running to be done with.

Twice as Nice

Originally planned to run today but it’s supposed to be even nicer tomorrow and I didn’t feel like dealing with anything going on for Friday night football games. Went to the 4:30 class for my 2nd one this week!

Warm-up

  • Front rock stretch
  • Lizard stretch
  • 500m Row

Strength – Front Squat

  • 10×45#
  • 5×135#
  • 5×185#
  • 5×205#
  • 5×215#
  • 5×235#

Took it easy since I do enough squatting with the lifting program and I have heavy front squat triples tomorrow. I didn’t feel like changing shoes and gearing up either.

Conditioning

5:00 AMRAP

  • 5 Push-ups
  • 10 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
  • 15s Bottom Squat Hold

I messed up right off the bat and dropped the medicine ball after 5 and went into my squat. Quickly realize my mistake when everyone kept going. Was caught up by the end of round 2. Finished 6 rounds plus the push-ups, wall balls, and 11 seconds of the hold. We had a 2 minute rest and then into…

5:00 AMRAP

  • 10 cal Row
  • 10 Burpees

Finished 4 rounds plus 2 calories. We had more of a full recovery and then…

4 Rounds

  • 20 Zeus Double Unders
  • 8 Box Jumps (30″)

I was able to get every round unbroken. Stepped off the box every rep. Finished in 3:57.

Survived a double CrossFit week! haha

Make it a Combo

Out in the garage around 1. Combined the power cleans and push jerks into a complex to save time and make the jerks harder (even though it’s already heavier than the assigned % since I kept the loading based off my power clean).

Power Cleans + Push Jerks

  • 5+5 @ 45#
  • 5+5 @ 95
  • 3+3 @ 135
  • 3+3 @ 165
  • 3+3 @ 185
  • 2 Sets of 3+3 @ 195
  • 3 Sets of 3+3 @ 205

All of the power cleans were touch and go. Took a little more time with the jerks.

Stiff-legged Deadlift

  • 5×205#
  • 3x5x245

Stood on a 3″ riser to get more depth. Used a neutral grip for every set, which almost made me lose hold with the last 2 sets of 245.

Midline & Accessory

E2M – 5 Sets

  • 25s L-sit (parallettes, bent knees)
  • 15 Push-ups

4 Rounds

  • 10 Pistols
  • 30 Russian Twists (45# plate)

Decided to do this part for time. Struggled too much on the pistols. Finished in 5:04 with all of the twist sets unbroken.

Let’s WOD

Had a chiro appointment today. He did some Graston on the area of my back that’s been tightening up when sitting for work or driving. Definitely some inflammation in there. Went to the 5:30pm class after. First class in 1.5 weeks!

Warm-up

  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • 3 Sets
    • 8 Pass throughs (15# bar)
    • 8 OHS (15# bar)
    • 8 Muscle Snatch (15# bar)

I’m not sure the training bar was the smartest thing for those passes, but I felt ok during class. We’ll see what my shoulders feel like tomorrow.

Lifting

Snatch + OHS complex

  • 3×45#
  • 3×75
  • 2×95
  • 2×115
  • 1×135
  • 1×145
  • 1×155
  • 1×165
  • 1×175
  • 1×185
  • Fail 195
  • 1×195

That damn 195-200 pound range again. The bar was forward and I sat in the hole trying to save it for what felt like 3 seconds. Glad to make the 2nd attempt.

Accessory

5 Sets

  • 7 Pendlay Rows
  • 7 Romanian Deadlifts

I used 135# for 3 sets, then 145, and finally 155.

Conditioning

8:00 AMRAP

  • 8 T2B
  • 8 Burpees
  • 16 American KBS (53#)

Paced my burpees too much, not knowing how I’d hold up. I did the toes to bar in 2 sets of 4 each round, but probably should have tried to go unbroken for as many rounds as I could. I made it through 4 rounds plus the toes to bars, burpees, and 12 of the swings.

Around the Neighborhood

Skipped out on ROMWOD again last night after working later than usual. Today’s run didn’t need the track, so it was nice to head out around the neighborhood. Great weather!

Aerobic Capacity – Lactate Threshold

5 Sets

  • 4:00 Run (target: 8:00/mile)
  • 1:00 Rest

No problems holding the pace. Splits were 0.51, 0.53, 0.50, 0.51, and 0.51 miles, all on the faster side of the pace.

Mind Games

Felt a weird pinch in my upper back at several points during the night. Went to the gym around 5.

Clean

  • 5x20kg
  • 3×40
  • 3×60
  • 2×75
  • 2×85
  • 1×92
  • EMOM
    • 5x1x98
    • 5x1x104
    • 5x1x110
  • Heavy Single
    • 1×116
    • 1×120
    • 1×124
    • Clarked 127
    • Deadlift 127

Hmm, when I did the week 2 programming I guess I used the % from week 3 because I noticed after logging the workout that the loads were almost identical. Whoops! The EMOM felt easy today and the heavies felt great too. After 124 I thought I might be able to go for a PR. Then I got in my head and was out of it for 127. Stupid. I did hit 95% though, so not a bad day.

Clean Pull

  • 3x3x117kg

Clean Deadlifts

3 Segment Clean Deadlift (knee) + 1 Floating Clean Deadlift

  • 3 Sets @ 110kg

Pause Back Squat

Spend 3 seconds in the hole.

  • 3x70kg
  • 3×100
  • 3×110
  • 3x3x117

Accessory

20:00 EMOM

  • 5/5 Kroc Rows (53#)
  • 15 Hollow V-ups
  • 5 Strict HSPU
  • 2/2 Turkish Get-ups (53#)

This 3rd day of the weekly programming has seemed to be the longest, so tried to knock out the core work and accessories without screwing around.

Really need to try and squeeze in a ROMWOD tonight.

Double Bump

Out in the garage around 4:30. Warmed up with Crossover Symmetry Activation.

Split Jerk

  • 5×45#
  • 5×95
  • 3×135
  • 2×165
  • 2×185
  • 1×205
  • EMOM
    • 5x1x225
    • 5x1x240
    • 5x1x255
  • Heavy Single
    • 1×270
    • 1×280

With the new PR, lucky me gets even bigger increases this week on top of the percentage bump. Was getting under it pretty well. Felt satisfied with 280 for the day and it’s what I wrote down as a plan so didn’t try anything more.

Push Press

  • 5x5x190#

Realized I’ve been using my push jerk for these percentages, which is 10# higher than my push press. It’s been working so I guess I’ll keep it going. Did round down, whereas last week I stuck with the 191.25. Five sets get heavy!

Back Squat Jump

  • 3x3x95#

Stiff legs in the first set!!

Midline & Gymnastics Accessory

5 Sets

  • 15 Weighted GHD Sit-ups (parallel, 25# plate)
  • 4 Strict C2B Pull-ups

Keeping my back safe with the sit-ups to parallel. After the first set I went os wide as I could grip on my rig for the last 4 sets.

Conditioning

5 Rounds

  • 15 Push-ups
  • 30 Bicycle Crunches

Decided to do this combo for time to make the push-ups harder. All sets of 5, though they got slow between each rep. Finished in 4:13.

Will get in a 22 minute ROMWOD tonight, which will be pretty consistent for the last 10 weeks. I can probably count on my hand the number of days I missed where I didn’t do a make-up double on the next day. (haha, and then I skipped today due to the debate.)

Cold Shoes

I didn’t get in the ROMWOD Thursday night and didn’t do anything at all yesterday either. Legs are a little tight from Thursday’s lifting workout. This morning I did 40 minutes of ROMWOD and then headed to the track after 11am to close out the 11th “week” of Aerobic Capacity training. I jogged about 0.33 miles to the track and walked 100 meters to the start line. Should have taken my shoes out of the car yesterday, because my feet felt frozen!

Aerobic Capacity – VO2 Max

5x

  • 400m (target: 19-21s/100m)
  • 100m jog

An aggressive pace. Probably one of my worst days so far. I went 1:22, 1:27, 1:30, 1:37, and 1:40 with the jogs ranging from 0:54-1:07. So only a 20% success on hitting the target pace today. 😦

Walked a lap and then jogged 0.43 miles back (longer since I was on the far side of the track).

Hmmm… still no mile test in week 12. It better come up soon with this weather changing and I’m not going no renew for another month in November.

129 Is For Freedom

Did make it out on the course yesterday and took a cart for a quick 12 holes (back 9 was actually closed). In to the gym before 5pm tonight.

Snatch

  • 5x20kg
  • 3×40
  • 2×50
  • 2×60
  • 1×65
  • 1×70
  • EMOM
    • 5x1x75
    • 5x1x80
    • 5x1x85
  • Heavy Single
    • Miss 88
    • 1×88

I was forward with 65 or 70 and really pulled it in, feeling a little tweak in my back. Didn’t really affect me until I felt it in the bottom of the 88 make. Called it quits there. The singles with 85 were really shaky with some good saves. Didn’t have the feel today like I did the other day, so I was actually happy to go 100% on the EMOM.

Snatch Pull

  • 3x3x90kg

I wore straps for the pulls and deadlifts.

Snatch Deadlift

3 Segment Snatch Deadlift (knee) + 1 Floating Snatch Deadlift

  • 3 Sets @ 85kg

Back Squat

Spend 5 seconds on the eccentric portion of rep 1 for every set.

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129 kg = FREEDOM
  • 5x70kg
  • 5×95
  • 5×111
  • 5×121
  • 3x5x129

Little tougher this week with trying to protect my back. I put on the belt starting with 111 kilos.

Skipped the ab work and some other accessory stuff I had planned. Will give my back some rest. I’m heading out of town for the weekend anyway, so nice to get out of the gym early. Will try to do a 21 minute ROMWOD when I get up north. (Too late, so didn’t get it in.)