Take Me Back

Back in Michigan. Weather here is cold and shitty! Out in the garage around 1:30.

Warm-up

  • 5:00 Air Dyne (1.45 miles)
  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • 2 Sets
    • StrongFit Tricep Openers (8# DBs)
    • 15 GHD Heel Drives

Weightlifting

  • Squat Snatch
    • 5×45#
    • 5×95
    • 3×115
    • 3×135
  • 15:00 EMOM
    • 1 Squat Snatch (155#) + 1 OHS

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Missed first attempt 4 (?) times but grabbed the bar right away and made every 2nd attempt. I think all of them were that slow motion loss where it was just a touch forward and I couldn’t quite pull it back in. I actually planned to use 165# but was feeling slow so I scaled it back and still wasn’t very good. I really worked up a sweat though.

I did something a little different today. Since there is a slight slope in the garage, I turned and faced the opposite direction every set. I have always faced out to the middle of the garage with the snatch and C&J. Don’t want to create any imbalances.

Strength

E3M – 5 Sets

  • 10 Back Squat (185#)
  • 10/10 Curls (alternating, 15# DBs)

Finished up with Crossover Symmetry Recovery, which I haven’t done in a long time. I tend to use the Iron Scap or Plyo protocols after workouts most of the time. I did the first 2 sets facing towards the rack like I normally do with squats and the last 3 squats facing out to the middle of the garage.

Blackrock

Went back to Pinnacle Park today, but turned off on a different trail up to Blackrock and then looped back another way which met up with the trail I did yesterday for the final 2 miles of descent. Total of about 7.6 miles in about 3.5 hours (I didn’t pause during an early snack break at about 1.5 miles).

While the trail I went on yesterday is a lot more common in this park , I enjoyed today’s trail more. The first 2.25 (?) miles were steeper, then it leveled out until the last 0.6 miles (very steep) up to the peak up on the rocks. Went from about 3,150 feet at the parking lot up to 5,700. Today was further, took longer, was higher, and quite a bit warmer than yesterday but I wasn’t nearly as tired on the descent or when I was done.

That’s over 21.5 miles of hiking this week and over a mile of running. Heading home in the morning to snow! 😦

Pinnacle Park Pistol

Went for a long hike (more pics) over 6.5 miles in about 2 hours and 43 minutes of hiking time and over 2,000 feet of elevation gain. I took a break at the top for some pictures and snacks. Beautiful day out. Wish I had been wearing shorts. I’ll probably end up with some sunburn.

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I was wearing my Garmin as well as using RunKeeper on my phone, though I didn’t pause the watch, so the heart rate data below shows the break.

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I’m exhausted now! Should sleep well tonight.

Final Four

Hiked about 3.6 miles in 87 minutes at Purchase Knob (pics). A bit chilly at about 45°, especially when the wind hit me. Either I didn’t read the map right or turned the wrong way at some point because I missed out on a 1.4 mile section that would have made it 5 miles. Oh well, I got to go eat BBQ sooner. 🙂

A couple of hours after lunch while catching up on some podcasts…

5 Sets

  • 20 Stalder Leg Lifts (16″)
  • 30s Superman Hold
  • 15 Chair Dips

The leg lifts were done up on to the chair. I tried to do dips between two chair so my arms could be on the sides or slightly in front of me, but with the hardwood floors the chairs kept moving. So I had to hold one chair behind me, which I don’t really like for the position it gets my shoulders in.

No Joke

I was exhausted last night. Now sure if it was from that walk/hike or what. I had to take a late nap at 6:30pm and still slept pretty good when I went to bed. Maybe it was the carb overload?

Accessory

5 Sets

  • 1:00 Bottom Squat Hold
  • 15/15 Side Jack Knifes

Don’t usually get in much oblique work. Time to change that.

15:00 EMOM

  • 10 Decline Push-ups (14″)

All unbroken sets. In the last couple sets the last few reps were starting to slow down. Originally thought about going EMOM until failure, but that’s probably more decline reps than I’ve ever done in a day.

Conditioning

  • 1 Mile Run (easy)
  • 8 Rounds
    • 10s Hill Sprint (12% grade or steeper)
    • w/ Full recovery

With this big incline on the road next to the cabin I figured some hill sprints would be a good idea. Remembered seeing some on Aerobic Capacity, so that’s where I grabbed this workout from.

The easy jog to warm-up was nice. I ran down the hill and then along the highway on a flat-ish section. After my mile I walked to what appeared to be some steeper parts of the road by my cabin. During rests I measured a few sections of the road with TiltMeter on my phone. It was coming up with anywhere from 4-6°, which is a not quite the recommended, but you work with what you got. A slope of 5.74° is equivalent to a 10% grade.

Up The Road

Rains are coming so headed out from the cabin, walking up the road which is a pretty good “climb” before it starts to switchback around. Was out for just over an hour and about 3.6 miles.

With the close of score validations for the Open last night, it’s time to look at how I finished up.

  1. 2016 – 19,127th out of 166,846* (top 11.5%)
  2. 2015 – 13,195th out of 141,884 (9.3%)
  3. 2014 – 13,737th out of 80,281 (17.1%)
  4. 2013 – 9,251st out of 46,227 (20%)
  5. 2012 – 16,389th out of 22,174 (73.9%)

*Each year I compare my place to the number of men who complete at least one workout, not everyone that signs up (178k+ this year). I don’t care about beating the guys who don’t show up to play. 🙂

A drop from 2015, but being limited in 16.1 and 16.3 by my shoulder affected those scores quite a bit.

Inverted

The ceilings in the cabin are pretty low so I had to adjust.

10:00 EMOM

  • 30s Pike Handstand Hold (knees or feet on bed)

Hiking Soco Falls

This afternoon I went for a little hike at Soco Falls. I don’t really know how far or how long. Enjoying the outdoors. 🙂

After lunch…

Death by Push-ups

  • 0:00 – 0:59 – 1 Push-up (chest to deck)
  • 1:00 – 1:59 – 2 Push-ups
  • 2:00 – 2:59 – 3 Push-ups
  • …
  • Continue until you fail to finish the assigned number of reps.

My best was 18+18 last summer, during our family vacation. Played it safe today with all doubles plus a finishing single (if needed), except for the set of 3. Was cruising along but when you start to hit that wall, you fall hard and fast. Made it through 20+20 for a big PR with a total of 230 reps.

More Tris

My triceps continued getting more sore and seemed to peak last night when I could barely straighten my arms. They feel a little better today. Out in the garage after lunch settled.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • 2 Sets of Tricep Openers (8# DBs)

Strength – Back Squat

E2M

  • 6×45#
  • 6×135
  • 6×205
  • 4x6x255

Conditioning – Air Dyne

3 Rounds

  • 3:00 Easy
  • 1:00 Rest
  • 1:30 Moderate
  • 1:00 Rest
  • 45s Fast
  • 1:00 Rest
  • 15s Sprint
  • 1:00 Rest

This was an Aerobic Capacity workout. Probably didn’t go hard enough on some of the paces. Totaled 5.65 miles.

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Finished up with Crossover Symmetry Plyo.

Easy Easter

Easy Sunday heading into some deload for me after the Open.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • Bar Hang
  • Close Grip Bench Press
    • 8×45#
    • 8×95#

Strength – Accessory

4 Sets

  • 8 Close Grip Bench Press (145#)
  • 4/4 Bulgarian Split Squats (44# KBs)

Conditioning

30:00 Aerobic EMOM (alt)

  • 40s Plank (on hands, lean forward on wrists for bonus)
  • 40s Row
  • 15 Ring Curls
  • Box step-overs (14″)
  • 40s Russian KBS (35#)

I started doing hand-to-hand swings because it was so easy with that weight.

Midline

8 Rounds (Tabata)

  • 20s Hollow Hold
  • 10s Rest

Last 3 were a fight, but held on through each round.

Shoulder Stability – Bamboo/Earthquake Bar

  • 4 Sets – 10 Bench Press (26# KB on each side)
  • 4 Sets – Seated OH Hold (52#)

Kept it light so I didn’t have to risk smacking myself in the face. I did all of the bench sets, raised the J-cups on the rig, and then all of the OH holds. Probably held at least 20-30 seconds each time.

Get Moving

Triceps and ass are sore from 16.5. Wasn’t very motivated today, but got bored. Finally hauled my ass out of the recliner and to the gym at about 6:30 for some movement.

Crossover Symmetry Activation

6 Rounds

  • 200m Sled Drag (115#)
  • 200m Farmer’s Carry (26# KBs)
  • 40s Handstand Hold (Facing Wall)
  • 5 Ring Swings

I set the clock so I’d work at least 40 minutes and then finish whatever round I was on. So it ended up being 6.

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