60 Day Lifting Challenge – Week 8 Day 3

I’m doing the 60 Day Lifting Challenge from Columbus Weightlifting. Alex came over and lifted at 5. I can really feel the CS Plyo from yesterday in my shoulders and those good mornings in my hamstrings.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • Handstand Holds
  • 45# Snatch Positions
  • 2x2x75# Snatch

Snatch

  • 2×100#
  • 2×120#
  • 2×140#
  • 1×150#
  • 1×160#
  • Fx170#
  • Fx180#
  • 1×180#
  • 2xFx190#
  • 1×190#
  • Fx195#
  • Fx200#
  • 4xFx205#

Not a very good day as you can see by all of the misses. I think this is only the 3rd time I hit 190#, so that felt good. I did get 205# in a high pull before giving up on the first rep and then had it overhead the next 3 reps, just couldn’t get it stabilized in position. If I was able to PR today, that was going to be the end of the snatch in the program for me. Looks like I need to give it a go again next week when I’m rested. Third consecutive day of lifting isn’t that conducive to setting a PR, but I’ll take the mental win of knowing I can get the weight overhead no problem.

Clean & Jerk

  • 2×135#
  • 2×155#
  • 2×180#
  • 1×190#
  • 1×205#
  • 1×215#
  • 1×235#

Was feeling pretty good until the 235#. I didn’t get me elbows up under quick enough, so it was a struggle to stand it up with my arms supporting a lot of the weight. Then I just had nothing left for the jerk and missed it.

Front Squat

  • 2×185#
  • 2×215#
  • 2×250#
  • 2×265#
  • 2×275#
  • 2×280#

I missed the last rep again! The first rep felt pretty fast, so I thought I had it.

Snatch Deadlift

  • 2×210#
  • 2×235#
  • 2x2x250#

Damn that was heavy! Instead of doing 5x2x190 from the program I went with the weights Kevin had programmed for Alex. Maybe that’ll be the difference for my snatch next week!

Was supposed to do a 10 minute EMOM of 30 unbroken double unders, but I don’t need to bury myself. I need some rest! I’m going to make some adjustments to the program to lighten the load for days 4 and 5 since I’m going to max my C&J on Monday instead of doing both lifts next Thursday like they have set. No way I’d have enough in the tank to go for C&J after snatches.

60 Day Lifting Challenge – Week 8 Day 2

I’m doing the 60 Day Lifting Challenge from Columbus Weightlifting. Trained solo at 10:30 out in the garage.

Warm-up

Crossover Symmetry Activation

Muscle Snatch

  • 3x3x95#

Snatch

  • 2×100#
  • 2×120#
  • 2×140#
  • 1×150#
  • 5x1x160

Rushed the 3rd rep of 160# and missed it.

Clean & Jerk

  • 2×135#
  • 2×155#
  • 2×180#
  • 1×190#
  • 5x1x205#

Jerks felt solid today and I was still concentrating on vertical drive out of the dip.

Clean Deadlift

  • 5x2x285#

Felt strong with these today. Seemed like I was holding my back in a better position.

Good Mornings

  • 5×135#
  • 5×145#
  • 5×155#
  • 2x5x165#

Conditioning

  • 15:00 Air Dyne (AD2) @ 55-60%

For me, that’s staying around 60-65rpm. Knocked out exactly 300 calories.

Finished up with Crossover Symmetry Plyo.

60 Day Lifting Challenge – Week 8 Day 1

I’m doing the 60 Day Lifting Challenge from Columbus Weightlifting. Last big week of programming before testing the lifts next week. Over to Kevin’s to lift with him and Alex at 3:30.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • 45# Snatch Positions
  • 75# Snatch Positions

Snatch

  • 2×100#
  • 2×120#
  • 2×140#
  • 1×150#
  • 1×160#
  • 1×170#
  • 1×180#

Made everything. BOOM! Two weeks ago at 90%, I didn’t hit 180# on the first attempt any of the 3 days.

Clean & Jerk

  • 2×135#
  • 2×155#
  • 2×180#
  • 1×190#
  • 1×205#
  • 1×215#
  • 1×230#
  • 1×240#

The clean wasn’t pretty with 240# but Alex said I made the jerk look easy. All makes here too.

Back Squat

  • 2×205#
  • 2×240#
  • 2×270#
  • 2×290#
  • 2x2x305#

The 270# double felt really slow, but was ok in the next sets. I forgot to do clean deadlifts after the back squats, but will do them tomorrow since it’s an easier day.

Conditioning

8 Rounds (Tabata)

  • 20s Burpees
  • 10s Rest

Went all out today and got 8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7. That’s one more rep than last week inside the time limits, but with four sets of 8 to start instead of alternating 3 sets of them with 7s. This was so much worse.

60 Day Lifting Challenge – Week 7 Day 5

I’m doing the 60 Day Lifting Challenge from Columbus Weightlifting.

Woke up feeling really beat up. Could it have been simple from moving the heavier day 5 up? Lifted solo just after 11. I work Nano 3.0s for the entire session today since the lifts were not squat variants. Could really tell the difference in setup positioning.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • 3 Sets of MAX Unbroken DU
  • 10×45# Shoulder Press

Went 62, 50, and 73 on the double unders.

Split Press

  • 2×95#
  • 2×105#
  • 2×115#
  • 2×125#
  • 2x2x130#
  • 2×135#
  • 2×140#

Power Snatch from Below Knee

  • 2×100#
  • 2×120#
  • 2×140#
  • 4x1x150#

Power Clean from Below Knee

  • 2×135#
  • 2×155#
  • 2×180#
  • 4x1x190#

Lifts felt good today even though I wasn’t feeling so great this morning.

Snatch Deadlift

  • 6x2x185

Hooked gripped them all for once. Hard on my thumbs!

Skill

Three more sets of MAX unbroken DU. I went 82, 75, and 67 this time. Really happy with those 6 sets today. All sets at least of at least 50 and no stupid early trip ups. Had some really nice saves too, wanting to hit at least 50 every time.

Skill/Conditioning

5 Rounds

  • 10 Pistols
  • 20s Handstand Hold
  • 10 T2B
  • 90s Rest

I counted slow up to 21 during my handstand holds since I couldn’t see the clock. Timed out my counting while typing this up and it should have been pretty damn close to 20 seconds. My rounds were 1:08, 1:05, 1:03, 1:03, and 1:01 with everything unbroken. Really liked that one!

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Ended with Crossover Symmetry Iron Scap.

I wonder what they have in store for us in week 8. Tomorrow will be day 49, so not much time left.

60 Day Lifting Challenge – Week 7 Day 4

I’m doing the 60 Day Lifting Challenge from Columbus Weightlifting. Doing a little swapping around this week, so taking the heavier day 5 program today and will do day 4 work tomorrow to get more recovery going into week 8. Lifted by myself out in the garage around 4:30.

Warm-up

Crossover Symmetry Activation

Muscle Clean

  • 3×95#
  • 3×105#
  • 3×115#
  • 3x3x125#

Kept em on the lighter end today.

Snatch

  • 2×100#
  • 2×120#
  • 2×140#
  • 1×150#
  • 1×160#
  • 4x1x170#

Felt alright today. Not great, but made every lift. Had to pull the last one in and be patient with it.

Clean & Jerk

  • 2×135#
  • 2×155#
  • 2×180#
  • 1×190#
  • 1×205#
  • 4x1x215#

Was trying to be more vertical with my jerk drive and it threw everything off. Not the greatest feel today.

Back Squat

  • 2×205#
  • 2×240#
  • 2×270#
  • 3x2x290#

Felt a lot easier than 2 days ago and I took shorter rest between the heavy sets today.

Conditioning

15 Rounds

  • 5 HR Push-ups
  • 10 Sit-ups

Not that tough on cardio or muscle fatigue. I wanted to stick to small sets so that I wouldn’t die on push-ups and have to rest. Time was 8:40.

Did Crossover Symmetry Recovery to end the day.

60 Day Lifting Challenge – Week 7 Day 3

2014-crossfit-gamesI’m doing the 60 Day Lifting Challenge from Columbus Weightlifting. Lifted at Kevin’s at 5 with him and Alex.

I registered for the 2014 CrossFit Games Open. Did you?

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • 45# Snatch Positions

Muscle Snatch

  • 3×75#
  • 3×85#
  • 3×95#
  • 3×105#
  • 3×110#

Snatch

  • 2×100#
  • 2×120#
  • 2×140#
  • 1×150#
  • 1×160#
  • 4x1x170#

Like night and day compared to yesterday. Made everything.

Clean & Jerk

  • 2×135#
  • 2×155#
  • 2×180#
  • 1×190#
  • 1×205#
  • 4x1x215#

Had Kevin watch a lift at the end. I’m going forward out of my dip instead of straight up.

Back Squat

  • 2×205#
  • 2×240#
  • 2×270#
  • 3x2x290#

Gymnastics

5:00 EMOM

  • 5 Strict HSPU

5:00 EMOM (no rest)

  • 3 Strict HSPU

Even though the programming was for 3 the whole way, I was going to do 5 reps for all 10 rounds, but my shoulders were a little fried after lifts. I held a handstand hold for the remainder of the last minute, which was over 50s worth.

Conditioning

  • Buy-in: 500m Row
  • 6 Rounds
    • 5 Pull-ups
    • 10 Over the Box Jumps (27″)

Used some of Kevin’s blocks and 27″ was as close as we could get to 24″. I could use the extra work though. 🙂 Did the row in 1:51 and finished everything in 6:37. I’m not sure why, but I was expecting it to take longer. The programming had burpees instead of the box jumps, but I did burpees on Monday, so made the switch. My box jumps could have been cycled faster, but I felt pretty good on that one.

60 Day Lifting Challenge – Week 7 Day 2

I’m doing the 60 Day Lifting Challenge from Columbus Weightlifting. Since it’s a light week and it looks like next week might be MAX test week, I’m making a lot of adjustments to the program this week to prepare for some solid rest heading into Monday. Lifted by myself around 10:45.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • 3 rounds
    • 10s L-sit on parallettes
    • 4 Turkish Get-ups (alternating, 53# KB)

Not sure I’ve ever done TGU that heavy and surely not for that many reps.

Snatch from Below Knee

  • 2×100#
  • 2×120#
  • 2×140#
  • 1×150#
  • 5x1x160#

Went 2/5 with 160#. Ugh! It was too far forward or I wasn’t dropping under enough for the force I was putting on the bar. They were all plenty high enough, that’s for sure. I definitely rush more and concentrate less when I snatch alone. Need to fix that. I focused on the last rep and it was solid.

Clean from Below Knee

  • 2×135#
  • 2×155#
  • 2×180#
  • 1×190#
  • 5x1x205#

Cleans felt good. I never really am in risk of missing, but for a few attempts in the program where I tried something new and was thinking too much. Goes to show much more I should be able to clean I hope.

Clean Deadlift

  • 2x2x230#

Kind of odd to only do 2 sets of 2. Must be a reason for it though.

Conditioning

10 Rounds

  • 30s Air Dyne (~80%, AD2)
  • 30s Rest

I kept the RPM around 90. Went a full 1:00 on the last round and finished with 256 calories.

Did the Crossover Symmetry Iron Scap to end the session.

60 Day Lifting Challenge – Week 7 Day 1

I’m doing the 60 Day Lifting Challenge from Columbus Weightlifting. Lifted with Kevin and Alex over at Kevin’s garage at 4:30pm.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation at home before heading over
  • Band stretches
  • 45# Snatch Position Work

Jerk Footwork

I did the drill somewhere between 5 and 10 times.

Snatch

  • 2×100#
  • 2×120#
  • 2×140#
  • 1×150#
  • 1×160#
  • 4x1x170#

Felt really good today. Not close to missing anything except the last rep where I got a little extra into it and nearly lost it too high and too far back.

Clean & Jerk

  • 2×135#
  • 2×155#
  • 2×180#
  • 1×190#
  • 1×205#
  • 4x1x215#

Best jerk day yet!

Front Squat

  • 2×185#
  • 2×215#
  • 2×250#
  • 2×280#
  • 1×295#
  • 1×310#

Failed to match my PR with 310#. Bottomed the fuck out and had no chance. I think it has become more mental than anything else at this point with my front squats.

Conditioning

8 Rounds (Tabata)

  • 20s Burpees
  • 10s Rest

My goal was to alternate between 8 and 7 each round. Had to make an adjustment in round 7. Ended up going 8-7-8-7-8-7-7-8, with that last rep coming just after time ran out. So close!

Off Program

Rest day for the 60 Day Lifting Challenge but I’ve been feeling like the program lacks a recommendation to get in some activity on rest days to aid in recovery. Feeling good today after probably the highest volume day of the program so far. Headed out to the garage after 10am but didn’t bother heating it up.

Jumped on the Air Dyne (AD2) for 20 minutes, keeping RPM at 65. The monitor read 432 calories when I was done, which was a perfect pace because I had worked up a little sweat, but wasn’t out of breath at all. Also did the Crossover Symmetry Recovery.