Air squat – Page 25 – Nick Momrik's Fitness Logs

Soaring Bench

Sore abs from the sit-ups and GHDs yesterday. Had an appointment at the chiropractor and then went to the 5:30 class.

Warm-up

Crossover Symmetry Activation
3×15 Reverse Hypers (120#)
2 Rounds
- 5 Strict C2B Pull-ups
- 10 Push-ups
- 15 Air Squats

Strength

Axle Deadlifts

10×115#
10×165#
10×185#
10×195#
10×205#

The first 5 sets were unbroken, but I could only hold on to the bar for 4 reps with 205 and then did the rest as singles, dropping each one. Damn that got rough on the grip really quick. Didn’t want to push any weight and end up tweaking my back again, so the axle bar was a nice change of pace.

Conditioning

30-20-10

Plate Burpees (on to 45# HI-TEMP)
American KBS (53#)
Ball Slams (20#)

They were supposed to be hand release burpees and most of them were, but I didn’t realize I wasn’t doing the hand-release until the 10th rep in and then I know I missed at least a few in other sets. I broke up the 30 KBS into 20-10 but everything else was unbroken. Finished in 9:31.

8 Rounds (Tabata)

20s DU
10s Rest

Only had a miss in 2 or 3 of the rounds. Racked up 280 dubs, which is a 40 rep PR.

No BS Bench

Bench Press

10×45#
5×95#
5×135#
5×175#
4x5x205#
Max @ 195# – 15 reps

Week 4 so it was time to retest the max rep set. My max reps were 10 in week 1, so that’s a 50% increase! Was not expecting such a jump, especially after a metcon that was rough on the shoulders. I’m excited to see what my 1RM is after the 9 weeks. All of the working sets felt solid.

Some Squatting

Feeling fine after yesterday, other than the lingering issues I have. This stupid shoulder has been acting up for a few weeks, but luckily hasn’t been an issue for any movements.

Warm-up

Bottom Squat Hold
Dead Hangs (4-5x of about 20-30s)

Conditioning

Partner Workout

Pacer: 500m Row (4x each)
AMRAP:
- 5 Push-ups
- 10 American KBS (53#)
- 15 Air Squats

I was trying to keep my pace around 1:45 on my rows and just keep moving at a decent pace through the movements. First time really doing any squats in 2 weeks. We got done around the 17:40 mark and made it through 13+7 on the circuit.

Midline

3 Rounds

GHD MB Toss (20#)
8 Evil Wheels

Went all the way back to the ground on the first round of tosses, but only to parallel on the next 2.

Accessory

4 Rounds

30 Shoulder Taps
10 Ring Rows (feet on 20″ box)

I actually felt better than I ever have on the ring rows and it’s quite a bit harder on the box like that. Progress!

Able to Pull Big Again

Got in a quick garage workout early this morning. Started around 7:30 I think.

Ski Erg

4 Rounds

1000m @ 3-6 seconds faster than 2k pace (1:58-2:01)
2:00 Rest

Tough when you’re not really awake yet. I started off shooting for the bottom end of the pace goal, but realized that would be harder than I wanted to work so early in the morning, so I backed off and ended up with a pace right around the middle of the goal overall. My times were 4:00.9, 3:59.9, 3:59.3, and 3:58.5. I like to try for improved times over each round in something like this.

Gymnastics

5:00 AMRAP

5 Strict Ring Dips
10 GHD Sit-ups

Wasn’t going at any crazy pace. Just wanted to get in some work and use the clock instead of doing 5 slow sets or something like that. Got through 5 rounds plus 5 dips, with all sets being unbroken.

Went to the 5:30 class and got there early so I could get in a good warm-up before deadlifts.

Warm-up

3 Rounds NFT

350m Row
10×210# Reverse Hypers

Strength

Deadlifts

5×155#
5×225#
3×265#
3×315#
3×355#
3×385#
3×405#
3×425#
3×445#
3×465# (PR)

Puts my estimated max back over 500#. Booyah! I haven’t been able to pull weights like this in over a year. Deadlift is fun again.

Conditioning

3 Rounds

3:00 AMRAP (“Cindy” rounds)
- 5 Pull-ups
- 10 Push-ups
- 15 Air Squats
1:30 Rest

I was at 4+5 after the first round, then 8+2 after 2 rounds, and 11+28 total.

Accessory

20 Turkish Get-ups (44# KB)

I did 2 per arm and then switched sides, so 5 sets per side.

Rough Morning, Solid Night

Got plenty of sleep, but had a hard time getting out of bed. Made it for 9am though.

Warm-up

Bottom Squat Hold
Arm stretching
Band pass-thrus
2 Rounds
- 20 Mountain Climbers
- 20 Jumping Jacks

Strength

Shoulder Press

6×45#
6×95#
6×115#
6×125#
6×130#
6×135#
6×140#
6×145#

Meh. Would have liked to get 150 or 155.

Midline

4 Sets

5 Evil Wheels
10/10 Side Bends (62# KB)

Conditioning

12:00 AMRAP

50 Burpees
50 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
50 American KBS (53#)
50 Air Squats

Settled into a pace of 15-16 burpees per minute, which got me finished around 3:15. Did my wall balls in sets of 10. Too much rest between the sets. Moved on to the swings around 6:10. Did two sets of 15 and two sets of 10. Then the air squats unbroken but slow. Had about a minute left and managed 15 burpees for 215 total reps. Not sure why, but I did not feel very good after this one; I didn’t even push hard. Maybe it’s a nutrition thing or having a hard time waking up was a sign.

Break at night to get in some work in the garage. Warmed up with an easy 5:00 on the Air Dyne for 2.63km.

Back Squat

10×45#
5×135#
5×185#
3×225#
3×255#
3×275#
3×295#
3×315#
3×330#
3×340# (PR)

After 100 squats this morning I was unsure how I’d feel tonight. Wasn’t feeling very good as I worked up and even at 315#. Knew I had to change my attitude after that and just attack each rep. Could definitely feel my quad, though it obviously didn’t hold me back. Hopefully I can walk tomorrow.

Accessory

5 Rounds

30s OH Holds (15# Training bar w/ 15# plates on bands)
30s Rest
30s Hollow Rocks
30s Rest

Big difference from using the earthquake bar, but not a bad substitution. Still get some movement out of the bar and weight. Was able to go non-stop through each set of hollow rocks, which I wasn’t expecting.

No Pistols Today

Got up early to see the sunrise, but it was all cloudy out. Went back to sleep and then up and did a little workout in my hotel room at 7:30.

30-20-10

Burpees
Air Squats

Planned to do pistols, but after screwing with them for a good 20 seconds or so, bothering my back and leg, I changed it to air squats. If I had done some warm-up probably would have been fine. Took me 5:20 to finish.

Will go for a walk on the beach again after breakfast and then it’s time to head to the airport.

Heading Home

My abs were pretty sore all day yesterday from “Annie” on Monday. She always gets me. I was also extremely exhausted in the afternoon from the thruster-burpee workout I think and had to take a nap.

One last workout at CrossFit Intersect before heading back to Michigan.

Warm-up

1:00 Row
1:00 Air Squats
1:00 Rest
1:00 Row
1:00 Pistols
1:00 Rest
1:00 Row
1:00 Pistols
10 PVC Good Mornings
10 PVC Twists
5/5 One Leg PVC Deadlifts

Strength

Deadlifts

5×135#
5×225#
5×315#
5×365#
5×385#
5×405#
5×315#

Didn’t want to push it too far. Still playing it a little safe, so stopped before my back started to break down.

Conditioning

5 Rounds

10 Box Jumps (24/20)
20 Handstand Shoulder Taps (Facing Wall)
10 C2B Pull-ups

First time doing more than a couple of shoulder taps for fun. Enjoyed them. Went 5-5, 5-5, 5-3-2, 4-3-3, and 4-3-3 on the C2B. Finished in 9:13. Shoulders are feeling pretty wrecked after getting worked hard for the last week and a half.

Go For 40

Holy shit did I go into a food coma yesterday. Went to CrossFit Intersect at 8:30am to try to burn off some of those calories.

Warm-up

400m Row
Empty Bar
- 15 Back Squats
- 10 Good Mornings
- 10 Clean Shrugs
- 10 Muscle Cleans
- 5 Squat Cleans
- 10 Snatch High Pulls
- 10 Muscles Snatches
- 5 Squat Snatches

40:00 Running Clock

All we had out before starting the clock was our barbell.

Beginning @ 0:00…
- 30 Burpees (1:28)
- 3RM Hang Squat Clean
  - 3×135#
  - 3×185#
  - 3×205#
  - 2×225# – Lost grip on 3rd rep during the pull 😦
Beginning @ 10:00…
- 30 Burpees (1:38)
- 3RM UB Hang Squat Snatch
  - 3×95#
  - 3×135#
  - 3×155#
Beginning @ 20:00…
- 30 Burpees (1:32)
- 1RM Thruster
  - 155#
  - 185#
  - 215#
  - 235#
  - 245# (PR)
Beginning @ 30:00…
- 10:00 AMRAP of “Cindy” (9 + 24)
  - 5 Pull-ups
  - 10 Push-ups
  - 15 Air Squats

This workout was different from anything I’ve done before. It was really fun trying to figure out how to attack the lifts after the burpees and how much rest to take.

Played a little beach volleyball after.

Don’t Cherry Pick

Kind of wanted to skip the workout today because I hate the long ones. I hate cherry pickers more though, so don’t want to be one. Went to the 4:30 class. We did a dynamic warm-up for a few minutes.

Gymnastics

6 Rounds NFT

3 Strict C2B Pull-ups (20#)
3 Strict Ring Dips (3s pause)

I didn’t get my chest to the bar every time.

30:00 AMRAP (Partner)

20 Air Squats
20 Burpees
20 American KBS (53#)
20 Box Jumps (24″)
20 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)

I partnered up with Jared. We simply alternated movements through the first 4 rounds. Then the rest of the way one person did all 20 air squats and we evenly split up the other movements 10/10. We finished 8 full rounds plus 20 air squats, 20 burpees, and 13 kettlebell swings. Grinder!

Midline

8 Rounds (Tabata)

20s Plank Push-ups
10s Rest

Damn! Felt like I was working shoulders more than core.

Weightlifting

Did the jerk footwork drill a bunch as I was cooling down from the workout.

Jerks

5x20kg
3x40kg
3x50kg
3x60kg
3x70kg
3x80kg
3x85kg

Starting to get a feel for a better back leg position and dropping under the bar instead of pushing it up so high.

Kiss My Ass Barbara

Sunday!

Warmed up with some stretching, 10×45# shoulder press, 5×95# thruster, and 3×135# clean thruster.

E3M 15:00

1.1.1 Clean Thruster
3 Evil Wheels

* Take 5-10s between clean thruster reps.

Worked out to about 2 minutes of rest between rounds, which is what I was going for with the design. I used 155, 175, 195, 205, and 225#. That was fun. My max clean thruster was 240# the last time I tried, so 225# for 3 reps was tough.

“Barbara”
5 rounds

20 Pull-ups
30 Push-ups
40 Sit-ups
50 Air Squats
3:00 Rest

Went out hot, which turned out to be really dumb. My rounds were 3:37, 4:12, 4:29, 4:59, and 5:07 for a total time of 22:24. That’s 9 seconds slower than the only other time I’ve done this benchmark, though I was 22 pounds lighter back then. I went 20, 20, 20, 14-6, and 12-4-4 on my pull-ups and I think I did 3 sets of 10 for the first 2 rounds of push-ups. If I had broken up the pull-ups and push-ups more in those first two rounds I think I would have been able to keep a more consistent pace. Last time I did “Barbara” my rounds were almost all exactly the same time (4:23, 4:26, 4:26, 4:33, and 4:27). My head was a little too big today.

Wore gymnastics grips but they don’t protect the thumb. Glad it’s not very deep. Better to have it there than somewhere on my palm.

Wednesday Already?

Where did the week go?

Feels good to be waking up at a decent time again. Hit the 9am class.

Warm-up

2 Rounds NFT
- 5 Strict Pull-ups
- 10 Push-ups
- 15 Air Squats
Bench Press
- 10×45#
- 5×115#
- 5×165#

XWOD

4-4-4-4-4-4 Bench Press (205#)
2-1-2-1-2-1Plyo Push-up
- 2s: 18″
- 1s: 21.5″

Called for 75%, but that seemed took light, so I went up to 80%, which was perfect. Shoulders are feeling kind of beat from “DT” yesterday.

Conditioning

6:00 AMRAP

8 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
8 Weighted Step-ups (2×40#, 20″)

1:00 Rest

6:00 AMRAP

5 Box Jumps (24″)
5 Burpees
25 DU

I got 6 full rounds plus 3 wall balls on the first part and 5 full rounds plus 5 box jumps, 5 burpees, and 15 double unders on the second part.

Accessory

5 Sets

5 Scap Pull-ups (0#, 20#, 40#, 40#, 40#)
5/5 Kroc Rows (62# KB)

First time doing the scap pull-ups.

Been a long time since I hit an OLY session in the garage. Today that ended. Warmed up with 1,000 meters on the Ski Erg in 4:26.

Snatch Balance

3×45#
3×75#
3×95#
3×115#
3×135# (with 1 fail)
3×155#
3×175#
3×185# (with 4 fails too)

Damn I hate these. Could not get comfortable with 185, but kept trying until I stood it up 3 times. Didn’t realize I hadn’t done a snatch balance in over a year.

Snatch

3×95#
3×115#
3×135#
5x3x155#

Tried to focus on keeping my arms long, but looking at the video it didn’t happen. No misses, but a few saves.