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Back Tuck and Bench Press

Went to gymnastics at 2pm again this week. We did some tumbling stuff to warm up, then I worked on my back tucks.

We also did some work swinging on the bar for the first time, as preparation for doing giants. Finally at the end, we worked on muscle-ups.

Went over to Kevin’s place afterwards to bench press.

  • 5 @ 135#
  • 3 @ 165#
  • 1 @ 185#
  • 1 @ 205#
  • 1 @ 225#
  • 1 @ 235#
  • Fail @ 245#

The 235# went up really easy even though it was a 20# PR, so went for 245, but just didn’t have it. Probably could have gotten 240#. Not disappointed with a 20# PR though. Then we did 4 Tabata rounds with 115#. I got 10, 10, 10, and 12 reps in my rounds.

Back Tuck Landings

On Thursday and Friday nights I was exhausted from the workouts, so I took yesterday and today off from any WODs. I did go to Gym Jesters today for some gymnastics work and finally was able to land some back tucks. I got the feel for holding the tuck longer and stopped counter-rotating. I worked on them on a smaller trampoline and landed on some mats that were on the trampoline. Felt really cool. Maybe next time I can start landing them on the floor.

Also did a quick 5×3 bench press tonight. I warmed up with the bar and then did 135#, 155#, 175#, 195#, and 2 reps at 215#. I knew I wasn’t going to get a 3rd one and didn’t want to fail, so I racked the bar. I’ll take that though since 215# is my current PR. Should be able to set a nice new PR next week.