Up & Down the Driveway

Back Rehab

  • 10 Cat-Camel
  • 10 Kneeling Trunk Rotations
  • 5-3-1 McGill Big 3
    • Curl-up
    • Side Plank
    • Side Plank
    • Bird Dog
    • Bird Dog

Conditioning

3 Rounds

  • 10 Push-ups
  • 10/10 Half-kneeling Wood Chops (20#)
  • 10/10 Single Arm OH Big Flutter Kicks (20#)
  • 150m Run
  • 20 Band Pull Aparts (blue)
  • 20 In & Out DB Curls (20#)
  • 20 Pike-ups
  • 150m Run
  • 20 DB Push Press (20#)
  • 20 Weighted Lunges (20#)
  • 20 Hollow Pec Decs (10#)
  • 150m Run

Really good one and it was really hot and humid already here. The driveway had an incline on the way out and was in to the wind, but then we coasted on the way back to the garage. We didn’t use a timer.

To the Lake

Back & Conditioning

3 Rounds

  • Strict Pull-ups (10-8-8, singles)
  • 12 Lat Pulldowns (104#)
  • 1:00 Jump Rope
  • 12 Seated Bent Over Back Fly (25# DBs)
  • 12 Straight Arm Pulldowns (60#)
  • 1:00 Row
  • 12/12 Kroc Rows (40# DB)
  • 20 Band Pull Aparts (blue)
  • 50m Farmer Carry (50# DBs)

We finished in 24:12.

Midline

2 Rounds (20s work / 10s Rest)

  • 4 Bicycles + 2 Crunches
  • Side-to-side Knee Raises
  • Side V-ups
  • Side V-ups
  • Side Plank
  • Side Plank

Heading up to the lake in the morning!

Twists for the Golf Swing

Back & Conditioning

3 Rounds

  • Strict Pull-ups (10-8-6, singles)
  • 12 Seated Bent Over Back Fly (25# DBs)
  • 1:00 Jump Rope
  • 12 Lat Pulldowns (104#)
  • 12/12 Kroc Rows (40# DB)
  • 1:00 Row
  • 12 Straight Arm Pulldowns (60#)
  • 20 Band Pull Aparts (blue)
  • 50m Farmer Carry (50# DBs)

Took us 24:38.

3 Rounds

  • 24 Kneeling DB Rotations (15#)
  • 12 Piked DB Chest Press (15#)
  • 12 Piked Russian Twists w/ DB raise in the middle (15#)
  • 12/12 Half Kneeling DB Twists to same side (15#)
  • 12 Piked Front Raises (8# DBs)

On E

Feeling my glutes and hamstrings a bit. Out in the garage earlier to beat the heat. I didn’t eat anything this morning, which is rare.

Warm-up

  • 10 Pendlay Rows (45#)
  • 8 Bench Press (45#)
  • 8 Bench Press (95#)
  • 8 DB Fly (20#)

Conditioning, Back, & Chest

  • 700m Run
  • 3 Sets
    • 10 Pendlay Rows (95#)
    • 10 Seated Rows (104#)
  • 3 Sets
    • 10 Straight Arm Lat Pulldown (71#)
    • 20 Band Pull Aparts (blue)
  • 700m Run
  • 3 Sets
    • 8 Bench Press (135#)
    • 8 Dumbbell Fly (30#)
    • 8 Bench Press (135#)
  • 3 Sets
    • 12 alt Underhand Cross Body Front Raises (20#)
    • 20 Plate Press (35#)
    • 12 alt Underhand Cross Body Front Raises (20#)
  • 700m Run

Made a 10 pound jump on the Pendlays because B was using DBs and it made it simple with the men’s bar. The bench press was more of a struggle this week. I was done in 39:47, which is 52 seconds faster than last week.

Two Faster

My butt is already sore from yesterday.

Warm-up

  • 10 Pendlay Rows (35#)
  • 5 Pendlay Rows (55#)
  • 8 Bench Press (45#)
  • 8 DB Fly (20#)
  • 8 Bench Press (95#)

Conditioning, Back, & Chest

  • 700m Run
  • 3 Sets
    • 10 Pendlay Rows (85#)
    • 10 Seated Rows (104#)
  • 3 Sets
    • 10 Straight Arm Lat Pulldown (71#)
    • 20 Band Pull Aparts (blue)
  • 700m Run
  • 3 Sets
    • 8 Bench Press (135#)
    • 8 Dumbbell Fly (30#)
    • 8 Bench Press (135#)
  • 3 Sets
    • 12 alt Underhand Cross Body Front Raises (20#)
    • 20 Plate Press (35#)
    • 12 alt Underhand Cross Body Front Raises (20#)
  • 700m Run

I finished at 40:39, which is just over two minutes faster than last Sunday.

100+

The heat index was over 100 today at workout time, so we decided to take it easy.

Conditioning

4 Rounds (15s transition between minutes)

  • 30s Push-ups + 30s Superman
  • 1:00 Curtsy Lunges
  • 1:00 Jump Rope
  • 30s Band Pull Aparts (blue) + 30s HS Hold
  • 1:00 TrueForm Walk

Midline

1 Round (30s work : 25s rest)

  • Plank
  • Plank Shoulder Taps
  • Plank Hip Dips
  • Plank Arm Reaches
  • Side Plank
  • Side Plank
  • Plank Push-ups
  • Plank Rockers

Double Sandwich

We hit balls at the range for a bit over an hour last night.

Warm-up

  • 10 Bench Press (45#)
  • 8 Dumbbell Fly (25#)
  • 10 Pendlay Rows (35#)
  • 5 Bench Press (95#)
  • 5 Pendlay Rows (55#)
  • 5 Seated Rows (82#)

I may have done a few other movements, but that’s all I remember.

Conditioning

  • 700m Run
  • 3 Sets
    • 10 Pendlay Rows (85#)
    • 10 Seated Rows (104#)
  • 3 Sets
    • 10 Straight Arm Lat Pulldown (71#)
    • 20 Band Pull Aparts (blue)
  • 700m Run
  • 3 Sets
    • 8 Bench Press (135#)
    • 8 Dumbbell Fly (30#)
    • 8 Bench Press (135#)
  • 3 Sets
    • 12 alt Underhand Cross Body Front Raises (20#)
    • 20 Plate Press (35#)
    • 12 alt Underhand Cross Body Front Raises (20#)
  • 700m Run

On the sets we went back and forth resting while the other did they set. I finished in 42:43.

Heading out to walk 9 holes of golf.

True 100s

Took a full rest day yesterday. Brandi is sick, so I’ll be working out solo for at least a couple of days. Hopefully it’s the flu and not the RONA

Warm-up

  • 5:00 TrueForm Run (0.84 km)
  • 80′ Lateral Monster Walks
  • 80′ Monster Walks
  • 20 I-Y (red)
  • 8 alt Back Rack Reverse Lunges (45#)
  • 4/4 Single Leg RDL (45#)
  • 8 alt Back Rack Reverse Lunges (95#)
  • 4/4 Single Leg RDL (75#)
  • 8 alt Back Rack Reverse Lunges (125#)
  • 4 Landmine Squats (45#)
  • 4 Barbell Hip Thrusts (45#)
  • 4 Landmine Squats (90#)
  • 4 Barbell Hip Thrusts (95#)
  • 4 Landmine Squats (125#)

Handstands

8×3 Kick-ups

Done between leg sets again. I felt a cool discovery today when I pulled my head back more to neutral, allowing my shoulders to get in a better position and in turn let my hips get to a better hollow position! I was immediately able to squeeze and become a lot more stable.

Legs

4 Sets

  • 12 alt Back Rack Reverse Lunge (155-165-175-185#)
  • 6/6 Single Leg RDL (barbell, 95-95-115-115#)

Getting heavy on the lunges! I really liked using the barbell for the single leg Romanian deadlifts.

4 Sets

  • 8 Landmine Squats (145-155-165-175#)
  • 8 Barbell Hip Thrusts (115-115-125-125#)

I’m so weak in my squat now.

Shoulders

3 Sets

  • 10 Cuban Rotations (35#)
  • 10 Trap-3 Raise (5#)
  • 10 Band Rear Delt Pull Apart (red)

All three movements are feeling much better.

Conditioning

10:00 AMRAP

  • 40 Double Unders
  • 100m TrueForm Run
  • 10 alt Renegade Rows (35# DBs)

I really liked this one! Missed 3 or 4 times with the rope, which isn’t bad considering I haven’t been doing any dubs. Felt great on the run, holding between a 6-7:00/mile pace. Got through 7+4.

Pump Before Pull-ups

Nothing is sore for a change. Nice weather, which is very unusual. Out in the garage at 4pm.

Warm-up

  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • 3:00 SkiErg (701m)
  • 3 Sets
    • 10 Cuban Rotations (15#)
    • 10 Rear Delt Band Pull Aparts (red)
  • 10 DB Bench Press (40#)
  • 5 Goblet Squats (35#)

Chest & Triceps

4 Sets

  • 8 DB Bench Press (60#)
  • 8 DB Fly (40#)
  • 8 DB Bench Press (60#)

Was close to failure on the bench presses the last two sets.

3 Sets

  • 12 DB Pull Over (60#)
  • 12 Tricep Push Down (bar, 60#)

4 Sets

  • 10 Close Grip Bench Press (115-125-135-145#)
  • 10 Cable OH Tricep Extension (rope, 38-43-43-43#)

The bench press felt really good here.

3 Sets

  • MAX Push-ups
  • 1:00 Rest

Not as good to start today, but better on the other two sets, with 35-25-22.

Conditioning

3 Rounds

  • 12 Pull-ups
  • 20 Goblet Squats (53#)
  • 8 Pull-ups
  • 1:00 Rest

Not my jam with so much of the time for squats and me being cautious with my back. My rounds were 1:08, 1:10, and 1:12.