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A Little Load

Damn my abs are sore today from those knee raises! Back is a little tight too. Went to the 5:30 class and tried adding a little loading.

Warm-up – 3 Sets

  • 8 Toe Touches
  • 8 Strict Pull-ups
  • 8 Burpees

Strength

Double Kettlebell Deadlifts

  • 2×10 with 35# KBs
  • 2×10 with 44# KBs
  • 2×10 with 53# KBs

I wasn’t going to try doing deadlifts with the bar so this was good to get in some reps.

Conditioning

12:00 AMRAP

  • 3 Bear Complex (45#)
  • 18 Wall Ball (14#, 10′)
  • 8 Step-ups (24″)

Was thinking of substituting something but after I picked up the bar it felt fine so I went with it. Going light on wall balls is always nice. I did everything unbroken and quickly moved from one movement to the next. Finished 6 rounds, the bears, and 16 wall balls.

Deadlift Wednesday

Went to the Chiro at 5. Scheduled it after 3 weeks since it’s the Open. Will go back to about every 5 weeks now.

Warm-up

  • 2×10 RH Heel Drives
  • Dead Hang (feet on ground)

Deadlift

Supposed to be 4×4 @ 90%. Not a chance.

  • 12×45#
  • 8×155
  • 6×265
  • 4×315
  • 4×345
  • 4×375
  • 2x4x405

Conditioning

E3M – 5 Sets

  • 10 Burpees Over the Rower
  • 20 cal Row

Was supposed to be 20 cals of Assault Bike, so we threw in some burpees to get tired for the row. My first and last round were both 1:15 and the other 3 were 1:24 or better.

Chipper

  • 20 Deadlifts (275#)
  • 50 DU
  • 20 KBS (70#)
  • 50 DU
  • 20 Burpees
  • 50 DU
  • 20 C2B Pull-ups
  • 50 DU
  • 20 Box Jumps (24”)
  • 50 DU
  • 20 DB Full Cleans (50#)
  • 50 DU

Was programmed with 400m runs and I originally had the idea to do 100 DU. We decided to go with 50 instead and it was a good call since it still took me 18:01 to finish. Bryan and I shared a bar for the deadlifts and alternated every 5 reps. I did 10-10 on the KBS and 10-5-5 butterfly chest-to-bar pull-ups. When I got to the cleans he was 10 reps in so we alternated 5 reps each until he was done and then I took another rest before my final set of 5. I missed 2 dubs in round 1, got the next 3 sets unbroken and then started missing a lot in the final 2 sets after the movements that blew up my legs.

How?

I did not sleep well and feel weak and tired as fuck this morning. In at 10:30.

Warm-up – 2 Rounds

  • 5 Strict Pull-ups
  • 5 Strict Chin-ups
  • 20 Push-ups
  • 15 Air Squats
  • 40 DU

E2M 20:00 (alt)

  • 15 cal Row
  • 15 Burpees

Whoa, regular burpees for once! Was taking about 40 seconds to row and 45 for the burpees.

12:00 Time Cap

  • 150 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
  • Max Muscle-ups

I did 3 sets of 25 and the clock was just over 3:00 when I peeked. Then I did 3 sets of 15 and finally 3 sets of 10. Until the final 2 sets I was resting with the ball between my chest and the wall so I didn’t have to do extra work picking it up. I tried to count so my rests were less than 10 seconds. Finished at 7:06. Somehow my PR was 6:14 from 4 years ago in the Open. That was actually the last time I’ve done “Karen” too. I tend to avoid it because it’s so boring and I can barely walk for 3 days after. I’m beginning to think my judge miscounted my reps in that PR because my notes said I only did 2 sets of 25 and then 20s, 15s, and 10s. I was 30-40 pounds lighter back then, so maybe that’s it. I don’t know.

I collapsed to the floor for some breaths and eventually made my way over to the rings. I don’t think I touched them until after 8:00 on the clock. I did 2-2-2-2-1-1-3 for 13 total reps.

According to BTWB this makes 100 muscle-ups on the rings in 2017 already, compared to only 86 in all of 2016.

Eights

Dragging a little today after being up until almost 3am. Went to the 5:30 class to get out of the house.

Warm-up: 3 Sets

  • PVC Triangle Stretch
  • 5 False Grip Ring Rows (legs under me)
  • 10 Mountain Climbers
  • Pigeon Stretch

Strength – OHS

  • 6×45#
  • 6×75
  • 4×95
  • 4×115
  • 3×135
  • 3×155
  • 2×175
  • 2×195

Conditioning

8:00 AMRAP

  • 8 Burpees
  • 8 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
  • 8 C2B Pull-ups

Went 4-4 on the chest to bar pull-ups, but unbroken on the rest. Wall balls were like a rest and burpees were slow throughout. Tried to push at the end. Finished 5 rounds plus 6 burpees.

Midline

5 Sets

  • 15 Sit-ups
  • 30s Plank

Double Dubs

My low back was feeling it a little today from over-extending in the shoulder presses yesterday. Funny how something so innocent can irritate it just a little. Went to the 5:30 class, but was the only one to show.

Warm-up – 3 Sets

  • 10 PVC Pass thrus
  • 20 Air Squats
  • 30 Jump Rope (singles)

Strength – OHS

  • 3×45#
  • 3×75
  • 3×95
  • 3×115
  • 3×135
  • 3×155
  • 3×175
  • 3×185
  • 3×195 (PR match)

Wore the belt with 155 on I think. After 185 I looked up my best triple and decided to go one more set to match it. Had been November of 2014! It was an ugly set but I got the reps.

Conditioning

14:00 AMRAP

  • 20 Sit-ups
  • 15 cal Row
  • 10 Burpees
  • 5 Ring Rows

Made it through 5+6.

Skill Conditioning

5 Rounds

  • 15 Zeus Double Unders
  • 30 Double Unders

Wasn’t as bad as I expected. Made it through every set unbroken in 4:15.

Too Similar to Thrusters

Hit the late 6:30pm class.

Warm-up – 3 Sets

  • 10 Band Pulls (green)
  • 20-20 Banded Monster Walk Steps (small red)
  • 10 Burpees

Definitely warmed up after 30 burpees.

Strength – Shoulder Press

  • 6×45#
  • 6×75
  • 6×95
  • 6×105
  • 6×115
  • 6×125
  • 6×135
  • 6×140

Weak! Was starting to over-extend so I put on the belt for the last set. I could feel some fatigue from last night’s thrusters.

Conditioning

8:00 AMRAP

  • 5 Squat Clean + Push Jerk (95#)
  • 7 Pull-ups
  • 21 American KBS (44#)

I could have done them as Clusters, but I’ve been doing enough thrusters, so I stood up all the way and then did a quick push jerk. Unbroken on everything. Using the smaller kettlebell doesn’t leave enough room for my hands, especially when I already keep my pinkies outside with the 53# bell. Could feel my fingers really starting to rub, but luckily the workout was short enough I didn’t make any blisters. Finished 3+25, or 8 reps shy of 4.

Midline – 5 Sets

  • 4 Evil Wheels
  • 14 Russian Twists (44# KB)

Kept moving from one to the other.

Two Extra

Was delaying going to the gym, but finally got my ass in gear to get there with enough time to get in the thrusters before the 6:30 class. My quads are still sore to the touch! I’ve never had DOMS linger this long before. My back is still not great, but I need to get back into the gym routine.

Warm-up

  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • 5 Thrusters (45#)
  • 5 Thrusters (95#)

Thruster Attack – Week 1 Workout 2

10:00 EMOM

  • 5 Thrusters (135#)

It was only supposed to be 8 rounds, but I felt “good” so I did two more. Within minutes of finishing I was light-headed. Had enough time to recover while class warmed up and they were doing deadlifts. I jumped on the RH instead.

Reverse Hyper

  • 2x8x210#
  • 3x10x210#

Conditioning

  • 400m Run
  • 5 Rounds
    • 3 Curtis P (75#)
    • 7 Burpees
  • 400m Run

Definitely was going light today, which allowed me to go non-stop at a good pace. Finished in 8:38.

Midline

4 Sets

  • 3 Straight Partner Medicine Ball Passes (30#)
  • 3/3 Side Partner Medicine Ball Passes (30#)

Heading to Iceland

Wanted to get in something before I head to Iceland this afternoon, especially since I don’t plan to do much during the week. Out in the garage to try something different…

Interval Weight Training

I’ve been hearing about IWT for about a year now and have looked it up a few times. Has always looks nasty from the few examples I was able to find and the science/theory behind it makes sense. After seeing it come up again last week I did a little more digging and found an article on Breaking Muscle of all places with some great info and what looked like a good way to get started. I warmed up with some power cleans, 5 touch-n-go each with 45-95-135 pounds.

  • Part 1 – 3 Rounds
    • 8 Power Cleans (155#)
    • 2:00 Ski
    • Rest 2:00
  • Rest 5:00 (total)
  • Part 2 – 3 Rounds
    • 8 Back Squats (205#)
    • 2:00 Air Dyne
    • Rest 2:00
  • Rest 5:00 (total)
  • Part 3 – 3 Rounds
    • 10 Mountain Climbers
    • 10 Push-ups
    • 10 Burpees
    • 10 Air Squats
    • 10 Box Jumps (24″, step down)
    • Rest 1:00

Something I really struggle with is steady state cardio, when fatigued, like the working this week with running. As soon as I got into round 2 of part 1 that couldn’t have been more clear. My meters on the ski erg went from 554 to 530 to 509. I think there is a lot of room for improvement there. All of the cleans were TnG.

When I got to the Air Dyne I was able to stay consistent or maybe I paced too much in the first two rounds. I got 63-62-63 calories on my AD2. The body weight circuit was pretty consistent two with splits of 1:30-1:30-1:33.

Other than trying to keep up a pace on the erg, the hardest part was the first box jump each round. Hopefully I can repeat this each week for a month or two (maybe switch up the movements after a month) and see where it takes my conditioning.

I better shower and pack so I can make my flight!

Need More Curls

My shoulders are feeling the jerks from Sunday. Went to the 4:30 class.

Warm-up

3 Sets

  • 30s Bottom Squat Hold
  • 20 Mountain Climbers
  • 20 Jumping Jacks
  • 20 Pass Thrus
  • 10 Push-ups

Strength – Shoulder Press

  • 10×45#
  • 5×75
  • 5×95
  • 5×120
  • 3×140
  • 5×155 (PR)

In the class 5/3/1 schedule it was a 1+ day. Really happy with the 5 reps since it’s a PR.

Conditioning

15:00 AMRAP

  • 200m Run
  • 10 Deadlifts (185#)
  • 10 Burpees
  • 10 Ball Slams (25#)

Once I get tired I cannot seem to push myself on the runs. All kinds of people running faster than me and then I’d make it back up on the other movements. Didn’t help I had the longest distance from the door. Finished 5 rounds and about 110 meters.

Accessory

5 Sets

  • 8 Barbell Curls
  • 8 Wrist Curls

Holy hell I’m weak. I need to do these more often. Went with kilos for 20-22-25-28-30 and the wrist curls were pretty shit at 25 and above.

Burpees Again

Went in early before the 5:30 class. Instead of doing the class back squats since I squatted yesterday and my back has been weird, I did day 4 of lifting since it was only two movements.

Power Clean

  • 5x20kg
  • 5×40
  • 3×60
  • 2×75
  • 1×84
  • 5x1x90

Push Jerk

  • 5x20kg
  • 5×40
  • 3×60
  • 2×75
  • 1×81
  • 5x1x86

Then I was ready to jump in with class…

Conditioning

E30S 5:00

  • 6 Burpees

Took me about 12 seconds each set. There have been burpees during the last 4 classes I’ve gone to.

10:00 AMRAP

  • 10 American KBS (53#)
  • 10 KB Deadlift (53#)
  • 10 Push-ups
  • 10 Goblet Squats (53#)

My goal was not to put the kettlebell down, except obviously during the push-ups. I took a split second of rest at the top of the swings and got in some breaths before and after each set of push-ups. Mission accomplished going unbroken and transitioning from one movement straight into the next. Had to really concentrate on holding the KB during the swings from so much sweat. Finished 6 rounds plus 30 reps. Felt the burn on that one!