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Match Game

Went to bed early so I could get a solid 8+ hours and actually woke up even later than I’d like. Walked into the gym a couple of minutes late for 9am.

Warm-up

  • PVC Pass-thrus
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • Shoulder stretching

Strength – Shoulder Press

  • 10×45#
  • 5×75#
  • 3×95#
  • 3×135#
  • 1×145#
  • 1×155#
  • 1×165#
  • 1×170#
  • 1×175# (PR match)

I thought I missed 175 last month but it was actually a PR attempt at 177.5 that I missed. Grrr! Now I’m mad I didn’t look before so I could attempt that PR again today.

Apparently we were supposed to do push press max though. I thought it was odd we maxed out 2 months in a row on this.

Conditioning

  • 10:00 AMRAP
    • 12 Burpees
    • 4 Bear Complex (95#)
  • 4:00 Rest
  • 6:00 AMRAP
    • 8 Deadlifts (95#)
    • 20 Sit-ups

A grind for those 10 minutes. I started out at a comfortable pace and dropped every rep of the bear knowing it was on the long side for those two movements. Finished 5 rounds plus 12 burpees. Thought about increasing the weight for the deadlifts even though it was programmed to use the same weight. Don’t really ever do super light deadlifts, so I stuck with it. It was pretty much a sit-up workout. Started to feel my upper abs in the 4th round. Finished 6 rounds plus 6 deadlifts.

Warm-up

3 Rounds

  • 1:00 Air Dyne
  • 12 Reverse Hyper (210#)

Row: Pacing & Engine

  • Interval 1
    • 3:00 @ 20 s/m
    • 3:00 @ 22
    • 2:00 @ 24
    • 2:00 @ 26
  • 5:00 Rest
  • Interval 2
    • 2:00 @ 22
    • 2:00 @ 24
    • 2:00 @ 26
    • 2:00 @ 28
  • 5:00 Rest
  • Interval 3
    • 3:00 @ 24
    • 3:00 @ 26
    • 1:00 @ 28
    • 1:00 @ Max speed with full length rowing

Week 4 begins. I figured even with the higher intensity I’d try to increase my pace/500m a little over what I’ve been doing for the corresponding stroke rates during these sessions. Worked out well. Total of 6,715 meters for the session and 21 extra meters on the 2nd interval compared to the same 8 minute breakdown last week, though it was 3rd then. Really happy with how I was able to nail the stroke rates and keep right around a 2 second change for every 2s/m.

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Strength: Push Press

Was nice and warmed up so I jumped in with Weston.

  • 5×115#
  • 3×135#
  • 3×155#
  • 1×175#
  • 1×195#
  • 1×215#
  • 1×230#
  • 1×245# (PR)

There, got that PR for the day! 🙂 Normally I don’t like to make such big jumps towards the end, but it worked out for this.

Draggin

Woke up at 7:30, a little late, but made it for the 9am class.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • 3×10 Reverse Hyper (210#)
  • 20 Toe Touches
  • 20 Air Squats
  • 7 Burpees

Strength

Sumo Deadlift

  • 5×135#
  • 5×225#
  • 5×255#
  • 5×275#
  • 2x5x305#

Was losing my grip (was not alternating hands) after 3 reps with 305# without knurling on the bar where my hands were. Should have probably chalked up a bit.

Conditioning

  • 4:00 AMRAP
    • 8 Thrusters (95#)
    • 8 Pull-ups
  • 2:00 Rest
  • 4:00 AMRAP
    • 10 Ball Slams (25#)
    • 10 Burpees

Went unbroken. Was one rep shy of 5 full rounds on Fran’s distant cousin, then 3+8 on the second AMRAP. Couldn’t recover enough to go hard in part 2.

Midline

  • 20-25-15 GHD Sit-ups
  • 20-25-20 Russian Twists (45# plate)

My back started to lock up on the GHDs. Not like tweaks, but the muscles in my low back.

Was feeling a bit out of it after this workout. Maybe the cumulative effects of yesterday’s double day caught up to me.

Pacing with Stroke Rate

Got to the gym early so I could get in some rowing.

Warm-up

2 Rounds

  • 10 Reverse Hypers (210#)
  • 250m Row

I actually checked the drag factor on the rower for the first time today. Super easy too. It was at 123 where I usually set the damper (just below 5).

Row: Pacing & Engine

  • Interval 1
    • 4:00 at 20 s/m
    • 3:00 at 22
    • 2:00 at 24
  • 4:00 Rest
  • Interval 2
    • 2:00 at 20
    • 2:00 at 22
    • 2:00 at 24
    • 2:00 at 26
  • 4:00 Rest
  • Interval 3
    • 3:00 at 22
    • 2:00 at 24
    • 2:00 at 26
  • 4:00 Rest
  • Interval 4
    • 3:00 at 22
    • 1:00 at 24
    • 1:00 at 26
    • 1:00 at 28

That was actually really fun. Sure didn’t feel like I spent 30 minutes rowing because I was locked in on trying to keep the stroke rate and a corresponding pace. My goal was 2:02/500m and then with each increase of 2 strokes per minute the pace should drop 2 seconds.
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Total of 8,023 meters when including the warm-up. Couldn’t be happier with how that turned out for a first attempt at pacing through stroke rate. I did Crossover Symmetry Recovery before leaving the gym.

I finished up the reverse hyper after making some adjustments. Upgraded to a 1″ pipe to support the weight, which is much sturdier than the 3/4″ I had at first and I’m using in the back to support the platform. It was nice that I already had the platform created from before. All I did to it was cut the notches where it sits on the pipes, screwed in some PVC for handles, and spray glued on padding (3/4″ puzzle mat + yoga mat). Pretty happy with the way it turned out.

Rogue’s rack attached reverse hyper runs about $600 and bolts on. This sucker was less than $100 and is easy to put up and take down.

Back at the gym for the 4:30 class.

Warm-up

  • PVC pass-thrus
  • Shoulder stretching
  • PVC OHS
  • Hamstring stretching

Strength

Push Press

  • 10×45#
  • 6×95#
  • 3×135#
  • 3×155#
  • 3×175#
  • 3×185#
  • 3×195#
  • 3×205#
  • 3×215# (PR)

Put the belt on starting with 175#. Rested about 2-2:30 between sets. Beat my old triple by 3#.

Conditioning

10 Cycles (continue AMRAP)

  • 45s AMRAP
    • 5 Burpees
    • 10 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
  • 15s Rest

That 15 seconds was just enough to keep pushing the gas. After getting 1 round plus an extra rep for the first few rounds that turned into my goal for the rest of the way. Kept at it and then got 1+3 extra reps in the final round for a total of 10 rounds plus 12 reps.

Lil’ GHD “Annie”

  • 50-40-30-20-10 Double Unders
  • 25-20-15-10-5 GHD Sit-ups

Last time I did this it was 7:11. Didn’t feel like I was cruising today, but crushed it with a 6:04. I split up the first 3 rounds of GHDs into 15-10, 12-8, and 9-6. Maybe my rest was shorter for those breaks. All dubs were unbroken.

Like Whoa

Rained all night and all morning. Waited for the ground to dry up before hitting this around 3.

“Brenton”

5 Rounds

  • 100′ Bear crawl
  • 100′ Broad Jumps
  • Do 3 burpees after every 5 broad jumps.

My favorite outdoor workout, probably because I cover a lot of ground on my jumps. I did it 3 and 2 years ago on vacation, but missed it last year for whatever reason. I thought I might have a 100 foot strip to use, but the yard wasn’t big enough, so I had to use a 50 foot piece there and back. Luckily it didn’t result in enough difference to screw up my broad jumps and make me do more burpees. I was able to make it across the 50 feet in 7 jumps every time, so only did 6 burpees every round. My time from 2 years ago was 9:23 (100′ strip) and 10:16 the year before. I smoked those with an 8:17! Whoa!! I think I was actually a lot better at the bodyweight stuff 2 years ago, but maybe not.

Hard and Fast

E90S for 8 Rounds

  • 50y Sprint

Felt pretty good. Walked back to the start and had about 25 seconds to sit and wait for the next round. Recovery was good to be able to go hard every run.

Midline

10 Rounds

  • 15s Hollow Rocks
  • 15s Rest

Got 13 in the first round and then 12s for a total of 121 rocks. Bumped it up 2 more rounds from what we did a couple of Sundays ago.

In vs Out

Stayed up too late. Only drank a Mountain Dew Live Wire this morning before heading to the gym. Not a good idea. I felt like shit until I started working up a sweat.

I warmed up my push press with 10×45, 5×95, and 5×135#. Only did 6 deads with 155# to warm-up the lower body.

Strength

12:00 EMOM (alternating)

  • 5 Push Press + 10s OH Hold (155#)
  • 6 Deadlifts (245#)

Class was doing front squats but I did some yesterday and squat heavy tomorrow. Substituted the deadlifts instead.

Accessory

5 Sets

  • 4 Pendlay Rows (155-155-165-165-165#)
  • 4 Good Mornings (135-155-175-175-175#)

Felt good. Didn’t push it.

Conditioning

15:00 AMRAP

  • 60 Russian KBS (70#)
  • 50 Air Squats
  • 40 Burpees
  • 30 Ball Slams (25#)
  • 20 OH Walking Lunges (45#)
  • 10 Push-ups

I did the swings 40-20, unbroken on air squats, burpees, and ball slams. Then 10-10 on the lunges and unbroken push-ups. Second time through went 20-20-20 on the swings, unbroken air squats, and got through 21 burpees. Morgan pushed me to go harder than I really wanted to at the end to stay ahead of her. Good workout when I came in feeling like garbage.

1 More Burpee

In for the 4:30 today since I had work to get done. Low back is tight from the squats last night.

Warm-up

Did various things to loosen up the back and hamstrings using a training bar. Good mornings, stretching, etc.

Strength

Deadlift

  • 5×155#
  • 5×245#
  • 5×295#
  • 5×315#
  • 5×335#
  • 5×365#
  • 5×385#

Put on the belt starting with 315#. Felt pretty good. Can probably slowly start working my way back up since the back has been feeling good.

Accessory

While the rest of class was working on double unders I did 4×5 wide behind the neck strict pull-ups.

Conditioning

Death by Burpees

Finished 17 and then 15 of 18. Beats the 15 rounds I did 3 years ago.

  • 50-40-30-20-10 Double Unders
  • 25-20-15-10-5 GHD Sit-ups

Since I wouldn’t be able to set a PR on “Annie” after all those burpees I switched it up a bit. All dubs were unbroken. I took a short break during the first 3 sets of GHDs, breaking them up to 15-10, 12-8, and 9-6. Finished in 7:11. Got a little headache after that combination.

Now my back is really tight!

Deliveries

In at 9am.

Warm-up

  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • Good Mornings (15#)
  • Side bends with bar (15#)
  • Twists with bar (15#)
  • Squats (15#)
  • 30s Squat Jumps (15#)

Strength

Deadlifts

  • 5×155#
  • 5×245#
  • 3×315#
  • 6:00 EMOM
    • 3×345#

Felt pretty good. I wore the belt during the EMOM.

Conditioning

  • Buy-in: 30 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
  • 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
    • American KBS (70#)
    • Burpees
  • Cash-out: 30 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)

Everything unbroken, even forced myself to keep going with the wall balls at the end. Wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be with the 70# KB for the swings. Finished in 10:30.

Midline

Tabata Plank Push-ups

Yuck!! Was sweating so much. Did like 12 in the first round, but then only ended up with 58 total. These get hard really fast.

Accessory

We were done with plenty of time so Kevin gave us a bonus of 300m Farmer’s Carry. I had a brilliant idea to try it with bumper plates. Grabbed the 35# ones. Holy shit was that brutal. I had to take so many breaks. Finished it all though. Wonder what my hands will feel like later today and the next couple of days.

Run Every Day

Went out at 7pm. Felt like I was running a 9:00/mile pace, but at 1/2 mile it was just over 8:00. Picked it up a little because it felt good. My pace is coming back much faster than I expected. Ran 1.75 miles in 13:51.

Got the new Nano 5 today and a pair of Relentless jeans too.

  

Heavy Singles

Made it in early before the 9am to squat since they switched to Monday in the Intuition programming for a while.

Back Squat

  • 20×45#
  • 5×135#
  • 5×225#
  • 3×265#
  • 2×295#
  • 1×315#
  • 6x1x335#

Set with 135# was done shoeless and it was quite an interesting feel. I did the 7 singles by the clock, every 2 minutes. Was harder than I expected. Haven’t done a bunch of heavy singles in quite some time.

Push Press

  • 10×45#
  • 4×95#
  • 4×115#
  • 4×135#

8:00 EMOM

  • 4 Push Press 155#
  • 10s OH Hold

DAMN! Started getting rough after round 3. Held for about 20 seconds on the last round.

Conditioning

2 Rounds

  • 30 Russian KBS (70#)
  • 30 Burpees
  • 30 Air Squats

Tried to keep a steady pace on the burpees. Finished in 6:56.

Midline

3 Rounds

  • 20 Russian Twists (53#)
  • 20 GHD Sit-ups

Didn’t go for time today, especially with the bigger sets of GHDs than I’m used to. Haven’t been doing enough of them lately so I substituted for AbMat sit-ups.

Run Every Day

Around 7pm I ran 3.1 miles in 27:53 for right at a 9 min/mile pace. Exactly one week left.

One Week In

Fell back asleep until almost 8 this morning. Needed it. My abs are sore from the sit-ups Friday night and my legs are sore from all of the activity yesterday. Got up and headed out for a run since I know I won’t want to do it in the rain tonight.

Run Every Day

Went out slow with a 10+ minute mile. It was into the wind. 😉 Couldn’t let my average pace have so many digits so I picked it up on the way back. Went 2.1 miles in 20:46. It said my average heart rate was 136, but the chart shows it spiking hard for the first 0.6 miles and there is no way that’s correct. Steps per minute were in the 170s too, which is becoming normal.

Seven days and over 15 miles, not including any running in workouts, like the 10x200m yesterday. Hopefully my joints get used to the running or this may not last the entire month.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • Thrusters – 45 & 95#

Death by Thrusters

With a continuously running clock…

  • 1 Thruster in the first minute
  • 2 Thrusters in the second minute
  • 3 Thrusters in the third minute
  • … until failure

* 115/75#

I forgot I’ve done this before. It was a long time ago, in September of 2012, when I got 7+7. Today I went through the round of 8 unbroken for an easy PR and it didn’t feel bad. Then I think I went 5-4, 5-5 (or maybe 4-3-3?), 4-4-3, 4-4-4, and 3-3-2-2. It all blurs together. I finished 12 minutes and got 10 in the 13th. It started to get pretty terrible in rounds 9 and 10.

Midline

6 Rounds

  • 15s MU + L-sit
  • 15s Rest

Ended up being about 12 seconds in the L-sit each time. Was really feeling it by the end and the last muscle-up wasn’t easy.

Conditioning

3:00 AMRAP

  • Buy-in: 400m Run
  • Burpees

Rest 3:00, then…

  • # Burpees from AMRAP
  • 400m Run

* Can you finish in 3:00?

Came up with this little gem early in the week. Sounded challenging but doable. I managed 26 burpees, which got pretty slow after 10. Had a good pace doing them the second time and then tried to push the run. Finished in 2:57!

Fun & Dirty

No set plan, we got out the tires and flipped them around a bunch.

Time to Squat Heavy Again

Got to the gym at about 9am and knocked out 100 walking lunges to warm-up.

Back Squat

  • 10×45#
  • 5×135#
  • 3×225#
  • 3×265#
  • 3×295#
  • 3×320#
  • 3×340#
  • 3×345# (PR match)

My first rep with 340 was ugly from not concentrating and it through off the entire set. Made me scared then. I was going to hit the same weight again, but added 5# at the last minute and glad I did. Felt better with more focus. Really wanted to hit 350 or 355 but today wasn’t that day. Felt good to be back under a heavy barbell!

Accessory

5 Super Sets

  • 12 Incline DB Bench Press (60° – 40# DBs each set)
  • 12 JM Press (45-55-60-65-70#)

Since there weren’t heavier dumbbells to increase to and I didn’t want to use kettlebells, I tried to be explosive on my incline reps. The JM presses actually felt pretty good today, even being second with that fatigue. Must be working. My bench sets sure seem to agree.

Snatch

  • 2x20kg
  • 2x40kg
  • 2x60kg
  • 2x70kg
  • 2x75kg
  • 2x80kg

Other than a rep with 60 being forward that I had to pull in, the lifts felt solid today. Don’t think I’ve done a double with that much before.

Conditioning

  • Partner A: Run 200m
  • Partner B: Work on 20 rounds of
    • 5 Burpees
    • 10 American KBS (53#)
    • 15 Air Squats

Paired up with Bryan and everyone did the work outside in the sun. We basically just did a round per run and paced it out that way. So essentially we each did 10 rounds. Finished in 21:50.

Played some half-court basketball and shot around for about 90 minutes.

Run Every Day

Didn’t feel like it at all, but laced up the shoes and ran a mile before the Belmont came on.