Cindy – Page 2 – Nick Momrik's Fitness Logs

Cindy Intervals

Was up late reading stupid comments from people about the Games. Don’t read the comments!

Went to the 5:30 class.

Warm-up

Bear Crawls
Inch Worms
Mountain Climbers

Strength

Deadlift

5×155#
5×245#
5×265#
5×285#
5×285#
5×305#
5×305#
5×305#

Gotta get that back healed up so didn’t go heavy. Felt pretty easy. Wore the belt with 265# and beyond.

Conditioning

4 Cycles

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

Went out hot. Got 4+5 but fell off fast in each successive round with 3+22, 3+7, and 2+26. Air squats started to slow down in the 2nd cycle and then push-ups had to start being broken up in the 3rd cycle.

Accessory

8:00 EMOM

1/1 Turkish Get-ups

I used a 35# KB for 5 rounds and then a 44# for the final 3.

Two Wheel Super

Tired this morning. Probably because I knew what was coming. Thursday is not my favorite morning. Warmed up with 3:00 Air Dyne (1.48km).

Coffee Squats

Back Squat

20×45#
10×135#
5×165#
5×195#
20×225#

Wore the belt. Wasn’t as bad as I was expecting, but it’s always a fight no matter what is on the bar. I thought I was taking a video, but evidently I set the GoPro for pictures instead of video so didn’t get anything. Did all the work in about 20 minutes this morning since I got a late start.

I was regretting those Super Squats after Kevin posted the CrossFit Intuition WOD.

Warm-up

Crossover Symmetry Activation
Bottom Squat Hold
10 Air Squats
Hamstring Stretching

Strength

Deadlift

10×45# (slow reps)
5×155#
5×245#
4x5x295#
AMRAP 295# (15)

Nice back bump and started to feel a burn in my hamstrings with that max rep set.

Skill

Everyone else rushed through the strength work, so I only did 2 sets of dubs, getting 95 and 43.

Conditioning

“Cindy”
20:00 AMRAP

5 Pull-ups
10 Push-ups
15 Air Squats

Yeah…was not looking forward to all the squats after super squatting this morning. I haven’t done a full Cindy in 2.5 years. Had a nice steady pace, making sure not to go out too hot and red line in the first 5 minutes. Push-ups were solid until the last 4-5 rounds when I had to pause once in each set. The air squats actually felt pretty good, but did start to burn pretty bad at the end. I set a PR by almost 2 full rounds and I’m 20+ pounds heavier now. Got through 22 rounds plus 5 pull-ups. Should have dropped for a few push-ups but I had enough.

Walked 200m and then did Crossover Symmetry Plyometric.

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.

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.

Back at it

Still a bit tired from the trip. Knew I needed the rest day yesterday though. Went in for the 5:30pm class at CFi. Was good to be back!

Warm-up

Foam Rolling
Shoulder Stretching

Accessory

100 American KBS (44#)

Did it with two sets (65-35) in 3:39.

Strength

Push Jerks

5×75#
3×110#
3×135#
3×165#
3×185#
3×205#
3×225#
3×235#

I don’t ever remember doing 235# for one even. It’s never been a lift I’ve tried to max out on. I’d done 225# before though. So getting a triple was pretty big.

Conditioning

10 Rounds

1:00 “Cindy”
- 5 Pull-ups
- 10 HR Push-ups
- 15 Air Squats
1:00 Rest

We continued each round where we left off. I ended up with 14 rounds plus 1 pull-up. Push-ups got a little slow and I think I took 2 short breaks somewhere on them. Last summer I did 12 rounds of this exact same workout at SF and my score was 14+1!! I’d say that’s getting fitter. 🙂

Alex was still doing jerks and was at 235#, so I jumped in for some singles. Hit 235# again, then 245#, then 255#, all for PRs. Missed 265# because I wasn’t tight in the middle. Had the weight locked out overhead no problem. So now my push jerk and split jerk are equal. Tells you where I need some technique and confidence work.

The 240 frames per second on the iPhone 6 is pretty sweet!

Mini Cindy

Still feeling the effects of “Annie” on my core. Have been getting solid sleep lately and starting eating clean last Friday. Dropped 6 pounds already, down to 194#. I’d love to get back to under 190, which is golden for my conditioning.

Warm-up

Crossover Symmetry Activation
Dynamic Toe Touches
5 Inch Worms to Cobra
Zombie Kicks
6×155# Deadlifts
2 Box Jumps (30″)
6×245# Deadlifts
1 Box Jump (36″)

XWOD

6-6-6-6-6-6 Deadlifts (335#)
2-1-2-1-2-1 Box Jumps
- 2s: 36″
- 1s: 40″

Should have pushed it higher in weight and box height.

Conditioning

3 Rounds

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

We started each 3:00 where we left off the last one. I got exactly 4 rounds the first time through, 3 rounds plus 5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups, and 8 air squats the next time, and finally 7 air squats, 3 rounds, and 5 pull-ups. Push-ups started to go at the end of the second 3 minutes. They always get me.

We jogged an easy mile right after.

Another afternoon workout in the garage. Warmed up with Crossover Symmetry Activation.

3 Rounds

MAX Strict HSPU

I got 7-7-5. According to my records, over 2 years ago I got 10, but I tip the scales 20 pounds heavier these days. Not like I don’t know that overhead pressing is a weakness of mine though.

3 Rounds

MAX L-Sit on parallettes

Also a weakness. Not even true l-sits, but my feet were off the ground. I managed 14-21-15 seconds.

2,000m SkiErg

The fun part! First time trying long distance for time. From some rough comparisons with rowing I figured a pace of 2:10/500m would be a good place to start. That went out the window 5 seconds in after a 2:06-ish felt pretty good. I finished in 8:26.2 with 500m splits of 2:07.1, 2:07.0, 2:07.4, and 2:04.7 with a stroke rate of 35 for each split, so very consistent. I picked up the pace in the last 150m, which seemed like it should have gotten me more than a few seconds! Something to shoot for next time I guess.

4 Rounds

30s Hollow Hold on hands/feet
30s Rest

Wow! These were a bitch after the other stuff. They seemed pretty easy when I did them at SF before.

Finished up with Crossover Symmetry Iron Scap.

Morning Air Dyne

Golfed with a buddy yesterday, so took a rest day.

Conditioning

Did 20 minutes on the Air Dyne at about 9am. RPM was steady at an average of 72. Never saw a number lower than 69 or higher than 74. Totaled 520 calories and 11.41km. Felt good!

Went to Survival Fitness at 8pm for open gym and worked out with Brent.

Warm-up

300m Run
2 Rounds
- “Cindy” round (strict and quality reps)
- 3/3 Turkish Get-ups (35# KB)

Strength

Super Squats! I warmed up with 8 @ 45#, 5 @ 135#, 3 @ 185#, and 3 @ 215#. Then I used 245# for the set of 20, up 20# since starting 2 weeks ago. That first week was definitely the hardest though. Really taxing today on the breathing. A couple of hours later I’m feeling tight in my lower back and my neck.

Then I did 3 sets of 20 pullovers with a 60# DB to stretch out the ribs, with the added benefit of working on my chest.

WOD

3 Rounds

10 Ring Push-ups
10 T2B
10 Weighted Step-ups (24″ box, 45# DBs)

Originally planned for 5 rounds, but decided to keep it shorter after the super squats which are pretty taxing. Right before we upped to 20 step-ups too, but as soon as we got into them, I quickly made the executive decision that was a bad idea because of the big box. I finished in 4:59. Was able to do all of the push-ups and T2B unbroken, but had to break up the 2nd set of step-ups into 6-4 because of grip, but then powered through the last round. Could barely squeeze my water bottle after.

Dear Cindy, I’m Moving On

It was good taking a day off yesterday. I’m feeling refreshed, yet a little tired. My leg is pretty nasty looking and by the amount of pulling I feel on the skin when I move, I think it’s going to take a long time to fully heal. The side of my head still hurts too. Going off the Vicodin today though. Went in to the 11am class.

Warm-up

5 Rounds

1m V-ups
1m Russian Twists (30# KB)
1m Side Plank (30s each side)
1m Leg Lifts
1m Bicycles

It’s been awhile since we did one of these 17 minute ab routines.

WOD

We had the choice between 4 different workouts today. There were only 3 of us in class and we all picked the same one.

“Cindy”
20:00 AMRAP

5 Pull-ups
10 Push-ups
15 Air Squats

If you know my story, you’re aware that “Cindy” and I have a bit of a history. I got my revenge on Cindy about 4 months ago when we did it with chest to deck push-ups and I managed 18+11. Today we did a normal Cindy which doesn’t have the strict push-up standard and I got 20+6. I thought I remembered setting a goal of 20 rounds by the end of the year, but seems I set the bar high with 22 rounds as my goal! I think I can get there with a little more push. The push-ups were a bigger struggle today than I remember.

I think I can finally stop obsessing over “Cindy” and move on. There are plenty of WODs in the sea.

Finisher

10 Prowler Sprints (25y high, 25y low, 90# of plates on the light prowler)

These felt pretty easy.

Will probably get in some snatch work later today out in the garage with a couple of other people. The team competition 6 of us are doing next week had a WOD where everyone has to go for a max weight snatch and clean & jerk. I haven’t done heavy snatches since February so need to get an idea of what I can do.

My Revenge on “Cindy”

My lower back has been pretty sore all day from yesterday’s multiple short WODs involving hang power cleans and deadlifts. It’s a good sore though.

Warm-up

5 rounds

15s Jumping Jacks
15s Squats
15s Mountain climbers
15s Squat Jumps

I took it easy during the warm-up because I knew what was in store and there were a lot of squats coming in the WOD.

Skills

Tabata: Ring L-sits

Tabata: Over the box jumps (24″)

For the Ring L-sits I wasn’t able to keep my legs out for long and had to resort to holding my knees up as long as possible. My arms actually started to give out sooner once I switched to the knee tuck version. Over the box jumps were new and a welcome challenge. Since my basketball days I’ve always enjoyed jumping. I managed 6 or 7 over the box jumps during each 20s period.

WOD

Today we each got to choose between “Cindy” or “Mary” for the WOD. I have a little history with “Cindy” so this was an easy choice for me. Without that history I would have chosen “Mary” because I could use the work on HSPUs and lots of pull-ups. So, what’s that history with “Cindy” you ask?

I started CrossFit almost 8 months ago. My first on-ramp session was supposed to be a 1/2 “Cindy”, but I only made it into minute 6 or 7 before I nearly passed out and was literally on the ground for the next 30 minutes. I was doing ring rows instead of pull-ups and only managed 3 rounds. It was one of the most humiliating moments of my life, but I was instantly hooked on CrossFit.

Fast forward a month and a half after that, when I did jumping pull-ups during “Cindy” and completed 12 rounds plus 5 more jumping pull-ups and 1 push-up. Oh, and I also had to switch from regular push-ups to knee push-ups in round 7 or 8.

As you might expect, I wanted my revenge on that bitch!

“Cindy”
20:00 AMRAP

5 Pull-ups
10 Push-ups
15 Air Squats

Today I completed my first Rx “Cindy” doing kipping pull-ups and chest-to-ground push-ups the entire way. Those first 3 rounds were done right around the 3:00 mark. All pull-ups were unbroken and other than a few sips of water, I never took more than a 1 or 2 second break during some of the push-ups and air squat sets. I definitely had to take the most breaks during the push-ups, but would only rest for a second or two at the top of a push-up before doing more. I ended up with 18 rounds plus 5 pull-ups and 6 push-ups, so scored 18+11 on the WOD!

Take that “Cindy”! I hope we can be friends now. 🙂

Snatch It Up

Yeah… still that right ass tweak. I’ve figure out that going up against the wall with the tennis ball is easier than trying to do it on the floor.

Warm-up

3 rounds

60s Flight simulator
60s “Cindy”

I’d never heard of flight simulator so let me describe it. You start off by getting 5 unbroken DUs, then you do 10 unbroken, keep increasing by 5 once you do the previous number. The goal is to get up to 50 and then come back down. Obviously that’s impossible in this scenario because we’re only doing it for a total of 3 minutes. I’m still struggling with the DUs, and couldn’t string together a 10. For “Cindy” we started off where we had left off in the previous round. I completed 2 rounds plus 5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups, and 11 air squats.

Strength

On the minute for 10m

1 Snatch
1 Hang Snatch

This doesn’t seem all that bad, but the weight got heavy in the last couple of minutes. I used 95#, which is still the most I’ve attempted. I’m really liking the snatch and it’s such a cool feeling to take a weight from the ground all the way to overhead in one move.

WOD

10m AMRAP

10 T2B
10 Dips
30 DUs

I didn’t do any scaling today. I did everything Rx because I knew I could use the DU practice (work on weaknesses right?) and it would mean less time ripping my hands doing T2B. I completed 2 rounds plus 10 T2B, 10 dips, and 11 DUs. At the beginning I tried doing kipping T2B but my body was swinging all over the place, so I slowed down and used a bit of a kipping motion to do one at a time and then reset myself. I did 5 ring dips in the first round because all of the racks were being used, then I switched over to the rack for the rest of the WOD. It took me around 2 minutes each round to get 30 DUs. Slow improvements on them. It’s so frustrating!