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All 40 Minutes

My outer pecs started getting sore early afternoon yesterday, must be from all of those push presses. Had a fun day and got some sun. In with the crew at noon today.

Warm-up

  • 3×10 Reverse Hyper (140#)
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • 6 Power Cleans (45#)
  • 6 Power Cleans (95#)

Conditioning

40:00 AMRAP

  • 6 Power Cleans (115#)
  • 8 Box Jump Overs (no touch, 18″)
  • 10 Ring Dips
  • 8 Box Jump Overs (no touch, 18″)
  • 6 Power Cleans 115/75#
  • 400m Run

I’ve been wanting to program something really long for a couple of months and was finally able to fit it in. I did fast singles on the cleans the entire workout. Ring dips were 2×5, except one round I lost focus and did 6-4.  Was watching my splits and kept a pretty steady pace right from round 1. Finished 8+18, which makes 102 cleans, 136 jump overs, 84 ring dips, and 2 miles of running. I have a feeling the effects of this one will hit me in a few hours.

Midline – 5 Sets

  • 5 Evil Wheels
  • 20 Leg Lifts
  • 40 Flutter Kicks

For the last 3 sets of flutter kicks, I held a hollow while doing them. I had been keeping my hands under my ass for the first 2 rounds.

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.

Make It 7

Out in the garage in the evening.

Snatch

  • 5×45#
  • 3×75
  • 3×95
  • 2×115
  • 1×135
  • 1×145
  • 1×155
  • 1×165
  • 4x1x175

Missed 155 trying something different, but reset and got it.

Clean & Jerk

  • 5×45#
  • 3×95
  • 3×135
  • 2×165
  • 1×185
  • 1×200
  • 1×215
  • 4x1x230

Cleans felt a little heavy today.

Front Squat

  • 2×235#
  • 2×260
  • 2x2x275

These felt really good! Didn’t wear a belt at all and was able to stay upright.

Accessory

28:00 EMOM (alt)

  • 5 Strict HSPU
  • 6 Evil Wheels
  • 8 Ring Rows (feet elevated)
  • 15 Lying Leg Lifts

Set the clock for 20:00, planning on 5 times through, but the handstand push-ups were holding up so I went 2 more sets through.

Put a bow on deload week. Hopefully I can get in the next full week of the program before I leave the country. Then that might be it for dedicating time to lifting.

Deloading

Out in the garage after 2. Should have probably eaten lunch at some point today. Warmed up with Crossover Symmetry Activation.

Power Snatch

  • 5×45#
  • 3×75
  • 3×95
  • 2×115
  • EMOM
    • 1×135
    • 1×145
    • 1×155
    • 5x1x165

Decided to make them power snatches today since it’s the 4th week and a deload. Made it 8 minutes on the EMOM with the warm-ups instead of just the 5 heaviest.

Snatch Pull

  • 3x3x185#

Back Squat

  • 3×135#
  • 3×185
  • 3×225
  • 3×265
  • 3x3x285

Was not feeling it with the squats today. Maybe because I wasn’t all warmed up due to powering the snatches or maybe the sprints from yesterday beat me up. I could feel that left quad too. Put on the belt for the last 4 sets, but didn’t wear knees sleeves and had on Nano 5s.

Accessory

20:00 EMOM

  • 5/5 Landmine Rows (90#)
  • 6 Strict Chin-ups
  • 8 Strict Ring Dips
  • 6 Evil Wheels
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Decided to finally buy a landmine attachment.

Other Plans

Not sore at all from yesterday’s lifting. I did a 23 minute ROMWOD during lunch. Wanted to do the strength endurance Aerobic Capacity workout, but the rain had other plans when I got to the gym before 5pm. Lifting it was…

Clean

  • 5x20kg
  • 5×40
  • 3×60
  • 2×70
  • 2×80
  • 2×90
  • EMOM
    • 5x1x97
    • 5x1x104
    • 5x1x110
  • Heavy Single
    • 116
    • 121
    • 126

Felt pretty good. Only 4 kilos under my best clean.

Clean Pull

  • 3x113kg
  • 2x3x126

Clean Deadlift

3 Segment Clean Deadlift (knee) + 1 Floating Clean Deadlift

  • 1 Set @ 106kg
  • 2 Sets @ 113

Pause Back Squat

Spend 3 seconds in the hole on every rep.

  • 3x70kg
  • 3×90
  • 3×104
  • 3x3x112

Positioning felt really solid with these, through every rep of every set.

Midline

5 Sets

  • 12 Weighted Sit-up (2×40# DB)

4 Sets

  • 10 Evil Wheels

I used the Rogue Oly bar for these and wow, what a difference it makes using a bar that spins well!

Legs On Fire

Warm-up

  • Ladder Footwork Drills
  • 20 PVC Pass Thrus

Accessory

  • 5 Pendlay Rows (45#)
  • 5 Pendlay Rows (95#)
  • 5 Pendlay Rows (125#)
  • 8 Evil Wheels
  • 5 Pendlay Rows (155#)
  • 8 Evil Wheels
  • 5 Pendlay Rows (175#)
  • 8 Evil Wheels
  • 5 Pendlay Rows (185#)

Used an underhand (supinated) grip on the rows. I have a feeling I’m going to have sore abs tomorrow. Usually stick to sets of 4-5.

Grip / Carry Work

  • 400m Pinch Plate Carry (2×25#)

Getting easier to go longer without having to rest.

Conditioning

4 Cycles

  • 20 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
  • 20 Air Squats
  • 200m Run
  • 3:00 Rest

My rounds were 1:57, 1:55, 1:57, and 1:58. That final round of air squats was getting me and I had to take 2-3 brief stops instead of busting them out non-stop. Was able to pick up the pace since it was the last run to make up for the lost time. This was exactly the leg burner I planned it to be; did not want to head out the door running after the 40 squats.

Played 18 holes of golf, but rode in the cart. I’m going to skip ROMWOD today and make it up tomorrow.

Get It In Early

Yesterday I was so sore! Walking 18 holes and squatting down to line up putts was not comfortable. The heat and humidity was some of the highest of the summer, which didn’t help either. I did a 46 minute ROMWOD later in the evening.

This morning I was out in the garage at about 8am to get in day 3 of week 1 before heading to the golf course and to beat the heat.

Push Press

Pause in dip for 2 seconds and pause overhead for another 2 seconds.

  • 5×45#
  • 3×85
  • 3×115
  • 3×145
  • 4x5x175

Pausing in the dip is tough and it was hard not to do a very small extra dip to drive back up. I work my knee sleeves all workout this morning and put on my lifting belt for the working sets due to bringing the bar back down so many times. I used the assigned weight, but cut the sets down from 6 to 4 due to time constraints and still easing back into it.

Back Squat

  • 5×135#
  • 5×205
  • 5×235
  • 4x5x265

Felt much better than the front squats on Monday. Was able to go with the assigned weight, but again cut it 2 sets short.

Hang Snatch

Pause 2 seconds above knee and 2 seconds in OHS.

  • 2×45#
  • 2×75
  • 2×95
  • 2×115
  • 2×135
  • 2×145
  • 2×155
  • 2×165

Not supposed to use more than 80% (175), but I was happy to hit 165. I almost lost my grip on the 2nd rep with 155, so I dropped the bar between reps with 165 to reset completely.

Snatch Lift Off

  • 5×200#
  • 3x5x220

Supposed to use 90-100% of full snatch 1RM. First set at 90% felt good so I went to 100% for the others. Much better than the snatch deadlifts felt the other day, but I think the pauses probably had something to do with how heavy it felt that day. I did use lifting straps for all sets of these.

Decided to ride in the cart today on the golf course with another hot day; two in a row would have been a bit much. Headed out to the garage a couple of hours after getting home for a 2nd session. Warmed up with Crossover Symmetry Activation.

Accessory

6 Sets

  • 3 Strict Chin-ups (knees up)
  • 6 Evil Wheels
  • 8/8 Landmine Rows (80#)

As you can see I also had a 25# plate holding down the end of the bar, which added some more weight. Played around with different grip positions for a few sets too.

Conditioning

  • 1,000m Ski Erg

My previous best was 3:45.6 almost 2 years ago. Number in my head was a 1:45/500m average but 20 seconds in I knew that would be a bad idea. Early on 1:47-1:48 was feeling good. Then things started to take a turn similar to how they do on the rower. Managed 3:36.9 for a nice PR.


Finished up with Crossover Symmetry Iron Scap and then a 22 minute ROMWOD later.

 

Hung. Over.

Late night, but in to the gym to get some work done. My quads are still extremely sore! My legs have given out several times walking today. I’m sure dancing at the wedding last night had nothing to do with it.

Warm-up

3 Sets

  • 150′ Jog in gym
  • 10 Sit-up to Staddle
  • 5 Scap Pull-ups

Strength

5 Sets

  • 6 Pendlay Rows (supinated, 135#)
  • 6 Evil Wheels

Didn’t feel the rows in my left shoulder at all. Maybe that time away helped.

Conditioning

10:00 AMRAP

  • 20 Squats (20# MB)
  • 200m Run (20# MB)

I think I finished 5 rounds plus the squats, but it might have only been 4. Guessing 5 since the final run and next round of squats took me just under 1:45. Didn’t push it today since it was a late night. I cupped my arms under the medicine ball for my squats and held it on my shoulder during the run. Tried one round with the ball an my hip and it didn’t work as well. Ball never touched the ground for the entire 10 minutes.

  • 4 Tabata Double Unders
  • 4 Tabata HS Hold
  • 4 Tabata Push-ups

No additional rest going to the next movement. I tripped up way too many times and only got 106 dubs. Push-ups were tough after the handstand holds. Did 20-16-12-11.

Midline

  • 75 V-ups

Got talked into this one. Was really feeling it in my upper abs. Kept a single steady pace the whole way. First 25 at 1:00, 50 at 1:59, and finished at 2:55.

What a Bear!

My hips and quads are all pretty sore.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • 3 Sets
    • 5 ATYs (5# plates)
    • 15/15 Monster Walks (small red band)
    • 10 Walking Lunges

Weightlifting / Cycling

5 Sets

  • 7 rep Bear Complex

I was out of breath with the empty bar! I did 45-75-105-135-155#. Decided to count that first set because I was taking quite a bit of rest with the bar on my back during the 135 and 155 sets. Going in I thought maybe 165, but 155 was fine with me and 10# heavier than I’d done.

I did all clean thrusters, but in the final two loads I started resting after lowering the bar on to my back before doing a back thruster. Got a little rest in the hang position a few times.

Accessory

6 Sets

  • 4 Pendlay Rows (165#, supinated)
  • 6 Evil Wheels

I did a couple of warm-up sets on the row with 105-155#. Could feel a little pull in my left shoulder with the first two working sets, but it went away by the 3rd set. Evil wheels have become very easy for me. Maybe from the GHD work I do?

Explosive “Conditioning”

For Quality

  • 50 Burpee Broad Jumps

Didn’t even start the clock because the focus was on the jumps and not going balls to the wall; be explosive under a little fatigue. Kept a nice steady pace and tried to get some distance with each jump. Was much harder than I expected. Feet were really digging into the end of my shoes even at 10 reps in.

I’ll get in some shoulder mobility work and e-stim.

Burnin’

When I woke up and started moving in bed I was feeling some pretty good pain in my shoulder. Or maybe that was a dream because I seemed to be fine after actually getting out of bed. Legs feeling a little fatigued.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • 2 Sets
    • 5s of StrongFit Tricep & Bicep Openers (10#)
    • 10 Wall Squats
    • 10 Reverse Hyper (210#)
  • 10 Close Grip Bench Press (45#)
  • 12 OH Walking Lunges (55#)
  • 10 Close Grip Bench Press (95#)
  • 12 OH Walking Lunges (55#)

Strength

E3M – 5 Sets

  • 10 Close Grip Bench Press (135#)
  • 12 OH Walking Lunge (55# plate)

Accessory & Midline

5 Sets

  • 5 Pendlay Rows (155#, supinated)
  • 5 Evil Wheels

Conditioning

10:00 AMRAP

  • 5 Bar-facing Burpees
  • 5 Power Cleans (95#)
  • 5 Push Press (95#)

Some similarities to 16.5, but felt much better without the big sets and without the squat part of thrusters. Was holding steady at under a minute per round pace and picked it up at the end to finish exactly 11 rounds with a second to spare. Everything unbroken and was able to stick with push presses all the way.

Bonus!

Tabata

  • Bottom to Bottom Squats

Did sets of 10 for the first 6 rounds and took the extra “rest” in the bottom position. Then kept moving in the final 2 rounds to get 13 and 14. Finished with 87 for a 9 rep PR. Coming out of that bottom hold for the final 4 rounds really is a hell of a burn.

Finished with Crossover Symmetry Plyo and will do ROMWOD at some point.