Handstand Push-up – Page 16 – Nick Momrik's Fitness Logs

No BS Bench

Morning garage workout.

Warm-up

500m Ski – 2:08.6
Crossover Symmetry Activation

Strength

Bench Press

10×45#
5×95#
5×135#
5×165#
5×185#
5x5x195#
MAX @ 195 -> 10 reps

No squatting, so might as well start a new bench program. Today’s goal was to determine a base number that can be done for 5×5 without compromising form. I thought I’d use 205, but after the set with 185# I made the call to take it conservative and I’m glad I did because the last two sets were starting to get hard. I was taking just over 2 minutes of rest between the 5 working sets and then I took a 3 minute break before the max rep set.

It’s probably been 10 years since I concentrated on bench press, so I’m interested to see how my body reacts. I never had a goal to bench 300#, but I’m making it a goal for this year, since it’s actually within reach. Definitely won’t be easy, but it wouldn’t be a good goal then.

Conditioning

Ski Erg
5 Rounds

500m at 2000m PR pace (<2:00)
30s Rest
100m very easy

I don’t remember where I got this from, but it looks like a Hinshaw workout. I did the rest and 100m after the 5th interval. The computer time said 13:34 at the end, but it keeps rolling a little once you stop moving and then doesn’t count up during rest periods. Call it an extra 2 seconds of time roll for each 500m, so 15:54 total.

Finished with Crossover Symmetry Recovery because this damn shoulder is starting to get funky again. Need to take care of it before it turns into the issue I had last year.

Went to the 5:30 class at CFI.

Warm-up

Bottom Squat Hold
Shoulder Stretching
Yoga

Weightlifting

Power Snatch

5×45#
5×95#
3×115#
3×135#
3×155#
3×165#

I’ve done 155 for hang squat triple, but never a power from the floor that I can recall, so last two sets were both PRs.

Conditioning

5 Rounds

10 Power Snatch (95#)
5 HSPU
1:30 Rest

I was going to try to do strict handstand push-ups, but ditched that plan after doing 1 rep. Kipped the rest of the way and it was not easy. Shoulder burner! Did all sets of snatches TnG. Finished at 10:06.

Midline

20s Plank
10s Rest
20s Side Plank (L)
10s Rest
20s Side Plank (R)
10s Rest
20s V-ups
10s Rest
20s Plank Push-ups
10s Rest
20s Hollow Rocks
10s Rest
20s Plank
10s Rest
20s Side Plank (L)
10s Rest
20s Side Plank (R)
10s Rest
MAX Plank – 2:57

I was sweating more from the max plank than from the workout. Was shaking so bad I couldn’t take it anymore and had to bow out before the 3 minute mark.

Strict Morning

Low back is still pretty spiced up from the back squats. That weight vest walk wiped me out yesterday. In bed by 10 and got over 9 hours of sleep. Out in the garage at 9am.

Conditioning

Air Dyne (AD2)

17:00 @ 80% of 10:00 pace (68-70rpm)

Kept a consistent pace and went 9.34km.

Gymnastics

8 Rounds

3 Strict HSPU
3 Strict C2B Pull-ups
3 Strict Ring Dips
6 GHD Sit-ups (parallel)
6 Back Extensions

Tried to pick rep counts that wouldn’t kill me and nailed them pretty well. The handstand push-ups were the only thing that were close to failing. Didn’t want to stress the back by touching the ground on the GHD sit-ups. Walked from station to station and kept moving. Finished in 13:09. Good way to get in some strict work with a decent heart rate pumping.

Had a chiropractor appointment at 4, so went to the 4:30 class after. We warmed up with some bottom squat hold, shoulder pass-thrus, PVC snatch progressions, etc.

Weightlifting

5 Muscle Snatch (45#)
5 Muscle Snatch (95#)
3 Muscle Snatch (115#)
2 Power Snatch (135#)
2×2 Power Snatch (155#)

I was just not feeling it after the 135# kind of lit up my low back. Made me not commit to the lifts because I was a little scared.

6:00 EMOM

3 Power Snatch

Coming to class, I planned to go with 155#, but because I felt off, I figured I’d use 135#. Started feeling good with TnG, so after 2 rounds I bumped up to 145# for the next 3 rounds, and then went 150# for the final round. All touch-n-go reps. Felt good too! Confidence can be such a weird thing with the lifts.

Conditioning

3 Rounds

1:00 Sit-up
1:00 Burpee
1:00 Row (cal)
1:00 Slam Ball (20#)
1:00 Thruster (75#)
1:00 Rest

I got 107-108-97 for reps. Not entirely sure that last round is correct because I kind of lost my thought process during the burpees. Felt like I might have made up some reps in the later movements, so if anything the count is low. No biggie.

Since missed out on most of the plank work, I got some it at night.

3 Rounds

MAX Plank Hold
3:00 Rest

I did them on my hands with arms extended for a change of pace and so it would work the wrists. Went 3:15, 2:15, and 2:15. Damn, it’s a different ball game on your hand; wrists and shoulders really start to burn.

Repping Singles

Got to the gym early to put in some extra work.

Row

2,000m @ 1:55 pace

Half way through I wanted to cut back to 1:57, so I know it was a good pace to have. Held on and was just under with a time of 7:39.8.

Gymnastics

I took this slomo before getting started.

E15S until fail

1 MU

Got through 23, or 5:45, before missing. Amazing how hard they get just doing singles. Back in August I got 21 at 5# lighter bodyweight.

I was going to do some C&J EMOM work, but Kevin told me he’d do a partner workout with me if I created it, so I threw them in the metcon instead. We worked on goats for 20-30 minutes.

HSPU

3 @ 2.5″ Deficit (Strict)
2×3 @ 3.5″ Deficit (Strict)
2×3 @ 4.5″ Deficit (Strict)

Conditioning

20:00 Partner AMRAP

20 C&J (135#)
30 Burpees
40 T2B
50 Russian KBS (62#)

Kevin used 95#. We split the clean & jerks, burpees, and toes to bars up into sets of 5 each for the first two rounds and the kettlebell swings into 15-10 each. I did my sets of 5 unbroken in the first round and my first set in the 2nd round, then quick singles. He hit the wall in the 3rd round during C&J so I started doing more than half the reps and some bigger sets of burpees and T2B, then I did 30 swings before letting him finish out. We had 1 swing left when time ran out.

Cool Down

10:00 Row

Nice and easy with a pace around 2:18-2:19. Went 2,157 meters.

In the month of January I went almost 145 kilometers or about 90 miles.

Air Dyne – 88,200m
Row – 38,377m
Ski – 18,214m

Going Overhead

Another Super Sunday! Only 45 days until the first Open workout is announced. Warmed up with a lot of stretching and mobility stuff.

5 Sets

3 Strict HSPU

Didn’t use a deficit on the first set, but then went 1.5″, 2.5″, 3″, and 4″ or the other sets.

E2M 12:00

Thrusters (95#)
C2B Pull-ups

I did 12 thrusters and 10 chest-to-bar for the first two rounds and then adjusted to 10 and 8 the rest of the way because I wasn’t getting enough rest time. This was so much worse than I planning it to be. Would have been more of what I wanted by going every 3 minutes. That’s ok though; it was hard!

10:00 Rest

3 Cycles

2 Rounds
- 5 Push Jerks (115#)
- 10 Deadlifts (115#)
- 15 Box Jumps (24″)
2:00 Rest

This comes from Open Workout 13.2. Changed from 5 cycles to 3 after the thrusters and pull-ups. Ended up being perfect and kept up the intensity. I need to get my box jumps back so I forced myself to jump everything instead of bitching out to step-ups when I got tired. Box jumps used to be one of my strengths and lately I haven’t been able to keep knocking them out in workouts. There were only a few reps during the second cycle that I didn’t rebound before kicking my ass to man up. The second round of deadlifts each cycle were a surprising burn on the hips. My round times were 1:45, 1:57, and 2:05. Happy I was able to do everything unbroken and not rest other than a few breaths between movements after the first cycle.

2x with a partner

10 Chest MB Passes
10 OH MB Passes
10/10 Side MB Passes
10 Up MB Passes

Each person goes all the way through before switching out. Used a 20# ball. Those side passes are always horrible.

A lot of shoulder work today. I only have some Air Dyne work planned for tomorrow so no worries.

Christmas Couplets

I’ve been excited about this one since I finished making it last Sunday. Probably made at least 10-15 changes to the met-cons until if felt right.

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Warm-up

Crossover Symmetry Activation
3x10x210# Reverse Hyper
Bottom Squat Hold
Stretching

XWOD

5-5-5-5-5 Bench Press
2-1-2-1-2 HSPU
- 2s: Kipping HSPU
- 1s: Kipping Deficit HSPU (6″)

Including warm-up sets, I benched:

10×45#
5×95#
5×135#
5×165#
5×185#
5×195#
5×205#
5×215#
5×225#

It was actually programmed for 6 rounds, but our group was a little slow with Kevin helping out some people, so I cut myself a round short. Still hit a new 5RM on my bench press after not benching in over a month.

Conditioning

“Christmas Couplets”

@ 0:00 – 3 Rounds
- 3 MU / 6 C2B / 9 Pull-ups
- 6 Snatches (95/65)
@ 10:00 – 5-10-15
- Back Squats (135/95)
- Bar-facing Burpees
@ 20:00 – 15-10-5
- Deadlifts (205/135)
- Ring Push-ups / Push-ups
@ 30:00 – 3 Rounds
- 10 T2B
- 100 DU

The goal for the first 3 parts was to scale appropriately to finish each part under 5:00. Then make the 4th section a challenge and keep fighting since there was nothing else to rest for.

I screwed up my first muscle-up again, but didn’t need to come off the rings and as able to get my 3 in. Got 3 in the second set, then hit the wall on my third set and kept missing them. I should have rested more. Probably missed 5 or 6 times before I got in my 3. Held on for all of the snatches. Still was able to finish in 3:28 but could have been close to 2:00 if my muscles-ups hadn’t given out.

Part 2 was just a grinder that you had to fight through once you got into the 2nd and 3rd round. Took me 4:10 to finish.

I had actually programmed the 3rd part to have push-ups first, but we messed up. Worked out fine though. Everything unbroken and finished in 1:53. Quick one but a nice little burn.

The 4th part sucked with the double unders. Was lucky to get sets of 15 or 20 in and eventually started stopping myself at those numbers to try to keep from burning out. Was a ride on the struggle bus and the middle of my back was cramping up during the dubs. I did all sets of toes to bars unbroken though. Took me 7:19 to get done.

Schedule Change

I was planning to go to the 8am open gym and then to play some beach volleyball, but they changed the schedule starting this weekend. So I went to the 9am barbell class and then stayed for CrossFit right after.

Warm-up

Straight-arm Plank
5 Push-ups
Arm Circles
Shoulder opener up against wall
10 BTN Shoulder Press (45#)
10 Push Press (45#)
5 Shoulder Press (45#)
5 Explosive Push Press (45#)

Push Press

3×95#
3×135#
2x3x165#
2x3x175#
3×185#
2×200#
2×215#
1×225#
1×230#
1×240# (PR)

BOOM! Another PR this week. Happy ThanksGAINing!

Snatch High Pulls

3×95#
3×135#
3×155#
3×175#
3×195#
3×215#

Hadn’t done those in forever.

Then right into the 10am class.

Warm-up

Jog
Dynamic Warm-up (Zombie Kicks, High Knees, Butt Kicks, Side Shuffle, Carioca
Partner Shuttle Sprints
Jog
Stretch

We split up into teams of 3.

5:00 AMRAP
1-2-3-4…

Deadlifts (143#)
HSPU

First person did the round of 1s, then the next person did the round of 2s, and so on. You could start a movement when the person in front of you finished their reps. Deadlifts had to all be unbroken. Pretty easy deadlifts for me. I went 3rd so did the rounds of 3-6-9-12. The girl behind me got through 13+5 and the other guy was on his 14 deadlifts.

7:00 AMRAP
Relay style, so one person does an entire round before the next person goes.

7 T2B
6 Thrusters (45#)
5 Plate Snatches (45#)

I went first and finished 3 rounds. The guy behind me got through the toes to bar and deadlifts before time ran out. Pretty easy for me. I actually think I would have finished more rounds doing it all alone.

No Rest Monday

I was going to rest today but felt like doing something. So I went in at night to lift. Warmed up with an easy 500m Row and some bottom squat hold.

Weightlifting

5 Muscle Snatch (20kg)
5 Snatch Press (20kg)
5 Muscle Snatch (40kg)
5 Snatch Press (40kg)
3 Muscle Snatch (50kg)
3 Snatch Press (50kg)
2 Snatch (60kg)
2 Snatch (65kg)
2 Snatch (70kg)
2 Snatch (75kg)
2 Snatch (80kg)
1 + Fail Snatch (85kg)
Fail Snatch (87kg)
1 Snatch (87kg)
1 Snatch (89kg)
1 Snatch (91kg)
Fail Snatch (91kg)
Fail Snatch (91kg)

Felt pretty good. I’ve only done 200+ pounds a handful of times and hit it on the first try, so I’ll take that. The 89kg was a really solid lift from the feel of it.

Warmed up my shoulders a little more with some shoulder presses:

10×45#
5×95#
4×115#
4×135#

XWOD

4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4 Shoulder Press (150#)
2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1 HSPU
- 2s: 2 Kipping HSPU
- 1s: 1 Deficit Kipping HSPU (4″)

Damn that was rough. Definitely hit the perfect limit with 8 sets because the last rep of my last set was a grind.

All Push

Massage was great yesterday. Definitely needed one. The outside of my left calf is sore! Headed out to the garage around 8:30 this morning.

Warm-up

500m Ski Erg

Went at about 70%, in 2:25.

SkiErg Intervals

3 Rounds

6 Rounds
- 30s @ 100%
- 30s Rest
3:00 Rest (total, don’t rest the 30s extra after the 6th)

Round 1 meters: 134-137-135-134-132-134
Round 2 meters: 140-138-135-134-135-133
Round 3 meters: 137-136-135-135-132-133

Damn! That was a battle. Just enough rest to let you go hard again. I picked up some extra technique stuff from an old video on the CrossFit Journal showing to go up on the toes during the recovery phase, which gives your body more room to drop. Seemed to work and I’m getting more comfortable with the rhythm of the machine. Was holding 1:45-1:50 once I got the flywheel going on each interval.

Walked 0.45 miles around the block for a cool down.

Went over to CFi around 11. I did Crossover Symmetry Activation to get started. Then started warming up with shoulder presses and seated box jumps for the XWOD. Did 10×45#, 6×95#, and 6×115# shoulder presses. Also 2×24″, 2×32″, 2×35.5″, 1×38″, and 1×42″ seated box jumps.

XWOD

6-6-6-6-6-6 Shoulder Press (120#)
2-1-2-1-2-1 Seated Box Jumps
- 2s: 42″
- 1s: 45.5″

Weightlifting

E90S 15:00 (10 sets)

2 Squat Cleans

I went 165-175-185-195-205-215-220-225-235-245. Reps were TnG through 195# and then I dropped the bar between reps. Was thinking to go up by 5# at a time after 215# but after 2 little jumps, I went for broke with two 10# jumps to finish. My max clean is 260# so that felt pretty good to hit 245# for a double at the end of that work.

Conditioning

21-11

Handstand Push-ups
Ring Dips
Push-ups

The plan started out as doing “J.T.” but after the round of 21 we made an executive decision to adjust. Everything was pretty much down to singles by that point and we wanted to be able to use our arms at the Adventure Park tonight. My time was 9:52.

Midline

8 Rounds

15s Hollow Rocks
15s Rest

Grabbed some sushi after.

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Vacation!

Started a vacation today; 10 days off!

My back is a little tight from the deadlifts and all of the pulling in the muscle-ups yesterday. Walked 27 holes of golf today and then headed to CFi around 5:30. Warmed up with Crossover Symmetry Activation. I was planning on doing some heavy snatches and front squats, but after grabbing the bar I felt it wasn’t going to be a good day. So I did the WOD with the group.

12:00 AMRAP

10 HSPU
20 Pull-ups
30 DB Snatches (40#)
40 Sit-ups
50 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)

Finished 1 round, plus the handstand push-ups, pull-ups, snatches, and 35 of the sit-ups. Should have tried to do my first 20 pull-ups unbroken.

Push Press

3×95#
3×115#
3×135#
3×155#
3×175#
3×185#
3×195#
3×205#

Thought about doing shoulder presses, but after a shoulder intense workout, figured it would be good to switch things up with some push presses since I haven’t done them in a long time.

Pretty happy about hitting that weight. Gets me back to the old 3RM I hit on blocks, dropping each rep at that time. So to hit it today, after the workout, from a rack, was a big step. After vacation I’m going to hit another Smolov cycle for shoulder presses.

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.