Elevated

On Sunday we pulled trim and flooring for 4-5 hours and then went for a 2.5 mile walk. Yesterday was day 9 of the yoga series and only 22 minutes. Back in the garage today.

Warm-up

  • 80′ Lateral Monster Walk
  • 80′ Monster Walk
  • 10 Monster Squats
  • 10 Monster Toe Touches
  • 20 Trunk Twists

Leg Conditioning

3 Sets

  • 8/8 Single Leg Supported RDL (45# KB)
  • 140/120m TrueForm Run

3 Sets

  • 10/10 Lateral Step-downs (12”)
  • 30 Plate A Jumps

3 Sets

  • 6/6 Front Foot Elevated Double DB Lunge 35#)
  • 250/200m Standing BikeErg

3 Sets

  • 5/5 Single Arm Front Squat (20#, 2” raised heels)
  • 10 Box Jumps (20”)

Took us 28:34, with over a third of it being on that first section. It got real in section three. We both really liked the squats with the raised heels and felt like it took pressure off of our backs

Midline

4 Sets

  • 10/10 Hanging Oblique Knee Raises
  • 8/6 Parallette Shoot Throughs
  • 10/10 Side Bends (53# KB)
  • 15 Pike-ups

Not in shape for those shoot throughs. I was struggling in the second round and had to take several breaks in sets 3-4.

More Lunges

Warm-up

  • 80′ Lateral Monster Walk
  • 80′ Monster Walk
  • 10 Monster Squats
  • 10 Monster Toe Touches
  • 20 Trunk Twists

Legs

3 Sets

  • 12 Lateral Box Step Overs (24”, 20# DBs)
  • 140m TrueForm Run
  • 15 Squat Jumps

3 Sets

  • 16 DB Reverse Lunges (45#)
  • 250m BikeErg
  • 16 Plyo Lunges

3 Sets

  • 12 Cossack Squats
  • 12/12 Lying Side Leg Lifts (5# ankle weights)

B had to substitute a bunch of movements today because of something in her hip. Increased the weights, bumped the reverse lunges up to 16 from 12 and did two more leg lifts per side. The second part was really bad. Took us 30:26.

Midline

2 Rounds

  • 10 Decline Plank w/ Foot Tap
  • 24 Russian Twists (35# plate)
  • 12 V-ups
  • 10 Hanging Leg Raises
  • 10/10 Hanging Oblique Knee Raise

Back Scare

When I got up to pee a couple times during the night I couldn’t stand up straight and even when I woke up for good my back wasn’t great. Was just like a back tweak. After sitting and drinking my coffee I felt pretty fine though. I spent two hours in my workshop milling up some boards and then hit a workout at noon today.

Warm-up

  • 3:00 TrueForm Run (0.49 km)
  • Crossover Symmetry Activation

Back & Biceps

4 Sets

  • 12 Seated DB Bent Over Fly (30#)
  • 12 Seated DB Bent Over Row (30#)
  • 12 Face Pull (rope, 60-65-65-65#)

4 Sets

  • 10 Seated Cable Row (115-120-120-120#)
  • 10/10 Seated Single Arm Cable Row (49-54-54-54#)

3 Sets

  • 10 Lean Back Lat Pulldown (104-115-115#)
  • 10 Reverse Seated BTN Lat Pulldown (104-115-115#)
  • 10 Underhand Lat Pulldown (104-115-115#)

4 Sets

  • 10 Straight Arm Pulldown (rope, 60-65-65-65#)
  • 10 High Pulley Underhand Row (rope, 60-65-65-65#)
  • 10 Banded High Pull (green)

Midline

3 Sets

  • 10 alt Hanging Straight Single Leg Raises (5# ankle weights)
  • 10/10 Hanging Oblique Knee Raises (5# ankle weights)
  • 40 Hollow Scissor Kicks (5# ankle weights)
  • 6/6 Hip Abducted Evil Wheels

Spent close to three more hours in the workshop later on, which I think my legs will feel tomorrow. I felt a twinge in my back a few times through today’s workout, but otherwise I would never believe how I felt early this morning.