Tag: L-Sit

Something New

Felt a little sick shoveling snow this morning but I think it was the extra caffeine I had in the Protein Energy mix this morning.

Warm-up

  • PVC Pass-thrus
  • Band Pulls

Strength – Bench Press

  • 8×45#
  • 8×95
  • 4×135
  • 4×165
  • 4×195
  • 4×215
  • 4×230
  • 4×245 (PR)

Felt heavy and the lift-off bugged me. Maybe due to my shoulder? Wanted to get 245-250 after getting 5×240 a couple weeks ago so I’ll take it.

Conditioning

Open Workout 11.6 / 12.5
7:00 AMRAP
3-6-9-12…

  • Thruster (100/65)
  • C2B Pull-up

My previous best was finishing the round of 12 and getting 6 more thrusters. Today I finished the 15s and a thruster. PR by 25 reps!

The pull-ups did not feel good on my shoulder in the first 3 sets. Maybe it just went numb after that. I did 3 & 6 unbroken then when I had to do 3-3-singles I was worried. I think maybe it was just the quick turnaround from the set of 6, because I did the rounds of 12 and 15 with sets of 3s no problem. Thrusters were unbroken through 9, then 7-5 and 6-5-4. If I had to do it again soon I’d try the 12 unbroken, do the 15 in 2 sets and try to do chest to bar in all sets of 3 except for the 6.

Midline / Skill

  • 4 Sets
    • 20s L-sit (rings)
    • 10s Rest
  • 30s Rest
  • 4 Sets
    • 20s Handstand Hold
    • 10s Rest
  • 30s Rest
  • 4 Sets
    • 20s Double Unders
    • 10s Rest

The L-sits seemed a lot harder than usual after that workout. This was a tough little combination on the shoulders. I went 35-36-35-25 on double unders. Missed up twice back-to-back on the last set and didn’t have time to start back up.

Skill

  • 30 Inverted Burpees

I’ve wanted to do try these but always forget. Was reminded of them a CrossFit HQ video this week. Pretty fun. I did sets of 5 and started getting the hand of going from candlestick right into the kick up. For the second half I started kicking up with two feet at once which was something new for me as well. I felt like it worked the shoulders and strength more than a lunge into one leg up at a time.

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Ruck Funning

Nice relaxing morning before hitting the gym.

Warm-up

  • 3 Sets
    • 10 Reverse Hypers (140#)
    • 1:00 Air Dyne
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • Cleans
    • 5×45#
    • 3×95#
    • 2×135#
    • 2×165#

Conditioning

  • 800m Run
  • 5 Squat Cleans (205#)
  • 600m Run
  • 10 Squat Cleans (155#)
  • 400m Run
  • 15 Squat Cleans (135#)
  • 200m Run
  • 20 Squat Cleans (95#)

Felt fine on the 800 but the rest of the runs were slow once my heart rate jacked up after those first 5 cleans. I just can’t seem to get my breathing under control and push the pace. I had no problems on the barbell, able to do pretty quick singles through the first 3 bars. The sets of 10 and 15 were a bit of a grind and burned the legs. With 95# I went 5-5-6-4 touch-n-go to finish at 19:02. Walked a 200 to recover.

Accessory

24:00 EMOM (alternating movements)

  1. 30s L-sit
  2. 8/8 Single Leg RDL (53-53-60-60-70-70# KB)
  3. 3 Wall Walks
  4. 10 Barbell Curls (45#)

Harder than expected. I had a good sweat going throughout. I broke up the 4th and 5th L-sits into 2 sets.

Quick recovery and hit up the Adventure Park in the afternoon. Use that fitness!

DIY Projects

Didn’t make it to the gym yesterday. After not doing anything while gone to the Games, two days in a row was a good feel. We weren’t golfing today so I knew I could make it in for a workout. Yesterday I did build an agility ladder though.

agility-ladder

I got started building a climbing peg board as well and finished it today, though I still need to sand out the holes because the pegs don’t fit everywhere. Both projects were a lot more work than I expected.

peg-board

Made it in for the 4:30 class. I have been feeling pretty sore from the pull-ups the other day and all of the hole drilling and screw driving hasn’t helped.

Warm-up

  • 10 PVC Pass-thrus
  • 20 OH Lunges (holding PVC)

Strength

Press From Split

  • 8×45#
  • 4×95#
  • 4×115#
  • 4×125#
  • 4×135#

Couldn’t find a stable position in that last set.

Split Jerk

  • 2×135#
  • 2×175#
  • 2×185#
  • 2×195#
  • 2×205#

Put on the belt with 175# I think. Felt pretty good. Not heavy.

Conditioning

  • Buy-in: 30 Sit-ups
    • Deadlift (225#)
    • Wall Ball (20#, 10′)
  • 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
  • Cash-out 30 Sit-ups

Wasn’t sure how I’d hold up with that many deadlifts. Decided not to wear a belt because I didn’t want to mess with it between movements. Was able to go unbroken on all movements. Finished in 8:28.

Midline

4 Rounds NFT

  • 20 Russian Twists (53#)
  • 15s L-sit (knees up)

Better Back

Went out and walked a quick 9 holes late last night in the heat and then got a decent sleep again. Back was stiff and had a few pain shots getting up and just after waking up. Feels pretty good once I get moving though. In for Super Sunday after missing last week.

Accessory

12:00 EMOM (alternating)

  • 8 Step-ups (2×35# KBs, 20″)
  • 10 Reverse Hypers (210#)

Conditioning

  • 50 C&J (135#)
  • * 1:00 work/rest until finished

I did the first 10 touch-n-go and then got 5 more in that first round. Did 5 touch-n-go in the second minute and then 7 more. Dropped all the rest, going 12 and 11 in the last two, to finish at 6:49, including the 3×1:00 rest. I did wear the belt to help with my back and it felt good.

I was trying to think of what would be a good time for this and kept coming back to 5 rounds. I thought the pace would drop off a lot more after the first round, so I was pretty happy to get done in 4 rounds with time to spare.

30-20-10

  • HR Push-ups
  • Goblet Squats (53/35#)

I did sets of 6×5 push-ups, 20-10 squats, 5×4 push-ups, 12-8 squats, 6-4 push-ups, and 10 squats to finish at 5:47.

Midline

10 Rounds

  • 20s L-sit
  • 25s Rest

We did 8 rounds a couple of weeks ago, but it was the first thing of the day. Tough going today. I did the first 5 on rings, then 2 hanging from the bar, and finished with a fight for the last 3 on the rings.

Triple Triple Double

Went to the driving range yesterday and again this morning. Right arm feels a little weird and I wonder if it’s from all of the swings. Did some bottom squat hold and stretching to warm-up.

Midline

8x

  • 20s L-sit (Rings, knees up)
  • 25s Rest

Cut back from the 30 second rest we had 2 weeks ago. Last 2 rounds were a lot of shaking, but made it through. Seems to be improving quickly.

Conditioning

  • 3 Rounds
    • 5 Thrusters (135#)
    • 5 Burpees OTB (lateral)
  • 2:00 Rest
  • 3 Rounds
    • 3 Squat Snatch (155#)
    • 3 Bar Muscle-ups
  • 2:00 Rest
  • 3 Rounds
    • 10 Deadlifts (245#)
    • 10 Box Jumps (30″)

Finished part 1 at 1:36. I actually felt really good during this part, but my heart rate sky-rocketed and I couldn’t recover during the rest. I was fighting it until the end of the workout. Part 2 was much worse than I expected. I’m glad I scaled it back from the original 5 reps of each I had planned early in the week. I knew it was going to be bad when I lost the 2nd snatch in the hole. I missed one in my last round too. Was a little scared about the bar muscle-ups since I haven’t done one since around March. Got the first 2 rounds unbroken without a problem and I think I would have been able to on the last round too, but my hands and the bar were sweaty. It wasn’t worth the risk of slipping and falling on my head, so I did 3 quick singles. Finished at 8:48 on the clock, so it took me 5:12! Had to rest quite a bit between each snatch. In the final part I went 10, 6-4, and 6-4 on the deadlifts, and unbroken on the box jumps, though no rebounding. Finished at 14:57 so part 3 took me 4:09. I wish I had pushed to do all of deadlifts unbroken.

Finisher

  • 100 OH Walking Lunges (45#)

Went outside. I did 26-24-30-20. Breathing got up there again. Rests were pretty long.

Just before 7pm I headed out to the garage. Felt like shoulder pressing for some reason.

  • 10×45#
  • 5×95#
  • 3×115#
  • 2×135#
  • 1×155#
  • 1×165#
  • Fail 172.5#
  • 1×167.5#

Wow, didn’t expect to miss like that after I hit 165# for  double a few weeks ago during a shoulder press, push press, push jerk complex. Must just be fatigue from today’s workout because all of the bench press increased should have translated to a higher shoulder press too. I was lifting barefoot, but I doubt that had anything to do with it. Wore a belt for the last few singles because I have a tendency to over-extend at max weight.


First time using the big washers for fractional.

Feeling it a Bit

Tired from a late night at Greek Fest. Legs are fatigued and I’m sore in my upper back from the muscle cleans. Adjusted the Super Sunday workout because the Hero WOD that was planned would not have gone well. Didn’t do much to warm-up other than a bottom squat hold.

Front Squats

  • 10×45#
  • 5×135#
  • 3×185#
  • 6x3x215#

Light day from the Rippletoe program. Felt really good to squat. Focused on speed and driving up with my back.

Conditioning

5 Rounds

  • 20 Russian KBS (70#)
  • 25 Push-ups
  • 30 Air Squats

Wanted something that wasn’t brutal and we could keep moving. I purposely went kind of slow for the first 3 rounds, not wanting to kill myself today. I did my first 4 rounds of push-ups in 10-9-6 and then 10-6-5-4 in the final round with shorter rest. Busted ass in the last round and a half and flew those air squats. Took me 11:54. Considering it was over 5:00 when I finished round 2, that’s more push than I planned on giving today.

Accessory

8x

  • 20s L-sit
  • 30s Rest

Went pretty well today. Got tough in the last 2 rounds but I was keeping my knees high throughout.

2x

  • MAX HS Hold (facing wall)

I did a 2:40 (40s PR!) and a 1:30 with about 3 minutes of rest between.

Run Every Day

I was doing a bunch of yard work today and honestly almost forgot about getting in a run. If I can get up and run the morning of a competition I can run late on the day after. Too close to the end of the month to miss a day. Ran 2.68 miles in 27:40. Didn’t wear any headphones and was a nice night for a run.

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.

Arm Dominant Cleans

Warm-up

  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • 500m Row – 2:08

Strength

Good Mornings

  • 10×45#
  • 5×95#
  • 5×135#
  • 5×145#
  • 3x5x155#

No back squats for me. 😦

Accessory

5 Sets

  • 8 Strict Ring Dips
  • 20s L-Sit

My L-sit quickly becomes a battle to hold my knees up.

Conditioning

3 Rounds

  • 15 Bar-facing Burpees
  • 1 Round “DT”
    • 12 Deadlifts (155#)
    • 9 Hang Power Cleans (155#)
    • 6 Push Jerks (155#)

The cleans get so terrible and even in the first round due to bar-facing burpees being the worst. I was arm-bending and arm-pulling way too much and can already feel it an hour later. If I dropped too low in the catch of the clean I could feel a nice jolt of pain in my quad too. I broke up the rounds of DT into my usual breaks of 11, 1+8, 1+6 to get rest between movements and not do extra reps. Took me 10:35. I tried to push it on the barbell movements, but knew I needed significant rest in order to not break them up into more sets.

Cool Down

  • 2,000m Row (9:13.5)

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.

Old School Sundays

Sundays at Survival Fitness have turned into old school days, back to before we had any good barbells. There were 23 people in class today! I was read to go after only back squats Friday and no workout yesterday.

Midline

8 Rounds – Tabata Mash-up

  • 20s Ring L-sit
  • 10s Rest
  • 20s Hollow Rocks
  • 10s Rest
  • 20s Ab Wheel Rollout (“Evil Wheel”)
  • 10s Rest
  • 20s Plank
  • 10s Rest

I’m not sure why, but even the first round of hollow rocks was killing me. I would only get 4-5 rocks in at a time and eventually had to switch to doing them with my hands at my sides so that I wasn’t resting most of the 20 seconds. Everyone was complaining about the ab wheels, but I could have done those all day long.

6 Rounds

  • 250m Run
  • 120m Waiter’s Walk (35# DB OH)
  • 30 1-Arm DB Snatch (alternating, 35# DB)

There was no way in hell I was going to attempt this with the 45# DB. Single-arm snatches may have been what caused my shoulder impingement to begin with. The 35# DB allowed me to go unbroken each round. I switched arms each quarter of the way on the waiter’s walk so that I didn’t fatigue the shoulders too much. Finished in 23:37.

Did some shoulder stretching and a squat hold after class. When I got home I made sure to get in the Crossover Symmetry Recovery after that one. Stepped up to my normal light band for the 90/90 which is the one move that I had to go lighter on because of pain, so things continue to move in the right direction.