Pull-up – Page 21 – Nick Momrik's Fitness Logs

Mighty Muscle-ups

Didn’t get much sleep trying to watch CJ’s session in the American Open last night, though the feed cut out for me so I completely missed all of the clean & jerks. Got some upper body feels from all of the snatching yesterday and legs feel a little tired. In at 9am for the first muscle-up day of the gymnastics program.

Skill WOD (Hustle & Flow) Week 1 Day 3

Warm-up

3 sets

5 Bar Work
(Hold and pause 2 sec at each position with no form breaks and no momentum)
- Dead Hang
- Lat Active Hollow
- Tight Arch
1 Skin the Cat
7 Straddle V-ups
10s GHD Hanging Bridge Stretch

Thought it would be harder than it was to do all of that holding on the bar in one set. Wasn’t bad. Straddle v-ups are very awkward.

Skill A – 4 Supersets

1 Ring Swing + Pull-up w/ swing + MU
2 Box Hip Kip Drill
3 Banded Hip Drill

First set of the complex was odd, but got the hang of it and smoothed out the transition from pull-up into muscle for the rest of the sets. Wasted a bunch of time setting up for this part and figuring out what to do. The banded drill programmed didn’t work worth a shit for us so we did the Gymnastics WOD version. with a band through the rings.

Skill Test – 3 sets

1 rep of complex is:

MU + 2 Strict Ring Dips (after the MU dip lockout)

First two sets are 3 reps of the complex and then the 3rd set is for max reps. I got 5 on my max set. Those dips add up!

Strength Accessory – 3 sets

Lower to Hold (3s) Front Lever on Box

Completely missed that we were supposed to do 3 of these each set. I thought it was “too easy” in the sense that it wasn’t a lot of work. Pretty sure I’ll never be able to hold an actual front lever in my life, but the strength transfer should help other stuff and I’m guessing that’s the idea.

Bonus Complex

Set 1: 3 Ring Pull-up + 3 Toes to Rings + 4 MU
Set 2: 3+3+5
Sets 3+: Keep adding 1 MU until failure

I wasn’t real confident going into this after only getting 5 in the skill test and already feeling pretty smoked in my shoulders and arms. But I got sets 1 and 2 done and got 5 muscle-ups again is the 3rd set.

Structured Gymnastics Work

Feeling pretty good after Kalsu. Legs are fine, but my shoulders are fatigued. In at 10am to start a gymnastics program. Jumped on the rowed for an easy 1,000 meters before getting started. I saw the next cycle of the Rowing WOD combines rowing with thrusters. Good time to switch out. 🙂

Going to be following the Skill WOD from Dusty Hyland, starting with a 4-week cycle he calls Hustle & Flow. With the Open about 3 months away it’s a good time to focus on increasing gymnastics strength, technique, and endurance.

Warm-up

3 sets

5 Bar taps – tight
5 Bar taps – dynamic
7 V-ups
10 Pass-thrus
7 GHD Heel Drives
10 Bridge Rocks

I really like the structure of the warm-up and how it gets everything ready, while reinforcing position work.

Shoulder Activation

3 sets: 3 Scap Elevators + 3 Strict Pull-ups
1 set: 1+1

Superset

5 Sets

5 Butterfly Box Drill Circular Rotations
1 Stop Strict Pull-up + 3 Pull-ups (butterfly drill)
5 C2B Pull-ups

Skill Test

3 Pull-ups + 3 C2B + 3 Pull-ups + 3 C2B
2:00 Rest
2 sets
- 70% MAX C2B
- 90s Rest

I figured there was no way I was getting 2 sets of 14 chest-to-bar pull-ups here after all of the other pull-ups already. Got both though!

Strength Accessory

3 Supersets

15s Underhand grip chin hang
8 Supinated Bar Rows

My least favorite part. Did not feel very good on my elbows in either part.

Bonus Complex

Set 1: 2 Strict Pull-ups + 2 Strict C2B + 3 K2E + 3 T2B + 3 Bar MU
Sets 2-3: 2+2+3+3

Damn those are some hard strict pull-ups! It’s programmed as 4 bar muscle-ups in the first set, but I could only get 3. Then you are supposed to keep adding 1 MU every set until failure, trying to get in at least 3 sets of work. Didn’t realize it until a minute or so later, but I ripped my thumb in that first set, so that was the end of the bar muscle-ups for the day. Finished out 3 sets of work.

I was being a good boy and protecting my hands during the big set stuff with my gymnastics grips, but they don’t do anything for your thumbs. I must really grip hard on that bar transitioning from rep to rep of my bar MU. Will have to tape up my thumbs from now on.

With a focused attack it took us an hour to finish. Better than I expected, especially for the first week.

15k

Legs still feeling smoked from that workout yesterday. I woke up to piss in the middle of the night and my left knee did not feel good. Threw on an Ace wrap for the wrest of the night and seemed to be ok when I woke up. Went in for the 9am class.

Warm-up

2:00 Bottom Squat Hold
3 Rounds
- 5 Strict Pull-ups
- 10 Push-ups
- 15 Air Squats

Strength: Front Squats

10×45#
6×135#
3×185#
3×215#
3×235#
3×255#
3×265#
3×285#

Felt good. Wore a belt for the last 3 or 4 sets.

Conditioning

10:00 AMRAP

40 Double Unders
5 Thrusters (95#)
5 Push Press (95#)

Took a little breather between the rope and bar. Kept all barbell reps unbroken. Finished 7 rounds + 38 dubs.

6 sets

30s Row
Rest as needed

Was still out of breath from the metcon in the first round so slowly ramped up each set. My meters were 154-161-165-169-174-179.

Wasn’t sure if I’d end up going back in the evening to finished out rowing for the week, but I did.

Rowing WOD Week 16 Session 2

3 Rounds
- 300 Calorie Row
- 4:00 Rest
5:00 Rest
10 Rounds
- 3 Burpees over the Rower
- 1 Calorie Row

The plan I wrote on the board was to go at 19-21-23 s/m and try for 950-980-1010 cal/hour. I stuck with the stroke rates, but after setting on the rower for nearly 20 minutes straight, the 2nd and 3rd round just couldn’t pick up the pace as much as I hoped for.

Rounds

18:51 @ 19 s/m for 4,637 meters at a pace of 954 cal/hr
18:30 @ 21 s/m for 4,595 meters at a pace of 971 cal/hr
18:20 @ 23 s/m for 4,571 meters at a pace of 980 cal/hr

The 10 round transition practice is dumb if you ask me. Unless you’re a high level competitor it’s not worth it. But I did it anyway. There is no good way to setup the rower for rounds with that, so I basically just did 3 pulls each time so that I wouldn’t could the rollover calorie or two you get from the previous round. I kind of lost track of rounds so might have done some extra. Who knows? Who cares? Not me. Time was 4:13 and monitor said 453 meters, but that’s 10 rounds of rollover.

I wasn’t too excited when there was rowing programmed this morning knowing what I had in store tonight or tomorrow. Ended up being over 15,000 meters total for the day. Surprisingly I feel pretty good.

Next week is supposed to be the last week of this cycle and then I’m going to be done with the rowing. Will be shifting a focus to gymnastics work leading up to the Open. Endurance with chest-to-bar pull-ups and handstand push-ups hurt me in 2 of the workouts in the 2015 Open

GLBRT at Steel Courage

Up early and headed down to Chesaning for the GLBRT (Great Lake Bay Regional Throwdown) at CrossFit Steel Courage. Bryan and I teamed up and we also had Michelle and Jess team up.

Event #1

8:00 AMRAP

10 Pull-Ups
20 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
30 Double Unders

We alternated movements the whole way. We both messed up way too much on our dubs, which sucked. In practice we had done 8+24 in 10:00, not having the correct time. Today we got 6+29, so our practice was better and we even made sure to have the wall ball picked up and ready today which we didn’t do in practice. We placed 8th in this. Should have been a good one for us. Meh!

Workout #2

Part A
- 20 Clean & Jerks (85/115)
- 20 Clean & Jerks (95/135)
- 20 Clean & Jerks (105/155)
Part B
- 2:00 MAX Deadlifts (145/205)

We had recently done the Grace thing in the Team Series, so didn’t practice this one at all. We decided to go a little more than pacing and push it by doing 7-7-6 on the first two weights and were hoping for 5-5-5-5 on the 155# bar. Well, we got the first 5-5 and then it fell apart having to go with 5 doubles. We finished at 3:55 and then got 59 deadlifts. They subtracted a second from your score for every rep of the deadlifts, so our “time” was 2:56, good for 6th place.

Workout #3

21-15-9 (1 person on each movement)
- OHS (65/95)
- Box Jumps (20/24)
45 Toes to Bar (1 person working)
9-15-21 (1 person on each movement)
- Thrusters (65/95)
- Burpees

This one is kind of confusing, but basically both movements are being worked on at the same time in the first and last part, but nobody can start the set of the next number until the set before is done.

I did 21 box jumps, 15 overhead squats, and 9 box jumps, with Bryan doing the opposite movements. We went 12-13-10-10 on the T2B. I did 9 thrusters and he did 9 burpees. Then Bryan did 8 thrusters and I think I only got in 5 burpees; was dying on those. I finished the set of 15 with 7 thrusters and he killed off the burpees. I think we went 5-6-5-5 on the last set of thrusters and I have no idea how we split up the burpees. Finished at 5:59 to destroy the 7:07 we did a week ago. That got us 5th place in the workout. The thrusters actually felt pretty good today compared to our practice, but we used a much different strategy that worked out. Easily the highlight of the day. We were pretty pumped after that improvement and pushing it.

Overall we were the 7th place team. Just didn’t have any high enough finishes for the big points. Wish the first workout would have gone better, but the huge PR on #3 made up for it and then some. Fun day!

More Carbs, No Bonk

Got to the gym early so I could do some pre-hab. My shoulders have felt a little wonky the last couple of days.

Warm-up

3×10 Reverse Hyper (210#)
Crossover Symmetry Activation
OH Mobility/Stretching

Strength

OHS (5-10-X-5 Tempo)

45#
75#
95#
115#
135#
155#
175#
190# (dumped after the 10s in the hole)

My shoulders were not feeling stable today, even in early sets. I did 185# last week so I had to go for more this week even though the stability didn’t seem to be there I didn’t even try to stand up with 190 because the bar was moving all over the place. Was a win just to get the 5 second descent and 10 seconds in the hole, which is still 15 seconds under tension.

Accessory

4 Sets

5/5 Single Leg RDL (155#)
5 Evil Wheels

Felt a little tightness in my low back on the first 2 sets. Focused more and was good to go.

Conditioning

At an 80% pace. We haven’t paced one of these in quite a long time and figured it would be good going into a tough week for me.

8:00 AMRAP
- 5 Thrusters (75#)
- 5 Burpee Step-ups (24″)
3:00 Rest
8:00 AMRAP
- 5 Pull-ups
- 10 Russian KBS (70#)
- 15 Plate Hops (on 45# plate)

I got exactly 8 rounds in the first and 8+4 in the second. I think. I wasn’t using chips to keep track like usual, since it was more about just going at a steady and even pace.

I kept the programming on the easy side since I was planning to head back in the afternoon to knock out the first rowing session. Busy week with the Team Series workouts and local competition on Saturday so need to get the rowing done early. Got to the gym around 6pm. Didn’t do any warm-up at all; right on the rower.

Row: 2k Pacing

5 Sets

750m
5:00 rest

Pacing

Sets 1-2: 2 splits slower than 2k pace (1:43)
Set 3: 1 split slower than 2k pace (1:42)
Set 4: 2k pace (1:41)
Set 5: As if it was the last 750m of a 2k race

Even though I worked out in the morning, I was hoping for a better outcome than session 1 last week, which I think was a nutrition failure. I’ve upped my carbs since then.

No bonking today! Nailed the pace in every set. I started to kick it in with about 250 meters left on that final 750m simulation and could have done so earlier. Very pleased though. I also wore my heart rate monitor for shits and giggles. Got it up to 167 in that final row.

Practice to the Death

Bryan and I wanted to test out a couple of the workouts that we have to do next Saturday in a local partner competition.

Warm-up

2×10 Reverse Hyper (210#)
Bottom Squat Hold
Shoulder Stretching
PVC Pass-thrus

GLBRT Workout #1

10:00 AMRAP

10 Pull-Ups
20 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
30 Double Unders

Went well. We got 8+24 by alternating every movement. Basically it’s just a wall ball workout. Didn’t realize this was changed to an 8 minute AMRAP, so will be even easier.

GLBRT Workout #3

21-15-9 (1 person on each movement)
- OHS (95#)
- Box Jumps (24″)
45 Toes to Bar (1 person working)
9-15-21 (1 person on each movement)
- Thrusters (95#)
- Burpees

The 21-15-9 was easy. Not a problem with toes to bar. Set of 9… okay. Then the sets of 15 and 21 = DEATH!! It got nasty in an instant. Took us 7:07.

Accessory

5 Sets

5 GHR (orange band)
20 Alternating DB Curls (30#)

I probably could have gotten without the band looped around my shoulders, but I didn’t want to be struggling so much I did the movement incorrectly.

Laboring

One class at 10am for the holiday.

Warm-up

2×10 Reverse Hyper (160#)
Bottom Squat Hold
Shoulder stretching
Barbell warm-up with 45-95#

Conditioning

800m Run
30 Squat Snatch (95#)
400m Run
30 Hang Squat Clean (95#)
200m Run
30 Back Squats (95#)
400m Run
30 Push-ups
800m Run
30 Pull-ups

This is a memorial WOD for a coach at a box in Kentucky that recently passed away. Got nasty real quick with those squat snatches. I started off with 2 triples and then switched to singles the rest of the way. I was wondering what was taking people so long to do their 400 until I went out and started mine. Legs didn’t want to move. I could have walked it faster. I did the cleans in five sets of 6 without much trouble. Really slow on the 200. Didn’t put the bar down for the back squats and then even slower for the 400 meters. Fives on the push-ups and it was a nice rest for the legs. Was able to go a little faster for the 800 and finished up with sets of 5 pull-ups at a time with a quick turn-around. Finished in 30:20. It’s embarrassing how bad my running has become when I’m tired.

becky-memorial-wod

Draggin

Woke up at 7:30, a little late, but made it for the 9am class.

Warm-up

Crossover Symmetry Activation
3×10 Reverse Hyper (210#)
20 Toe Touches
20 Air Squats
7 Burpees

Strength

Sumo Deadlift

5×135#
5×225#
5×255#
5×275#
2x5x305#

Was losing my grip (was not alternating hands) after 3 reps with 305# without knurling on the bar where my hands were. Should have probably chalked up a bit.

Conditioning

4:00 AMRAP
- 8 Thrusters (95#)
- 8 Pull-ups
2:00 Rest
4:00 AMRAP
- 10 Ball Slams (25#)
- 10 Burpees

Went unbroken. Was one rep shy of 5 full rounds on Fran’s distant cousin, then 3+8 on the second AMRAP. Couldn’t recover enough to go hard in part 2.

Midline

20-25-15 GHD Sit-ups
20-25-20 Russian Twists (45# plate)

My back started to lock up on the GHDs. Not like tweaks, but the muscles in my low back.

Was feeling a bit out of it after this workout. Maybe the cumulative effects of yesterday’s double day caught up to me.

Pistols on the Right

My golf game wasn’t much better today but took 3rd place in the 3rd (last) flight. Couldn’t get anything going all weekend to score. The heat the last few days has been nasty! Drains a lot out of you on the course. Went in to the gym a bit before 8pm to do work. Too damn hot to workout in the garage.

Warm-up

3 Rounds

10 Reverse Hypers (210#)
10 GHD Sit-ups
5 Strict Pull-ups
10 Push-ups
10 Jump Squats

Nice and slow. Was not rushing at all.

C&J

5×45#
5×95#
3×135#

Conditioning

CrossFit Open 11.3

5:00 AMRAP

Squat Clean (165#)
Jerk (165#)

These movements are counted as 2 separate reps in this workout. So if you miss a jerk, you can power clean it to get the jerk done since a squat clean won’t count until that jerk gets completed. I was alone so I made a deal with myself. I faced away from the clock and couldn’t look until I had completed 20 rounds. Had 20 seconds left and got in 2 more rounds for 44 total reps.

Midline

5 Sets

5 Evil Wheels
10 Floor Wipers (holding 40# DBs)

Should do those floor wipers more often since it’s a hip rotation exercise as well as great on the core.

I decided to try a pistol on the right leg, which I haven’t been able to do since October due to some type of issue with my rectus femoris. Did a couple no problem!

Pegged

bryan-peg-board Bryan came over to try out the peg board and hit a garage workout. We got up a few times. It’s definitely a lot harder than it looks and you can feel it using all kinds of different muscles. I did warm-up with Crossover Symmetry Activation.

Strength

Back Squat

10×45#
8×135#
6×185#
4×205#
10x3x225#

We did the 225# sets rapid fire, going one after the other with little rest.

Conditioning

4 Rounds each, rest while partner goes

12 Ski Erg calories
10 Power Snatch (95#)

Tried to keep a pretty steady pace on the Ski Erg and was close to 1,200 calories/hour which is what I usually go for on the rower when doing something like 30 calories to start a workout. My goal was to do all of the snatches unbroken. It hurt, but I did it. The rest time was just enough to be able to go hard again. We finished in about 11:10.

I did a whole bunch of peg board pull up sets throughout the day. I would either do a set of 8 or 5/5 with one arm at a higher peg and probably did 4 sets of each.

Stopped at the gym in the evening to do a rowing test that didn’t go very well.

Row 20:00 for distance

I figured I’d be able to keep a 1:55 pace which I did in my recent 5k PR. Nope!

Midline

8 Rounds

20s Hollow Rocks
15s Rest

Managed to go the whole way and got 120 reps.