Tag: PVC Sit-up

30 Minute Back

Early one, out in the garage by 8:30. Warmed up with about 20 PVC passes. Brandi got the back portion of this session from Men’s Health and it was a killer.

Back

4 Sets

  • MAX Strict Pull-ups
  • 1:00 Rest

My upper body is beat from the chest workout. Only managed to get 8-7-7-6.

4 Sets

  • 10 Seated DB Bent Over Row (40#)
  • 1:00 Rest

3 Sets

  • 10 Lat Pulldowns (104-115-115#)
  • 30s Rest

3 Sets

  • 10 Ring Rows
  • 30s Rest

2 Sets

  • 10 Seated Cable Row (104#)
  • 10 Seated Cable Row (93#)
  • 10 Seated Cable Row (82#)
  • 90s Rest

We used double handles.

Conditioning

  • 24-16-8
    • Step-up (24″)
    • V-up
  • 3:00 Rest
  • 24-16-8
    • PVC Sit-up
    • Plyo Lunge

Quick ones that were really good. Times were 3:22 and 2:55, or 9:17 total.

Out of the garage in just under an hour. Now it’s time to finish the outdoor gym area!

Shoulders on Fire

Warm-up

  • 16 PVC passes
  • 10 DB Bench Press (35#)
  • 10 DB Fly (20#)

Chest

3 Sets

  • 10 DB Bench Press (60# DBs)
  • 10 DB Fly (35# DBs)
  • MAX Plate Press (35#)

This added up quick. Got 20-20-10 for the plate presses.

3 Sets

Conditioning

20:00 EMOM (alt)

  • 40s Sandbag Bearhug Hold (100#)
  • 15 Burpees
  • 40s Double DB Overhead Hold (35# DBs)
  • 60 Double Unders

Hard to try an catch your breath holding a sandbag on your chest. haha High speed burpees all the way. The overhead hold was miserable. Missed a dub at 17 in round one and at 53 in round three. Three unbroken sets of 60 is great for me!

Midline

4 Rounds

  • 40 OH Hollow Flutter Kicks (20# KB)
  • 30 Reverse Crunch
  • 20 Russian Twists (45# plate)
  • 10 PVC Sit-ups

This was a grinder! I slowed a bit between some sit-ups, but otherwise went unbroken, which was not easy at all. Finished in 8:27.

Twice Russian

Busy day with my new mattress and frame getting delivered, selling my old frame, and moving the mattress to a spare room. Not to mention hauling a bunch of wood to the basement and tearing up cardboard from the delivery boxes. Still got in a quick workout at 4pm.

20:00 AMRAP

  • 10 PVC Sit-ups
  • 20 Russian KBS (53#)
  • 150m TrueForm Run
  • 20 Russian Twists (35# plate)

Started out too slow, but picked up the pace over the last half. Finished 8+6.

Wrecked Upper

My upper body is wrecked from the week and my triceps are really sore. Out in the garage at about 3:30pm.

Back

4 Sets

MAX Strict Wide Grip Pull-ups

1:00 Rest

Should have done something to warm-up. Managed 11-7-6-5.

3 Sets

  • 10 Seated Bent Over Rows (30#)
  • 10 Seated Bent Over Fly (30#)

3 Sets

  • 10 Incline Straight Arm Pulldowns (71#)
  • 10 Forward-facing Incline Cable Pulldowns (115#)

Midline

4 Rounds (Tabata)

  • 20s Hollow Hold
  • 10s Rest
  • 20s PVC Sit-ups (12)
  • 10s Rest
  • 20s Plank
  • 10s Rest
  • 20s Leg Lifts (10)
  • 10s Rest

I did better than the first time.

Conditioning

10:00 AMRAP

  • 14 cal BikeErg
  • 16 Lunges
  • 18 Russian KBS (53#)

I had something different planned, but had to change it to remove any upper body stuff. Got faster as I went and finished 5+17.

Bring on a complete rest day!

2021 Valentine’s Day

Out in the garage around 10:30 with my Valentine.

Back

3 Sets

  • 10 Seated Cable Row (115-126-126)
  • 10/10 Seated Single Arm Cable Row (49-54-54)

3 Sets

  • 10 Lean Back Lat Pull Downs (126)
  • 10 Underhand Lat Pull Downs (126)

3 Sets

  • 10 Incline Straight Arm Pull Downs (71)
  • 10 Forward-facing Incline Cable Pull Downs (82-93-104)

This was a DLB superset.

Midline

4 Rounds (Tabata)

  • 20s Hollow Hold
  • 10s Rest
  • 20s PVC Sit-ups (12-11-11-11)
  • 10s Rest
  • 20s Plank
  • 10s Rest
  • 20s Leg Lifts (9-9-9-10)
  • 10s Rest

My upper abs were on fire during the last two sets of PVC sit-ups and they were already sore in the evening.

Five More Pounds

I’ve been swamped at work, so yesterday ended up being a full rest day instead of active recovery. Workout at 10am this morning.

Warm-up

  • 3:00 Bottom Squat Hold
  • 5:00 BikeErg (2,523m)
  • 80′ Lateral Monster Walks
  • 80′ Monster Walks
  • Power Cleans
    • 10×45#
    • 5×95
    • 3×135
    • 3×165

Weightlifting

  • 4:00 EMOM – 3 Power Cleans (185-185-195-195)
  • 4:00 EMOM – 2 Power Cleans (205-205-215-215)
  • 4:00 EMOM – 1 Power Clean (225-235-245-255)

All touch-n-go reps. Five pounds more than a few weeks ago. I haven’t picked that up since February of 2018. Felt good today and definitely had more in the tank. I’ll keep slowing working on my leg strong and confidence with the lift. Things are working. Maybe I can get back to my best of 275 or even more.

Midline

5 Rounds

  • 20 PVC Sit-ups (anchored + AbMat)
  • 30 Russian Twists (35# plate)

These PVC sit-ups are gross. My upper abs were on fire in round 3 and I had to start breaking them up. I did the twists all unbroken though. Finished in 7:11.

Conditioning

20:00 AMRAP

  • 10 Burpee Pull-ups
  • 40 Double Unders
  • 10 Double DB Box Step Overs (50/35#, 24/20″)

Did step burpees from the start to help with heart rate. I missed a dub is 3-4 of my rounds I think. Never rested during the step overs. You just have to keep grinding. Finished 7+1.

Back Again

I did another hour of yard work yesterday afternoon to finish the leaf cleanup for the year. My upper body started getting sore from Friday. Headed out to the garage just after 7am for some cardio before watching the Masters.

Conditioning

  • 10:00 TrueForm Run (1.72km)
  • 10:00 SkiErg (2,180m)
  • 10:00 BikeErg (5,018m)
  • 10:00 Row (2,557m)

As I cooled down I did 10 minutes of breath counting meditation, which I’ve been doing daily since Thursday.

With our new training block, epic back days are making a return. Out in the garage at 3:30pm.

Warm-up

  • 5:00 TrueForm Run
  • 2 Sets
    • 10 DB Shrugs (40#)
    • 10 Kip Swings (wide grip)
    • 5 Strict Chin-ups

Back

4 Sets

  • 12 Seated DB Bent Over Fly (30#)
  • 12 Seated DB Bent Over Row (30#)
  • 12 Rope Face Pull (49#)

4 Sets

  • 10 Seated Cable Row (104#)
  • 10/10 Seated Single Arm Cable Row (49#)

4 Sets

  • 8 Lean Back Lat Pulldowns (93#)
  • 10 Reverse Seated BTN Lat Pulldowns (93#)
  • 10 Underhand Lat Pulldowns (93#)

4 Sets

  • 10 Straight Arm Pulldown (rope, 49#)
  • 10 External rotation pull down (38-49-49-49#)
  • 10 Banded High Pull (blue)

It was good to be back to doing a long back day!

Midline

3 Rounds

  • 20 PVC Sit-ups (feet anchored)
  • 10 Strict Hanging Leg Lifts
  • 20 alt V-ups
  • 1:00 Rest

Didn’t expect the sit-ups to burn so much, but my upper abs were on fire! Finished in 7:21. This is another good one from Kristi.