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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)

Fuck You Quad

Brrrr! When I checked the weather this morning it was -12 and felt like -29 with the windchill.

Warm-up

  • 500m Row – 2:16
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • Stretching
  • 5 OHS (45#)

Open Workout 14.2

Every 3 minutes for as long as possible complete:

  • From 0:00-3:00, 2 rounds of:
    • 10 OHS (95#)
    • 10 C2B pull-ups
  • From 3:00-6:00, 2 rounds of:
    • 12 OHS (95#)
    • 12 C2B pull-ups
  • Etc., following same pattern until you fail to complete both rounds

I cruised through the first two rounds in about 1:30, doing both sets of OHS unbroken, the first 10 pull-ups unbroken, and then 5-5 on the second set. Loved all of the rest time. I started to feel my quad quite a bit in the second three minutes and pretty much gave up after that. Basically bitched out. 😦 Finished the second set of 12 overhead squats just before time ran out. I really wanted to give it a run to finish the rounds of 14 today. Honestly part of me was afraid of going to that dark place and this injured quad was just the excuse I needed. Disappointed in myself, but I also know it’s not worth it to make it worse. Sucks either way though!

I think I’m going to stay away from any squatting up until the Open and see if the quad can heal up.

Weightlifting

Warmed up with some reps at 95#, 135#, and 185#.

10:00 EMOM

  • 2 Hang Power Cleans + 1 Push Jerk (@ ~70-75% of 1RM C&J)

Started with 205# on the bar and damn was it heavy for that first round. In the second round I didn’t get the hook grip back after the first clean and knew I was going to lose it, so I just dropped the bar. Took ten off each side and went 185# for the last 8 rounds. Not my day!

Misc

2 Cycles

  • 4 Rounds Tabata
    • 20s Hollow Rock
    • 10s Rest
  • 30s Rest
  • 4 Rounds Tabata
    • 20s Row (cal)
    • 10s Rest
  • 30s Rest
  • 4 Rounds Tabata
    • 20s Plank
    • 10s Rest
  • 30s Rest

I made it through the first cycle of hollow rocks without stopping for 75 reps, but then really died when they came back around and only got 64 reps with several breaks in cycle 2. I got 40 and 43 calories on the rower and held all of the planks no problem. Had planned to do 1:30 of MB cleans with 1:00 rest for the 3rd part but with my quad made an adjustment to the planks since there were only a few of us.

Not a crazy Super Sunday, but some solid work.

Failure to Fail

Up a little earlier than normal so I could get in some work before the 9am class.

Warm-up

  • 2,000m Row – 8:13
  • 2×10 Reverse Hyper (210#)

Gymnastics

E45S

  • 2 Bar MU

I set the clock for 20 rounds and planned to go until failure, but never failed, so I did a 21st round when the clock ran out. It was about time for class to start anyway.

After that initial set in the video, I concentrated more on keeping my feet together and I’m constantly battling to trying to fight to keep the system tight.

I did some zombie kicks during warm-up of class and then deadlifts with 155-245-315 each for sets of 4. Mixed in a couple of box jumps too.

XWOD

  • 4-4-4-4-4-4 Deadlift (365#)
  • 2-1-2-1-2-1 Power Step Box Jump (2s-40.5″, 1s-44″)

I hesitated on a few jumps, which is stupid at those heights. Afraid of this damn quad!

Midline

I was behind everyone else coming from the XWOD so only did one weighted plank with 45# for 2:00 instead of the programmed stuff.

Conditioning

8:00 AMRAP

  • 8 Pull-ups
  • 8 American KBS (62#)
  • 16 Step-ups (24″)

All unbroken. Pull-ups were rough on the hands after all of the muscle-ups, but held on and no rips. Step-ups were a little rough on the quad, but I still tried to evenly distribute the reps between the legs. Did 5 full rounds plus 8 pull-ups and 6 swings. Tried to minimize my kip on the pull-ups and keep the system tight. Can always be better.

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.

Retest 12.3

Didn’t sleep well last night. I didn’t realize the heat was still up on the main floor, which warmed the upstairs too much and I was hot all night. Whoops.

Warm-up

  • 3 Rounds
    • 250m Row
    • 10 Reverse Hypers (210#)
  • 5×45# Muscle Snatch
  • 5×95# Snatch
  • 3×115# Snatch

Conditioning

  • 5-4-3-2-1 Squat Snatch (135#)
  • 50-40-30-20-10 DU

Pat Sherwood and I must be on the same wavelength, because he posted a very similar workout for CrossFit Linchpin earlier this week.

Maybe he has access to my training plan because I’ve had this programmed for 2 weeks. Came up with it based on my love for “Annie”. 🙂 My thinking with the rep scheme for the snatches is that it would be a good challenge to try to do them all touch-n-go and I don’t snatch below parallel enough, hence the squat variation. I made it through each set without dropping the bar, and it wasn’t as hard as I expected it to be. Finished in 5:18, with a couple misses on the set of 50 dubs.

Accessory

7 Sets

  • 5 Pendlay Rows
  • 3 Evil Wheels
  • 60-90s Rest

Went 135-155-155-175-175-175-175# on the rows. Slowed myself down on the evil wheels in the last couple of rounds since they are getting easy for me.

More Conditioning

CrossFit Open 12.3 – 18:00 AMRAP

  • 15 Box Jumps (24″)
  • 12 Shoulder to Overhead (115#)
  • 9 T2B

Time to start getting the feel for that dark place we go to during the Open workouts. Figured this would be a good measuring stick due to its length. Back in 2012 during the Open I did 5+21. Got 8+1 today. Died hard on the box jumps in the 8th round. Went 7-5 on every set of push jerks and 5-4 on every set of toes to bars except the 8th round where I did 3 quick sets of 3. Definitely a lot of room for improvement with shorter breaks between sets and movements. Wouldn’t mind seeing this come up as a repeat workout this year.

Accessory

2 Sets

  • 30 Shoulder Taps

Shoulders were pretty beat up.

More Than I Bargained For

Needed that rest day yesterday, but it’s so hard not to do anything. Got a massage in the afternoon. In early this morning before the 10am class to get in some extra work.

Warm-up

  • 2k Row – 7:55.5

Gymnasty

E30S until fail

  • 2 MU

Made it through 14+1 and failed on muscle-up #30. I wanted that last one so bad. Smoked the total number of reps from doing 1 every 15 seconds. One big chunk of rest makes a big difference.

Accessory

5 Rounds

  • 5 Seated Good Mornings (165#)
  • 10 Weighted GHD Sit-ups (20# MB)

Yuck. Took 7:11.

Had a little rest time before class got going.

Row

3 Rounds

  • 3:00 slow (~2:25-2:30/500m)
  • 1:00 @ 90% (~1:45/500m)

Then another 2:00 slow to cool down, so 14:00 total. Went 3,115 meters.

Conditioning

Partner WOD

  • Buy-in: 50 Burpees
  • 4 Rounds
    • 12 C&J
    • 40 Wall Balls
  • Cash-out: 50 Burpees

Paired up with Dan. We alternated 5 burpees each, 3 C&J each, and 10 wall balls each through all of our sets. I used 155# for the C&J for a challenge, doing quick singles in the first 3 rounds, then I did 3 TnG and 2-1 in the 4th round. We finished in 15:44.

Midline

3 Rounds NFT

  • Partner MB Pass Complex
    • 8 Chest MB Passes
    • 8 OH MB Passes
    • 8/8 Side MB Passes
    • 8 Up MB Passes
  • 8 Back Extensions

I used a 20# medicine ball for the complex. We did 2 times through the complex, then switched over to the back extensions, where I used a 45# bar for my second and third set. Then we went back for our final round of the passes.

Double Morning

I’m kind of sore from the good mornings on Monday. Needed the recovery day yesterday, but really wanted to workout in the afternoon. Ready to be back at it today after another solid 9 hours of sleep. In before the 9am class for some extra work.

Warm-up

  • 14:00 Row

Had planned on holding a 5k pace, but decided against it on the drive in. Just had a feeling and it was a good call because I wasn’t feeling it during the row. Kept under a 2:05 pace for 3,369 meters.

Gymnastics

16:00 EMOM alternating

  • 3 Bar MU
  • 12 HR Push-ups

The bar muscle-ups are feeling so easy; I can’t believe it. I guess it worked out well not working on them until I was decent with MU on the rings and my pull-ups improved . I pretty much got to skip that whole phase most people seem to go through, where they get one arm over the bar with a lot of strain on the shoulders and elbows, then fight to pull the rest of their body and other arm over. I’m getting over right into the dip position with no problem. 🙂 Good number of sets too because I took a little piece of skin off my thumb in the last round. Might have to start taping my thumbs or figure out how not to feel that pull on the skin as my body swings back under the bar.

Had a few minutes to rest before class got going.

Weightlifting

C&J

  • 5×45#
  • 3×95#
  • 3×135#
  • 3×155#

I had planned on doing some full cleans and split jerks, but the quad was not feeling up for it after trying them with 95#.

Then we got into the meat of the workout, with a running clock.

10:00 EMOM

  • 3 C&J (175#)

Didn’t try touch-n-go until the last round and got it. Wish I had started out TnG and then switched to singles when I couldn’t hold on to the bar. Will know better for next time.

3:00 Rest

3 Rounds

  • 45s Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
  • 15s Rest

Worst part of the workout, but not terrible by any means. I did 21-20-21 reps. Should have been all 21s but I wasted 2 seconds at the end of the 2nd round because I thought I heard the time differently.

Oh, I wore lifters for the lifts and wall balls.

3:00 Rest

10:00 EMOM

  • 3 Deadlifts (5 sets 275#, 5 sets 295#)
  • 5 Burpees

Wore a belt and went shoeless. Weight felt good so bumped it up for the 2nd half. Kept a pretty good clip on the burpees, doing each round in about 17-18 seconds.

It’s kind of nice having the extra work done already for the day, though I do have to clear the snow out of the driveway at some point since we got another 2-3 inches last night.

SUPER bowl SUNDAY

First real chunk of snow for the year is coming down today. February 1st and I haven’t even started my snowblower yet. Doesn’t stop us from having Super Sunday though.

Warm-up

  • 1,000m Row – 3:58.8
  • 100m Row @ 100% – 16.0 seconds
  • Bottom Squat Holds
  • Various Stretching
  • 5×45# Hang Muscle Snatch
  • 5×95# Muscle Snatch

Figured I’d give a 100m row time a go again. Beat my old time by 0.4 seconds.

Benchmark

“Isabel”

  • 30 Snatches (135#)

First time doing this, so wasn’t sure what to expect. My plan was to do doubles as long as I could, but after 2×2 I abandoned that and did singles the rest of the way. Last 5-10 reps sucked and had to be so ugly. Time was 2:37.

Gymnastics

12:00 EMOM

  • Odds: 10 C2B Pull-ups
  • Evens: 10 Box Jumps (24″)

Worked on an efficient butterfly with the pull-ups and fast cycling with my box jumps. Felt good!

Strength

Bench Press

  • 10×45#
  • 5×95#
  • 5×135#
  • 3×185#
  • 3×205#
  • 3×220#
  • 3×230#
  • 3×240# (PR)

I had my numbers planned out and they ended up being perfect for a 10# PR. Puts my estimated max up in the 260s. Not bad for benching about once a month.

Conditioning

  • 100 DU
  • 50 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
  • 100 DU

The goal here was to do the wall balls unbroken and it sucked! Without setting that as a goal for the workout, I’d always split something like this up. It definitely made the last dubs a lot harder, but good to know what’s possible for future workouts. My time was 5:27.

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

Able to Pull Big Again

Got in a quick garage workout early this morning. Started around 7:30 I think.

Ski Erg

4 Rounds

  • 1000m @ 3-6 seconds faster than 2k pace (1:58-2:01)
  • 2:00 Rest

Tough when you’re not really awake yet. I started off shooting for the bottom end of the pace goal, but realized that would be harder than I wanted to work so early in the morning, so I backed off and ended up with a pace right around the middle of the goal overall. My times were 4:00.9, 3:59.9, 3:59.3, and 3:58.5. I like to try for improved times over each round in something like this.

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Gymnastics

5:00 AMRAP

  • 5 Strict Ring Dips
  • 10 GHD Sit-ups

Wasn’t going at any crazy pace. Just wanted to get in some work and use the clock instead of doing 5 slow sets or something like that. Got through 5 rounds plus 5 dips, with all sets being unbroken.

Went to the 5:30 class and got there early so I could get in a good warm-up before deadlifts.

Warm-up

3 Rounds NFT

  • 350m Row
  • 10×210# Reverse Hypers

Strength

Deadlifts

  • 5×155#
  • 5×225#
  • 3×265#
  • 3×315#
  • 3×355#
  • 3×385#
  • 3×405#
  • 3×425#
  • 3×445#
  • 3×465# (PR)

Puts my estimated max back over 500#. Booyah! I haven’t been able to pull weights like this in over a year. Deadlift is fun again.

Conditioning

3 Rounds

  • 3:00 AMRAP (“Cindy” rounds)
    • 5 Pull-ups
    • 10 Push-ups
    • 15 Air Squats
  • 1:30 Rest

I was at 4+5 after the first round, then 8+2 after 2 rounds, and 11+28 total.

Accessory

  • 20 Turkish Get-ups (44# KB)

I did 2 per arm and then switched sides, so 5 sets per side.