Tag: row

2nd Date with Fran

Rested yesterday and spent all day watching friends in a weightlifting meet over in Lansing. Was feeling pretty nervous about hitting Fran today.

I got on the rower for 1,000m in 4:40 to loosen up after some rolling and stretching. Then did 10×45# and 5×95# thrusters.

“Fran”

21-15-9

  • Thrusters (95#)
  • Pull-ups

I’ve only done this bitch Rx once, back in August of 2013 and it took me 4:50. I knew I could crush that, but I was still nervous about the hurt Fran causes and about how the thruster attack and all of the pull-up work would transfer to the workout. I did 21-21 unbroken, then 15 thrusters unbroken and 5-4-6 on the pull-ups because my pull was giving out. Finished with 9 unbroken thrusters again and 5-4 pull-ups for a time of 3:30! How’s that for a PR?!?!

I still have a cough from the bug I dealt with for over a week, so when Fran Lung kicked in, it was extra brutal and still was, hours later. Somehow I smacked my nose on the bar on my 19th pull-up. Hurts! Happens at about 1:20 in the video. I lose my rhythm, but don’t drop from the bar.

Took a pretty good break, including jumping on the rower for a really easy 500m.

4:00 AMRAP

  • 30 Unbroken DU

Dubs were really pissing me off today. I kept missing my first one! Managed to get in 6 sets.

25 Rounds

  • 2 Burpees
  • 2 T2B

When I wrote this I thought it would be pretty easy, but damn was I wrong! Took me 6:08. I was throwing a poker chip after every 5 rounds to keep track, but I guess I could have easily just counted up to 100 total reps. Simple programming, but really nasty after Fran. My hips didn’t want to do those toes to bars.

Boxed Grace

In to CFi early before the 5:30pm class so I could get in some extra work on my cleans.

Weightlifting

Power Cleans

  • 5×45#
  • 3×95#
  • 3×115#
  • 3×135#
  • 3×155#
  • 2x3x175#
  • 2x3x195#
  • 2x2x205#

Still working on getting under fast. Was feeling pretty good.

Conditioning

6 Rounds

  • 5 C&J (135#)
  • 10 Box Jumps (24″)

Finished in 5:42. The clean & jerks felt great, but I was dying on the box jumps. I’ve missed most of the box jump workouts lately. Makes me excited to tackle “Grace” next Sunday.

Strength

5 Sets

  • 3 Weighted Pull-ups (44#)
  • 3 Weighted Ring Dips (44#)

I’m fat!

Conditioning #2

2,000m Row

Nothing crazy, just a solid pace. Took 7:52.6.

Back to 9

Got a solid night of sleep and was up around 7:20 without needing to go back to sleep. So made it in for 9am.

Bench Press

  • 10×45#
  • 5×95#
  • 5×135#
  • 5×165#
  • 5×185#
  • 5×195#
  • 5×205#
  • 5×215#
  • 5×222.5# (PR)

Accessory

5 Sets

  • 10 Reverse Hypers (210#)
  • 10 Weighted GHD Sit-ups (10# MB)

Conditioning

Rowing Kalsu

  • 100 calorie Row
  • At 1:00 and EMOM perform 5 burpees (lateral) over the rower

Should have started the burpees from 0:00 I guess. Took me 7:52. Felt good to get in a morning workout!

Out of Nowhere

Still not getting the sleep I should. In to lift with Alex at 9am. Warmed up with various stretching and a little time on the Air Dyne.

  • 3 Clean & Jerks | 40 kg
  • 3 Clean & Jerks | 40 kg
  • 3 Clean & Jerks | 60 kg
  • 3 Clean & Jerks | 70 kg
  • 2 Clean & Jerks | 80 kg
  • 2 Clean & Jerks | 85 kg
  • 2 Clean & Jerks | 90 kg
  • 1 Clean & Jerk | 95 kg
  • 1 Clean & Jerk | 100 kg
  • 1 Clean & Jerk | 100 kg
  • 1 Clean & Jerk | 100 kg
  • 1 Clean & Jerk | 100 kg
  • 1 Clean & Jerk | 100 kg
  • 1 Clean & Jerk | 105 kg
  • 1 Clean & Jerk | 110 kg
  • 1 Clean & Jerk | 110 kg

No misses all day. The jerks were not feeling good when I started at 100kg, so I was going to stay there. Then I heard Kevin give a cue of heels and something clicked. The next couple felt easy, so I decided to bump up a little. Still felt pretty good at 95% of my max.

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Felt like getting the heart rate up, so I did a little 500m warm-up on the rower and then went to beat my PR of 1:32.2 from April. This happened…
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Rowed a 1:25.1 for a 7.1 second PR! I have no idea where that came from.

Bench Sesh

Shoulders are tired from all of the push presses yesterday. Back was not happy sleeping last night. In to CFi at 4:30 today.

Strength

Bench Press

  • 5×45#
  • 5×95#
  • 5×135#
  • 5×165#
  • 5×185#
  • 5×190#
  • 5×200#
  • 5×210#
  • 5×220#

Felt good! New 5RM.

Gymnastics

4 Rounds NFT

  • 5 Strict C2B Pull-ups
  • Muscle-up
  • 5 Strict Ring Dips

Accessory

4 Rounds NFT

  • 10/10 Kroc Rows (62# KB)
  • 10/10 Side Bends (62# KB)

Conditioning

5 Rounds

  • 30s Row
  • 1:15 Rest

Went balls to the wall on the first round and was able to hold about a 1:20 pace. Distances were 182, 174 172, 168, and 171 meters. Much harder than I expected.

Feelin’ OK

Legs are still sore, with some added soreness in my ass. Overall feeling pretty good this morning. Super Sunday at 11am. I really missed programming for this when I was gone for a week. Took things easy today due to all the work some of us did in the GLBRT yesterday.

Warm-up

4 Rounds NFT

  • 250m Row
  • 3/3 Turkish Get-ups (26#)

Focus on getting the body moving. Nothing crazy.

Couldn’t skip tabata thrusters!

Thruster Attack (Week #7)

3 Rounds

  • 2:00 Tabata Thrusters
    • 20s Thrusters (65#)
    • 10s Rest
  • 1:00 Rest

Went with 8 reps every 20 seconds again and pushed for 10 reps in the final round. So 98 total thrusters.

Conditioning

30:00 AMRAP
* Keep moving. Shouldn’t get anywhere near red lining.

  • 400m Run
  • 50 Jump Ropes
  • 20 Russian Kettlebell Swing (44#)
  • 10 V-ups
  • 5 Broad Jumps

I honestly didn’t even keep track of my rounds because it was all about keeping moving with a low intensity. I think I was just short of 6 or 7 rounds, with just the broad jumps left to do.

Did a bunch of rolling after.

Still Jetlagged

Stayed up late and woke up late again. Went in at 5:30. I was the only one to come for class.

Did some jump rope and double under work. Got a set of 96 unbroken using my old rope.

Thruster Attack

  • 5×45#
  • 5×95#
  • Every 1:45 for 5 sets – 12×125#

Not fun! I had to break down into 9+3 in the 4th set and 8+4 in the last set.

Row

  • 2,500m

Kept my pace under 2:00/500m. Time was 9:53.

Heavy Mile

Got up early and headed back to CrossFit Park City with my buddy Iliya from work to go to the 7am class. Didn’t really want to get out of bed when my alarm went off, but I knew he was expecting me. Glad we went though. My hip flexors are pretty tight from the 5k down and up the mountain here at the resort. All of the hip work we did yesterday probably didn’t help either.

3 Rounds NFT

  • 100m Run
  • 10 Lunge & Twist
  • 5/5 Calve Stretches
  • 6 Rolling V-ups

Then we did some hamstring, IT band, and glute stretching.

The workout was an “Inman Mile” but in teams of 2. The Rx was to use average bodyweight for the pair, but we were 10# shy, using 185#. We did a pretty even split on the workload I think and never dropped the bar, always passing it from our back to the next person’s front rack. Worked well. I was thinking it would take between 20 and 30 minutes, but we finished in about 17:08.

Then we did 5 alternating rounds of Rowling, with a burpee penalty for each meter over/under 100. I got 98-99-99-101-102.

Hose Off

Originally today was going to be a rest day, but since I didn’t get much done in the gym yesterday I figured I’d play it by how I felt. Was still exhausted last night at the movies from the fire truck pull, but feeling pretty good today. Went to the 5:30 class.

Warm-up

3 Rounds

  • 30s Bottom Squat Hold
  • 20 Jumping Jacks
  • 30s Plank
  • 5 Push-ups

Strength

  • 6×155# Deadlift
  • 6×245# Deadlift
  • 6×315# Deadlift
  • 6 Rounds NFT
    • 6×345# Deadlift
    • 6/6 Side Bends (62# KB)

Keep pushing the weight/reps on the deadlifts. Little by little. 345# is the same weight I recently used for 8×3 and then 7×4. Back has still been feeling good. Chalked up after the first work set and it made a huge difference without the bar starting to slip in my hands.

Conditioning

3 Rounds

  • 10 HR Push-ups
  • 20 Air Squats
  • 30 Russian Twists (35#)
  • 40 Flutter Kicks
  • 50 DU

Too many misses (2 every round I think) on double unders. Haven’t been doing them enough and it showed. Finished in 7:05. Everything else was unbroken.

6 Rounds

  • 1:00 Row
  • 1:30 Rest

The rest time is approximate since Andrew and I were alternating on the rower. I went 310, 309, 309, 308, 310, and 319 meters. I guess I won’t row tomorrow like I was planning. Will be able to work on my jerk instead.