Tag: run

Pulling on the Rope

Played 18 holes today, but didn’t walk with the heat. Went to the 4pm class.

Shoulder Flexion 5

4 Sets

  • 50m Single Arm OH Carry (44#)
  • 30-60s Rest

Warm-up

  • 400m Run
  • 3 Sets
    • 5 Rope Pull-ups
    • 10 Push-ups
    • 15 Air Squats

Weightlifting

Squat Cleans

  • 6×45#
  • 4×95
  • 4×135
  • 2×165
  • 2×185
  • 3x2x205

Plenty heavy for the day. My squats are weak and I’m not risking a back tweak before my bro’s wedding this weekend.

Conditioning

  • 400m Run
  • 9 Power Cleans (165#)
  • 18 Rope Pull-ups
  • 400m Run
  • 7 Power Cleans (165#)
  • 14 Rope Pull-ups
  • 400m Run
  • 5 Power Cleans (165#)
  • 10 Rope Pull-ups

The runs always feel slow and probably are. I think the clock said 2:00 when I came in on the first one. Quick singles for all of the power cleans. I scaled back from 185# to keep the pace up and again to not risk my back. I split up the rope pull-ups to keep things even with one hand higher on the rope. 5-5-4-4, 7-7, and then my grip was giving out, partially due to a cut on my thumb, so I went 5 and 2-1-1-1. It was kind a of a jumping rope pull-up, but still a lot of pull. Finished in 11:05.

Happy with my loading and scaling choices lately, especially with the switch to this Ben Smith affiliate programming. Keep moving and keep the intensity high.

 

The Don

Went to the 10am.

Warm-up

  • 400m Run
  • 2x
    • 20 Air Squats
    • 10 Pass Throughs
    • 30s Dead Hang

Conditioning

“The Don” – Partner Style

  • 66 Deadlifts (115#)
  • 66 Box Jumps (24″)
  • 66 American Kettlebell Swings (53#)
  • 66 V-ups
  • 66 Sit-ups
  • 66 Ring Rows
  • 66 Thrusters (55#)
  • 66 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
  • 66 Burpees
  • 66 Double Unders

Partnered with Weston. BTWB said the deadlift should have been 110, which seems like a weird weight. I had to do V-ups instead of knees to elbows and ring rows instead of pull-ups. For the deadlifts, KBS, v-ups, sit-ups, thrusters, and wall balls we each did three sets of 11. For the box jumps, ring rows, and burpees we each did 3 sets of 6 and 3 sets of 5. Dubs were a quick set of 33 each to finish at 22:25

Feeling Good on the Rower

Got to the gym a little early before the 4pm class to get in the shoulder rehab work.

Active Life – Shoulder Flexion 4

  • 3 Sets 5/5 Thoracic Rotation
  • 2 Sets 5 Evil Wheels

I tried an evil wheel from my feet. Not happening!

Warm-up

  • 400m Run
  • 2x
    • 20 walking lunges
    • 15 Push-ups
    • 30s Dead hang
  • 10 Push Press (45#)

Hung from the bar instead of doing 10 kip swings.

Conditioning

5 Rounds

  • 20 cal Row
  • 20 Push Press (95#)
  • 20 V-ups

Tried to keep it above 1,150 cal/hr on the Concept 2 rower. I did 12-8 push presses for the first two rounds and was feeling pretty good, so waited to see how round three went and maybe do the last two sets unbroken. Yeah right! Started fading fast in round 3 and had to rest a bit more in between. The last two sets of 12-8 were tough. Still no bar work, so I did the v-ups in place of toes-to-bars. Finished in 15:47. Would have been a lot slower trying to get through 100 T2B. Feeling good on the rower lately, so maybe losing 14 pounds is paying off.

Gymnastics

3 Sets

  • 45s HS Hold
  • MAX Ring Rows

I went E2M and got 15-12-10 ring rows.

Touch the Sky

Hot one! Made it for the 4:30 and was the only person at class.

Active Life – Shoulder Flexion

3 Sets

  • 10 Hollow Body Shoulder Flexion (2.5#)

Warm-up

  • 2 Rounds
    • 250m Row
    • 10 PVC Passes
    • 10 Shoulder Press (45#)
  • 4 Shoulder Press (75#)
  • 4 Shoulder Press (95#)

Conditioning

10 Rounds

  • 1 Legless Rope Climb (13′)
  • 4 Shoulder Presses (115#)
  • 200m Run

Can’t remember the last time I did a rope climb and it’s been rare to even do shoulder presses in a metcon. Not bad, but hard to breathe on the runs with it being about 90° outside. Finished at exactly 19:00.

This is from the Ben Smith affiliate design program, which they’re following at the gym. Not sure if I mentioned a couple of old friends from a previous gym bought out Mid Michigan Muscle and it’s now Malott Athletics. It’s been a goal of theirs for years, so I’m excited to see someone taking over that should do well to grow the gym.

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Midline / Skill

4 Sets

  • 1:00 HS Hold
  • 2:00 Rest

Not Even Close

Golfed the last two days and realized one of the reasons I don’t get worked up about missing a workout two days in a row (or 3 of the last 4, like I just did) is that especially when I golf I’m walking over 6 miles on the course. Just as I believe in a healthy work/life balance, I think it’s important to find a balance with your exercise.

Went to the 4:30 class.

Warm-up – 4 Sets

  • 10/10 Single Arm KBS
  • 10/10 Single Arm Shoulder Press

Strength – Push Press

  • 5×45#
  • 5×95
  • 5×125
  • 5×145
  • 3x5x165

Conditioning

Nancy – 5 Rounds

  • 400m Run
  • 15 OHS (95#)

Ran the straight out and back route today. After the first set I didn’t think I’d be able to get every set of OHS unbroken, but I did. Finished in 16:24, which is not even close to the 13:35 I somehow did two years ago.

On to the Next

I was too tired from the weekend to golf, so it was a complete rest day. I was right about losing weight from working on the truck in the garage all weekend in that heat. Was 205 in the morning yesterday.

Now that the back rehab is done, I figure I’ll try out some of the other Active Life programs, especially as my 2-day/week membership at the gym is through the end of this month and then there is an ownership change taking place. Looking forward to getting in the gym more often again. Went out in the garage around 4pm.

Active Life – Thick Pack – Warmup

  • 20 Side Shuffles (5m)
  • 2:00/2:00 Banded Posterior Hip Distraction
  • 10/10 Lateral Leg Swings
  • 10/10 Lateral Box Step-ups (18″)
  • 5/5 Eccentric Ankle Dorsiflexion

Active Life – Shoulder Flexion

4 Sets (2x each arm)

  • 50m Overhead Carry (70# KB)
  • Rest 30-60s

Might as well try to correct this shoulder impingement, which has kept me off the rig.

Conditioning

  • 300m Run
  • 30 Back Squats (135#)
  • 300m Run

I guess counts with 3 are my thing lately. Slow but unbroken on the squats and felt pretty good on the run. Funny how dropping 10 pounds makes running easier. 🙂 Finished in 5:21.

Active Life – Thick Pack – Workout

  • 1:00/1:00 KB Psoas Mobilization
  • 10:00
    • 10 Glute Bridges (3s hold)
    • 10 Curl-ups (3s hold)

This first day of “Thick Pack” work was exactly the same as I’d done in some of the other programs. Got through 5 rounds.

No Rest

I rested on Sunday after the stag party. Felt fine but was really tired. Golfed yesterday and went to the 4:30 class today. So the only workout I’ve done since Wednesday was the 40 minutes of Airdyne on Saturday!

Warm-up

9:00 AMRAP

  • 200m Row
  • 10 Goblet Walking Lunges (35#)
  • 20s Dead Hang
  • 10 Russian KBS (35#)
  • 5 American KBS (35#)

I got through 4 rounds.

Conditioning

  • 12:00 EMOM (alt)
    • 45s DB Snatch (40#)
    • 7 cal Row + 7 Burpees
  • 4:00 Rest
  • 12:00 EMOM (alt)
    • 45s MB Sit-ups
    • 7 cal Row + 7 Burpees

There was pretty much no rest time even with rushing between stations. I did 18 snatches in the first round because I passed it hand to hand in the air. Then I got 14 every other round. I went 20-18-18-16-16-20 on the sit-ups.

More cardio…

  • 150 American KBS (35#)
  • Run 200m every break

I tried to push the first set but had to stop at 70. Then did 50-30 to close it out so I only had to run a couple of 200s. Finished at exactly 9:00.