Out in the garage after lunch.
That’s the heaviest I’ve had the safety bar.
10 Rounds
Nothing crazy. Started out relaxed but still a good pace and aimed to increase each round. Meters were 141-144-146-147-147-148-150-152-156-158.
Finished up with the Recovery protocol with Crossover Symmetry.
Feeling it from the last few days at the gym. Out to the garage in the afternoon.
No plan going in. Lift some shit. No belt and no fancy shoes today. Didn’t even bother to tie my shoes. Gotta switch things up to keep the body alert.
30:00 on the Air Dyne (AD2) for 6.7 miles.
Feeling some fatigue from yesterday’s WOD. In at 10am for gymnastics work.
3 sets
5 Sets
Did sets of 14 C2B last week, so increased to 15s this week. Got both sets.
3 Supersets
Learned that we don’t have to do the bar rows with a supinated grip. Just refers to the body position. Much better.
Ripped both hands. 😦 My left hand ripped under the pinky and my right hand actually ripped under my leather grips! I need to figure out something to work on these bar muscle-ups smarter because this is not working for me. Ripping is an injury and I usually pride myself on doing as much as I can to prevent rips.
Wanted to get in some squats so a quick garage session after 5.
Safety Squat Bar w/ 3 second pauses
Wore lifting shoes but no belt at all so I could get a lot of time under tension for my low back. Felt good about my drive out of the hole and no mini bounce to get going. Just 3 months ago a triple with 295 and a belt but no pause was a struggle.
First pre-heated garage session of the winter. Warmed up with 5 minutes on the Air Dyne for 1.55 miles.
Actually there were a few firsts today. First heavy squat session in the new lifters. I love the way they feel. My feet are so solid with the ground now. First session using all of my change plates (0.625#, 2.5#, 5#, and 10#) at the same time between the two bars. I thought it was the first time I used the washer “plates” but there was one other time right when I bought them.
Since I was lifting by myself I didn’t want to continue with the alternating EMOM of bench press and front squats due to safety of benching alone and with just one rack it wouldn’t be easy to setup unless I squatted off the jerk blocks. Plus I front squatted 3 times last week so was up for something different. It’s easy to shoulder press off the jerk blocks and I don’t get a chance to use the safety squat bar enough, so it was a pretty easy choice.
I actually planned to do a 10:00 alternating EMOM with 4×275# and 4×137.5# but as I warmed up I didn’t feel like going that fast and working up such a sweat. So I started at those weights and slowly added weight. The plan was 5 sets, but then I saw that one more set would use up all of the change I had laying around. Again, easy choice. 🙂 Not really sure how I managed to get that extra 2.5# on the right side of the bar and I actually didn’t even notice it during the set.
Had taken the day off work to play our end of the year golf tournament. We only got through 7 holes before storms rolled in and it rained all day. So back home and worked out in the garage before 5pm.
Was pretty easy to setup and take down my contraption.
Lifting shoes but no belt. Second to last rep was a struggle so I started thinking too much and made my final rep pretty squirrely.
Warmed up for the metcon with 5 shoulder press + 5 overhead squats with 45# and 95#.
Same bar and load for each movement. One of my favorites to come back to because it tests you in many different ways. I’ve done it three times now, getting better each time.
Over a 3 minute improvement in the last year! I went 7 shoulder press, 3 presses then on to my back and in to 9 overhead squats, and then finished the last 6 OHS. Push presses were done 9-6-5, front squats 10-10-5, push jerks with 3 sets of 10, and didn’t put the bar down for the 35 back squats. Tried not to rest too much when I dropped the bar in between sets.
Jumped on the Air Dyne for a very easy 10 minutes to flush out the legs.
Check out some CrossFit elite doing this one…
No golf today since I had work to get done this morning. Out in the garage around lunch.
3 Sets
Safety Bar Squats
Finally made time to use the new bar. Completely different feel to it with the weight so far forward. Really had no idea what I’d be capable of. Wasn’t easy at the end but I didn’t want to push it too hard. Wore the belt for at least 3 sets I think.
Messed around on the peg board with a few attempts at climbs, some static holds, and negatives.
Decline DB Bench Press
Easy, but 50# is the heaviest I can go with my adjustables.
Single-leg RDL
I suspect my back tweaks are partially due to a deficiency in my hamstrings so I’m finally going to put a little focus on them each week. Held a single DB in one hand on the same side as the leg in use.
That peg board has my upper arms and back feeling jacked.
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