Tag: Side Bend

One Day at a Time This Week

It’s going to be a challenging week to get in some workouts because we have a lot going on.

Warm-up

  • 10 Cat Camel
  • 5-3-1 McGill Big 3
    • Curl-up
    • Side Planks
    • Bird Dogs
  • 20 Trunk Rotations
  • 20 Side Bends

Legs

  • 3 Sets
    • 8/8 Half Deficit DB Squat (55# plate, 20# DBs)
    • 12 alt High Jump One Arm Reach
  • 3 Sets
    • 12 DB Step-ups (20”, 35# DBs)
    • 12 Duck Walk in place
  • 3 Sets
    • 8/8 Single Leg RDL (40# DB)
    • 12 Weighted Jumping Jacks (5# DBs)
    • 10 KB Sumo Squat (53#)
  • 3 Sets
    • 14 Side Step Lunges (20# DBs)
    • 10 Hamstring Curls w/ ball
    • 6 Broad Jumps

I went first today and it took us 37:25.

Midline

3 Sets

  • 12 Elevated Glute Bridge (on step)
  • 10/10 Half-kneeling Cable Rotation (to side of lead leg, 21#)
  • 10/10 Side Plank Banded Rows (purple rehab band)
  • 12 Seated Oblique Twists (2s pause, 20# DB)

We’re liking this golf-focused midline.

Long for the Legs

Got back from the cottage yesterday, but were busy and tired.

Back Rehab

  • 10 Cat Camel
  • 5-3-1 McGill Big 3
    • Curl-up
    • Side Planks
    • Bird Dogs
  • 20 Trunk Rotations
  • 20 Side Bends

Legs

  • 3 Sets
    • 8/8 Half Deficit DB Squat (45# plate, 12# DBs)
    • 12 alt High Jump One Arm Reach
  • 3 Sets
    • 12 DB Step-ups (20”, 30# DBs)
    • 12 Duck Walk in place
  • 3 Sets
    • 8/8 Single Leg RDL (30# DB)
    • 12 Weighted Jumping Jacks (5# DBs)
    • 10 KB Sumo Squat (53#)
  • 3 Sets
    • 14 Side Step Lunges (12# DBs)
    • 10 Hamstring Curls w/ ball
    • 6 Broad Jumps

B started first and it took us 36:21.

Midline

3 Sets

  • 12 Elevated Glute Bridge (on step)
  • 10/10 Half-kneeling Cable Rotation (to side of lead leg, 21#)
  • 10/10 Side Plank Banded Rows (purple rehab band)
  • 12 Seated Oblique Twists (2s pause, 20# DB)

Took me 12:43. Got some of these ideas from the following post.

9 Best Core Exercises for Golfers (Muscle Building Ab Workout)

Elevated

On Sunday we pulled trim and flooring for 4-5 hours and then went for a 2.5 mile walk. Yesterday was day 9 of the yoga series and only 22 minutes. Back in the garage today.

Warm-up

  • 80′ Lateral Monster Walk
  • 80′ Monster Walk
  • 10 Monster Squats
  • 10 Monster Toe Touches
  • 20 Trunk Twists

Leg Conditioning

3 Sets

  • 8/8 Single Leg Supported RDL (45# KB)
  • 140/120m TrueForm Run

3 Sets

  • 10/10 Lateral Step-downs (12”)
  • 30 Plate A Jumps

3 Sets

  • 6/6 Front Foot Elevated Double DB Lunge 35#)
  • 250/200m Standing BikeErg

3 Sets

  • 5/5 Single Arm Front Squat (20#, 2” raised heels)
  • 10 Box Jumps (20”)

Took us 28:34, with over a third of it being on that first section. It got real in section three. We both really liked the squats with the raised heels and felt like it took pressure off of our backs

Midline

4 Sets

  • 10/10 Hanging Oblique Knee Raises
  • 8/6 Parallette Shoot Throughs
  • 10/10 Side Bends (53# KB)
  • 15 Pike-ups

Not in shape for those shoot throughs. I was struggling in the second round and had to take several breaks in sets 3-4.

Sore Ass and Hamstrings

It was almost 70°, so we went for a 2.2 mile walk yesterday. Still really sore from the leg workout the other day.

Warmup

  • 20 PVC passes
  • 3 Sets
    • 10 Calf Raises
    • 40’ Tip Toe Walk

Shoulders

3 Sets

  • 12 Seated DB Shoulders Press (20#)
  • 12 Seated Arnold Press (20#)
  • 12 Seated Side Laterals (8#)

Arms

3 Sets

  • 15 Double DB Curl (20#)
  • 15 Double DB Tricep Kickbacks (15#)

4 Sets

  • 10/10 Standing 1 Arm Hammer Curl over Incline Bench (20#)
  • 10 Tricep Pushdown (60#)

4 Sets

  • 8 Wide Grip Barbell Curl (45-55-55-55#)

Midline Conditioning

2 Rounds

  • 50 alt Side Crunches
  • 100 Jump Rope
  • 50 Flutter Kicks
  • 100 Jump Rope
  • 25 Leg Raises 
  • 100 Jump Rope
  • 16/16 Side Bends (35#)
  • 100 Jump Rope

Fun one that B came up with. Took me 13:41.

Run ’em

I warmed up with about 30 PVC pass through.

Back

4 Sets

  • 12 Banded Strict Pull-ups (red + blue)
  • 90s Rest

3 Sets

  • 10 Lat Pulldown (104#)
  • 10 Seated Bent Over Back Fly (30# DBs)

3 Sets

  • 8/8 Seated Single Arm Row (60#)
  • 8 Seated Rows (115#)

Conditioning

6 Sets – E90S

  • 30s TrueForm Run

My distances were 0.12, 3×0.13, 2×0.14 km.

Midline

3 Sets

  • 10 Leg Lifts (5# ankle weights)
  • 20 Bicycles (5# ankle weights)
  • 10/10 KB Side Bends (73# KB)

Another Go at a TRAIN Chest Program

We took 3 days off for the holiday and my birthday.

Warm-up

  • 20 PVC Passes
  • Trunk Twist
  • 10×45
  • 10×75

We’re going to start the chest program again that we did late summer. We had good results and enjoyed it.

Chest

MAX Bench Press (100/50#)

I was getting pretty slow, so stopped at 50, which is the same number of reps I got before.

MAX Push-ups

Only 30 push-ups though, which is five fewer.

3 Sets

  • 12 Seated DB Shoulder Press (40#)

These felt ok.

50 DB Bench Press (50/25#)

I went 10-8-7, 5×5 to finish in 2:05, which is 21 seconds faster because I was smarter about my sets, compared to 15-10-10-8-7.

Conditioning

2 Rounds

  • 10 cal BikeErg
  • 10 Burpees
  • 10 Box Jumps (24”)
  • 10 DB Hang Power Cleans (40#)
  • 10 cal Row
  • 10 Burpees
  • 10 Box Jumps (24”)
  • 10 DB Hang Power Cleans (40#)

Good one! Took me 10:55.

Midline

4 Sets

  • 1:00 Plank
  • 50 Hollow Flutter Kicks
  • 10/10 KB Side Bends (62#)

The flutter kicks got to be a challenge. Wasn’t really for time, but took me 9:46.

Arm Program

Very busy day yesterday, doing yard work at both houses, and getting the last of B’s things moved out.

Warm-up

  • 20 PVC Passes
  • 5 Barbell Curls (45#)
  • 8 Close Grip Bench Press (45#)
  • 8 Close Grip Bench Press (95#)

Arms

Trying a new arm program for several weeks that I found on Muscle & Strength.

4 Sets

  • 8 Barbell Curl (55#)

4 Sets

  • 8 Close Grip Bench Press (115-135-155-175#)

3 Sets

  • 20 alt Cross-body Hammer Curl (25#)

3 Sets

  • 10/10 One Arm OH Extension (rope on cable pulley, 27-32-32#)

3 Sets

  • 12 Incline DB Curl (25#)
  • 20 Tricep Pulldown (rope, 49-51.5-51.5#)

3 Sets

  • 20 Cable Curl (38#)
  • 12 Diamond Push-up

Definitely got a really good arm pump!

Midline

4 Sets

  • 8 Partner Leg Lift + Throws

4 Sets

  • 6/6 Hip Abducted Evil Wheels
  • 20 alt Crunches
  • 10/10 KB Side Bends (70#)

Testing a Strategy Through Half Murph

Yesterday I got rained out of golf, so was able to spend the evening finishing the outside wall of my house. Today is was about 80° and humid as fuck at 4pm when we hit the garage.

Conditioning

  • 850m Run
  • 5 Rounds
    • 30 Air Squats
    • 10 Pull-ups
    • 20 Push-ups
  • 850m Run

I’ve been thinking about doing 10 rounds of 10-20-30 for Murph, so this was a good test. This morning I was reading Reddit and saw someone mention starting with the air squats, which I thought was brilliant because going from squats right to that last mile always sucks on the legs.

I did the first run in 4:29. My round splits were 1:26, 1:32, 2:01, 2:03, and 2:06. I was able to do two rounds of push-ups unbroken, but then 12-6-2, 10-6-4, and 4×5. I bet my squats got a little slower too. The last run was about 4:36. Total time of 18:13, which is a slower pace than my full Murph last year. Needless to say I won’t be doing the 10-20-30, because my average pace per round of “Cindy” today would have been 54.8 seconds and last year during Murph I averaged about 51.6 seconds per round. I think I will start with squats though.

Our plan is to do Murph on Sunday morning, which should be nice and cool. So that should be much better on the body because it was hard to breathe in the thick air today.

Midline

4 Rounds

  • 10/10 Partner Banded Rotations & Holds (red)
  • 10/10 KB Side Bends (70#)
  • 10/10 One Arm Weighted Single Leg V-ups (20#)

Legs

4 Rounds

  • ~35s Bottom Squat Hold
  • 20 Plyo Lunges

Quads Need Rest

My quads are really really sore and no rest for them with today’s metcon. Got my first dose of the COVID vaccine this morning, so my arm is getting a bit sore. It was almost 80° at 4pm when we took the bike to the back patio.

Conditioning

Partner workout

  • 5×20/14 cal BikeErg (standing)
  • 125 Synchro Air Squats

My quads were burning up in the second 10 calories of the last three rounds on the bike. I let Brandi go first, so then I had to get off the bike and get right in to the squats. So unpleasant! We started off with a set of 25 and then did five sets of 20. Finished in 14:27.

Arms & Midline

3 Sets

  • 12 EZ Bar Skull Crushers (61#)
  • 8/8 Static DB Curls (20# DBs)
  • 8 Dumbbell Curls (20# DBs)
  • 10/10 Side Bends (70# KB)

3 Sets

  • 20 alt Underhand Dumbbell Bench Presses (35# DBs, bit of a cross body)
  • 10 Reverse Barbell Curls (35-50-55#)
  • 15 T2B

I didn’t wear grips and did the toes to bars unbroken each set

4 Sets

Hopefully going golfing tomorrow if I feel ok after the vaccine. Definitely need the rest day and some walking would do my legs good.

After a Skipped Saturday

Had a busy day yesterday so it ended up being a full rest day. Out in the garage at 10am.

Back

3 Sets

  • 10 Seated Cable Row (115-120-120#)
  • 10/10 Seated Single Arm Cable Row (49-54-54#)

3 Sets

  • 10 Lat Pulldowns (115-120-126#)
  • 10 Underhand Lat Pulldown (115-120-126#)

3 Sets

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

Conditioning / Midline

  • 3 Rounds
    • 500m Row
    • 12/12 Side Bends (70# KB)
    • 20 Seated Leg Lifts over DB
    • 24 Russian Twists (35# DB)
    • 35s Hollow Hold
  • 1,500m Row

Combined things together to save time and it worked out well. I was around a 1:55 pace for the 500s and then 1:53.5 for the 1,500.