Sit-up – Page 16 – Nick Momrik's Fitness Logs

Greek Fest Recovery

Had a bunch of people over last night and went to Greek Fest down the street from my house. Good times, but tired this morning even though I slept in. Went at 11am to get my sweat on.

Warm-up

Tabata of choice. I picked DU to work on them for next weekend.

WOD

50 Front Squats (95#)
50 Sit-ups
50 Thrusters (95#)
50 HR Push-ups
50 Upright Rows (95#)
50 50m Runs

All about pacing in this one. Finished in 32:28 with runs taking about 12 minutes, which isn’t surprising since it was about a mile and a half.

Extra Credit

If we finished early we could work on anything we wanted. So I did 2 sets of 5 wall walks and then some double unders.

Around 7pm I went out to the Soap Box Derby in Buena Vista to run some hill sprints. Jogged a lap around and up the track to warm-up and then did the side hill 10 times up and walked down each time.

Partner It Up Times 3

Feeling a little sore from yesterday, mostly in my upper chest and shoulder area. Abs are pretty sore from the 150 sit-ups too. Went it at 11am today.

Warm-up

2 Rounds

25 Air Squats
25 HR Push-ups
25 Russian KBS (49# KB)
25 Lunges
25 Star Jumps
25 Zombie Kicks
25 Jumping Jacks
25 High Knees
25 Butt Kicks
25 Mountain Climbers

Nothing like 500 reps to get you warmed up! Finished in under 13:00

WOD

It was a 3 part partner WOD, with each part having a 6:00 time cap. Each partner does the pacing element once and then you switch. Rest the remainder of the six minutes. I worked with Kevin.

Pace: 500m Row
MAX Wall Balls (20# MB, 10′ target

Stupid screen on the rower turned off right before we started, so I did a bunch of extra distance. We got 105 reps, with Kevin getting 54 and me 51. I did mine in sets of 25 and 26. Kevin whooped my ass on the rower as usual. I think I kept around a 2:00/500m pace.

Pace: 600m Run
MAX Clean & Jerks (115#)

I got 28 in around 2:50 and then Kevin got 18 more for a total of 46.

Pace: 0.75 mile Air Dyne
MAX Sit-ups

I started us off with 68 sit-ups for a total of 130. Not sure I needed a bunch more sit-ups after 150 yesterday and already having a sore core.

Good workout!

A Do Work Saturday

We partied at the box last night for Casey, who is going away to be a Navy diver in just over a week. Went in to the 10am this morning.

Warm-up

“Annie”
50-40-30-20-10

Sit-ups
DU

First time in a year I didn’t bring my bag to the gym, so didn’t have my good rope and had to use one that was hanging on the wall, with about a foot of extra cable hanging off the one end. There was a screw-up with the clock anyway, so wouldn’t have been able to set a PR. These movements are actually in the wrong order as well.

Strength

12:00 EMOM

Odds: 8 Ring Rows
Evens: 8 Ring Dips

I’ve always been pretty terrible at ring rows, but I was able to get 8 for all 6 sets. Did all of my ring dips strict too.

WOD

4 Rounds

20 Sandbag Clean and Toss over Shoulder
10/10 Sledgehammers
150m OH Run (45# bumper)

Finished in 13:44. Had to stop about 2/3 of the way through each run because my shoulders were on fire. Other than that, didn’t stop on anything.

Finisher

Tire flips

Back at 3pm for some lifting.

Cleans

Clean + Hang Clean + High Hang Clean, with about 2:00 rest between sets. I used 115#, 125#, 135#, 145#, 155#, 165#, 175#, and 185#. ~~Last set was a new high for this complex.~~ (I’ve actually done this up to 195#, but that started at 135#. Only have done 175# with power cleans) Still not using wrist wraps or lifting shoes, and it’s actually feeling pretty good.

5:00 EMOM

2 Cleans (205#)

Rest 5 minutes.

5:00 EMOM

1 Clean (225#)

Rest 3 minutes

3:00 EMOM

1 Clean (235#)

Up until a week ago, my max clean was 230#, so it felt really good to get those rep at 235# after already having done so much cleaning.

Without thinking about how many front squats I had already done, I was going to do a 5×3 of back squats with 275#, but I got 2 reps in and had nothing in my legs, so I called it quits before I hurt myself.

Shoulder Press

5 @ 135#
5 @ 135#
5 @ 135#
5/5 @ 45# DB
5/5 @ 45# DB

The issue I’m having with a weak right arm on bench press is following me along to overhead. I switched up to DBs after the 3rd set to try to make sure each arm got work. It was a struggle to get 5 reps on the right side with the 45, but not much of an issue on the left. Weird.

Sore All Over

It’s been quite awhile since I woke up feeling sore in so many places. Later today and tomorrow are going to be tough to walk I bet. Went in at 9am because I was not feeling like doing a longer workout today.

Warm-up

30 Air Squats
20 PVC Pass-thrus
30 PVC OHS Squats

Strength

3 rep Front Squats

5 @ 45#
3 @ 135#
3 @ 155#
3 @ 175#
3 @ 195#
3 @ 225#
3 @ 255#

I wasn’t planning on going heavy, but I just couldn’t help myself once we got going. It was a bit awkward since I was paired up with Davy on a rack and he’s about a lot shorter than I am.

WOD

13:00 AMRAP

10 DB Snatches (45#)
20 Sit-ups
30 MB Cleans (20# MB)

Fuck did those MB cleans blow. My quads did not want to cooperate after the first round. I finished 2 reps shy of 4 complete rounds. Rx was only 40# for the snatches, but there were none left, so I went heavier.

Finisher

300m Row
50 Burpees

More suck, but I just kept going on my burpees and never stopped. Took me 4:52 which isn’t too bad for me considering we barely had any rest after the WOD.

Knees Out

Getting back to a schedule now that the flooring project is wrapped up. Went in at 10:30am.

Warm-up

2:00 Jump Rope
PVC pass-thrus

Olympic Lifting

Snatch Balances

5 @ 45#
5 @ 95#
5 @ 115#
2 @ 135#
1 @ 155#
1 @ 165#
F @ 175#
1 @ 175#

Matched a snatch balance high I did a few months ago. Didn’t feel the greatest dropping into position today.

Snatch Technique

10:00 EMOM

Power Snatch (115#)
Snatch (115#)

Felt pretty solid here and the weight allowed me to focus on good technique. Was getting some decent triple extension and started concentrating on knees out. I’ve had a bad problem of my knees caving in with both snatches and cleans on the knee rebend. Everything felt a lot smoother when I was able to eliminate that. Receiving the bar for the squat snatches felt pretty darn good.

WOD

10 Rounds

5 Deadlifts (185#)
10 Pull-ups
15 Sit-ups

First metcon since Friday. Finished in 13:58, doing it by myself.

Finisher

15:00 Row

Just an easy row, keeping my strokes per minute around 20. Traveled 3,280 meters.

Fast Recovery

I’m feeling great after yesterday’s first big session. Very little soreness anywhere. Matt, Kevin, and I worked out at 2:30 today. I warmed up with 25 calories on the Air Dyne at an easy pace and then did some PVC work for my arms and shoulders. I came up with the programming for today’s training.

Olympic Technique

7 Sets

Power Clean
Hang Power Clean
High Hang Power Clean
90s Rest

I used 95, 115, 125, 135, 145, 165, and 175. Still focusing on hip extension, but also tried to start with my hips lower on the power clean from the ground.

Strength

14:00 E2M

3 Power Cleans at 80% of 1RM Power Clean (195#)
2 Broad Jump for distance (immediately after power cleans)

Figured it would be fun to try out a little XWOD action. The timing worked out pretty well so we had about 1:15 to rest before the next round.

WOD #1

3 Rounds

400m Row
20 Deadlifts (185#)
20 T2B

I was planning for this to take about 12 minutes and I was just about right. I finished in 11:16. My T2B held up pretty well.

WOD #2

5 Rounds

1:00 15 HR Push-ups & MAX Sit-ups
1:00 Rest

This worked out better than I expected, considering it was completely made up and not based on anything I’ve done before. I was able to do each round of push-ups unbroken, although they did get progressively harder and that last round was a struggle. I actually got faster on them too until the last round. Managed 20-21-21-22-21 on the sit-ups for a 105 total. Abs were feeling pretty rocked after the T2B and the sit-ups.

MOFO Training

Matt got a couple of Concept2 rowers and a couple of Air Dynes, plus I traded him my Concept2 for future services, so he asked me to come up with a WOD to do during Open Gym tonight. I love programming so was happy to! I went in to the 7pm class and was looking forward to a bunch of cleans, but due to the new machines, he switched up the workout. Stayed after for open gym at 8pm and did a workout with some of the beasts.

Warm-up

Teams of 3, 3 rounds

200m Row
Sit-ups
Air Squats

After the 200m row, we rotated stations.

Strength

10:00 EMOTM

5 Front Squats (195#)
10-12 calories on Air Dyne

First time using an Air Dyne and the combination with front squats was brutal. My quads were smoked.

WOD

21-15-9 with a partner

Air Dyne calories
Over the Bar Burpees

Kevin and I finished in 6:42. We tried to switch off with another team to get a rower but nobody was having it. Again the Air Dyne smoked me.

Open Gym WOD

15:00 Partner AMRAP

Partner 1: 250m Row
Partner 2: AMRAP of
- 4 HSPU
- 6 Ring Dips
- 12 Lunges (stepping or plyo)

Matt requested HSPU and I was happy to oblige. They are no longer a weakness for me, but I can still use the work. I’ve done them paired up with ring dips a dew times while out in Phoenix so figured it would work well here. As I was thinking about this and making last minute changes, I came up with adding in the lunges otherwise everyone would have been too smoked by the upper body movements to do much at the end of the 15 minutes.

I teamed up with Michelle and we finished 13 rounds plus 16 more reps. I did all of my HSPU unbroken and quite a few rounds of the ring dips too. I need to work on my ring dip kip though. Some of the lunges I did stepping back and forth and other times I pushed through and did them plyo-style.

We had 7 people do this and it was a lot of fun.

Finisher

2x MB Pass Partner Circuit

10 Straight
10 OH
10 Right
10 Left
10 Up

Brought this little ab killer back from CrossFit Full Strength and everyone seemed to love/hate it.

Work the High Hang

Yesterday morning I walked 9 holes of golf and then went for a 3.15 mile hike in 58:38. I’ve been sore from doing “Karen” in 13.3, but nowhere near the DOMS I’ve experienced from previous run-ins with that bitch. Went it an noon.

Warm-up

2m Row
2 Rounds:
- 5 Pull-ups
- 10 Push-ups
- 10 Air Squats
Burgener Warm-up (empty bar)

I did strict pull-ups to work on my strength and did slow quality chest to deck push-ups.

OLY

7 Sets

Power Snatch
Hang Power Snatch
High Hang Power Snatch
90s Rest

Each set was done without putting the bar down. Great time to work on the hip extension like last week’s drilling on full cleans. I’m beginning to love the high hang lifts because without the hips you can’t move any weight. It really forces you to be explosive and use your hips, especially being the 3rd lift in the complex. I did 2 sets at 75# and then went up 10# each set, to finish at 125#. I’m really happy to be able to land those three lifts at that weight because my 1RM is still only 155#. My technique was better today than it ever has been and I was getting a lot of hip extension, making the bar move so much faster.

WOD

4 Rounds

400m Run
20 Deadlifts (185#)
30 Sit-ups

This was a fun little WOD, with the 20 deadlifts becoming a real challenge. I did 12-8 in the 3rd round to save myself a bit and then really pushed the run in the last round and pushed hard on the deadlifts because I was trying to catch Lance. Ended up 8 seconds behind him, with my time being 15:18.

Fuck the False Grip

All of the squatting from the last two days is catching up to my legs. After the announcement of 13.3 and looking at some videos, I knew I needed to give no-false grip MU a try, so I went in around 8am this morning to open gym.

Warm-up

50-40-30-20-10 DU
30-25-20-15-10 Sit-ups

They were doing “Annie” in class today but doing that many sit-ups would wreck my core a bit, so Emily suggested I cut the number of sit-ups. I only missed a DU near the beginning of the 50 and right away in the 20, otherwise all unbroken. Finished in 5:30, so would have been a PR “Annie” for me had I done the extra 50 sit-ups.

Skill

I raised the rings and jumped on! First I did some hip to ring pulls with a kip to get a feel for the motion I’d need. Felt good. Then I went for it and tried the no-false grip MU. Got up there no problem and felt a lot easier than when I’ve done them with the false grip. I have a hard time supporting myself in the false grip, and even more so when I start swinging with the kip. I did a total of 4 or 5 singles and never had a miss. The only thing that sucks a bit is my wrists are in a bad position when I’m over the rings, so then I have to adjust. But I have the strength now where it’s not a huge deal to do. I’ll live with that instead of having to fight with the false grip.

Gymnastics WOD has a great 4 part no-false grip muscle-up progression series that I highly recommend checking out.

WOD

500m Row
2m Rest
500m Row

The class was doing 4 but I decided to call it quits after 2. I don’t want to burn myself out with having to do 13.3 tomorrow.

Get It Overhead!

I’m feeling pretty sore in my shoulders from the HSPU yesterday and as the day goes on my ass is feeling those plyo lunges. Went in at 3:15 for some special OLY work and then stayed for the regular class.

OLY Warm-up

500m Row
PVC Pass-thrus
2 x 10 Pause Jerks with 45# bar

Jerks

5x Jerk Short Step with 95#
Jerk from the Back – Doubles and Triples
Jerk from the Front – Doubles and Singles

I started off with 95# from the back, went 115#, 155#, and 185#. This was my first time doing any jerks from the back and they felt really weird. I only did a couple of singles at 185# because I don’t feel comfortable dropping that much weight back to my back and it felt uncomfortable to begin with. I need to do these once in a while to get the feel for them.

I dropped the weight back down to 155# and switched to jerks from the rack, doing a double there. Did a double at 185# and another at 205#. Then I was going to hit 225# for a single and Gayle asked if it was going to be a PR, so figured might as well throw another 5# on to make it 230# for a PR. Hit it easily without even punching under in fully. Upped it to 245# and pushed the weight forward instead of back, so failed. Fought it a bit and it didn’t feel too good on my low back.

Took a rest, made sure to punch under it, and got it up for a 20# PR. It was a little unstable over my head, but that’s fucking heavy. Gayle said I could have gotten my front foot out further too and got under it more. Did a good job of getting my head through though.

Class Warm-up

3/3 World’s Greatest Stretch
10/10 Scorpions
10/10 Flamingos
10/10 Legs Swings (F2B, S2S)

WOD

3 Rounds

600m Run
25 Pull-ups

I tried to push it harder on the run today and the temperatures are rising fast here in Phoenix, so that makes the running even tougher. Did all butterfly pull-ups again, but I’m having trouble stringing together more than 7 before I lose rhythm. Finished in 12:24.

Finisher

90s-60s-30s

DU
AbMat Sit-ups

This was actually part of the class warm-up, but I was finishing up my jerk PR when class started so didn’t do it at that time. Took some rest after the WOD and then knocked it out since there was plenty of time before the next class started.