Tag: Sit-up

Barbara, Still a Weakness

We went in earlier, at 10, for a Sunday due to the holiday. I drank this sample of a women’s elite pre-workout on the drive.

Warm-up

  • 3×15 Reverse Hyper (140#)
  • Shoulder Stretching
  • False Grip “Hang” & Stretch
  • Bottom Squat Hold

Someone lowered the low rings even more so it wasn’t much of a hang with both feet easily on the ground.

Conditioning

“Barbara” – 5 Rounds

  • 20 Pull-ups
  • 30 Push-ups
  • 40 Sit-ups
  • 50 Air Squats
  • 3:00 Rest

Anything with this many bodyweight reps generally isn’t my cup of tea and Barbara is no exception. I’ve never done well with it. I did manage a 38 second PR though. Pull-ups were easy, going 2×10 every round. I did 3×10 for 3 rounds of push-ups but felt them dying so I did 10-8-6-6 the final 2 rounds. Sit-ups were fine for 2 rounds but got slow. Never stopped but it felt like each rep was taking sooo long. Actually did better than expected on the squats and got faster the last two rounds by pushing harder knowing I didn’t need to use my legs again for about 6 minutes when I finished the set.

Date R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total
Sep 22, 2012 4:23 4:26 4:26 4:33 4:27 22:15
Nov 16, 2014 3:37 4:12 4:29 4:59 5:07 22:24
Apr 16, 2017 3:52 4:06 4:19 4:42 4:38 21:37

Gymnastics

10:00 EMOM

  • 4 Strict HSPU

I haven’t been doing much overhead pressing since the back issues, so wanted to try and get in some reps. Went much better than I expected.

Better by 19

I posted an update on my personal blog about my back issues.

Out in the garage this afternoon.

Bench Press

  • 10×45#
  • 10×95
  • 6×135
  • 3×165
  • 3×195
  • 4x3x225

Push Press

  • 10×45#
  • 6×95
  • 3×135
  • 3×155
  • 3x3x175

Both pressing movements felt heavy.

Accessory

  • 3×15/15 Pallof Press (red band, 2s pause)
  • 3×15 DB Side Raises (10#)
  • 3×15 DB Bent-over Side Raises (10#)

I tried to point my thumbs up towards the ceiling for both types of side raises. Interesting angle.

Midline

  • 100 Sit-ups

Flew through in 2:39, which is a 19 second PR! I was using my AbMat pad, but can’t imagine it would make that much of a difference. I’ve had trouble setting just a few second PR on this over the years, so not sure where this came from.

Conditioning

  • 10:00 Airdyne

The plan was to do an aerobic 20 minutes, but after doing 75-76 RPMs for 7:00 I picked it up to see if I could get close to my 300 FY score of 358.  Maybe if I had started a minute earlier. Pretty close at 338 calories (3.99 miles).

 

All done in 65 minutes.

Performance Plus

I’ll get this in tonight…

  • Lat Foam Roller – 30 seconds each side (video)
  • Overhead Opener – 2×30 seconds (video)
  • 3 MAX effort sets of Wall-Walks with 1:00 rest (video)

Holy shit those slow wall walks were hard! I did 3×3 and took about 25 seconds for each rep.

Where’s The Rest?

I spoke too soon when writing my post yesterday. A few hours later I started to feel my hips, ass, hamstrings, and quads getting sore. I knew it had to be coming after squatting some weight for the first time in weeks. Went to the 4:30 class.

Warm-up

  • 1:00 Kang Squats (15#)
  • 1:00 Sit-ups
  • 1:00 Row
  • Deadlift
    • 8×45#
    • 8×155
    • 8×225

Strength & Gymnastics

12:00 EMOM (alt)

  • 8 Deadlifts (245#)
  • 12 T2B

Wore grips (good to know they were fine with the deadlifts too) and did all sets unbroken. Tried to remember to keep eyes on the wall instead of looking up to the bar on each rep. Also tried to keep straight legs as much as possible. Was programmed as only 6 T2B but that would have been way too easy. Almost started to fail at the end so the 12 worked out great.

Accessory – 5 Sets

  • 8 Pendlay Row (95#)
  • 10 HR Push-ups

I mentioned to Weston, “We need more rest time. I’m not used to this class workout stuff.”

Conditioning

14:00 AMRAP

  • 40 Hand-to-hand Kettlebell Swings (44#)
  • 30 Ball Slams (20#)
  • 20 Goblet Squats (44#)
  • 20 Sit-ups
  • 10 Walking Lunges

I did Russian swings in the first round but my hands were rubbing on the narrower handle so decided to switch to the H2H swings. Did every movement unbroken. Finished the sit-ups in the 3rd round. If I had done standing lunges I probably would have finished.

Late Night

E2M – 7 Sets

  • 15 HR Push-ups

Decided to bust out some more push-ups while watching videos.

No Joke

Abs and quads are still sore, but feeling pretty good. Went to the 10am class ready to lift some weight.

Warm-up

  • 800m Row
  • 3 Sets
    • 30s Bar Hang
    • 10 HR Push-ups

Gymnastics

3 Cycles

  • 1:00 T2B
  • 2:00 Rest

I did 5×5 the first two cycles and then 3×5 with 5×1 for a total of 70 toes-to-bars! I could tell the wall was coming and I hit it head on after 65 reps.

Conditioning

“Fran”
21-15-9

  • Thruster (75#)
  • Pull-ups

Nope, not an April Fool’s joke!

For some dumb reason I thought I had 65# on the bar until after I was done and Alex mentioned the weight. No issues with the weight. My shoulders were pretty fried from the T2B though so I had to break up pull-ups from the start, going 3×7 and then 8-7 on the 15. I did the 9 unbroken to finish and did all of the thrusters unbroken. Not a good time (4:21), but I’m back. 🙂

Midline

  • 100 Sit-ups

Wasn’t going to be pretty after the T2B. Took me 3:51, almost a minute off my best time.

Eights

Dragging a little today after being up until almost 3am. Went to the 5:30 class to get out of the house.

Warm-up: 3 Sets

  • PVC Triangle Stretch
  • 5 False Grip Ring Rows (legs under me)
  • 10 Mountain Climbers
  • Pigeon Stretch

Strength – OHS

  • 6×45#
  • 6×75
  • 4×95
  • 4×115
  • 3×135
  • 3×155
  • 2×175
  • 2×195

Conditioning

8:00 AMRAP

  • 8 Burpees
  • 8 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
  • 8 C2B Pull-ups

Went 4-4 on the chest to bar pull-ups, but unbroken on the rest. Wall balls were like a rest and burpees were slow throughout. Tried to push at the end. Finished 5 rounds plus 6 burpees.

Midline

5 Sets

  • 15 Sit-ups
  • 30s Plank

Double Dubs

My low back was feeling it a little today from over-extending in the shoulder presses yesterday. Funny how something so innocent can irritate it just a little. Went to the 5:30 class, but was the only one to show.

Warm-up – 3 Sets

  • 10 PVC Pass thrus
  • 20 Air Squats
  • 30 Jump Rope (singles)

Strength – OHS

  • 3×45#
  • 3×75
  • 3×95
  • 3×115
  • 3×135
  • 3×155
  • 3×175
  • 3×185
  • 3×195 (PR match)

Wore the belt with 155 on I think. After 185 I looked up my best triple and decided to go one more set to match it. Had been November of 2014! It was an ugly set but I got the reps.

Conditioning

14:00 AMRAP

  • 20 Sit-ups
  • 15 cal Row
  • 10 Burpees
  • 5 Ring Rows

Made it through 5+6.

Skill Conditioning

5 Rounds

  • 15 Zeus Double Unders
  • 30 Double Unders

Wasn’t as bad as I expected. Made it through every set unbroken in 4:15.

Back in the Rack

It helps me to have at least a general idea of my upcoming workouts, especially during a period like this where it’s easy for me to skip out and stay in me comfy recliner. Last night I mapped out a general idea of doing squat triples and a metcon with some snatches. As I sat in my chair this morning, drinking my coffee, and wasting time on the computer, I finally made the move. Once I take that first step I’m good to go.

My upper body is still a bit sore and I can feel my biceps more than anything this morning.

get-low-iphone

Strength – Back Squat

  • 6×45#
  • 6×95
  • 6×135
  • 6×165
  • 6×195
  • 3×215
  • 3×235
  • 3×255
  • 3×275
  • 3×295

Fitting when “Get Low” comes on in the middle of a squat session, something is right in the world. Was wearing lifters and put the belt on for the triples. Feels good to be under some weight again.

Conditioning

10:00 AMRAP

  • 15 Push-ups
  • 10 Hang Power Snatches (75#)
  • 15 Sit-ups

Went 9-6 on all push-ups. Was trying to rush through at the end so the 6th set had some short pauses at the top of reps in the set of 6. All unbroken snatches. Really tried to rip those wrists in the turnover, which may help when I get real weight on the bar. Was able to finish the 6th round and get in 3 extra push-ups.

Just what I needed. Now I can pack up and head out of here for a few days. Worked out 3 days in a row for the first time in 3 weeks. I don’t even recognize myself. haha

Déjà vu

Feeling a little sore in the upper back and chest from the workout last night. Made it to the 5:30 class.

Warm-up

  • 30s Bottom Squat Hold
  • 10 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
  • 30s Bottom Squat Hold
  • 10 Burpees

Strength – Back Squat

  • 10×45#
  • 6×135
  • 5×185
  • 4×215
  • 3×245
  • 2×265
  • 1×285
  • 1×305
  • 1×315
  • 1×325

The last time I had more than 205 on my back was October 28th! I wasn’t expecting much today and was happy with anything over 300 pounds. Was much more difficult than I’d like it to be, but you can’t go almost 2 months without squatting heavy.

Conditioning

  • Buy-in: 10 Curtis P (95#)
  • 5 Rounds
    • 7 Push-ups
    • 7 Deadlifts (95#)
    • 7 T2B

Very similar to what I did last night. I could feel the push-ups in that first round. Finished in 4:53 with everything unbroken.

Midline

10-15-20-15-10

  • Sit-ups
  • Russian Twists (44#)
  • Double Unders

Took me 6:40.

In Lifters

Planned rest day on Monday, but then lazy yesterday and didn’t do shit. Completely forgot about my chiro appointment today until I was on my way out the door to the gym and the reminder went off on my phone. So I got some more work done before heading out and then going to the 5:30 class instead of 4:30.

Warm-up

  • 3 Sets
    • 7 Ring Rows
    • 7 OHS (15#, close grip)
    • 7 Jumping Jacks
    • Spidey Stretch
  • OHS
    • 5×45#
    • 5×95#

12:00 EMOM (alt)

  • 5 OHS (115#)
  • 10 Wall Balls (30#, 10′)

Conditioning

12:00 AMRAP

  • 8 Ball Slams (30#)
  • 8 T2B
  • 8 MB Cleans (20#)
  • 10 Lunges

Kept a pretty steady pace. Went 4-4 on every set of toes to bars. Finished exactly 7 rounds.

Accessory

4 Sets

  • 2 Wall Walks (5s HS Hold)
  • 10 Sit-ups