Tag: SkiErg

Back in the Garage

In the afternoon I put the new handles on the Ski Erg and felt like working out. I haven’t hit a garage session is way too long. Warmed up with a 500m ski in 2:10.6.

Ski Erg Handles v2

Back Squat

  • 10×45#
  • 5×95#
  • 5×155#
  • 3×205#
  • 3×225#
  • 3×245#
  • 3×265#
  • 3×285#
  • 1×295#
  • 1×305#
  • 1×315#
  • 1×325#
  • 1×335#
  • 1×345#

Rectus Femoris CompressionFeeling good! Getting more used to the shoes and belt each time I wear them. Only 15# shy of my previous best and decided that was enough since it’s 10# more than I’ve done since the back tweaks. No need to rush it. I can feel some squat PRs coming in January for sure.

Used the new Rogue training plates finally. I can fit 295# on the bar where 205# of Hi-Temps would fit before.

I’m 95% sure I’ve narrowed down my leg issue to the rectus femoris of the quad muscles. Starting to try some compression (too 3 bands!) and e-stim to see if that’ll make it feel better. I could definitely feel it at times when squatting, but didn’t seem to affect me.

Accessory

Banded MU Ring Pulldowns

  • 20 Red band @ 7’3″ bar
  • 2×20 Red band @ 7’3″ bar, sitting on 55# bumper

These come from CrossFit Training via Vivendi Lab. I’m an inch or so away from being able to do strict muscle-ups, so these should really help me out. Sitting on the bumper plate allowed me get full extension through the ring dip portion or else I would hit the ground with my knuckles.

Conditioning

  • 3,000m Ski Erg

Pretty sure that is the longest distance I’ve done at a high intensity. Even beat my 2,000m PR in the process, which goes to show I had no idea what I was doing when I first got the machine. My last 1,000m was the fastest of the 3 too. The 500m splits were 2:04.9, 2:06, 2:04.2, 2:04.5, 2:02.8, and 2:00.2. Not sure what I was doing in the second 500m. My 2,000m time was 8:19.6 and 3,000m was 12:22.6.

That was fun! Need to hit some solo stuff every week again. The quiet is nice, I can do whatever I want, and it’s a good time to think.

Sub 200

Up and at ’em for 9am. Still a little sore by my shoulder blades. Weight is down to 199.5# this morning, but body fat still seems high at 14.2%.

Warm-up

  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • 2×10 Reverse Hypers (210#)
  • Knee to Chest Pulls
  • Zombie Kicks
  • Good Mornings (PVC)
  • High Knees
  • Butt Kicks
  • PVC Stretching

Strength

Deadlifts

  • 7×155#
  • 7×245#
  • 7×315#
  • 7×345#
  • 7×365#
  • 7×385#

Wanted 405#, but everyone was already done before I did 385#, so I moved on. I’d say my back is 100% now.

Accessory

4 Sets

  • 8 Good Mornings
  • 20 Band Pulls (red)

I did 2 sets of good mornings with 155# and 2 sets with 175#.

Conditioning

15-12-9

  • Row (calories)
  • Burpees

Sprint! Took me 3:33.

Finished up with 3 sets of 10 on the reverse hyper using 210#.

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In the afternoon I headed out to the garage. Warmed up with 1,000m on the Ski Erg (4:28.5) and then hit one of Hinshaw’s strength endurance workouts.

5 Rounds

  • 12 OH Jumping Lunges (45#)
  • 200m Ski Erg
  • 50s Rest

Since I’m doing it on the ski erg (takes longer, and don’t get the little extra bit of rest while strapping in) instead of the rower, I bumped the rest up from 45 seconds. I screwed up all kind of shit doing this! After round 2 I was taking a minute of rest instead of 50 seconds. I also forgot to set the intervals for undefined rest so the computer doesn’t even tell me what my splits were. These should be close round times though:

  1. 1:03
  2. 1:09
  3. 1:10
  4. 1:08
  5. 1:09

That sucked!

Complete rest day tomorrow, with a massage.

Back in the 400s

Tired this morning. Almost backed out of the morning session I had planned, but got in the garage and did the work.

Warmed up with 5:00 on the Air Dyde (AD2) for 2.58km.

4 Rounds

  • 500m Ski Erg
  • 1:00 Rest
  • 300m Ski Erg
  • 3:00 Rest

Got this one from Chris Hishaw of Vivendi Lab (formerly NorCal CrossFit Lab). It was a row workout, but the distances and pace chart work just as well on the ski erg. My pace targets were 2:02.4 for 500m and 1:54 for 300m based off an estimated 2k PR since my only attempt is too slow. Hit every target and increased my pace every round. The 500s were 2:02.4, 2:02.1, 2:02, and 2:01.7. The 300s were 1:08.3 (1:53.8/500), 1:08 (1:53.3/500), 1:08 (1:53.3/500), and 1:07.6 (1:52.6/500).

3 Rounds

  • 15 GHD Sit-ups
  • 15 Hip Extensions

Did it in 4:17. Planned on 5 rounds, but the CFi workout has deadlifts and T2B today, so I don’t want to destroy my core. To be honest, back extensions with sore quads are pretty brutal!

Went to the 5:30 class.

Warm-up

  • 1,000m Row (3:58.1)
  • 2×10 Reverse Hyper (210#)
  • Bottom Squat Hold

Strength

Deadlifts

  • 5×155#
  • 5×245#
  • 4×315#
  • 2×365#
  • 2×385#
  • 2×405#
  • 2×425#
  • 2×445#

Yeah! Haven’t pulled 400+ off the ground in months. Felt easy too. Didn’t want to push it too far though. I had a goal of 425-435 when I walked in.

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Conditioning

10:00 AMRAP

  • 8 T2B
  • 8 Deadlifts (185#)
  • 16 American KBS (53#)

Didn’t have a go button today. I could feel my body wore out early in the day. Got 5 rounds plus 8 toes to bar and 8 deadlifts. Everything unbroken except I went 4-4 on my last set of T2B.

Midline

5 Sets

  • 12 Floor Wipers (95#)

Hadn’t done these in well over a year I think, but they were really easy. Tried to go really slow and controlled on the last set.

Figured I’d decompress the back after those deadlifts, so jumped on the RH again for 3x10x210#.

Wednesday Already?

Where did the week go?

Feels good to be waking up at a decent time again. Hit the 9am class.

Warm-up

  • 2 Rounds NFT
    • 5 Strict Pull-ups
    • 10 Push-ups
    • 15 Air Squats
  • Bench Press
    • 10×45#
    • 5×115#
    • 5×165#

XWOD

  • 4-4-4-4-4-4 Bench Press (205#)
  • 2-1-2-1-2-1Plyo Push-up
    • 2s: 18″
    • 1s: 21.5″

Called for 75%, but that seemed took light, so I went up to 80%, which was perfect. Shoulders are feeling kind of beat from “DT” yesterday.

Conditioning

6:00 AMRAP

  • 8 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
  • 8 Weighted Step-ups (2×40#, 20″)

1:00 Rest

6:00 AMRAP

  • 5 Box Jumps (24″)
  • 5 Burpees
  • 25 DU

I got 6 full rounds plus 3 wall balls on the first part and 5 full rounds plus 5 box jumps, 5 burpees, and 15 double unders on the second part.

Accessory

5 Sets

  • 5 Scap Pull-ups (0#, 20#, 40#, 40#, 40#)
  • 5/5 Kroc Rows (62# KB)

First time doing the scap pull-ups.

Been a long time since I hit an OLY session in the garage. Today that ended. Warmed up with 1,000 meters on the Ski Erg in 4:26.

Snatch Balance

  • 3×45#
  • 3×75#
  • 3×95#
  • 3×115#
  • 3×135# (with 1 fail)
  • 3×155#
  • 3×175#
  • 3×185# (with 4 fails too)

Damn I hate these. Could not get comfortable with 185, but kept trying until I stood it up 3 times. Didn’t realize I hadn’t done a snatch balance in over a year. :-/

Snatch

  • 3×95#
  • 3×115#
  • 3×135#
  • 5x3x155#

Tried to focus on keeping my arms long, but looking at the video it didn’t happen. No misses, but a few saves.

Alarming Morning

I actually set my alarm to wake up this morning to make the 9am class.

Warm-up

  • 3×15 Reverse Hypers (140#)
  • Air Squats
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • 30 Mountain Climbers
  • 500m Row

Strength

Back Squat

  • 10×45#
  • 5×135#
  • 4×205#
  • 2×245#
  • 2×265#
  • 2×285#
  • 1×305#
  • 1×315#
  • 1×325#
  • 1×335#

No pops or tweaks! That’s the most I’ve done since setting the PR in June. Hopefully it continues. I focused on pushing my butt back first and not bottoming out.

Conditioning

4 Rounds

  • 10 OH Walking Lunges (45#)
  • 10 MB Cleans (20#)
  • 5 Burpees

Took me 5:11. Nice leg burn during the last two sets of medicine ball cleans.

Midline

4 Rounds

  • 20s Hollow Hold
  • 10s Rest
  • 20s Plank
  • 10s Rest

Jumped on the reverse hyper for 3x10x140# after class.

A little afternoon double in the garage. Warmed up with 5:00 on the Air Dyne, but didn’t record the distance.

6 Rounds

  • 250m Ski Erg
  • 15 GHD Sit-ups

With the Jeep in the way, having to walk around to the other side of the garage provided some nice rest in between movements. Took me 12:18 to finish. My splits on the skier were: 58.7, 57.9, 59.6, 59.4, 59.3, and 58.9. According to the monitor my time to get the sit-ups done and get back was 1:00, 1:10, 1:05, 1:10, and 1:10.

A lot of times when I workout alone in the garage I want to quit early or switch up the workout when I get uncomfortable. Glad I stuck this one out.

Finishing Tabata

Had to take another rest day yesterday. This bug will not run its course! Got a ton of sleep last night, but woke up with a headache that hasn’t really gone away all day. Probably should have rested today too, but I’m stubborn. Out in the garage around 5:30.

Warmed up with an easy 2km on the Ski Erg in 9:35.9 and then did 10×45# and 8×65# thrusters.

3 Rounds

  • 3 Tabata Rounds
    • 20s Thrusters (80#)
    • 10s Rest
  • 30s Rest

Got 8 reps in every round, but didn’t have any extra go on the last round today. Just happy to be able to get the work in. Bumped down to 80# instead of the planned 85# with me being sick for the last week. Glad I did too.

Jumped on the Air Dyne (AD2) for 10 minutes and went 4.27km to cool down.

Morning Garage

Out in the garage around 8am.

Ski Erg

  • 1000m (4:33.7)
  • Rest 1:00
  • 800m (3:16.4)
  • Rest 3:00
  • 1000m (4:27.4)
  • Rest 1:00
  • 600m (2:25.8)
  • Rest 3:00
  • 1000m (4:27.3)
  • Rest 1:00
  • 400m (1:36.8)
  • Rest 3:00
  • 1000m (4:23.4)
  • Rest 1:00
  • 200m (0:48.2)

* 1,000s at moderate intensity (2,000m PR pace plus 10-15sec/500m)
* 800, 600, 400, 200 at hard intensity (2,000m PR pace plus 0-10sec/500m)

My goal pace for moderate intensity was 2:15 and I went for 2:00-2:05 for hard.

Midline

8 Rounds

  • 15s Hollow Rocks
  • 15s Rest

I got 14 every round. Felt much easier than the previous times I’ve done this.

Got in a little order from Rogue today, in which I picked up a set of the safety straps for my rack.

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Went to the 5:30 class at CFi.

Warm-up

  • 3x10x120# Reverse Hypers
  • Double Squat Jumps
  • Explosive Squat Jumps
  • PVC arm/back stretching behind back

Skill

Single Leg Standing Box Jumps

Had never tried these before. Pretty weird and different feeling. Started at 20″, then 24″, and slowly worked up from there. Hit 31.5″ on both legs and ended there. Will have to come back to these once in a while. Nice change from using both legs.

Conditioning

5 Rounds

  • 5 Hang Power Cleans
  • 5 Front Squats
  • 5 Push Press
  • 5 Back Squats
  • 5 Burpees

I used 115# because I figured I’d be able to hold on to the bar through an entire round. Worked out too. I wouldn’t have made it with 135#. Finished in 6:49.

15:00 Row (easy)

Kept pace between 2:10-2:15. Went 3,383 meters.

Thruster Thursday

Getting back to my early wake-ups after managing to sleep in later for a couple of weeks. So had enough time to go through my morning routine and get to CFi early to get in heavy thrusters before the 9am class.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • Thrusters
    • 5×45#
    • 5×95#

Thruster Attack

Every 1:30 for 9:00 (6 sets)

  • 8×135#

Not too bad. Got me breathing pretty hard. Maybe too much rest. Will make adjustments to the plan for upcoming weeks.

Warm-up #2

  • 2 Rounds
    • 4 Inch Worms
    • 10 Good Mornings (45#)
  • Deadlifts
    • 5×155#
    • 5×245#
    • 3×315#

Strength

EMOM 8:00

  • 2 Deadlifts (365#)

Gymnastics

4 Rounds NFT

  • 4 MU
  • 5 Strict Ring Dips (right after MU)

Nice burn and got me out of breath. Have started to get the hang of pushing away from the rings at the top after finishing the muscle-up, instead of lowing back to the bottom of the dip and then falling. It’s definitely a different cycling into the next rep.

Conditioning

15:00 AMRAP

  • 10 Deadlifts (185#)
  • 10 Burpees
  • 250m Run

I got through 5 full rounds plus 10 deadlifts and 10 burpees at 14:44 on the clock. No sense starting a run. All deadlifts and burpees were unbroken.

Walked 200m to cool down a little.

Afternoon intervals on the SkiErg! Warmed up with an easy 500m in 2:23.6. I think this interval workout may have come from Athlete Cell, but I don’t remember where I saved it from.

6 Rounds

  • 20s @ 100%
  • 40s @ 50%

Rest 3:00

4 Rounds

  • 30s @ 100%
  • 1:00 @ 50%

Rest 3min

2 Rounds

  • 45s @ 100%
  • 1:30 @ 50%

I went about 1,285m, 1,280m, and 950m in each of the blocks. Was able to get down in the low 1:30s during some of the short ones. Stayed under 1:40 almost the entire time when going 100%. Went at about a 3:00/500m pace for my 50% efforts.

Dripping

I’ve been sleeping in lately, though going to bed later a few times too. Wasn’t planning on going to 9am this morning anyway though. Out in the garage around 11.

Warm-up

5:00 Air Dyne (AD2)

Nice easy pace for 1.94km.

Strength

Back Squats

  • 20×45#
  • 5×135#
  • 5×185#
  • 3×205#
  • 3×225#
  • 3×245#
  • 3×265#
  • 3x3x285#
  • 3x5x205#

Debated going for more than 285, but didn’t want to push it and tweak my back again. Also though about doing 5 sets with it, but the 3rd set started to feel weird so I dropped the weight and did some speed drop sets. No reason to push it and end up with a set back again.

Conditioning

IMG_4884Ski Erg

  • Easy 600m, including a few surges at the tempo to be used for the 400s
  • 2:00 Rest
  • 5x400m w/ 30s rest between
  • 5:00 Rest
  • 4x400m w/ 30s rest between
  • 5:00 Rest
  • 3x400m w/ 30s rest between

* Target pace is 5-8 seconds slower than a 2k pace. Works out to 2:05-2:08 for me.

I went 2:45.9 on the warmup and here are my work sets:

  • 1:40.8 – 1:41.1 – 1:40.6 – 1:40.7 – 1:40.2
  • 1:40.4 – 1:40.4 – 1:40.1 – 1:39.5
  • 1:39.8 – 1:39.6 – 1:38.5

Humid as a mother fucker in the garage, even with the door open.

Went to the 5:30 class at CFi. Was there early so did Crossover Symmetry Activation and some bottom squat holds.

Warm-up

  • Shoulder Pass-thrus
  • 30 Mountain Climbers
  • 20 Jumping Jacks
  • 10 Push-ups
  • 5×45# Shoulder Press
  • Plyo Push-up (12″)
  • 5×95# Shoulder Press
  • Plyo Push-up (14″)
  • 5×125# Shoulder Press

Pass-thrus are iffy on the shoulder again. 😦

XWOD

  • 5-5-5-5-5-5-5 Shoulder Press (137.5#)
  • 2-1-2-1-2-1-2 Explosive Push-ups
    • 2s: Clapping Push-ups
    • 1s: Plyo Push-up (18″)

That was 2.5# up from the 7×5 I did last week. I decided not to start another Smolov Jr. cycle since I want to cut back on the shoulder pressing a little. I’ll wing it going off recent weights.

Accessory

8 Rounds (Tabata)

  • 20s Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
  • 10s Rest

Never stopped during work time and caught the ball and rested leaning up against it on the wall to let my arms drop. Got 10 every round. Not in danger of having to stop at all.

Conditioning

7:00 AMRAP

  • 10 Air Squats
  • 20 American KBS (53#)
  • 30 DU

Did everything unbroken throughout. Finished 4 full rounds plus the 10 air squats and 20 swings. Didn’t have enough time to grab the rope.

Midline

3 Rounds NFT

  • 20 Russian Twists (53#)
  • 20 Sit-ups