Squat Press Out – Nick Momrik's Fitness Logs

Get Out

Was due for the rest day yesterday. Chest was still sore and my quads started to get sore from all of the Sunday air squats. This weather is crazy (57°) so I took advantage with the garage open and some outside movements.

Active Life – Hips

Warm-up

1:00/1:00 Banded Posterior Ankle Distraction
20 Lateral Banded Step Overs
8 Paused Squat Press Outs (25#)
5 Jump Squats

Workout – 4 Sets (2x each side)

8 One Arm Waiter’s Squat (53#, 3s pause)
60m One Arm Farmer Carry (70#)

Really nice walking up and down the driveway instead of doing 5 meter turn-arounds inside the garage. Warmed up my snatch with 5×45# and 2x5x95.

Conditioning

5 Rounds

5 Power Snatch (135#)
200m Run (middle of yard 4th house down)

Complete change of plans after the clock started and I did the first rep. I held on to do all 5. So then I challenged myself not to drop the bar. I made each set unbroken with some resetting at the hips. As a result my runs were probably pretty slow. Finished in 9:07. Pretty sure I’ve never done than many big unbroken sets in a metcon though. Win!

Active Life – Back Max

2:00/2:00 Foam Roll quads
10:00
- 5/5 Split Squat Rock Back (3s pause)
- 10 Alternating Dead Bugs
- 5 Ring Fallouts
- 5 Groiners
- 10 Cat Camel + Rock Back

The foam rolling was painful with sore quads. Got through 2 rounds of the other movements.

An Hour

Needed the rest day Thursday and didn’t feel like working out yesterday, so I rested again. Needed it though after going 7/8 days. Out in the garage after 1 today.

Active Life – Single Leg Bias

Warm-up – 2 Rounds

5/5 Lateral Box Step Ups (30″)
10 Squat Press Outs (25#)
10 Groiners

Then I also warmed up with 10/10 Front Rack Box Step-ups (45#, 20″).

Workout – 2 Sets each leg

MAX Front Rack Box Step-ups (95#, 20″)
2:00 Rest

Went right-left-right-left for 25-20-15-25 reps. Bitched out a bit on the 3rd set planning to go for 20 at the end with my left leg to even out the reps. But I wrote down 20 and convinced myself I needed to fight through for those 25 at the end. Glad I got those, but wish I had just done 25 ever set. The shoulders and lungs give out more than the legs here. Probably should be going heavier for max reps.

Active Life – Back Max

3 Rounds

8/8 Turkish Sit-ups (45#)
8/8 Kneeling Torso Row (50#)
8 Evil Wheels
8 Sumo Stance Good Morning (125#)
30s Front Rack Hold (125#)

Sure didn’t need conditioning since this all still took an hour or more.

Will I Be Sore?

Active Life – Singe Leg Bias

Warmup – 2 Rounds

5/5 Lateral Box Step-ups (30″)
10 Squat Press Outs (25#)
10 Groiners

Workout – 6 Sets

12 Front Rack Box Step-ups (20″, 95#)
1:00 Rest

Went lower after standing next to the box and seeing where my knee was. Plus I haven’t had these in weeks and the reps are increased.

I knew the back one takes a long time and is taxing on my back anyway, so I didn’t do any cardio.

Active Life – Back Max

3 Rounds

12 Alternating Single Leg Deadlift (125#)
12 Romanian Deadlift (125#)
12/12 Kroc Rows (53#)
12 Evil Wheels
30s Double KB Overhead Hold (50#)

Can’t wait to see if I get super sore again, like the last time I did this.

Minute Per Side

Back is even better today.

Active Life – Singe Leg Bias

Warm-up – 2 Rounds

10 Squat Press Outs (25#)
5/5 Pistol Negatives on a Box (24″)

Workout – 6 Rounds

1:00 Double DB Box Step Ups (24″, same leg)
1:00 Rest

I started with the right leg and held 20s, 25s, and 30s. Reps were 18-17, 19-19, and 18-17. My left side definite felt weaker with less endurance.

Wow, what a noticeable temp difference near the ceiling after the heat been running for a couple of hours.

Conditioning

I was going to only do the two sessions of Active Life, but after sitting down for a few minutes to rest I started to stiffen up. So I cut the Bax Max portion and jumped on the AirDyne instead

10:00 Airdyne

Not going for any 300 FY records today after fatiguing the legs with those step-ups. Still managed 336 cals and exactly 4 miles. I did another 5 minutes of recovery for 1.39 miles.

Keep Planking

I’m sore all over. Ankles, legs, abs, chest, biceps, shoulders.

Active Life – Single Leg Bias

Warm-up – 2 Rounds

10 Squat Press Outs (25#)
5/5 Pistol Negatives on a Box

Workout

5/5 Front Rack Box Step Ups (24″)
- 45#
- 75
- 95
- 115
- 125
- 135

The workout says to find a 5 rep max per leg, which could be different. I didn’t feel like going for a true max with something like this. It could be dangerous with no good way to bail, especially in my garage with the car in front of me. For 115+ I rested 30 seconds between legs. Right leg was always first. Not sure if it affected the left much, but left always felt weaker. Not sure I would have made it with 145 unless I compromised my back.

Conditioning

6 Rounds

40 Double Unders
10 Dumbbell Hang Power Clean & Jerks (35# DBs)

Missed too many dubs. Unbroken with the dumbbells. Finished in 8:20.

Active Life – Back Max

10:00

15s Plank
15s Side Plank (Right)
15s Plank
15s Side Plank (Left)

Are you serious? I didn’t expect to last, but made it unbroken. I did switch between elbows and hands – 2 rounds elbows, 2 rounds hands, 2 rounds elbows, 2 rounds hands, 1 round elbows, 1 round hands. That was a challenge, especially in the last few minutes when my mat was soaked with sweat. My core seemed ok. It was my shoulders burning in the last couple of minutes.

All Day Headache

Still a bit sore from the single leg deadlifts. Out in the garage around 4:30.

Active Life – Single Leg Bias

Warm-up – 2 Rounds

5/5 Lateral Box Step Ups (30″)
10 Squat Press Outs (35#)
10 Groiners

I found that line by bumping up to the 35# plate. Can’t really hold it out with straight arms. Not sure if that’s my shoulders or what.

Workout – 6 Sets (3 per leg)

10 Front Rack Box Step Ups (105#, 24″)
1:00 Rest

Fuck!!!!! +10# is a ginormous difference.

Conditioning

30:00 Airdyne

Went easy and did 9.13 miles. Put off the Back Max workout until next week because I’ve had a headache all day and tomorrow will be 4 days in a row. Plus it would have been the 3rd day in a row doing good mornings, which is unnecessary.

Sprint Until Death

Active Life – Single Leg Bias

Warm-up – 2 Sets

5/5 Lateral Box Step-ups (30″)
10 Squat Press Outs (25#)
10 Groiners

Workout – 3 Sets each leg

10 Front Rack Box Step-ups (95#)
1:00 Rest between legs

Still a challenge. Maybe I’ll add some weight next time.

Conditioning

Death by

10 yard Shuttle Sprint

Walked through 12 I think, though I did have to start walking faster. Made it through 19 and 16/20.

Active Life – Back Max

3 Rounds

30m/30m 1 Arm Overhead Carry (62#)
10 Alternating Push-up Shoulder Tap (3 count hold at top of each rep)
5 Strict Toes to Bar
15/15 1 Arm RKB Swing (53#)

The T2B were easier this time, but still can’t control much of the descent.

Longer Than Forever

Yesterday Alex came by and put a new shut-off valve on the gas line for the garage heater. I hadn’t been able to turn it on since last winter. So nice to be able to heat the place up again for workouts!

Active Life – Single-leg Bias

Warm-up – 2 Rounds

5/5 Lateral Box Step Ups (30″)
10 Squat Press Outs (25# plate)
10 Groiners

Workout – 3 Sets

10/10 Front Rack Box Step Ups (24″, 95#)
1:00 Rest between legs

Challenging!

Conditioning

25 Burpees
25 T2B
25 MB Cleans (20#)

After looking at the Active Life stuff I had a feeling it would take a lot of time, so I wanted a sprint workout. This did the trick. Clock was at 1:18 after the burpees, 2:33 after toes to bars, and finished at 3:52. I went 6-5-5-5-4 on the T2B. Didn’t feel like a very good time for that workout.

Active Life – Back Max

3 Rounds

5x Pallof Series (blue band)
100m/100m 1 Arm Farmer Carry (70#)
5 Evil Wheels
12 Good Mornings (75#)

The Pallof Series took forever because it ended up being 60 reps per round. I think I’m taking the instructions too literal on the reps because if I would have held each rep as long as it said it would have taken me well over 5 minutes. I did 6 laps (3 in each direction) around the garage for 100m. The 3 rounds of this took just shy of 30 minutes!