Tag: Toes to Bar

Fear the Friday

Feeling alright through the day. Can feel the SDLHP in my upper back and my low back is tight. In at 5pm with the boys. No real warm-up since we had enough shit on the menu.

Front Squat

Work up to 3×6 @ 70%

  • 6×95#
  • 6×135
  • 6×185
  • 6×215
  • 3x6x235

Felt a little rough early but was no issue when I got loosened up.

C&J

Work up to a daily 3RM.

  • 3×135#
  • 3×185
  • 3×215
  • 3×245
  • 3×265 (PR)

Getting so much more comfortable at working up in fewer sets. Felt pretty solid today so went 5# over the last time. If my back wasn’t so beat up from the week I would have gone another set, but I was already starting to feel the jerks.

Kind of crazy today is exactly 3 years since my infamous “pretzel clean” (see post for video) miss with 260#. Doing a triple clean and jerk with more than that was no problem today.

Barbell Cycling

E90S – 3 Sets

  • 12 TnG C&J (115#)

Knew the first set wouldn’t be a problem, but wasn’t sure how the other 2 sets would feel. Was able to hold the same pace throughout. Clock was at 36-36-35 seconds when I looked after each set. This and the snatches have been my favorite part of the week. Legs were feeling like Jello after this.

Conditioning

12:00 AMRAP

  • 25 cal Row
  • 25 Thrusters (115#)
  • 50 DU
  • 50 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)

Planned on trying with the Rx 135#, but the 115# that was already on the bar looked just fine. We were all starting to feel the work going into this. It ended up being plenty of weight. I went 10-9-6 on the first round of thrusters and probably should have pushed for 15-10. Missed twice on the double unders and did 20-10-10-10 wall balls. 10-5-7 on the thrusters to finish with a score of 1+47.

Gymnastics

Accumulate 80 T2B
* Each minute should be within 2 reps of the first round.

I felt good in the first set so pushed to 12 unbroken. I know better. Was able to get the next 2 sets of 12, but then I started to hit my wall and only managed 10 broken into several sets in the 4th minute. Got on the bar in the 5th minute, did 1 rep, and called it quits at 47 of the 80 reps. My hips were done and I wasn’t going to do singles the rest of the way. Should have stuck to an original plan of doing 5-5 every minute, which now I don’t even know if I would have been able to finish.

After setting down and watching the guys finish, I could barely walk when I went to git up. Hips were all locked up and everyone else was hurting too. These Friday workouts are rough!

Bro!

Feeling a bit beat up today and originally planned a rest day, but switching it up to try to get on a schedule with Bryan.

Bench Press

  • 10×45#
  • 6×95
  • 6×135
  • 3×185
  • 3×205
  • 3×225
  • 3x3x235

Working sets at 85%. Wasn’t sure how it would go. Definitely felt awkward with so much weight on the bar after not having done much benching in a long time. Spotters said it looked easy though.

Dumbbell Bench Press

15 reps with 40# DBs. Yep, only one set. That’s the heaviest we have at the gym.

Dumbbell Fly

  • 15 – 20# DBs
  • 2×15 – 30# DBs

Strict Ring Dips

3×12 – all unbroken!

Skull Crushers

  • 12 – 20# DBs
  • 12 – 30# DBs

Was not pretty with the 30s. Felt like we should have had a wall of mirrors at the gym for this session!

Conditioning

5-10-15-20

  • Push Press (95#)
  • T2B

Have I not done enough push presses and gymnastics since Saturday? Unbroken on the first 3 sets and was hoping I’d be able to do the 20 but no way; went 12-8. Went 5 and 10 unbroken with toes to bar, then 6-5-4, and 6-5 before I hit my wall and had to finish with singles. Finished in 5:01.

Open & Close

I was tired yesterday so took a complete rest day instead of hopping on the Air Dyne for active recovery. Planned to go to the 10am class this morning but didn’t wake up until 9:10. Procrastinated most of the day, but got out in the garage after 5pm. At least all that waiting with the heat on let the garage get up to 55°.

Warm-up

5:00 Ski Erg (1,057m)

Gymnastics

10:00 EMOM (alt)

  • 7 Strict Ring Dips
  • 12 Pistols

No issues on either. Did 10×45# and 5×135 deadlifts to get ready for the metcon.

Conditioning

Found this one in the Fitness Level Workouts on BTWB when looking for something to do with toes to bars.

5 Rounds

  • 15 DL (185#)
  • 15 T2B

My goal was some bigger sets on the toes to bars today and the hopefully hang on. I went 8-7 on every set of deadlifts, with too much rest in between sets. Wore the belt. I was able to stick with 8-7 T2B for 3 rounds. At that point I was hoping to switch to 3×5. Well, I made it through one 5, then hit the wall after 4. All the rest singles in that set and for the entire final set. Finished in 11:36.

Tried something new and learned some lessons about what I can do. Doesn’t help that these were two very similar hinging movements on the hips, which I use a lot on my T2B.

Fifteens

Was thinking about doing “Linda” to finish out the year just like in 2015, but we weren’t up for it today and my back has been a little rough this week so would not have been the best idea. I actually didn’t even get out of bed until almost 10:30. I can’t remember the last time I was in bed past 10. Worked out with Bryan and Doug at noon. Did some bottom squat holds and shoulder stretching to warm-up.

Gymnasty

15:00 EMOM (alt)

  • 5 Strict Pull-ups
  • 7 Strict Ring Dips
  • 10 Pistols

Been a long time since doing a pistol. Always rough to get the feel for them again but then after 10 reps or so it comes back.

Conditioning

15:00 AMRAP

  • 20 T2B
  • 10 Bar-facing Burpees
  • 20 Hang Power Snatches (75#)
  • 10 Step-ups (24″)

Went much smoother than we expected. I surprised myself by being able to stick to sets of 4 toes to bars the entire way. Went 8-6-6 on the snatches and should have tried 11-9 or something like that. I figured I’d end up doing step-ups instead of box jumps and when I got to that movement in the first round it was an easy decision. Finished 3 rounds plus the T2B and burpees. Might have been able to get in one snatch, but collapsing to the ground felt like a better idea.

Feels good to be back into some kind of consistency. I think I’m going to join Bryan on the Hybrid Performance WOD program starting this week, though still finish out these last few weeks of the Thruster Attack.

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

Hugs

Lazy again yesterday. First week of the Thruster Attack that I’m not sore from the Tabata day. Went to the 5:30 class.

Warm-up

  • 3 Sets
    • 10 Mountain Climbers
    • 10 Air Squats
    • OH Banded Stretch
  • OHS
    • 8×45#
    • 8×75#

Went close grip on those warm-up OHS.

12:00 EMOM (alt)

  • 8 OHS (95#)
  • 8 T2B

Gymnastics – 5 Sets

  • 10 C2B Pull-ups (5-5)
  • 10 Decline Push-ups (24″)

Conditioning

10:00 AMRAP

4-8-12-16-20-24-28-30

  • Goblet Squats (20#)
  • Weighted Box Step-overs (20#, 20″)

Used a medicine ball and never put it down. Finished the full round of 24, then 28 squats and 2 of the step-overs. Talk about a leg pump. Jumped on the Airdyne for 5:00 to flush my legs and went 1.34 miles.

Twice a Partner

Feeling a little rough from last night, but made it to class. Warmed up with a 1,000 meter run.

Strength

Romanian Deadlift

  • 7×45#
  • 7×135
  • 7×185
  • 7×205
  • 4x7x2225

Stood on a 55# competition plate and did all sets with a neutral grip.

Conditioning

8:00 Partner AMRAP (alternate rounds)

  • 10 cal Row
  • 5 Power Cleans (155#)

Paired up with Bryan. Should have tried going unbroken on the cleans from the go, but we didn’t try until our last 2 rounds each. I went first and got through 6 rounds. We got 11+4 total. Rested 3:00 before a second AMRAP…

8:00 Partner AMRAP (alternate rounds)

  • 3 Power Snatch (115#)
  • 6 Toes to Bar

Bryan went first and we got 17+6, so I was able to get through 8+6. Real nasty on the grip. Everything unbroken.

Let’s WOD

Had a chiro appointment today. He did some Graston on the area of my back that’s been tightening up when sitting for work or driving. Definitely some inflammation in there. Went to the 5:30pm class after. First class in 1.5 weeks!

Warm-up

  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • 3 Sets
    • 8 Pass throughs (15# bar)
    • 8 OHS (15# bar)
    • 8 Muscle Snatch (15# bar)

I’m not sure the training bar was the smartest thing for those passes, but I felt ok during class. We’ll see what my shoulders feel like tomorrow.

Lifting

Snatch + OHS complex

  • 3×45#
  • 3×75
  • 2×95
  • 2×115
  • 1×135
  • 1×145
  • 1×155
  • 1×165
  • 1×175
  • 1×185
  • Fail 195
  • 1×195

That damn 195-200 pound range again. The bar was forward and I sat in the hole trying to save it for what felt like 3 seconds. Glad to make the 2nd attempt.

Accessory

5 Sets

  • 7 Pendlay Rows
  • 7 Romanian Deadlifts

I used 135# for 3 sets, then 145, and finally 155.

Conditioning

8:00 AMRAP

  • 8 T2B
  • 8 Burpees
  • 16 American KBS (53#)

Paced my burpees too much, not knowing how I’d hold up. I did the toes to bar in 2 sets of 4 each round, but probably should have tried to go unbroken for as many rounds as I could. I made it through 4 rounds plus the toes to bars, burpees, and 12 of the swings.

Double After Double

I made up the 45 minute ROMWOD this morning after coffee time. Getting a bunch of shit done around the house before my first day back to work on Monday. Headed in for the 4:30 class.

Warm-up

  • 2×15 second Lizard (that’s what ROMWOD calls them) on each leg
  • 2x
    • 20s Air Squats
    • 10s Rest
    • 20s Bottom Squat Hold
    • 10s Rest
  • 20s Back Squats (45#)
  • 10s Rest
  • 20s Bottom Squat Hold (45#)
  • 10s Rest
  • 20s Back Squats (45#)
  • 10s Rest
  • 20s Jumping Back Squats (45#)
  • 10s Rest

Strength – Front Squats

Warm up to about 70% and then hit doubles with small increases for 20 minutes.

  • 4×135#
  • 4×205#
  • 2×235#
  • 2×245#
  • 2×255#
  • 2×265#
  • 2×275#
  • 2×285#
  • 2×295#
  • 2×305#

I put on the belt with 235 or 245. Last set was a grind on the 2nd rep.

Conditioning

10:00 AMRAP

  • 5 Ring Dips
  • 7 Toes to Bars
  • 21 Russian Kettlebell Swings (53#)

Everything unbroken. Finished 5 rounds plus ring dips, T2B, and 10 of the KBS. Grip!

Midline

  • 4:00 Plank

Class did a tabata, so Michelle and I held the entire time, plus the final 10 seconds of rest to get the full 4 minutes. I did mine on my hands. My low back started to heat up around the halfway point so I had to keep making slight adjustments to my hip and low back angles. Not ideal, but wasn’t quitting with Michelle breezing through it next to me.

Another 20 minute ROMWOD late.