Tag: Toes to Bar

In Early

Got to the gym just after 10 to get in the strength lifts from the next lifting day since the workout I programmed for class didn’t have any weights involved.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • 3 Sets
    • 10 Reverse Hypers (210#)

Shoulder Press

  • 5×45#
  • 5×95
  • E3M
    • 10×125
    • 8×135
    • 6×145
    • 4×152.5
    • 3×160

I put on the belt after the set of 10. Was really over-extending a lot today, which is not great for my back. It was a struggle so I cut back 2.5# off the final set too.

Front Squat

  • 6×45#
  • 6×135
  • 3×205
  • 3×235
  • E2M – 7 Sets
    • 3×260

Put on the belt with 205 maybe? Felt solid. Could tell my power draining in the last few sets. Glad those lifts are done. Hopefully tomorrow I can knock out the other half of the week 4 day 1 work.

Class Warm-up

  • Ladder Footwork Drills
  • 20 PVC Passes

Gymnastics / Accessory

21:00 EMOM

  • 3 Muscle-ups
  • 12 V-ups
  • 8 Box Jumps (30″)

Felt a lot more fluid on the muscle-ups today. Slower and controlled on the v-ups so they wouldn’t aggravate my back.

Conditioning

  • 20 T2B
  • 15 HR Push-ups
  • 30 Air Squats
  • 15 HR Push-ups
  • 20 T2B
  • 15 HR Push-ups
  • 30 Air Squats
  • 15 HR Push-ups
  • 20 T2B

Nice little chipper. I put on my new-ish grips to save my hands since the lifting has really been beating them up. Did all sets of 5 on toes to bars except finished with 5 singles. Took me 8:55.

Finisher

  • 400m OH KB Carry
    • 200@70#
    • 200@53#

The seventy pounder was way too heavy!! Went inside quick and swapped it out. Still not easy. I think I should be doing something like that more often because it was a struggle, though hard to say how much all of the other work affected it I guess.

Golfing this afternoon in a cart and will do a 20 minute ROMWOD tonight and probably e-stim my back a few times too because it’s already feeling tight.

300+ Again

Still fucking sore in my shins. Went to the 9am class.

Warm-up

  • 3 Sets
    • 10 Reverse Hypers (210#)
  • 10 Burpees
  • 30 Jumping Jacks
  • 4 Sets
    • 20s Air Squats
    • 10s Bottom Squat Hold
  • 4 Sets
    • 20s Back Squats (45#)
    • 10s Bottom Squat Hold (45#)
  • 5 Back Squats (135#)
  • 5 Back Squats (185#)

Was worried I’d be dead from the Tabata work, but I went slow and it actually felt good.

Strength

E3M – 5 Sets

  • 5 Back Squat (50-60-70-75-80%)

I went 185-225-265-285-305# based off an estimated 380# max. Haven’t maxed out in 2 years due to back tweaks so it’s all a guess. Been a long time since I’ve had 300 on my back. Felt good to push through that last set. I am liking the knees sleeves.

Gymnastics

10:00 EMOM

  • 10 T2B

Tried to wear my new grips, but they need some break in time, which will be easier on pull-ups. I slide off the bar too fast on toes-to-bars so took them off after the 2nd set because it was even worse with the thicker grip. I did 6 Sets of 5-5 and 4 Sets of 5-3-2. Surprised I didn’t have to do any singles; 100 reps is a lot!

Conditioning

30-20-10

  • Burpees
  • Ball Slams (30#)

Wore the knee sleeves to see if they would help protect the bruising I get on my left knee and they worked great! Paced the round of 30s too much. Finished in 6:40. Walked 200m to cool down.

Nice night for running other than the wind on some sides of the track

Aerobic Capacity – Lactate Threshold

  • 3 Sets
    • 600m (goal pace – 3:12 or 0:32/100m)
    • 90s Rest
  • 4:00 Rest
  • 3 Sets
    • 200m at 1 mile PR pace (goal – 0:48)
    • 90s Rest
  • 4:00 Rest
  • 3 Sets
    • 500m (goal – 2:30 or 0:30/100m)
    • 90s Rest
  • 4:00 Rest
  • 3 Sets
    • 200m at 400m PR pace (goal – 0:33)
    • 90s Rest

Pace was solid but not difficult for the 600s and 500s. Went too fast on the first three 200s so dialed them back after each one. Rude awakening just how fast I had to go on those final runs. My splits:

  • 600m: 3:10-3:06-3:05
  • 200m: 0:41-0:44-0:46
  • 500m: 2:22-2:21-2:20
  • 200m: 0:35-0:34-0:32

Walked 600m before leaving.

Rest Days

Felt exhausted on Tuesday from all the time out in the sun and playing Spikeball/Slammo. Wasn’t sore from Murph at all though. Wednesday walked 18 on the course. So with the 20 minute treadmill run on Friday and Murph on Monday that was only 2 workouts over 6 days. Ready to get back at it today.

At Regionals I had an assessment from Airrosti and the doc there thinks I have bicep tendonitis in that left arm. So now I know what to do to tackle the issue and hopefully get it cleared up soon. The last two days I did 20-30 minutes of mobility work around my left shoulder and arm instead of spending time doing ROMWOD. I’ll probably continue to do that at least during the week when I don’t have as much time. I’ve also started using my TENS unit on the area to try to speed things up.

The bands are rigged up and ready

Went to the 9am class.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • 3 Rounds
    • 10 PVC passes
    • Shoulder internal rotation stretching
    • 10 OHS (PVC)

I’ve noticed with some of the new mobility work that I’m missing some internal rotation so this was good to work on.

Accessory

10:00 EMOM

  • 2 Turkish Get-ups (44#)

One rep per arm each round. Easy.

Conditioning

5 Rounds

  • 10 Toes To Bar
  • 10 Power Snatches (75#)
  • 10 Wall Balls (20#, 10′)

Did 2 rounds of T2B unbroken and 2×5 the other rounds. Snatches all unbroken sets. First round was done around 1:26 and finished in 8:09. This is one of the BTWB Fitness Level workouts in the Light category. Nice combination of movements.

60 Reps

  • Ball Slams (30#)

Unbroken in 2:39. Really wanted to rest around 40 reps, but kept moving. Big arm pump after. Could barely put my shirt on.

Run

Went out in the afternoon for a casual jog. Didn’t care about pace or distance but had a loop in mind I planned to run. Was guessing I was going at a 10-10:30 pace, but never checked my watch until I finished. It was a pleasant surprise to see a 9:48/mile average. Went 2.6 miles in 25:26.

Toasted Triceps

Got to the gym a little early so did some handstands after Crossover Symmetry Activation.

Inverted

8x

  • 30s HS Hold (facing wall)
  • 30s Rest

Did a sort of cartwheel up to the wall.

Warm-up

  • 3 Sets
    • 15s L-hang (supinated)
    • 5 Wall Squats
    • Zombie Kicks
  • 10 Shoulder Press (45#)
  • 6/6 Bulgarian Split Squats
  • 10 Shoulder Press (75#)
  • 6/6 Bulgarian Split Squats

It was a plain bar hang but I figured I might as well get in some L-sit time while there.

Strength

E3M – 6 Sets

  • 10 Shoulder Press (95#)
  • 6/6 Bulgarian Split Squats (2×44# KBs)

I was starting to really wonder if those handstands were a good idea around set 3 here. The split squats actually felt pretty good today.

The Basics

8 Sets (Tabata)

  • 20s Air Squats
  • 10s Rest

I did 16 for the first 7 sets and then 18 to finish for a 130 total. So simple, but anything but easy.

Conditioning

  • Buy-in: 10 Curtis P’s (95#)
  • 5 Rounds
    • 7 Push Ups
    • 7 Deadlifts (185#)
    • 7 T2B

When I went to do my first set of push-ups it was like whoa! Triceps smoked already this week. I think I did a set of 3 Curtis P’s to start and then singles, taking just over 2 minutes. Unbroken on the other movements even though I was hanging by fingers at the end of some of the toes to bar sets. Killer grip combo there. Only used one bar, but added 45# plates outside of the collars to save some time. Finished in 6:44. I was feeling this a lot more than expected afterwards.

Will get in some ROMWOD tonight.

That’s All?

My legs are a little more tired than I expected from the snatches. Got to the gym early and did Crossover Symmetry Activation.

Warm-up

2 Sets

  • 5 StrongFit Tricep Openers (10#)
  • 5 Scap Wall Slides
  • 5 Strict Ring Dips
  • 5 Wall Squats

Gymnastics

3 Cycles

  • 1:00 AMRAP – T2B
  • 2:00 Rest

Did 10-10-6-4 for 30 reps in the first cycle and could feel it was going to get really tough. Only managed 22 and 20 reps in the other two rounds.

Strength

Every 2:30 – 5 Sets

  • 10 Good Mornings (95#)
  • 3 Wall Walks

Ended up being about 1:1 work/rest. Everyone else was doing Pendlay Rows, but I just did them yesterday.

Conditioning

  • 4 Sets
    • 20s Row Sprint
    • 2:40 Rest
  • 5:00 Rest (additional to the last 2:40)
  • 4 Sets
    • 20s Row Sprint
    • 2:40 Rest

Looks easy on paper. It’s not. My meters were 130-130-128-127 and then 129-128-127-126. Should have tried a higher damper setting with the short sprints. I think this came from some OPEX templates.

Going out golfing with Dad and will hit some ROMWOD tonight.

Aerobic Sunday

Body feels good today. Little sore here and there. The ROMWODs are definitely hitting and opening up areas that have been tight for ages. I did a short little 10 minute shoulder video this morning before getting ready for the gym.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • 3 Sets
    • 5 ATYs (5#)
    • 30s Plank (with forward lean)
    • 10 PVC Pass-thrus (sticking point)
    • 10 Supermans (holding PVC)

Gymnastics

5 Cycles

  • 3×5 T2B
  • 1:00 Rest

One more cycle than last week. Last week didn’t seem bad, but I couldn’t make it this week with the extra cycle. Had to split my final set of 5 into 3-2.

Strength

E3M – 5 Sets

  • 10 Pendlay Rows (supinated, 95#)
  • 10 Good Mornings (95#)

Good weight for the sets of 10s. I worked up a nice little sweat.

Conditioning

30:00 Aerobic Circuit

  • 200m Run
  • 100m KB Front Rack Carry (2 different weights)
  • 100m Farmer’s Carry (same KBs)
  • 1:30 Row or Air Dyne

Perfect day to be outside for this and just move without having to worry about the pace. I made a mistake and picked up 2×35# the first round since they were different styles. Used 26+35 the next round and then 35+44 for the rest. Made it through 5 full rounds, plus a run and the carries. Really enjoyed that one, but the front rack carry was much harder than I expected.

Finished up with Crossover Symmetry Iron Scap and heading to King Par to try out some new irons! Will do a 20 minute ROMWOD tonight.

Much Improved

My hip started feeling a better last night. I could barely get out of the car during the day. Waking up it was like night and day from yesterday morning. I could actually shower properly and get dressed without having to lift up my left leg with my arms to put on pants and socks. Still don’t quite have full range of motion back but it’s a big improvement over yesterday. Looks like it probably wasn’t an impingement, which is great news!

I went in early to do some extra warm-up work and get in the programmed warm-up so I could help out everyone when they did it since there were some things we haven’t done before.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • 2 Sets
    • Tricep Openers (10# DBs)
    • Hip Impingement Corrective Exercises
      • 10/10 Sidelying clam (small red band)
      • 10/10 Sidelying hip abduction
      • 10/10 Donkey kick
      • 10 Bridge
  • 3 Sets
    • 5/5 Bar Taps (tight, dynamic)
    • 5 ATYs (5# plates)
    • 5 Wall Squats

Those The Hip Impingement Solution – Juggernaut seem to be helping more than anything else.

Gymnastics

4 Rounds

  • 5 T2B
  • 5 T2B
  • 5 T2B
  • 1:00 Rest

It’s a quick drop from the bar, take a few seconds and get back on. I should have tried sets of 6, but I haven’t been on a bar in 2 weeks.

Accessory

5 Sets

  • 8 Ring Rows (feet elevated)
  • 20s Hold Bottom of Push-up
  • 12 Bicycle Crunches (w/ 2s pause)

Left shoulder felt good on the ring rows. I think the rest and hitting more Crossover Symmetry is paying off.

Conditioning

20:00 Aerobic Circuit

  • 20s Bar Hang (engage scaps after 10s)
  • 12 Walking Lunges (gather feet)
  • 2/2 Turkish Get-ups (35#)
  • 8 Pause Air Squats (2s bottom)

Maybe a little on the easy side, but that’s fine for this type of work. Good for recovery and worked a lot of mobility and stability areas where we see issues in CrossFit.

Finished up with Crossover Symmetry Recovery.

Every 80

Was at the gym early to judge a 16.2. Feeling rested.

Warm-up

  • Bottom squat hold
  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • Thrusters (45#)

Go Fast

Every 1:20 – 10 Sets

  • 6 Thrusters (95#)
  • 6 Burpees over the Bar

Didn’t look at the clock until the last set or two. At that point it was taking 24-25 seconds. Smacked myself in the head puling the bar down to the front rack in one of the early sets. No blood, but it is swollen with a little bump there.

Strength/Skill

10:00 EMOM (alt)

  • 8 Weighted Pistols (26# KB)
  • 12 T2B

The pistols weren’t easy after 60 thrusters. Did all 5 sets of toes to bar unbroken.

4 Rounds

  • 30s Pike HSPU (30″ box)
  • 30s Rest
  • 30s DU
  • 30s Rest

Those handstand push-ups were harder than I expected. Got 12 for 2 rounds and 10 for 2. Went unbroken on dubs each round for 53-55-55-56.

Gymnastics

5 Sets

  • 15 Stalder Leg Lifts (1×11″, 4×13″)
  • 5 Ring Swings

That extra increase really made the lifts a lot harder.

CrossFit Open 16.2

Everyone was surprised how sore our upper backs were from the snatch and overhead squat workout Wednesday. I thought my quads might be really sore due to how much they were burning through the second half of that workout.

Got to the gym around 5 to get warmed up. Was excited for this one after watching the announcement last night.

Warm-up

  • Crossover Symmetry Activation
  • 2×10 Heel Drives
  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • Cleans
    • 3×45#
    • 3×95
    • 3×135
    • 2×185
    • 2×205

CrossFit Games Open Workout 16.2

  • Beginning on a 4 minute clock, complete as many reps as possible of:
    • 25 T2B
    • 50 DU
    • 15 Squat Cleans, 135 / 85 lb.
  • If completed before 4 minutes, add 4 minutes to the clock and proceed to:
    • 25 T2B
    • 50 DU
    • 13 Squat Cleans, 185 / 115 lb.
  • If completed before 8 minutes, add 4 minutes to the clock and proceed to:
    • 25 T2B
    • 50 DU
    • 11 Squat Cleans, 225 / 145 lb.
  • If completed before 12 minutes, add 4 minutes to the clock and proceed to:
    • 25 T2B
    • 50 DU
    • 9 Squat Cleans, 275 / 175 lb.
  • If completed before 16 minutes, add 4 minutes to the clock and proceed to:
    • 25 T2B
    • 50 DU
    • 7 Squat Cleans, 315 / 205 lb.
  • Stop at 20 minutes.

A couple of keys to remember for scoring:

  • When finishing each set of double unders, mark the time on the clock, which is used as a tiebreaker.
  • If you happen to be one of the small percentage of people in the world that can finish everything, your score is your total time. Otherwise, score is number of reps completed for the rest of us mortals.

 

OMG! Got done with round 1 at about 3:00. Went 11-8-6 T2B, unbroken DU, and fast clean singles. Started 5-5 and then I don’t even know what after that. Some 3s and 4s I think. Tripped once or twice on DU. Pretty quick on the single cleans again. I was somewhere under a minute left I think, so that gave me 5:00 to work on round 3. At this point I couldn’t breathe. I jumped up on the bar and holy fuck! I did a lot of singles with way too long of breaks. I was shot. Managed to get in some triples at the end. Those T2B took me forever. Had about a minute left for the DU and finished with 6 seconds on the clock (11:54 tiebreak). Didn’t even touch 225#. I really wanted to get at least one because it would have been a nice jump on the leaderboard over all the tiebreaks that couldn’t lift that weight. No way in hell I’m doing it again though. I’d rather do 16.1 over.

I was absolutely wrecked! Every time I got up and walked around I got light-headed for the next hour.

Still Fine

My right quad is a little sore/tight but I really still feel great after 16.1. My ass isn’t even sore from those lunges. Can’t believe it.

Warm-up

  • Bottom Squat Hold
  • Ring Hang
  • Clean & Jerks (45#, 95, 125, 145)

Conditioning

  • 30-40-50-40-30 DU
  • 3-4-5-4-3 C&J (175#)

Thought maybe I’d do the C&J all unbroken. haha I did the first 3 tounch-n-go but the rest were all singles. Too many misses on double unders, but finished in 5:16. Rougher than expected. Took a good long rest before we moved on.

21-15-9

  • T2B
  • Box Jumps (24″)

I’ve done this before but can never find it in my logs when I look. Unbroken on the 21 toes-to-bars. Could feel right away that rebounding would not be a good idea so I took a slight reset after jumping down before jumping back up. I think my next set of T2B were 8-3-2-2 and then 5-4 in the 3rd. Time of 3:41.

My arms got all tingly after that first set of t2b and were almost numb when I went back after the box jumps.

Midline

8 Rounds

  • 15s Hollow Rocks / Superman Rocks
  • 20s Rest
  • 15s L-hang
  • 20s Rest

Oh boy! Did hollows for 4 sets and then switched to the Supermans. Didn’t even attempt to straighten my legs on the hangs.

Inverted

5 Sets

  • 30s Handstand Hold
  • 30s Rest

Was going to skip these but I got some more energy after judging a 16.1 workout and got these in. Put my hands really close to the wall to get that stacked position. Feeling better and better with these.