Weighted V-up – Nick Momrik's Fitness Logs

18.2 Redemption

Out in the garage at 4pm.

Warm-up

5:00 BikeErg (2,535m)
160′ Lateral Monster Walks
160′ Monster Walks
20 Air Squats

Conditioning

CrossFit Games Open 18.2: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10

DB Squats (50/35# DBs)
Bar-facing Burpees (w/ jump back and up)

This was one of my most hated Open workouts. It seemed so simple on paper; 55 squats and 55 burpees. For whatever reason it destroyed me though and I got a very disappointing time of 9:44. I’ve been wanting to redo it for a long time. I found a nice rhythm with the burpees. When I jumped up out of the bottom I didn’t try to do too much and was ok with taking two short steps and then jumping over the bar. I think this really helped to pace me out. After the front squats didn’t feel very good yesterday I was a bit worried. They felt great today and I got faster and faster with them. At the end I busted ass through the final 10 burpees and finished in 7:50!!!! I’m so happy with that. Still not a great time compared to scores around the world but a huge improvement for me and I feel like I could push the pace even a bit more. I really didn’t know how hard to go early on because something like that can hit you out of nowhere.

Strength / Accessory

Warmed up bench press with 8×45, 8×95, and 8×125#.

4 Sets

8 Bench Press (155#)
8 DB Chest Fly (35#)
8 Bench Press (155#)

Being smart with choosing my weight today instead of going for it in the early sets. Wanted to be able to have something left for shoulder presses. That’s a decrease on the bench and in increase on the fly. Every time I got to the second bench it was a fight.

3 Sets

5 Shoulder Press (115-125-135#)
12 Lateral Raises (15# DBs)

Shoulders were tired!

4 Sets

20s Ski Erg Triceps
12 OH Cable Tricep Extensions (35#, rope)

This was so hard after the first set. We weren’t taking much more rest than letting the other person do their set.

Midline

4 Sets

12 Knee-ins (5# ankle weights)
12/12 Side Plank Bounces/Pulses
24 alt Weighted V-ups (5# ankle weights)
12/12 Partner Banded Rotations

Another great ab workout. Those ankle weights were a good purchase.

A Decade of Use

My legs are tired and my hands ache. Out in the garage at 10am.

Warm-up

10:00 Airdyne (192 cals, 4.94 km)
160′ Lateral Monster Walks
160′ Monster Walks

Strength

5 Sets

8 Front Squats
16 Kossack Squats

I used 45-95-115-115-115# for the front squats and unweighted Kossacks. Keeping it light to go easy on my back, especially after so much sandbag work yesterday.

Conditioning

10:00 AMRAP

12 Goblet Curtsy Lunges (35#)
8 Burpees
6/6 Reverse Lunge Step-ups (24”, 35#)
8 HSPU

Took a couple rounds to get the hang of the reverse lunge step-up. Got it from Ibex and you lunge and step up with the same leg. The opposite knee drives up over the box and you hold the weight on the same side as that knee drive. Produces a lot of quad burn. I messed up and did 8/8 on the first round of reverse lunge step-ups. 😦

This was a good little workout, but could be bumped up to a 6-8 rounder with slightly heavier weight. I was able to turn up the pace in the second half of the workout and finished with 3+31 (was stepping up on that final rep of the movement.

Midline

4 Rounds

30s Handstand Hold
15s Rest
30s alt Weighted V-ups (25# DB)
15s Rest
30s OH Side Bends (25# DB)
15s Rest
30s Hollow Hold
15s Rest

I got 12-14-14-16 on the V-ups and 18 each time on the bends. I was worried about the long hollow holds, but did them all unbroken.

After lunch I sold my adjustable dumbbells, since I no longer have a use for them. Got $350 and I had paid $300 new about a decade ago. The market for fitness equipment is wild right now!

Man Down in the Third

Out in the garage at 4pm.

Warm-up

5:00 SkiErg (1,058m)
Monster Walks
10 Back Rack Reverse Lunges (45#)

Did the monster walks around my ankles it’s a whole different ball game.

Strength

5 Sets

16 Back Rack Reverse Lunges (95-115-125-135-145#)
16 Kossack Squats

Felt good. I loosen up so much after two sets of the Kossack squats.

Midline

3 Rounds

20 alt V-ups (20# MB)
10 Renegade Rows (50# DBs)
10/10 Partner Banded Rotations/Holds (red)
20 OH Side Bends (20# DB)

That was tough, especially the parter stuff!

Conditioning

2 Rounds

10-8-6
- Thruster (95/65#)
- Burpee Pull-ups (normal height)
Rest 3:00

I warmed up with five empty bar thrusters. Went out a little too hot on the burpees and it took some getting used to them. Settled in on a mostly step up and down method. The thrusters felt good. My times were 3:54 and 3:45. It was actually supposed to be three rounds, but two thrusters in to the third I tweaked my back. FML!! Hopefully it’s just minor because after about five minutes in the reset position, I was moving around pretty well. I’m setting here with ice on my back as I type this.

The Rematch

On Sunday afternoon I made a new shoe rack for all of my workout kicks. Yesterday I walked 18 holes of golf.

90 fucking degrees outside at 4pm for our workout today!

Warm-up

10:00 BikeErg (5,340m)
Monster Walks
10 Monster Band Squats
8 Back Rack Reverse Lunges (45#)

Strength

5 Sets

16 Back Rack Reverse Lunges (85-105-115-125-135#)
8/8 Step Downs (15″)

I really liked those lunges, but easing in to the weight. Could feel my ass in the middle of the sets probably starting with 115. Step downs felt extremely easy without any weight.

Conditioning

42-30-18 Air Squats
21-15-9 HR Push-ups
Rest 4:00 and repeat

We did this 2 months ago when I may have been in the middle of a TIA (not Tia-Clair Toomey!) and my times were 4:28 & 4:22. Brandi work a weight vest that day and had beat me, but since I was nearly stroking out we needed a rematch. Well, she didn’t wear the weight vest today and beat me again. My times today were 2:42 and 2:53 so just goes to show how out of it I was last time.

Midline

4 Rounds

6 Weighted Strict T2B (5# ankle weights)
20 OH Side Bend (20#)
12 Weighted V-up (5# ankle weights)
20/20 Pallof Press (red band)

Brandi bought some heavier ankle weights so I gave them a try for this. Oh boy!

Soak up the Sun

My back was a little worse through the night and when I woke up this morning. Could feel it a bit here and there through the day. My hands ached this morning as I sat and drank my coffee. Worked out at 2pm today.

Warm-up

Monster Walks
10 Monster Band Squats
20 PVC Passes

Midline

4 Rounds

12/12 Hanging Oblique Raise
12 Weighted V-ups (20# MB)
12/12 Wood Chopper (30# DB)
30s Seated Plate Twist (10# plate)

Took exactly 16:00!

Conditioning

40:00 AMRAP

40/30 cal BikeErg
30s Rest
40 DB Push Jerks (30/20# DBs)
30s Rest
400m Run
30s Rest
40/30 cal Row
30s Rest

I mapped out the 400 meters to be out to edge of Dundee and back. Originally I had the SkiErg programmed, but replaced it with the push jerks to break it up a bit.

We took the machines and dumbbells outside for some sun. I held a pretty steady pace on everything. Went 24-16 on the first and fourth rounds of jerks and 15-15-10 on the second and third. Finished 4 rounds plus 40 calories on the bike with 16 seconds to spare on the clock. I really like that bike and am so glad I bought one.

The Family is Complete

My hands are tight, I can feel my lats some, and my legs are a bit sore. Overall pretty good the day after Murph though! Out in the garage at 3:30 to put together my new toy!

bikeerg

Nothing like 90° and high humidity for a workout!

Warm-up

Monster Walks
Pause Front Squats (3s)
- 5×45#
- 3×95#

Strength

5 Sets

3 Front Squats (3s pause)
8/8 Lateral Step-ups (30/24″)
2:00 Rest

I didn’t go crazy on the weight after the 300 air squats yesterday. Went 3 sets with 135 pounds, 145, and 165. Felt solid.

Conditioning

5:00 AMRAP

Buy-in: 40/32 cal BikeErg
MAX alt Single Arm Devil’s Press (50/35#)

**5:00 Rest & Repeat

Wasn’t sure how the calories turn over on the bike compared to the rower and skier. Seems pretty similar to the rower though. I was holding around 1,500 cal/hr. First time I got 27 devil’s presses and then 30 the next time. Doing the single arm variation was a good intro back to the movement for me with my back and felt good

I watched a couple of quick videos earlier that said you want to hold 80-95 RPM and then change your effort based on the damper, which was good for me at about 5. I also watched how to setup the seat and handles and ended up on the 23 setting for both. May have to mess around with higher handles to see how it feels.

Midline

5 Sets

10 Weighted V-ups (25# plate)
20 Side Plank Jumps
30 Hollow Scissor Kicks

After round one I knew this was going to suck. Held on for unbroken though, finishing in 7:29.

Weight on the Curtsy

News if the golf course was able to open flip-flopped yesterday morning and then eventually they opened. I took advantage of the beautiful day and it was so nice to be out on the course. Mowed the lawn in the evening too. Out in the garage at 4pm today.

Warm-up

5:00 SkiErg (1,056m)
Monster Walks
Muscle Snatch
- 5×45#
- 5×75#
Power Snatch
- 5×95#

Gymnastics / Weightlifting

10:00 EMOM (alt)

45s HS Hold
5 Power Snatch (115#)

Had to get this combo in because I had to bail out a couple weeks ago an the snatches and did seated dumbbell shoulder presses instead. I haven’t done a snatch since February 9th, when I returned from Dubai and then it led to the bad back tweak the next day. Felt ok today.

Conditioning

5 Rounds

20 Front Rack Curtsy Lunges (95/65#)
30 Plyo Lunges
20 HR Push-ups
1:00 Rest

I was going to do a goblet variation of these curtsy lunges last week but decided to go unweighted being the first time with them. Saw these front rack lunges from Eramo’s training and had to try them. My round times were 1:53, 2:12, 2:26, 2:23, and 2:28 to finish at 15:22 on the clock. The plyo lunges got real nasty in the third round, but I held on doing both lunge movements unbroken throughout. I stuck to 4×5 on the push-ups every round, but got progressively slower.

Midline

4 Rounds

6 Strict T2B
20 alt Weighted V-ups (15# plate)
10 Renegade Rows (35# DBs)
45s Rest

Finished this in 8:34.

Balancing

5:00 Frog Stands

I’m already so much better with these in this being my third session.

Without the Push-up

Feeling pretty good this morning. Open gym at noon.

Warm-up

3 Sets
- 12 cal Assault Bike
- 10 Reverse Hyper (90#)
Bench Press
- 10×45#
- 5×95

Conditioning

20:00 AMRAP

20 Bench Press (115#)
20 No Push-up Burpees
20 Box Jumps (24″)

I wrote this one with 200 meter runs, but it started raining out right before we started, so I substituted the burpees. The no push-up variation was so they wouldn’t interfere with the benching. I had no idea how to pace out the bench press. I felt good in the first set so did 11-9. Felt a lot different in round two so I did 7-7-6 for five rounds and then I was able to get 11-9 at the end to score 6+20. Was 140 reps on the bench press. Felt really good on the burpees and box jumps, so it seems like the conditioning work is paying off.

Accessory

3 Sets

50/50m Single Arm OH Carry (53#)
1:00/1:00 Single Leg Stand (70#)

After each single leg stand I was really feeling off-balance. Must have been from standing so long with the weight on one side of the body

3 Sets

Dumbbell Curl 21s (30#)
30 Side Plank Jumps
20 Weighted V-ups (20# DB)
10 Supermen (3s pause)

Haven’t done weighted v-ups in a long time. Forgot how hard they get.

Out in the garage in the evening.

Engine Builder – Max Aerobic Power

20 Rounds

45s Row
15s Rest

I had 18 rounds of this about a month ago and starting at just under 1:48 was too fast that day where my average pace ended up being 1:49.9. Today my plan was to start at 1:49. I felt much better and could have gone even faster. 207-208 meters every round.

All The Posterior Chain

Meant to workout yesterday at home, but was busy with projects for my workshop and time flew by. At the gym today.

Warm-up

3×10 Reverse Hyper (140#)
Dead Hang
Bottom Squat Hold
10 Deadlift (45#)

Conditioning

4 Rounds

20 Deadlifts (135#)
40 Lateral Bar Hops
20 Push-ups

I thought about putting on my belt and decided I didn’t need it. I split the deadlifts into 12-8 every round with a quick break. All push-ups were 10-10, with some slow down on the final 5 reps. Finished in 6:13. Was a much quicker workout than I was expecting.

Test

400m Walking Lunge

Been over 2 years since I did this I think. Felt pretty good considering I was doing a lot of lunges the last time. Not at a track, so the distance may not have been right, but I set a 6 second PR with 11:55. Next couple of days will be rough.

Midline

3 Rounds

20 Weighted V-ups (10#)
20 Russian Twists (35#)
20 Shotguns

The combination of v-ups and shotguns was not cool.

Can’t Count to 5

Went to the 4:30 class.

Warm-up

3×15 Reverse Hyper (140#)
2 Rounds
- 10 PVC Passes
- 10 PVC OHS
- 15 Toe Touches
- 20 Mountain Climbers

Strength – OHS

10×45#
6×95
4×115
4×135
2×155
2×175
3x2x185

Used close grip, slowly widening all the way up until 185 when I went to my full-width snatch grip. That was heavy enough for me on the day since they aggravate my back sometimes. On the last set I said fuck it and went closer grip again and it felt really good. Maybe all of this upper body and shoulder mobility stuff is paying off.

Conditioning

Buy-in: 3 Rounds
- 5 Pull-ups
- 10 Push-ups
- 15 Air Squats
5 Rounds
- 6 Deadlifts (115#)
- 6 Squat Cleans (115#)
- 6 Push Presses (115#)
Cash-out: 3 Rounds
- 5 Pull-ups
- 10 Push-ups
- 15 Air Squats

I had those first rounds of “Cindy” done is right around 2 minutes. Oh boy! In the 4th round of the lifts, I felt my back a little bit. Set the bar down and tried again and felt it. So I sat down for probably close to a minute. Decided to jump back in since it has never gotten worse once I feel it once. Just focused on keeping solid positions to close out the rest of the reps. Finished in 12:45.

After the workout someone asked if I knew if they did 4 or 5 rounds. Um, no, I was counting my own workout. Blows my mind how people can’t count to 5.

Midline – 3 Rounds

5 Weighted V-ups (10# DB)
10 Lying Leg Lifts
15 Weighted OH Sit-ups (10# DB)
20s Hollow Hold
25 Knee Slides (Crunches)

Wasn’t sure how it would feel with my back so I went light. Took about 8 or 9 minutes.

Gymnastics

I wanted to get in some muscle-up work since it had been awhile. Plan was a 5:00 EMOM of 4-5 reps. I got a first set of 5, but then one of the straps came loose in the next round and I was getting tangled up in it so I dropped after 2 reps. Tied it up to the squat stand and did 3 more. Then I did another set of 3 after a rest and the strap came off again so I said fuck it. I was feeling tired anyway. The strap was a good excuse.