Snatches
Clean and jerks
All weights in the pic.
Accessories:
Heaving snatch balance 3x3@135
Pendlay row 3x5@172
20120731
Keeping up-ish
Today, I ride the snake.
Snatches
Clean and jerks
All weights in the pic.
Accessories:
Heaving snatch balance 3x3@135
Pendlay row 3x5@172
Snatches
Clean and jerks
All weights in the pic.
Accessories:
Heaving snatch balance 3x3@135
Pendlay row 3x5@172
20120729
Sunday 29 July
6x2 banded deadlift @185+green bands
Every 2 sets of DL, 5 incline bench press @165, slight incline.
AMRAP7
12 pull ups
12 pistols
12 HR push ups
3+12/4
Every 2 sets of DL, 5 incline bench press @165, slight incline.
AMRAP7
12 pull ups
12 pistols
12 HR push ups
3+12/4
Saturday 28 July
5x2 snatch from blocks, worked to 155
5x2 clean from blocks, worked to 205
Blocks set to mid thigh
5x2 clean from blocks, worked to 205
Blocks set to mid thigh
20120726
Power day
Since I can't hit every day of the schedule this quarter each week I will alternate doing either the olympic lifting from boxes with doing the power versions. I'm still missing either accessories or WODs when time runs out. The priority remains Olympic weightlifting and strength.
Today
7x1 power snatch, worked up to 155, caught that below parallel so I went back to 150 for three.
7x1 power clean & push jerk, wild day, trying too hard to muscle clean, need to get low without squat cleaning. Weird that I cannot find middle ground. Started bonking at 175, worked up to 190, started failing, went back to 180 for a last good single.
Today
7x1 power snatch, worked up to 155, caught that below parallel so I went back to 150 for three.
7x1 power clean & push jerk, wild day, trying too hard to muscle clean, need to get low without squat cleaning. Weird that I cannot find middle ground. Started bonking at 175, worked up to 190, started failing, went back to 180 for a last good single.
20120724
Parts ok
BB Gymnastics
1) Snatch: 1@75%, 1@80%, 1@85%, 1@90%, 1@85%, 1@80% – rest 30-60 seconds. 131, 140, 147,155, 147, 140
2) Clean & Jerk: 1@70%, 1@75%, 1@ 80%, 1@85%, 1@80%, 1@75% – rest 30-60 seconds. 150, 161, 172, 182, 172, 161
Accessories
1a) 3X5 Behind the Neck Push Press (Snatch grip) – heaviest possible, rest 60 sec. 135, 155, 155
1b) 3X5 Pendlay Rows – heavy, rest 60 sec. 185 all 3
In ten minutes, not for time,
3 ME handstand shoulder touches
3 ME strict pull ups
2/10, 1/6, 1/5
1) Snatch: 1@75%, 1@80%, 1@85%, 1@90%, 1@85%, 1@80% – rest 30-60 seconds. 131, 140, 147,155, 147, 140
2) Clean & Jerk: 1@70%, 1@75%, 1@ 80%, 1@85%, 1@80%, 1@75% – rest 30-60 seconds. 150, 161, 172, 182, 172, 161
Accessories
1a) 3X5 Behind the Neck Push Press (Snatch grip) – heaviest possible, rest 60 sec. 135, 155, 155
1b) 3X5 Pendlay Rows – heavy, rest 60 sec. 185 all 3
In ten minutes, not for time,
3 ME handstand shoulder touches
3 ME strict pull ups
2/10, 1/6, 1/5
20120722
20120720
Friday AM MCMAP
2 rounds of 10x squats, push ups, sit ups, 1 lap around the field.
One hour of throws, tan through green.
One hour of ground fighting, grey & green.
One hour of throws, tan through green.
One hour of ground fighting, grey & green.
20120719
20120717
Sunday strength
7x1high hang snatch
Worked up to 170, 4.5 from full snatch PR, attempted 175, got under it but failed to control it in the bottom.
7x1 high hang clean
Worked up to 215. Previous PR for full clean matched. Went for 220. Slow elbows, but I was under it.
Worked up to 170, 4.5 from full snatch PR, attempted 175, got under it but failed to control it in the bottom.
7x1 high hang clean
Worked up to 215. Previous PR for full clean matched. Went for 220. Slow elbows, but I was under it.
20120715
Suffer on Saturday
7x2 split snatch from blocks
Had to dip 2/3 inches dye to block height, made this tougher than it shoulda been.
125,145,165,185,185,205FL,195
Weekly challenge WOD:
Regionals 12.4
50 back squats 135
40 pull ups
30 push jerks
50 shoulder to overhead 135
50 front squats 85
40 pull ups
30 push presses 85
50 overhead squats 65
40 pull ups
30 presses 65
22:00 time cap
Finished first two rounds.
Had to dip 2/3 inches dye to block height, made this tougher than it shoulda been.
125,145,165,185,185,205FL,195
Weekly challenge WOD:
Regionals 12.4
50 back squats 135
40 pull ups
30 push jerks
50 shoulder to overhead 135
50 front squats 85
40 pull ups
30 push presses 85
50 overhead squats 65
40 pull ups
30 presses 65
22:00 time cap
Finished first two rounds.
20120713
Friday funday
7x3 three position snatch pull+1 high hang snatch 105, 125, 145x3, 155 FLx2, 145
All fails on the snatch. Rushing it. Not getting full hip extension. Need to make sure I lean back and get shoulders behind the bar.
1a) 4 X ME Strict Deficit HSPU + ME Kipping Deficit HSPU – rest 45 sec.
4/1,4/1,3/2,5/2
1b) 4 X 5 Weighted Strict Pullups (any grip) – heaviest possible, rest 45 sec.
@35lb kb
1c) 4 X 10 GHD sit ups
All fails on the snatch. Rushing it. Not getting full hip extension. Need to make sure I lean back and get shoulders behind the bar.
1a) 4 X ME Strict Deficit HSPU + ME Kipping Deficit HSPU – rest 45 sec.
4/1,4/1,3/2,5/2
1b) 4 X 5 Weighted Strict Pullups (any grip) – heaviest possible, rest 45 sec.
@35lb kb
1c) 4 X 10 GHD sit ups
20120710
Games (spectator) bound
Going to Carson to watch this weekend. Pretty excited.
Today's work:
1.) 3 cleans + 2 push jerks, from mid thigh blocks.
125, 145, 155, 165, 175
2.) high bar, 90% of 3RM 5x3@225
3a) dip squats 3x5 @225
3b) push press 3x3 @135
Today's work:
1.) 3 cleans + 2 push jerks, from mid thigh blocks.
125, 145, 155, 165, 175
2.) high bar, 90% of 3RM 5x3@225
3a) dip squats 3x5 @225
3b) push press 3x3 @135
20120709
I live two blocks away
...From my Affiliate. That means I have no excuse.
Today after a long bout of classes.
Any day of the week.
No excuse.
15:00
Row all out :20
Move the handle for :50
For total meters.
3295
Today after a long bout of classes.
Any day of the week.
No excuse.
15:00
Row all out :20
Move the handle for :50
For total meters.
3295
Saturday
High hang snatch 7x1, up to 160
High hang clean 7x1, up to 190
Three rds, for time:
8 alternating split snatches at 100
7 bar m/u
400m run
13:27
High hang clean 7x1, up to 190
Three rds, for time:
8 alternating split snatches at 100
7 bar m/u
400m run
13:27
20120706
Dexter and cupcakes
That's my reward for a good week of training tonight.
5x3 split jerk from blocks
Set the blocks way too low, these wound up as 3x 1/4 front squat+split jerks.
185 was last warm up, 205 (way too big a jump), 185, 190, 195, 195.
WOD from mainpage:
70 burpees
60 sit ups
50 1.5 pood KB swings
40 pull ups
30 HSPU
16:59
5x3 split jerk from blocks
Set the blocks way too low, these wound up as 3x 1/4 front squat+split jerks.
185 was last warm up, 205 (way too big a jump), 185, 190, 195, 195.
WOD from mainpage:
70 burpees
60 sit ups
50 1.5 pood KB swings
40 pull ups
30 HSPU
16:59
20120704
Amurrica!!! F'yeah!!!
10x2 3 position pause snatch pull + 1 high hang snatch
95lbs to 150lbs
“Team America”
*In teams of two complete:
100 KBS 24/16kg
50 Burpees
15 Muscle-Ups
10 Snatches (any style) 185/120#
15 Muscle-Ups
50 Burpees
100 Partner Wall Balls 20/14#
For time.
19:01
(Scaled to 140lb snatch)
95lbs to 150lbs
“Team America”
*In teams of two complete:
100 KBS 24/16kg
50 Burpees
15 Muscle-Ups
10 Snatches (any style) 185/120#
15 Muscle-Ups
50 Burpees
100 Partner Wall Balls 20/14#
For time.
19:01
(Scaled to 140lb snatch)
Tuesday's training
Snatch from blocks 7x1 @135-150
Clean from high blocks 7x1 @200
high bar back squat 5x3@205
21,15,9 reps, for time, of:
Wallballs. Three rope climbs before each round.
5:39
Clean from high blocks 7x1 @200
high bar back squat 5x3@205
21,15,9 reps, for time, of:
Wallballs. Three rope climbs before each round.
5:39
20120703
Split Jerk PR
10X1 Split Jerk off Blocks – you may work up to a 1RM if technique is solid, rest 60 sec.
185, 205, 215, 225 (pr by 10lbs), 230 FL, 230 (pr by 15), 235 FLx2, 225 x2
185, 205, 215, 225 (pr by 10lbs), 230 FL, 230 (pr by 15), 235 FLx2, 225 x2
20120626
Training in two parts
AM:
Back squats 95, 135, 170, 185 & 200x5, 225x3, 240x2, 250x2
PM:
3 High block cleans+1 split jerk 95,115,135,155,175
EMOM for 10:00
3 bar muscle ups an AMRAP double unders in whatever time is left
271 total
Back squats 95, 135, 170, 185 & 200x5, 225x3, 240x2, 250x2
PM:
3 High block cleans+1 split jerk 95,115,135,155,175
EMOM for 10:00
3 bar muscle ups an AMRAP double unders in whatever time is left
271 total
20120625
20120622
Friday before the market
1) 5x3 split jerk from blocks
155, 175, 175
2A) dynamic banded deadlift 10x2 @195lbs+ rest :90
2B) 5x5 split press after every two sets of 2A @95lbs
155, 175, 175
2A) dynamic banded deadlift 10x2 @195lbs+ rest :90
2B) 5x5 split press after every two sets of 2A @95lbs
20120620
Hang and pull
Mobility: calves and vmo
Warm Up: 1K row
BBG:
A) 8x2 high hang snatch
B) 8x1 three position pause snatch grip deadlift
Worked up A from 75-155 and B from 135-225
Warm Up: 1K row
BBG:
A) 8x2 high hang snatch
B) 8x1 three position pause snatch grip deadlift
Worked up A from 75-155 and B from 135-225
19 June
Made my way in, mobilized fairly well and did this:
Back squat: 3x5@ 210,2x5@ 225
Push press 5@135, 5@155, fld5@170 on 1, 5@160
Then 3 rds, for time:
50' farmers walk w/200lbs
25 burpees
5:13
Back squat: 3x5@ 210,2x5@ 225
Push press 5@135, 5@155, fld5@170 on 1, 5@160
Then 3 rds, for time:
50' farmers walk w/200lbs
25 burpees
5:13
20120618
18 June
Four rounds for total working time:
50 double unders
10 push jerks (135)
Rest :30
12 CTBPU
1:00 rest
11:30 total work time
50 double unders
10 push jerks (135)
Rest :30
12 CTBPU
1:00 rest
11:30 total work time
20120616
June 16th
So how am I doing so far? Tomorrow is my first fathers day as a dad. Amazing.
This AM:
Warm up was weak sauce, need to prepare myself better.
Snatch from high blocks 7x1, heavy
Worked up to 145.
Clean from High blocks 7x1, heavy
Worked up to 185, but failed many.
Blocks were too damn high.
This AM:
Warm up was weak sauce, need to prepare myself better.
Snatch from high blocks 7x1, heavy
Worked up to 145.
Clean from High blocks 7x1, heavy
Worked up to 185, but failed many.
Blocks were too damn high.
Two a day
This AM:
Outlaw BBG & Strength:
1) 7x2 split jerks from blocks, 65-205, missed last lockout.
2a) 10x2 dynamic Effort DL, 50% 1RM + 20% in bands :60 rest
2b) 5x2 Seated DB presses @45lb
This PM:
3:00 max 95lb hang power clean
3:00 max HSPU
3:00 max sit ups
3:00 max 53lb KB swing
500 m row
2100
Outlaw BBG & Strength:
1) 7x2 split jerks from blocks, 65-205, missed last lockout.
2a) 10x2 dynamic Effort DL, 50% 1RM + 20% in bands :60 rest
2b) 5x2 Seated DB presses @45lb
This PM:
3:00 max 95lb hang power clean
3:00 max HSPU
3:00 max sit ups
3:00 max 53lb KB swing
500 m row
2100
20120615
Active rest
Played around to warm up, then:
AMRAP12
15 push press @75
15 Russian swings @53
Down and back farmers carry w/70 DBs
7rds &9 push presses
AMRAP12
15 push press @75
15 Russian swings @53
Down and back farmers carry w/70 DBs
7rds &9 push presses
20120613
June 12
2 Clean and 2 split jerk from blocks mid thigh:
95, 115, 135, 150, 165, 185, 195, 200fL
Back Squats:
5@155,3@185,3@195,3@205,3@215
95, 115, 135, 150, 165, 185, 195, 200fL
Back Squats:
5@155,3@185,3@195,3@205,3@215
20120612
New gym
Today was the first WOD in the new Monterey location. 8am. Harsh but necessitated by parenthood. Parenthood is amazing by the way.
1.Snatch from blocks:
7x3@65,85,105,120,135,145,150
2a. Snatch high pull 2x2@135
2b. Drop snatch 2x2@80
Had to bolt before strength or conditioning, but still a good day.
1.Snatch from blocks:
7x3@65,85,105,120,135,145,150
2a. Snatch high pull 2x2@135
2b. Drop snatch 2x2@80
Had to bolt before strength or conditioning, but still a good day.
20120610
PR and Hope
Friday:
Snatched 173.5 for a 3.5lb PR.
C&J up to 205, dumped 211 on my knee.
Saturday:
CrossFit for Hope
230 w/chest to ring pull ups
Snatched 173.5 for a 3.5lb PR.
C&J up to 205, dumped 211 on my knee.
Saturday:
CrossFit for Hope
230 w/chest to ring pull ups
20120601
20120524
...seems my troubles were so far away...
Yesterday:
Warm up & mobility.
Strength:
Deadlift 5x135,3x185,3x225,5x1@275
Volume WOD:
EMOM for 20
7 GHD wallballs @20#.
Warm up & mobility.
Strength:
Deadlift 5x135,3x185,3x225,5x1@275
Volume WOD:
EMOM for 20
7 GHD wallballs @20#.
20120522
butterfly rip
So yeah, warmed up, rowed, mobility-ish and then...
Strength:
Press 5x45,65,95,105,115,125
Volume:
10x5 butterfly pull ups on the minute.
Strength:
Press 5x45,65,95,105,115,125
Volume:
10x5 butterfly pull ups on the minute.
20120519
Volume day 2
These upper body volume WODs are beating my ass.
Warmed up, pulled by foot out of the strap on my row to learn how to stay on my heel. That feels good.
Did one legged deadlifts, it sucked, my form sucked, the movement sucks. I pulled triples, from 65# to 125#.
Then did ring push ups, 8 on the minute for 16 of 20, 6 on the minute for the last 4 minutes.
Warmed up, pulled by foot out of the strap on my row to learn how to stay on my heel. That feels good.
Did one legged deadlifts, it sucked, my form sucked, the movement sucks. I pulled triples, from 65# to 125#.
Then did ring push ups, 8 on the minute for 16 of 20, 6 on the minute for the last 4 minutes.
20120517
Volume training
So... another workout with the gimp foot.
Warmed up with some basics. Included three max handstand holds against wall on paralletes.
Did seated barbell presses first. 5 at 80, 3 at 95, 3 at 105, 2 at 115 and 2 at 125. Seated bb presses suck on a flat bench, stabilizing was difficult to do and I felt like I was going to pitch back over as I locked out. Not a great feeling so I knocked off.
For a WOD I am going with Volume Training from an article by coach Brian Wilson of PCF. Starting with muscle ups (admittedly a strength, but F it). Two muscle ups on the minute for 20 minutes. Last set or two was a bit wild and sketchy, but then so am I.
Warmed up with some basics. Included three max handstand holds against wall on paralletes.
Did seated barbell presses first. 5 at 80, 3 at 95, 3 at 105, 2 at 115 and 2 at 125. Seated bb presses suck on a flat bench, stabilizing was difficult to do and I felt like I was going to pitch back over as I locked out. Not a great feeling so I knocked off.
For a WOD I am going with Volume Training from an article by coach Brian Wilson of PCF. Starting with muscle ups (admittedly a strength, but F it). Two muscle ups on the minute for 20 minutes. Last set or two was a bit wild and sketchy, but then so am I.
20120514
Back
The gym beckons with its sweet Siren song once again.
"I know your foot is broken", she says, "It doesn't matter--you need to train. I won't hurt you anymore."
She lies. The bitch lies.
Got back in the gym today after a week off.
To warm up:
2 rounds of 10 parrallette push ups, deadhang pull ups
2 attempts at pistols on the good foot.
Mobility for ~10 minutes.
Strength:
Tried to do bulgarian split squats--no go with the boot on.
Standing alternating db presses 3 sets 5 per arm @ 35lbs
One armed KB row 8 per arm @35lbs, 44lbs and 53lbs
Conditioning:
Tabata some broken foot.
4 rounds each
tabata pull ups
" " push ups
" " sit ups
Laughable scores.
3x10 hug-a-twinkies on the GHD and out.
"I know your foot is broken", she says, "It doesn't matter--you need to train. I won't hurt you anymore."
She lies. The bitch lies.
Got back in the gym today after a week off.
To warm up:
2 rounds of 10 parrallette push ups, deadhang pull ups
2 attempts at pistols on the good foot.
Mobility for ~10 minutes.
Strength:
Tried to do bulgarian split squats--no go with the boot on.
Standing alternating db presses 3 sets 5 per arm @ 35lbs
One armed KB row 8 per arm @35lbs, 44lbs and 53lbs
Conditioning:
Tabata some broken foot.
4 rounds each
tabata pull ups
" " push ups
" " sit ups
Laughable scores.
3x10 hug-a-twinkies on the GHD and out.
20120511
Multiple stress fractures
Second and third metatarsals of my left foot look marbled on the xrays.
Taking a full week off.
Taking a full week off.
20120507
Over training and over reaching
Hands torn.
Tired and listless.
Foot bruised.
Flu-like symptoms.
Time for a week off.
Tired and listless.
Foot bruised.
Flu-like symptoms.
Time for a week off.
20120505
Tactical Strength Fail
Tactical Strength Challenge . Com
Go ahead and look it up. Several competitive classes to compete with a max deadlift (3 attempts), a max pull ups (strict, touching neck or chest, with 22lbs), and max kettlebell snatches in 5:00 (70lbs).
I failed to finish one lift in event one.
How? I warmed up to 355, pulled it just fine. Too fine. I then jumped 10 lbs, 5 above my PR and went for my first--clunk, bonk, whoops--shanked. Two--fail. Three--nope. All mind fucked. All the time. The beauty was the 355 didn't count. Just beautiful.
Won the weighted pull ups by 1. Did 50 kettlebell snatches with 70lbs. Tore both hands to shreds.
Lesson: never start a competition with a PR attempt.
Go ahead and look it up. Several competitive classes to compete with a max deadlift (3 attempts), a max pull ups (strict, touching neck or chest, with 22lbs), and max kettlebell snatches in 5:00 (70lbs).
I failed to finish one lift in event one.
How? I warmed up to 355, pulled it just fine. Too fine. I then jumped 10 lbs, 5 above my PR and went for my first--clunk, bonk, whoops--shanked. Two--fail. Three--nope. All mind fucked. All the time. The beauty was the 355 didn't count. Just beautiful.
Won the weighted pull ups by 1. Did 50 kettlebell snatches with 70lbs. Tore both hands to shreds.
Lesson: never start a competition with a PR attempt.
20120504
May day..
1 May 2012 AM
BB Gymnastics
1) 5X3 Clean & Jerk @ 15bs rest 45 sec.
2) 4X3 Snatch Balance (NO heaving) –115lbs rest 60 sec.
2 May 2012
BB Gymnastics
10 minutes to establish a 1RM Snatch from blocks (just below the knee).
165lbs (PR)
Strength
1a) 3 X ME Bench Press @135lbs– rest 60 sec.
1b) 3 X 8 Single Arm DB Bent Over Row (8l/8r) – 50lbs rest 60 sec.
Conditioning
For total time:
3 rounds of-
20 Pistols (alternating)
3 Rope Climbs 15′
50 T2B
3 rounds of-
20 Wall Balls 20/14#
5 Power Cleans 225/145#
18:52
BB Gymnastics
1) 5X3 Clean & Jerk @ 15bs rest 45 sec.
2) 4X3 Snatch Balance (NO heaving) –115lbs rest 60 sec.
2 May 2012
BB Gymnastics
10 minutes to establish a 1RM Snatch from blocks (just below the knee).
165lbs (PR)
Strength
1a) 3 X ME Bench Press @135lbs– rest 60 sec.
1b) 3 X 8 Single Arm DB Bent Over Row (8l/8r) – 50lbs rest 60 sec.
Conditioning
For total time:
3 rounds of-
20 Pistols (alternating)
3 Rope Climbs 15′
50 T2B
3 rounds of-
20 Wall Balls 20/14#
5 Power Cleans 225/145#
18:52
20120430
Do work
1) snatch 5x3 @125 rest :45
2a) behind the neck snatch grip push press 4x3@175 rest :60
2b) snatch pull 4x2@190 rest :60
Strength 20rep back squat at 200lbs
WOD
30 burpee over the box jumps 24"
30 T2B
30 push press @ 135
1K row
15:58
2a) behind the neck snatch grip push press 4x3@175 rest :60
2b) snatch pull 4x2@190 rest :60
Strength 20rep back squat at 200lbs
WOD
30 burpee over the box jumps 24"
30 T2B
30 push press @ 135
1K row
15:58
20120429
Start of Regionals weekend
BB Gymnastics
1) 5XME UB Hang Power Cleans @ 185# – rest 60 sec.
2a) 5X1 Press Cluster (PP, PJ, Split Jerk) – 135#, rest 60 sec.
2b) 5X1 Non-Heaving Snatch Balance –115#, rest 60 sec.
Conditioning
4 rounds for total working time of:
Row 500m
12 Pistols (alternating)
24 Pullups
Rest 1:1
1) 5XME UB Hang Power Cleans @ 185# – rest 60 sec.
2a) 5X1 Press Cluster (PP, PJ, Split Jerk) – 135#, rest 60 sec.
2b) 5X1 Non-Heaving Snatch Balance –115#, rest 60 sec.
Conditioning
4 rounds for total working time of:
Row 500m
12 Pistols (alternating)
24 Pullups
Rest 1:1
20120421
Snatch PR
So I haven't been posting all my WODs. Casually I would say that this is just because I suck at life. But self-abusive humor aside, I hardly have the time and that's only going to get worse.
So I'm still following the Outlaw Way, and I'm still making gains. This week I de-loaded a bit, taking a break form finishing all the work posted so that I can rest. I did set a snatch PR of 170. I pulled 175 high enough thrice, locked it out and got underneath it once, but failed to stand it up.
170 is bodyweight +1. Not shabby, but it won't be a long lived PR either, it is going down next time I feel froggy (or next time its programmed to PR). All shit talking aside, that was hard.
This week I hit a few other good days of work, but I hardly remember them because I failed to post immediately after. We also started another 45 Paleo challenge at CrossFit Monterey. I'm fuck-tarded because with a baby on the way in June I just signed up not to drink on Cinco de Mayo or Memorial Day.
Tarded. Seriously.
Some progress towards the thesis was also made, I'm in possession of a thesis proposal, it just hasn't been put from my head into the written page yet. That will happen alongside the 175 lb snatch. It is coming, that much is certain.
Yesterday was epicly fun.
BB Gymnastica:
5 sets of 1 snatch and 20 double unders at 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85% made them all, double unders suck after a heavy snatch.
5 rounds of 200m row 185 lb hang power clean. This was scaled from 225 cause who the f*&$ am I kidding?
Conditioning:
3 rounds for time of,
15 kipping HSPUs
10 80 DB snatches, alternating arms
5 muscle ups
12:41.
HSPUs felt a breeze, slight scale, used abmat when it was supposed to be all off the ground, but helped my confidence and proved to me that should strength is coming along, DB snatch was scaled from 100 lbs, cause again wtfaik? muscle ups were done unbroken on 1&@, in three I did 4/1, not sure why I got off rings, except my skin was closed to popping open--but that usually doesn't stop me, so is that good or bad?
So I'm still following the Outlaw Way, and I'm still making gains. This week I de-loaded a bit, taking a break form finishing all the work posted so that I can rest. I did set a snatch PR of 170. I pulled 175 high enough thrice, locked it out and got underneath it once, but failed to stand it up.
170 is bodyweight +1. Not shabby, but it won't be a long lived PR either, it is going down next time I feel froggy (or next time its programmed to PR). All shit talking aside, that was hard.
This week I hit a few other good days of work, but I hardly remember them because I failed to post immediately after. We also started another 45 Paleo challenge at CrossFit Monterey. I'm fuck-tarded because with a baby on the way in June I just signed up not to drink on Cinco de Mayo or Memorial Day.
Tarded. Seriously.
Some progress towards the thesis was also made, I'm in possession of a thesis proposal, it just hasn't been put from my head into the written page yet. That will happen alongside the 175 lb snatch. It is coming, that much is certain.
Yesterday was epicly fun.
BB Gymnastica:
5 sets of 1 snatch and 20 double unders at 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85% made them all, double unders suck after a heavy snatch.
5 rounds of 200m row 185 lb hang power clean. This was scaled from 225 cause who the f*&$ am I kidding?
Conditioning:
3 rounds for time of,
15 kipping HSPUs
10 80 DB snatches, alternating arms
5 muscle ups
12:41.
HSPUs felt a breeze, slight scale, used abmat when it was supposed to be all off the ground, but helped my confidence and proved to me that should strength is coming along, DB snatch was scaled from 100 lbs, cause again wtfaik? muscle ups were done unbroken on 1&@, in three I did 4/1, not sure why I got off rings, except my skin was closed to popping open--but that usually doesn't stop me, so is that good or bad?
20120412
Not getting to be a better blogger
Snatch 3x1@132
Clean&jerk 3x1@170
Snatch pull 3x2@170
Conditioning:
250m row
10 95lb thrusters
15 burpees
3 minrest per round
All eearing 20lb vest.
My time splits are in the picture.
Total work 16:58 when you take out the 12 min of rest.
Thrusters were brutal.
Clean&jerk 3x1@170
Snatch pull 3x2@170
Conditioning:
250m row
10 95lb thrusters
15 burpees
3 minrest per round
All eearing 20lb vest.
My time splits are in the picture.
Total work 16:58 when you take out the 12 min of rest.
Thrusters were brutal.
20120410
Quick Note
"Life is hard. It's harder if you're stupid."
-Sgt Striker (John Wayne),
The Sands of Iwo Jima
20120406
BB Gymnastics
1) Snatch From Blocks (just below knee): 2 X 75%, 2 X 80%, 3X1 @ 85% – rest 75 sec. DEMO VIDEO
2) Clean From Blocks (just below knee): 2 X 75%, 2 X 80%, 3X1 @ 85% – rest 75 sec. DEMO VIDEO
3) 4X1 Heaving Snatch Balance – heavier than last week, rest 75 sec. DEMO VIDEO
Strength
1X20 Back Squat
Notes: This should be a maximal UNBROKEN set. If you completed all 20 reps last week, add approximately 5% this week. If you were close to completing all 20 reps (15-19), use the same weight. If you weren’t close (10-14), take off 5%.
Conditioning
For time:
50′ Prowler Push (high handles) 165/125#
15 OHS 135/95#
15 HSPU
50′ Prowler Push (low handle) 165/125#
12 OHS 135/95#
12 HSPU
50′ Prowler Push (high handles) 165/125#
9 OHS 135/95#
9 HSPU
50′ Prowler Push (low handle) 165/125#
My work:
1) Snatch from blocks (just above knee): 120, 132, 140
2) Clean from block (just above knee): 168, 177, 180
3) 4X1 Heaving Snatch Balance –135, 137, 140, 142
Strength
Back Squat 1X20 @195
Conditioning scaled OHS to 115, HSPU to 1 45 and Prowler to ~35 ft.
12:42
1) Snatch From Blocks (just below knee): 2 X 75%, 2 X 80%, 3X1 @ 85% – rest 75 sec. DEMO VIDEO
2) Clean From Blocks (just below knee): 2 X 75%, 2 X 80%, 3X1 @ 85% – rest 75 sec. DEMO VIDEO
3) 4X1 Heaving Snatch Balance – heavier than last week, rest 75 sec. DEMO VIDEO
Strength
1X20 Back Squat
Notes: This should be a maximal UNBROKEN set. If you completed all 20 reps last week, add approximately 5% this week. If you were close to completing all 20 reps (15-19), use the same weight. If you weren’t close (10-14), take off 5%.
Conditioning
For time:
50′ Prowler Push (high handles) 165/125#
15 OHS 135/95#
15 HSPU
50′ Prowler Push (low handle) 165/125#
12 OHS 135/95#
12 HSPU
50′ Prowler Push (high handles) 165/125#
9 OHS 135/95#
9 HSPU
50′ Prowler Push (low handle) 165/125#
My work:
1) Snatch from blocks (just above knee): 120, 132, 140
2) Clean from block (just above knee): 168, 177, 180
3) 4X1 Heaving Snatch Balance –135, 137, 140, 142
Strength
Back Squat 1X20 @195
Conditioning scaled OHS to 115, HSPU to 1 45 and Prowler to ~35 ft.
12:42
20120331
BB Gymnastics
1) Snatch: 60%x3, 70%x2, 75%x2, 80%x2, 85%x1. 90%x1 – rest 60-90 sec.
2) Clean & Jerk: 60%x3, 70%x2, 75%x2, 80%x2, 85%x1, 90%x1– rest 60-90 sec.
Notes: Neither lift needs to be touch and go, resetting after the rep is not just ok, but is suggested. When there is only 1 number following the listed percentage, then it notes reps.
Conditioning
For time:
10 Muscle-Ups
10 Squat Snatches 95/65#
8 Muscle-Ups
8 Squat Snatches 105/70#
6 Muscle-Ups
6 Squat Snatches 125/80#
4 Muscle-Ups
4 Squat Snatches 145/95#
2 Muscle-Ups
2 Squat Snatches 165/105#
Snatch 95,115,125,130,135,150
C&J 135,150,160,170,175,190
Conditioning around 10 min, clock was mistakenly stopped by another trainer before I finished the last two rounds.
No extra, cause my scrub ass didn’t qualify this year.
Oh, and I only used 1 bar for conditioning, and only added 10lbs per round, so did 95,105,115,125,135.
1) Snatch: 60%x3, 70%x2, 75%x2, 80%x2, 85%x1. 90%x1 – rest 60-90 sec.
2) Clean & Jerk: 60%x3, 70%x2, 75%x2, 80%x2, 85%x1, 90%x1– rest 60-90 sec.
Notes: Neither lift needs to be touch and go, resetting after the rep is not just ok, but is suggested. When there is only 1 number following the listed percentage, then it notes reps.
Conditioning
For time:
10 Muscle-Ups
10 Squat Snatches 95/65#
8 Muscle-Ups
8 Squat Snatches 105/70#
6 Muscle-Ups
6 Squat Snatches 125/80#
4 Muscle-Ups
4 Squat Snatches 145/95#
2 Muscle-Ups
2 Squat Snatches 165/105#
Snatch 95,115,125,130,135,150
C&J 135,150,160,170,175,190
Conditioning around 10 min, clock was mistakenly stopped by another trainer before I finished the last two rounds.
No extra, cause my scrub ass didn’t qualify this year.
Oh, and I only used 1 bar for conditioning, and only added 10lbs per round, so did 95,105,115,125,135.
A week off
We traveled back to Philly, where the only WOD we did was 12.5. I improved by 3 thrusters from last year for 95.
I finished the Open at 236 in NorCal and 3814 in the world. An improvement of 105 places in region and 139 in the world with approximately double the competition. I'm not happy but I'll take it. The improvement despite the steeper competition makes me want to take this further.
Eight years until Masters...
Thursday:
Squat clean 3x3 warm ups & 3x3@50%
For time:
5 Rope Climbs 15′
15 Ring Dips
30 KB Snatch 24/16kg (15/15r)
3 Rope Climbs 15′
15 Ring Dips
20 KB Snatch 24/16kg
1 Rope Climb
15 Ring Dips
10 KB Snatch 24/16kg
9:50
Friday:
BB Gymnastics
1) Snatch From Blocks (just below knee): 3X2 @ 75%, 2X2 @ 80% – rest 75 sec-115, 125
2) Clean From Blocks (just below knee): 3X2 @ 75%, 2X2 @ 80% – rest 75 sec-155, 175
3) 4X2 Heaving Snatch Balance – heavier than last week, rest 75 sec-95, 105, 115, 125
Strength
1X20 Back Squat @175
Then...
Part A:
3 rounds for working time of:
10 Push Press 135/95#
15 HR Pushups
20 Pullups
*Rest 2 minutes after each round.
-Rest 10 minutes between parts.
Part B:
6 minute AMRAP of:
7 Hang Power Cleans @ 185/120#
11 Ring Dips
14 T2B
Part A:
4:22 working time (push pressed 105)
Part B:
2 rounds plus pwr clns (cleaned 135)
I finished the Open at 236 in NorCal and 3814 in the world. An improvement of 105 places in region and 139 in the world with approximately double the competition. I'm not happy but I'll take it. The improvement despite the steeper competition makes me want to take this further.
Eight years until Masters...
Thursday:
Squat clean 3x3 warm ups & 3x3@50%
For time:
5 Rope Climbs 15′
15 Ring Dips
30 KB Snatch 24/16kg (15/15r)
3 Rope Climbs 15′
15 Ring Dips
20 KB Snatch 24/16kg
1 Rope Climb
15 Ring Dips
10 KB Snatch 24/16kg
9:50
Friday:
BB Gymnastics
1) Snatch From Blocks (just below knee): 3X2 @ 75%, 2X2 @ 80% – rest 75 sec-115, 125
2) Clean From Blocks (just below knee): 3X2 @ 75%, 2X2 @ 80% – rest 75 sec-155, 175
3) 4X2 Heaving Snatch Balance – heavier than last week, rest 75 sec-95, 105, 115, 125
Strength
1X20 Back Squat @175
Then...
Part A:
3 rounds for working time of:
10 Push Press 135/95#
15 HR Pushups
20 Pullups
*Rest 2 minutes after each round.
-Rest 10 minutes between parts.
Part B:
6 minute AMRAP of:
7 Hang Power Cleans @ 185/120#
11 Ring Dips
14 T2B
Part A:
4:22 working time (push pressed 105)
Part B:
2 rounds plus pwr clns (cleaned 135)
20120315
BB Gymnastics
20 minutes to establish a 1RM Power Clean.
Took a warm up, started the clock at 115, hit 135, 155, 185, jumped to 205, failed, dropped to 190, then 195, then with 0:01 left I stood up 200. It was like a muscle clean, I think I would have PRed over my squat clean if I hadn't jumped and had warmed up better. Feeling stronger than I have in a while.
Conditioning
8 minute AMRAP of:
10 DB Thrusters 30/20#
10 GHD Situps
10 Inverted Burpees
10 GHD Situps
10 Inverted Burpees
I did 3 rounds plus the thrusters. 12.4 has just come out and the first athelete in our gym was going through, so I got distracted.
I skipped out of AMRAP 5 strict TGU's cause I am tired.
Old dogs need more rest.
20120314
Rick Ross on a rope chain
1a) 7X2 Hang Snatch High-Pulls + 1 Hang Snatch (full squat) – heaviest possible, rest 60 sec.
1b) 7X3 Snatch Grip Behind the Neck Push Press – heaviest possible, rest 60 sec.
Then 5 rounds for total time of:
Row 250m
25 Perfectly Vertical KBS 70lbs
*Rest 2 minutes between rounds.
Lastly, pull sled 200mx4, 1:1 rest/work ration.
1a/1b- 85/95, 105/115, 115/135, 125/165, 135/185, 145/185, 150/185
WOD 14:33 total work time
10:00 later, tied a rope to a vest to a prowler with a total weight of 175 and walked.
The first in 200m in 4:03, 2nd in 3:20, 3rd-3:03, 4th-3:10
1b) 7X3 Snatch Grip Behind the Neck Push Press – heaviest possible, rest 60 sec.
Then 5 rounds for total time of:
Row 250m
25 Perfectly Vertical KBS 70lbs
*Rest 2 minutes between rounds.
Lastly, pull sled 200mx4, 1:1 rest/work ration.
1a/1b- 85/95, 105/115, 115/135, 125/165, 135/185, 145/185, 150/185
WOD 14:33 total work time
10:00 later, tied a rope to a vest to a prowler with a total weight of 175 and walked.
The first in 200m in 4:03, 2nd in 3:20, 3rd-3:03, 4th-3:10
20120313
Outlaw WODs continue
For a few weeks now I've followed outlawcoach.wordpress.com and it has been incredible.
Today's work:
Strength
1) Back Squats: 1X5 @ 60%, 1X5 @ 70%, 2X5 @ 75% – rest 2-3 minutes between sets.
2a) 3X8 Supinated Bent Over Rows – heavy, rest 60 sec.
2b) 3X8 Weighted GH Raise – heavy, rest 60 sec.
Conditioning
5 rounds for time of:
6 Muscle Ups
9 Front Squats @ 185/120#
Results:
1a 168, 196, 210, 210
2a 155, 185, 200
2b 1 body weight only, +10lbs for 2&3
WOD: did HSPU w/reg standard to let a huge hole in my right palm heal up, 155 FS from the floor.
14:18
Today's work:
Strength
1) Back Squats: 1X5 @ 60%, 1X5 @ 70%, 2X5 @ 75% – rest 2-3 minutes between sets.
2a) 3X8 Supinated Bent Over Rows – heavy, rest 60 sec.
2b) 3X8 Weighted GH Raise – heavy, rest 60 sec.
Conditioning
5 rounds for time of:
6 Muscle Ups
9 Front Squats @ 185/120#
Results:
1a 168, 196, 210, 210
2a 155, 185, 200
2b 1 body weight only, +10lbs for 2&3
WOD: did HSPU w/reg standard to let a huge hole in my right palm heal up, 155 FS from the floor.
14:18
20120302
It hurt
But despite the hurt I pulled myself under the bar 60 times for 12.2 today.
Hell of a lot of fun to do it too.
Hell of a lot of fun to do it too.
20120228
Si tu amet esse mutum te melius lenta.
12.1 is done and I finished with 119 burpees, puttting me in the top 10% of NorCal and the top 18% worldwide. This gap will widen, certianly, but I'll enjoy these minor things while they last.
More importantly I finished a first full week on the outlaw way and started week two without a hitch.
More importantly I finished a first full week on the outlaw way and started week two without a hitch.
20120222
T.o.W. 3 and Games OWD 1 released
WOD 120222:
BB Gymnastics
20 minutes Snatch technique work.
Notes: Focus on bar path and footwork. Bar should be as close to the body as possible throughout the entire lift, and if you move your feet MAKE SURE you are not jumping forward.Conditioning
3 rounds for time of:
Run 400m
Row 400m
20 KBS 24/16kg
Notes: Perform all work at around a 90% effort. Concentrate on controlling breathing and staying “comfortable” during the entire piece. There is no need for a perfect KB standard.Midline
1a) 3×3(each arm) TGU – medium/heavy, rest 60 sec.
1b) 3×10 Fast UB T2B – rest 60 sec.
Looking forward to 7 minutes of burpees.
Worked for 20 on snatch technique, from empty bar to 125, no big jumps, worked high hang, above knee, jumped back a little with light weights, tried to get over that habit. Had some good and some ugly.
13:59 on conditioning
tgu-3×3 @25lb, followed by quickest 10 UB t2b I could muster after each
20120221
ToW day 2
WOD 120221:
BB Gymnastics
1a) 5×1 1 Power Clean + 1 Hang Squat Clean – heaviest possible, rest 60 sec.
1b) 5×1 1 Push Jerk + 1 Split Jerk – heaviest possible, rest 60 sec.
2a) 3×5 Flat Footed Clean Hi-Pulls – heaviest possible, rest 60 sec.
Notes: Pull should end at least at nipple height and with elbows as high and wide as possible. Keep the full foot in contact with the for the entire movement.
2b) 3×5 Dip Squat @ 120% of heaviest 1b rep, rest 60 sec.
Notes: The Dip Squat is simply the dip portion of a jerk. DO NOT allow the torso to pitch forward or the heals to leave the ground. These should be very heavy.
Conditioning (pain threshold training)
4 rounds for total working time of:
15 UB Push Press 115/75#
50 Double-Unders
15 UB OHS 115/75#
*Rest 2 minutes between each round.
Notes: Sets of PP and OHS should be performed unbroken, but if you cannot, every time the BB touches the floor there is a 20 Burpee penalty to be performed exactly 2 minutes after completion of the last round.
*After completing the above piece rest 5 minutes, then:
5 minute AMRAP of:
STRICT HSPU
BB G 1a/b 145/145 165/185, 190F/200F 190/200
2a/b 135/240, 155/240, 155/240
Did WOD as RX but did 3 rds, kinda , total time was 15:09, so 11:09 of work
Also failed to do my 40 burpees, so I suck, but oh wait, I also only managed 1 strict HSPU, two more attempts yielded 0 on both, so spent last two minutes practicing with bands to get good form.
All in all second day on the Outlaw Way felt great.
BB Gymnastics
1a) 5×1 1 Power Clean + 1 Hang Squat Clean – heaviest possible, rest 60 sec.
1b) 5×1 1 Push Jerk + 1 Split Jerk – heaviest possible, rest 60 sec.
2a) 3×5 Flat Footed Clean Hi-Pulls – heaviest possible, rest 60 sec.
Notes: Pull should end at least at nipple height and with elbows as high and wide as possible. Keep the full foot in contact with the for the entire movement.
2b) 3×5 Dip Squat @ 120% of heaviest 1b rep, rest 60 sec.
Notes: The Dip Squat is simply the dip portion of a jerk. DO NOT allow the torso to pitch forward or the heals to leave the ground. These should be very heavy.
Conditioning (pain threshold training)
4 rounds for total working time of:
15 UB Push Press 115/75#
50 Double-Unders
15 UB OHS 115/75#
*Rest 2 minutes between each round.
Notes: Sets of PP and OHS should be performed unbroken, but if you cannot, every time the BB touches the floor there is a 20 Burpee penalty to be performed exactly 2 minutes after completion of the last round.
*After completing the above piece rest 5 minutes, then:
5 minute AMRAP of:
STRICT HSPU
BB G 1a/b 145/145 165/185, 190F/200F 190/200
2a/b 135/240, 155/240, 155/240
Did WOD as RX but did 3 rds, kinda , total time was 15:09, so 11:09 of work
Also failed to do my 40 burpees, so I suck, but oh wait, I also only managed 1 strict HSPU, two more attempts yielded 0 on both, so spent last two minutes practicing with bands to get good form.
All in all second day on the Outlaw Way felt great.
20120220
The Outlaw Way
Strength
1) Back Squat: 1X5 @ 60%, 1X3 @ 70%, 1X2 @ 80%, 1X2 @ 90%, 1X1 95% – rest 2-3 min. between each set.
Did these as singles, not sure if that's right.
170, 195, 225, 250, 265
2a) 4X10 UB Weighted C2B Pullups – heaviest possible (vests may be used), rest 60 sec.
2b) Front Squats: 1X5 @ 65%, 1X4 @ 70%, 1X4 @ 80%, 1X4 @ 85% – rest 60 sec.
10@18, 155, 10@21, 170, 10@24, 170, 10@30, 190, 10@36, 205
Conditioning
20 minutes to get as far as possible:
30’ Sled Pull 180/135#
20 Row for Calories
10 OH Walking Lunges 135/95#
then…
60’ Sled Pull 180/135#
40 Row for Calories
20 OH Walking Lunges 135/95#
etc…
Notes: The sled pulls should be performed with a 15’ rope attached to the sled. Pulling is hand over hand (think final event at the 2011 games. Distance should be acquired by setting up 2 cones 30’ apart. After pulling the total length of rope, back pedal and repeat.
Scaled OHWL to 95. I did two rounds and got up to 35 of 49 oH walking lines in third. Pull about 30' before each rd 2&3 before realizing I must OH WL first-idiot.
Gonna be dumb you better get tough .
1) Back Squat: 1X5 @ 60%, 1X3 @ 70%, 1X2 @ 80%, 1X2 @ 90%, 1X1 95% – rest 2-3 min. between each set.
Did these as singles, not sure if that's right.
170, 195, 225, 250, 265
2a) 4X10 UB Weighted C2B Pullups – heaviest possible (vests may be used), rest 60 sec.
2b) Front Squats: 1X5 @ 65%, 1X4 @ 70%, 1X4 @ 80%, 1X4 @ 85% – rest 60 sec.
10@18, 155, 10@21, 170, 10@24, 170, 10@30, 190, 10@36, 205
Conditioning
20 minutes to get as far as possible:
30’ Sled Pull 180/135#
20 Row for Calories
10 OH Walking Lunges 135/95#
then…
60’ Sled Pull 180/135#
40 Row for Calories
20 OH Walking Lunges 135/95#
etc…
Notes: The sled pulls should be performed with a 15’ rope attached to the sled. Pulling is hand over hand (think final event at the 2011 games. Distance should be acquired by setting up 2 cones 30’ apart. After pulling the total length of rope, back pedal and repeat.
Scaled OHWL to 95. I did two rounds and got up to 35 of 49 oH walking lines in third. Pull about 30' before each rd 2&3 before realizing I must OH WL first-idiot.
Gonna be dumb you better get tough .
20120217
Back on the scene...
Today's work:
Mobility work on the hips, jumped a bunch of boxes in a row a few times as play. Ring pushups.
Dynamic effort: 10x1 back squats @60% of 1RM (160)
WOD:
50 box jumps
25 parallette push ups
40 bj
20 ppu
30 bj
15 ppu
20 bj
10 ppu
12:50
Wore 36lb vest, jumped up stepped down in box jumps.
Post WOD 1- 400m farmers carry w/vest on and 70 lbs or KBs.
Post WoD 2- 5 burpees on minute for 10 minutes. Hard fast full extension of everything style burpees.
Mobility work on the hips, jumped a bunch of boxes in a row a few times as play. Ring pushups.
Dynamic effort: 10x1 back squats @60% of 1RM (160)
WOD:
50 box jumps
25 parallette push ups
40 bj
20 ppu
30 bj
15 ppu
20 bj
10 ppu
12:50
Wore 36lb vest, jumped up stepped down in box jumps.
Post WOD 1- 400m farmers carry w/vest on and 70 lbs or KBs.
Post WoD 2- 5 burpees on minute for 10 minutes. Hard fast full extension of everything style burpees.
20120215
Get it together
Not sure if I ever will, but I will not stop trying. Ever.
Good mornings 3,3,3,3,3 worked to 170
Five rounds, for time:
15 rope pull ups
10 ring dips
10 good mornings @95
10 sit ups
12:30
Good mornings 3,3,3,3,3 worked to 170
Five rounds, for time:
15 rope pull ups
10 ring dips
10 good mornings @95
10 sit ups
12:30
20120208
20120113
Respect. Walk.
Still subbing upper body exercises due to the no pushing no pulling, but those dark days are half way over.
Last night, with the 4pm class:
30 walking barbell lunges at half body weight.
9 pistol-rolling-to-candlestick per leg
20 walking lunges
6 prtc per leg
10 walking lunges
7:24
The 5 sets of 3 Bulgarian split squats wearing two 20lb vests
Last night, with the 4pm class:
30 walking barbell lunges at half body weight.
9 pistol-rolling-to-candlestick per leg
20 walking lunges
6 prtc per leg
10 walking lunges
7:24
The 5 sets of 3 Bulgarian split squats wearing two 20lb vests
20120112
Run, shoot and scoot
Yesterday,
800m run
Three rounds
25 20lb wall ball shots 18in above reach
25 GHD sit ups
800m run
13:21
800m run
Three rounds
25 20lb wall ball shots 18in above reach
25 GHD sit ups
800m run
13:21
20120109
Careful or your ass may explode.
So after one week of training nothing but trunk and legs I tried to back squat for a new 1RM on Saturday. Probably not the best idea I've ever had in my life. I warmed up and mobilized hip flexors and hamstrings. I hit a few sets on the empty bar and started to climb I weight.
Back squat: 95x5, 135x3, 185x2, 225, 250, 275 (5lb off 1rm and feeling easy), 285, FAIL. Huge fail, like bowel shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse fail.
The heavy barbell got in my head again. Loaded up 250 to get some confidence back, FAIL AGAIN. Like dropped down on my knees kinda fail. Took a moment, tried to clear my head and went back to the barbell.
235 check, 245, check, 255, check, 265, check, 275 Fail again, but tired now, I know I've taken a pinch of the hair of the dog who bit me, and I'm fine.
Mobility and out.
Back squat: 95x5, 135x3, 185x2, 225, 250, 275 (5lb off 1rm and feeling easy), 285, FAIL. Huge fail, like bowel shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse fail.
The heavy barbell got in my head again. Loaded up 250 to get some confidence back, FAIL AGAIN. Like dropped down on my knees kinda fail. Took a moment, tried to clear my head and went back to the barbell.
235 check, 245, check, 255, check, 265, check, 275 Fail again, but tired now, I know I've taken a pinch of the hair of the dog who bit me, and I'm fine.
Mobility and out.
20120106
Two days full
I should not have been working out today, but I did.
Yesterday:
Good mornings 3reps of : 95, 135, 170x3
Then AMRAP 20 of 7 big box jumps, 12 left handed Russian KB swings 16kg and 200m run. Did 12&reps of Ed 13. Fun except for the massive pain and scarring. Fer reel.
Today did 5 rnds moderate weight lunges down and back on the course. Did 45, 65, 95, 115, & 145.
The WOD was three rds for time of medium box jumps, v ups and 300m run. Did it wearing 20lb vest in 9:34. Then did 150 air squats for time in 3:34.
Hips are tired after four days on, ooops.
Yesterday:
Good mornings 3reps of : 95, 135, 170x3
Then AMRAP 20 of 7 big box jumps, 12 left handed Russian KB swings 16kg and 200m run. Did 12&reps of Ed 13. Fun except for the massive pain and scarring. Fer reel.
Today did 5 rnds moderate weight lunges down and back on the course. Did 45, 65, 95, 115, & 145.
The WOD was three rds for time of medium box jumps, v ups and 300m run. Did it wearing 20lb vest in 9:34. Then did 150 air squats for time in 3:34.
Hips are tired after four days on, ooops.
20120104
Front Squats and sprints
Day two of the return to arms, and here I am blogging again. HFS.
Warmed up playing around with agility ladder and forward rolls, not much to that but it is fun.
Mobilized the hips, probably need to mobilize the shoulder a wee bit more next time I front squat, especially since I worked on a new position yesterday, pinching my scapulae and getting the arm back into a position tight in the shoulder socket by getting a wider hand position on the barbell.
Front Squats: 3,3,3,3,3 worked from 135 up to 190, 205, 215, 220, 225 for 3, which beat my last 3rm of 210. Was told it looked light, but I am at times reluctant to go too aggressive so I took my 15lb PR and moved on.
WOD was 15 FS@135, run to olympia (800m), 10 FS run to Elder (400m) and 5 FS run to CA (~200m) in 7:12
Some paleo chair, some roller work on the hip flexor and glutes and out. Again, with FS I need to remember to do some shoulder work.
Warmed up playing around with agility ladder and forward rolls, not much to that but it is fun.
Mobilized the hips, probably need to mobilize the shoulder a wee bit more next time I front squat, especially since I worked on a new position yesterday, pinching my scapulae and getting the arm back into a position tight in the shoulder socket by getting a wider hand position on the barbell.
Front Squats: 3,3,3,3,3 worked from 135 up to 190, 205, 215, 220, 225 for 3, which beat my last 3rm of 210. Was told it looked light, but I am at times reluctant to go too aggressive so I took my 15lb PR and moved on.
WOD was 15 FS@135, run to olympia (800m), 10 FS run to Elder (400m) and 5 FS run to CA (~200m) in 7:12
Some paleo chair, some roller work on the hip flexor and glutes and out. Again, with FS I need to remember to do some shoulder work.
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| Did I mention we are expecting? Puts it all in perspective. Note the virtual in utero high five. Clutch, |
20120103
Gonna WOD all day, Gonna WOD all night...
Yesterday, the return to arms 2012 began. At least, I started working out on my latest programming, which ironically involves no use of the arms (or very, very little).
Interested parties may seek the program here. Uninterested parties may go and flog themselves.
First day of first week lacking any fists of fury:
Back Squats 3,3,3,3,3 @ 235. Felt heavy, legs weak. Looking down again, need to get head and chest to stay up without craning neck.
WOD:
4 rounds, for time of 12 sandbag waling lunges and 21 deck squats in 8:09
No time for post WOD mobility as I had two classes to teach and be jealous of as they did "Death by Pull Ups".
Interested parties may seek the program here. Uninterested parties may go and flog themselves.
First day of first week lacking any fists of fury:
Back Squats 3,3,3,3,3 @ 235. Felt heavy, legs weak. Looking down again, need to get head and chest to stay up without craning neck.
WOD:
4 rounds, for time of 12 sandbag waling lunges and 21 deck squats in 8:09
because she can, that's why...
20120102
On misfits & resolutions
So here's to another year of health and happiness!
I was wondering if I should come up with a list of resolution. But I've kind of given up on resolutions because sometimes my goals just don't fit in with reality. Not that I'm unrealistic or insane. I think resolutions are all well and good, but the ideas I come up with of what I should do become misfits among my actions-what I can or will do--because they just don't fit in. I often aim too damn high or way off the mark.
In my pursuit of wellness and health I still believe there isn't much to it than to do it. You must only resolve to be resolute. "There is no try, just do." So instead of making resolutions to change, I've going to be resolute and continue to do what I do best: put in work.
30 days are programmed out with no upper body activity (or very little), due to a bout of medial epicondilytis (golfer's elbow) that has been giving me pain for a few months.
I was wondering if I should come up with a list of resolution. But I've kind of given up on resolutions because sometimes my goals just don't fit in with reality. Not that I'm unrealistic or insane. I think resolutions are all well and good, but the ideas I come up with of what I should do become misfits among my actions-what I can or will do--because they just don't fit in. I often aim too damn high or way off the mark.
In my pursuit of wellness and health I still believe there isn't much to it than to do it. You must only resolve to be resolute. "There is no try, just do." So instead of making resolutions to change, I've going to be resolute and continue to do what I do best: put in work.
30 days are programmed out with no upper body activity (or very little), due to a bout of medial epicondilytis (golfer's elbow) that has been giving me pain for a few months.
I will be breaking my back (hopefully not literally) trying to get really strong legs for the next few months. Lots of squat variations, high-bar, low-bar, sandbags, front squats and maybe zerchers along with lunges, good mornings and tons of work for the abs and low back. Running, sprinting, jumping will abound. Not sure if 30 days will be enough but what I do know it that I have to change my routine or I will be toast by the CF Games Open. And since I eat Paleo, well, you know that toast is bad.
20111103
Catching up
Isn't that exactly what we all want to do?
This week I've taken some time off for catching up and recovery. Started off ok with a 4:18 Grace, a PR by 1:04. Two days later hit dynamic squats, two on the minute for 10 rds, working from 95 to 205. That same day did Diane with lighter weight and a deficit. That did it. Every bit of recovery I made from the cold that started two weeks ago disappeared. Maybe I've been hitting it too hard, or at least too hard for being sick. All signs point to overtraining: slight cold, body aches, fatigued and listless.
The OC Throwdown online qualifiers were during this same time period, which could have been better. I admittedly went after them as hard as I could, barring repeating them, but didn't do anywhere near as well as I would have liked. Time, as they say, takes its toll. Maybe my run for the Games isn't quite happening this year... Or maybe ever.
One qualifier WOD left to do, and I feel like refried monkey ass. Not much I can do but take a few days off and reattack on Saturday.
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, ‘press on’ has solved, and always will solve, the problems of the human race.” - Calvin Coolidge
This week I've taken some time off for catching up and recovery. Started off ok with a 4:18 Grace, a PR by 1:04. Two days later hit dynamic squats, two on the minute for 10 rds, working from 95 to 205. That same day did Diane with lighter weight and a deficit. That did it. Every bit of recovery I made from the cold that started two weeks ago disappeared. Maybe I've been hitting it too hard, or at least too hard for being sick. All signs point to overtraining: slight cold, body aches, fatigued and listless.
The OC Throwdown online qualifiers were during this same time period, which could have been better. I admittedly went after them as hard as I could, barring repeating them, but didn't do anywhere near as well as I would have liked. Time, as they say, takes its toll. Maybe my run for the Games isn't quite happening this year... Or maybe ever.
One qualifier WOD left to do, and I feel like refried monkey ass. Not much I can do but take a few days off and reattack on Saturday.
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, ‘press on’ has solved, and always will solve, the problems of the human race.” - Calvin Coolidge
20111018
So I guess I have to stop sucking at this, huh?
WEEKS HAVE GONE BY AND STILL I FAIL TO BLOG.
Sorry kids, school is demanding...
Sorry kids, school is demanding...
20111007
Apparently its harder than I thought....
So by now I realize I may have, well, skipped about two weeks, maybe three weeks of posting to this blog.
Not that it's a good thing. But I realize I've made that mistake again, it's getting to be a bad habit.
Time to get back on the wagon.
The past three days consisted of the below WODs.
Tues:
"Nasty Girls"
3 rds for time
50 squats
7 muscle ups
10 hang power cleans"
in 9:48--PR
Weds:
"Bradley"
10 rounds
100m run
10 pull ups
100m run
10 burpees
30 sec rest
26:34 (long runs the first 13 rounds, whoops)
Thurs:
9, 6, 3 rep rounds, for time of:
Deadlifts (M=225)
Squat Clean & Jerk
(M=135)
Thrusters (M=115)
Overhead Squats (M=95)
1 minute rest
*load a 45# bar in the following order 25#, then 2 10# plates, then 45#, in the rest, put it back on, yay
14:38, painful
Not that it's a good thing. But I realize I've made that mistake again, it's getting to be a bad habit.
Time to get back on the wagon.
The past three days consisted of the below WODs.
Tues:
"Nasty Girls"
3 rds for time
50 squats
7 muscle ups
10 hang power cleans"
in 9:48--PR
Weds:
"Bradley"
10 rounds
100m run
10 pull ups
100m run
10 burpees
30 sec rest
26:34 (long runs the first 13 rounds, whoops)
Thurs:
9, 6, 3 rep rounds, for time of:
Deadlifts (M=225)
Squat Clean & Jerk
(M=135)
Thrusters (M=115)
Overhead Squats (M=95)
1 minute rest
*load a 45# bar in the following order 25#, then 2 10# plates, then 45#, in the rest, put it back on, yay
14:38, painful
20110918
Round two of 8
How hard could this be?
That actually was a fair estimate, so far. Three on/one off allows for a great amount of recovery balanced with a fair opportunity to create some intensity. I need both.
That actually was a fair estimate, so far. Three on/one off allows for a great amount of recovery balanced with a fair opportunity to create some intensity. I need both.
20110914
30 days of 3 on 1 off
How hard could this be? Wow--I just said that. I've heard so many people say something similar about so many white board work outs. It is usually the one that looks so easy that turns out to be so damn hard.
That said, I've committed to a 30 day challenge of three WODs followed by one rest day. I may/may not choose to do a second endurance or strength WOD once or twice during each cycle but the point will be to maximize intensity in the three day period and forcing myself to rest more often than I have been in my last two programs.
This may have the additional benefit of making time in my uber-busy military student athlete calendar to write more blog posts. Lord knows I should keep better track of what is working and what is not working via this blog.
Our first three day cycle looked like this:
That said, I've committed to a 30 day challenge of three WODs followed by one rest day. I may/may not choose to do a second endurance or strength WOD once or twice during each cycle but the point will be to maximize intensity in the three day period and forcing myself to rest more often than I have been in my last two programs.
This may have the additional benefit of making time in my uber-busy military student athlete calendar to write more blog posts. Lord knows I should keep better track of what is working and what is not working via this blog.
Our first three day cycle looked like this:
20110911
Travis Manion 9/11 Heroes 5k
Today Tiffany and I ran a 5k for the Travis Manion Foundation. Good causes are always in need, we were glad to do our part.
It's hard to beleive it is 9/11/2011, marking a full 10 years since the attacks on America. So many lives have been touched. Its hard to believe, and its sometimes hard to bear. Too many deployments, too many missed moments, too many lives lost, too much sorrow to count.
It's hard to beleive it is 9/11/2011, marking a full 10 years since the attacks on America. So many lives have been touched. Its hard to believe, and its sometimes hard to bear. Too many deployments, too many missed moments, too many lives lost, too much sorrow to count.
20110906
Weeks go by...
...and still I cannot figure out how to stay on top of this training log.
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20110829
Catching up again
So yesterday finally was my L1 test. Done and done. I think I did well except for a few outlier questions that gave me HARD time, but I just don't spend too much time thinking about the myriad ways one can express power output and functional recruitment of musculature from core to extremities. We'll see how that goes, and I cannot wait to see how the L2 testing eventually turns out. Having passed it once, I am ready to be tested again and hope I do as well the 2nd time.
Last week's training:
-Monday and Wednesday's lifts I varied slightly. Instead of working to heavy single I limited it to 7 attempts total and for the dynamic sets instead of working up to a set across I did a few warm-ups and then started low, increasing weight with each reps.
Mon: C&J worked up to 190 in 6 singles, repeated 190 due to a slow press out at the top of the jerk. Snatch started at 105, did 15 singles, worked up to 150FLx3, did 145FLx1, made it for 3 then did 150
Tues: PM BS 250 3x5 then 1k row 3:47.9
Weds: AM- 5 triples working to a heavy 3 rep snatch for the day, worked up to 130 for 3 then did C&J on the 2:00x10 worked up to 200 on 9th, made it. 205 on the tenth didn't fare as well. Got under it and bailed. PM-Nate RX 12 rds 2 m/u and 1 HSPU attempt... 4 rd & 2 rep PR
Thurs: FS 3 sets of 5 at 215. No Conditioning.
Tiffany and I discussed doing a month of the mainpage to challenge ourselves. I wonder if that's even possible anymore. More to follow on that.
Last week's training:
-Monday and Wednesday's lifts I varied slightly. Instead of working to heavy single I limited it to 7 attempts total and for the dynamic sets instead of working up to a set across I did a few warm-ups and then started low, increasing weight with each reps.
Mon: C&J worked up to 190 in 6 singles, repeated 190 due to a slow press out at the top of the jerk. Snatch started at 105, did 15 singles, worked up to 150FLx3, did 145FLx1, made it for 3 then did 150
Tues: PM BS 250 3x5 then 1k row 3:47.9
Weds: AM- 5 triples working to a heavy 3 rep snatch for the day, worked up to 130 for 3 then did C&J on the 2:00x10 worked up to 200 on 9th, made it. 205 on the tenth didn't fare as well. Got under it and bailed. PM-Nate RX 12 rds 2 m/u and 1 HSPU attempt... 4 rd & 2 rep PR
Thurs: FS 3 sets of 5 at 215. No Conditioning.
Tiffany and I discussed doing a month of the mainpage to challenge ourselves. I wonder if that's even possible anymore. More to follow on that.
20110822
FGB 6 time.
Marble
by Scott Zagarino
Marble starts out as a chunk of stone rooted in the ground that resists removal from its station mightily. It takes brute force to uproot it from its place. Then as an ugly, stubborn chunk it has to be moved by heavy equipment to a place to be cut, shaped and polished until what was once an ugly piece of the earth becomes a beautiful, hard surface brought into service as a floor or a kitchen counter.
There is one more purpose it serves that rises far above the mundane household uses. What was once of the earth becomes of the spirit when it marks a life no longer lived. Most times it marks the cradle to grave passing of a person of the everyday accomplishment of a father, son, brother, sister or friend.
But occasionally there is a rock dug from the earth meant to mark an extraordinary and heroic life. Not long ago I stood before just that special piece of marble on a small piece of ground off the beaten path at the Special Operations Warrior memorial wall in Florida. As I walked from the parking lot and caught my first glance of the yards of cool black marble inscribed to honor and memorialize men and women who had given the most precious thing given to all of us, their lives, I began to feel. It was a feeling of appreciation that any words I write here could not begin to describe.
The black, veined rock had come to a confluence of rest with the souls of people who walk among us but not with us. There was one name I searched for because I knew at least a part of the story that caused the marble slab to bear his name. After walking around the memorial feeling more and more a mixture of sadness, appreciation and a kind of awe took over that I may have felt sometime before, but couldn't remember when.
Then as if I had always been meant to stand in that place, I found myself standing in front of a small, square piece of black marble with the carefully carved inscription, "Lt Michael P Murphy." I disappeared into a sobbing, shattered shadow of the person I had been when I'd woken in my hotel that morning. What was left of Lt Murphy was not a piece of rock, it was a reminder of the heights each of us are capable of rising to from one singular motivation. A motivation I, and most of us, rarely recognize, acknowledge or ever have the chance to act on. A motivation that is the very quality we each squander daily as we race through our lives of never enough. A motivation that makes everything else in the world pale and disappear into the background. The motivation wrought by our total and complete love for our brothers and sisters.
For Michael Murphy, that meant making the choice to stand up, as bullets flew through and by him, pick up a satellite phone and make a phone call that I am sure he knew would be the last act of this life. That phone call was a plea for anyone on the other end to please come to the rescue of his brothers who were being torn apart by enemy fire that there was no escape from. And then Lt Michael Murphy was gone.
But I met Michael Murphy. I met him on a wall sitting in a patch of grass in a small field in Florida. I met him, because that piece of marble that had been so stubborn and rugged would forever stand in that place to remind me, and anyone who stands before it, we all have a chance to rise. We all have a chance to give and serve something precious to us to someone and something bigger than ourselves.
Before I left that place, I rubbed my hand across that cold, dark slab and made a vow to Lt Murphy. Writing this now it may sound insignificant given what he'd given me, but I promised him that as long as there was a Fight Gone Bad I would do everything I could to make sure he was not forgotten, and that as many people as I could reach would not forget him either. At least for seventeen minutes once a year.
On September 17th, every one of us has a chance to rise above ourselves, throw some money in the hat for the people we can help, and say thank you to Lt. Michael Murphy for reminding us who we can be. He gave us the chance to be heroic in our own way.
Let us not, in the words of Theodore Roosevelt, "....be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
Lt. Murphy will never stand or lie in that place.
I hope you'll join us this year on September 17th.
www.fgb6.org20110820
Same day, different week.
Saturday returns and I'm still lifting, still WODing and still behind on everything I do. Oh and yesterday I turned 36. We celebrated with a nice dinner out and followed it up by attending a 3 hour Olympic Weightlifting seminar with Ben Claridad at CrossFit Monterey.
This week saw another PR and some random METCONs at pretty heavy weight.
Mon: Worked up to a 150 snatch and hit 180 C&J every 2:00 for 8 min.
Tues: AM--3x5 Back Squat @ 240 and Tabata KB swing w/53lb (9) Followed immediately by 2:00 D/U (53) PM--max weighted M/U 55Lb vest, 3x5 Press @105
Weds: Offcycle WOD, 3RM OHS PR @185, and PR 1 RM OHS @ 200, then 5 rds of 5 DL @275, 5 deadhang P/U and 5 burpee box jumps in 6:00
Thurs: FS 3 sets of 5 at 205 then 5 rds of shasta run, 15 box jumps (24) and 15 95lb thrusters
23:55
And today, working for about 3 hours on points of performance on the Snatch, Clean and Jerk I worked up to a PR 205Lbs Clean and Jerk. Ben and his crew put on a great clinic, I was very happy to learn what they offer.
This week saw another PR and some random METCONs at pretty heavy weight.
Mon: Worked up to a 150 snatch and hit 180 C&J every 2:00 for 8 min.
Tues: AM--3x5 Back Squat @ 240 and Tabata KB swing w/53lb (9) Followed immediately by 2:00 D/U (53) PM--max weighted M/U 55Lb vest, 3x5 Press @105
Weds: Offcycle WOD, 3RM OHS PR @185, and PR 1 RM OHS @ 200, then 5 rds of 5 DL @275, 5 deadhang P/U and 5 burpee box jumps in 6:00
Thurs: FS 3 sets of 5 at 205 then 5 rds of shasta run, 15 box jumps (24) and 15 95lb thrusters
23:55
And today, working for about 3 hours on points of performance on the Snatch, Clean and Jerk I worked up to a PR 205Lbs Clean and Jerk. Ben and his crew put on a great clinic, I was very happy to learn what they offer.
20110814
L1 test, what?!
Sitting here in San Jose, reading (well... blogging but I should be reading) the revised CrossFit Level 1 handbook, I'm forced to realize how many different irons I have in the fire. So much to fill a plate, when does it end.
PRs this past 10 days:
Fran
Deadlift
Elizabeth
Max muscle ups in 10 minutes
Consequetive bar muscle ups
and most importantly...
...drumroll....
...the snatch.
We went to the CF Games, my nephew came to visit for a week. I got my first perfect score on an Algebra quiz since... well, probably the first one ever.
Oh, and I spoke with Greg Amundson of CF Santa Cruz OG/CF Amundson fame about this little CF Jarhead project of mine. It might not be such a dead letter office deal after all, or who knows, maybe CF NPS was a better idea after all.
Now I sit here all not studying to take my L1 exam, so I can get all bona-fide and such. Between this beautiful lady who enthralls me, the CrossFit stuff, writing a few papers and taking some quizzes, it is what I call my life. Simple and unelegant but utterly mine and I wouldn't trade it for a thing.
PRs this past 10 days:
Fran
Deadlift
Elizabeth
Max muscle ups in 10 minutes
Consequetive bar muscle ups
and most importantly...
...drumroll....
...the snatch.
We went to the CF Games, my nephew came to visit for a week. I got my first perfect score on an Algebra quiz since... well, probably the first one ever.
Oh, and I spoke with Greg Amundson of CF Santa Cruz OG/CF Amundson fame about this little CF Jarhead project of mine. It might not be such a dead letter office deal after all, or who knows, maybe CF NPS was a better idea after all.
Now I sit here all not studying to take my L1 exam, so I can get all bona-fide and such. Between this beautiful lady who enthralls me, the CrossFit stuff, writing a few papers and taking some quizzes, it is what I call my life. Simple and unelegant but utterly mine and I wouldn't trade it for a thing.
20110811
Haven't been on the ball
But I have been in the gym. I've also been hosting my nephew I am and giving him an intro to CrossFit and life in graduate school. I don't think he's impressed that algebra never goes away, and surprisingly he likes 7am gym time.
20110806
Everything is better with BACON
... incredibly, even bacon.
Vosges Applewood Smoked Salt & Bacon 82% Cacao chocolate bars are not only bacony goodness, they are also the fuel that I speculate has made me hit two PRs in the past 48 hours.
-Over a minute off my Fran time, 4:48
-10 Lb deadlift PR, 365lbs.
I blame the bacon I snaked on over a few nights this week. Or maybe it's the Games high from last weekend, I don't care. Pass the bacony goodness.
Vosges Applewood Smoked Salt & Bacon 82% Cacao chocolate bars are not only bacony goodness, they are also the fuel that I speculate has made me hit two PRs in the past 48 hours.
-Over a minute off my Fran time, 4:48
-10 Lb deadlift PR, 365lbs.
I blame the bacon I snaked on over a few nights this week. Or maybe it's the Games high from last weekend, I don't care. Pass the bacony goodness.
20110804
Catching up
Yesterday, returned to the barbell for the snatch and the clean and jerk.
Heavy Snatch: warmed up pretty fast, and it took 3 attempts to pull 145 but it was solid in the end.
Clean and Jerk Volume: warmed up pretty high, didn't have any missed lifts for 10 reps of 175lbs every 2 minutes. Jerks didn't feel very fast or very strong this week.
On a gear note I bought some strength wraps at the Games in the vendor village. They felt much better than a few layers of cloth tape. I feel like they're going to more than earn back what I paid for them. Now I need a good 4 inch belt.
Heavy Snatch: warmed up pretty fast, and it took 3 attempts to pull 145 but it was solid in the end.
Clean and Jerk Volume: warmed up pretty high, didn't have any missed lifts for 10 reps of 175lbs every 2 minutes. Jerks didn't feel very fast or very strong this week.
On a gear note I bought some strength wraps at the Games in the vendor village. They felt much better than a few layers of cloth tape. I feel like they're going to more than earn back what I paid for them. Now I need a good 4 inch belt.
20110803
Another beginning
Lots of things learned over the 2011 Games Weekend. I have had a lot of time to reconsider why I train and think about how I train. Consistency has been my greatest flaw, so its got to be my focus this year as the 2012 Open approaches.
Will I make the Games? I have no idea, but I will try to make Regionals, wither individually or as a team. Whether realistic of not, that's my goal.
Yesterday 7AM:
5RM Back Squat, warmed up with 95, 135, 185 and hit 225 for 4 then 2. Definite strength gains shown, but not as much as I'd like.
This was followed by 3 rounds for time of 12 70lb swings, 12 24 inch box jumps and 500m hill runs. 8 min thrity-something, I didn't quite hear my time.
Yesterday at around Noon:
Very breif warm-Up and Stretch, followed by 3 rounds of 5 repsof:
175lb Pendlay Row
35lb weighted Pull Ups
I've decided to add pulling and pushing weighted Strength components to my two conditioning days during the week. I like the idea of increased volume, and I need the increased exposure to more exercises. While I'm no genius at programing I think that if I only do the Snatch & C&J than I'll only get stronger there. If I increase the number of exercises slightly, with some variety, it will provide the breadth and depth of strength I am looking for in an increased general physical preparation.
For pulling days I've picked Pendlay Rows, Sumo Deadlift High Pulls and Weigted pull ups. I'll cycle through these three exercises doing two each week, added weight each time, and alternating between 5x3 and 3x5.
For pushing days I thought that weighted push ups, presses and (shudder) bench press should do the trick. Again alternating between 3x5 and 5x3 and rotating exercises each 'pushing' day.
Along with that I finally went with a protein & recovery drink plan... PROGENEX got me. Since getting into Olympic Lifting I've leaned out, probably due to volume, to a bodyweight hovering right between 165-168. I'd like to add 15-20 lbs of muscle between now and New Years. I'll try to keep a record of any perceived effects to my general health or well-being. Since I've walked around at 180 before, I know I can do it. But that was years ago and I completely stopped running in that time. This time I want it to be good, lean muscle that won't go away as soon as I run a bit or stop supplementing.
Will I make the Games? I have no idea, but I will try to make Regionals, wither individually or as a team. Whether realistic of not, that's my goal.
Yesterday 7AM:
5RM Back Squat, warmed up with 95, 135, 185 and hit 225 for 4 then 2. Definite strength gains shown, but not as much as I'd like.
This was followed by 3 rounds for time of 12 70lb swings, 12 24 inch box jumps and 500m hill runs. 8 min thrity-something, I didn't quite hear my time.
Yesterday at around Noon:
Very breif warm-Up and Stretch, followed by 3 rounds of 5 repsof:
175lb Pendlay Row
35lb weighted Pull Ups
I've decided to add pulling and pushing weighted Strength components to my two conditioning days during the week. I like the idea of increased volume, and I need the increased exposure to more exercises. While I'm no genius at programing I think that if I only do the Snatch & C&J than I'll only get stronger there. If I increase the number of exercises slightly, with some variety, it will provide the breadth and depth of strength I am looking for in an increased general physical preparation.
For pulling days I've picked Pendlay Rows, Sumo Deadlift High Pulls and Weigted pull ups. I'll cycle through these three exercises doing two each week, added weight each time, and alternating between 5x3 and 3x5.
For pushing days I thought that weighted push ups, presses and (shudder) bench press should do the trick. Again alternating between 3x5 and 5x3 and rotating exercises each 'pushing' day.
Along with that I finally went with a protein & recovery drink plan... PROGENEX got me. Since getting into Olympic Lifting I've leaned out, probably due to volume, to a bodyweight hovering right between 165-168. I'd like to add 15-20 lbs of muscle between now and New Years. I'll try to keep a record of any perceived effects to my general health or well-being. Since I've walked around at 180 before, I know I can do it. But that was years ago and I completely stopped running in that time. This time I want it to be good, lean muscle that won't go away as soon as I run a bit or stop supplementing.
20110801
20110728
Games Games Games Games
Guess where I'm going?
Wednesday AM:
Heavy Snatch: 155 with aplomb.
Dynamic C&J: 170 10x1 on 2 min
Leaving tonight for the 2011 Reebok|CrossFit Games at the HDC in LA and I probably will not post or WOD until I get back, but we'll see.
Wednesday AM:
Heavy Snatch: 155 with aplomb.
Dynamic C&J: 170 10x1 on 2 min
Leaving tonight for the 2011 Reebok|CrossFit Games at the HDC in LA and I probably will not post or WOD until I get back, but we'll see.
20110726
Get into the week. Love it.
The 2011 CrossFit Games are coming. I'm excited, very excited.
Monday, heard back that this little blog does not an affiliate make. CF HQ let me know that without a presence on base, what I do doesn't quite hit the mark of military affiliate. More on that later, other things are more important right now. But I was perhaps a bit presumptuous and high-concept. When I train clients on base and we are on base, that's a military affiliate, that makes sense. In hindsight, it may have been ambitious to say the least.
Monday:
Warm Ups, included 135 back Squats & deadlifts as well as a 500m row with the standard mobility and practice lifts
Heavy Clean and Jerk, W/Us and worked to 175lbs
Snatches, 15x1 on a 1:30 clock all at 115lbs
Tuesday:
7am class. Uh, yes... SEVEN. A. M.
3x5 Back Squats at 205, along with 5x ring strength sequence
WOD, glorious WOD....
AMRAP in 10 minutes 5 deadlifts @275, 10 walking lunges, 15 push ups
8 rounds flat, good fun.
Still rocking the MCMAP sessions Friday AMs, going to have to work some fun into their warm ups eventually.
Monday, heard back that this little blog does not an affiliate make. CF HQ let me know that without a presence on base, what I do doesn't quite hit the mark of military affiliate. More on that later, other things are more important right now. But I was perhaps a bit presumptuous and high-concept. When I train clients on base and we are on base, that's a military affiliate, that makes sense. In hindsight, it may have been ambitious to say the least.
Monday:
Warm Ups, included 135 back Squats & deadlifts as well as a 500m row with the standard mobility and practice lifts
Heavy Clean and Jerk, W/Us and worked to 175lbs
Snatches, 15x1 on a 1:30 clock all at 115lbs
Tuesday:
7am class. Uh, yes... SEVEN. A. M.
3x5 Back Squats at 205, along with 5x ring strength sequence
WOD, glorious WOD....
AMRAP in 10 minutes 5 deadlifts @275, 10 walking lunges, 15 push ups
8 rounds flat, good fun.
Still rocking the MCMAP sessions Friday AMs, going to have to work some fun into their warm ups eventually.
20110724
Post-week observations
A very happy 30th Birthday to Tiffany today. She's still with me, although most of our friends have no idea why. She is my reason to be, and she is magnificent.
This week went out with a muffled bang, as we went to San Fran for carousing and birthday delights. But Weds, Thurs and Sat I oantained the new schedule, except that Saturday I did wimp out on post olympic lifts work (squats and presses). I will give this program its due until it is done. Monday will see presses revisited as penance of sorts.
Next weekend: the 2011 Reebok|CrossFit Games. I am ready.
This week went out with a muffled bang, as we went to San Fran for carousing and birthday delights. But Weds, Thurs and Sat I oantained the new schedule, except that Saturday I did wimp out on post olympic lifts work (squats and presses). I will give this program its due until it is done. Monday will see presses revisited as penance of sorts.
Next weekend: the 2011 Reebok|CrossFit Games. I am ready.
20110721
Truckin', I got my chips cashed in...
I just keep truckin' on. Yesterday I began a new weightlifting schedule.
It follows:
Mon/Weds/Sat Oly lifts.
Tues/Thurs Squats & WOD.
The Mon/Weds Oly lifts are volume lifts at a percentage of 1RM max following a heavy single of the other lift. I did this yesterday, working up to a 145 SN (Heavy, but not a mx for the day by any means) then did 165lbs C&J (BW) 10x1.
My last program last 6 weeks, didn't include much in the way of WODs and I was not doing MCMAP. I have added a fair amount of cycling )to and from campus 2x a day) and 4 hours of throwing, grappling and hitting bags on Fridays weekly.
On another note, Tiffany got weightlifting shoes, but they are slightly too small. We'll see how that goes, she may return them, we shall see.
It follows:
Mon/Weds/Sat Oly lifts.
Tues/Thurs Squats & WOD.
The Mon/Weds Oly lifts are volume lifts at a percentage of 1RM max following a heavy single of the other lift. I did this yesterday, working up to a 145 SN (Heavy, but not a mx for the day by any means) then did 165lbs C&J (BW) 10x1.
My last program last 6 weeks, didn't include much in the way of WODs and I was not doing MCMAP. I have added a fair amount of cycling )to and from campus 2x a day) and 4 hours of throwing, grappling and hitting bags on Fridays weekly.
On another note, Tiffany got weightlifting shoes, but they are slightly too small. We'll see how that goes, she may return them, we shall see.
20110719
Grinding on.
Saturday, tried to max snatch and clean and jerk, followed by Front Squats.
Snatches, worked up to 155, missed 160x2, moved on.
Clean and Jerk, worked up to 185, failed 192.5x2 and moved on.
Front Squats: I took some key advice from Tiffany, (yes, she's coaching me and I'm listening :-)) so I pushed my knees out and forced a change in my squat. The change worked, no more pain after the squats. I know I'm missing heavy cleans from not squating heavy weight.
From 95 worked up in doubles and triples to 205 for 1. Knees out all the way down and all the way up. This led to a curious amount of soreness. Soreness, not pain.
Monday I took about 45 minutes to play.
-Ring push ups
-Ring rows
-Snatch Pulls
-1 Hang Clean followed by 1 front squat
-presses
-ab mat sit ups
Still biking to from campus, leads to a lot of extra hunger. Eating as clean and as much as I can.
Snatches, worked up to 155, missed 160x2, moved on.
Clean and Jerk, worked up to 185, failed 192.5x2 and moved on.
Front Squats: I took some key advice from Tiffany, (yes, she's coaching me and I'm listening :-)) so I pushed my knees out and forced a change in my squat. The change worked, no more pain after the squats. I know I'm missing heavy cleans from not squating heavy weight.
From 95 worked up in doubles and triples to 205 for 1. Knees out all the way down and all the way up. This led to a curious amount of soreness. Soreness, not pain.
Monday I took about 45 minutes to play.
-Ring push ups
-Ring rows
-Snatch Pulls
-1 Hang Clean followed by 1 front squat
-presses
-ab mat sit ups
Still biking to from campus, leads to a lot of extra hunger. Eating as clean and as much as I can.
20110716
Throwdown at Monterey
Last night my wife and I took part in a throw down of sorts with CrossFit Salinas Valley hosted by CrossFit Monterey. Three WODs followed by a good time with BBQ and adult beverages.
WOD one was a 3RM back squat. I laid up a light 235. THat was pretty cheesy of me, I know. My back squats need to get more attention and more weight.
WOD two was a two man effort of sand bag hill sprints and 5 185 lb cleans, my partner wasn't able to RX it, so we went at 165. Cleans were the chink in his armor, and he only finished the first round of three at 160, the others were 145 and 135. He showed a lot of heart throwing himself under a very heavy weight and we had a good time.
WOD three was a four man fire team event. 100 reps of four out of five elements of Fight Gone Bad, for time. One person exercises at a time. WE rocketed through it a a team. I tried to finish up as many reps of as many things as I could, as usual wallball was my archnemesis.
Tomorrow I'll be calling Casey R. from CF Fort Meade for Another Crossfitter's POV, part II. Check it out.
WOD one was a 3RM back squat. I laid up a light 235. THat was pretty cheesy of me, I know. My back squats need to get more attention and more weight.
WOD two was a two man effort of sand bag hill sprints and 5 185 lb cleans, my partner wasn't able to RX it, so we went at 165. Cleans were the chink in his armor, and he only finished the first round of three at 160, the others were 145 and 135. He showed a lot of heart throwing himself under a very heavy weight and we had a good time.
WOD three was a four man fire team event. 100 reps of four out of five elements of Fight Gone Bad, for time. One person exercises at a time. WE rocketed through it a a team. I tried to finish up as many reps of as many things as I could, as usual wallball was my archnemesis.
Tomorrow I'll be calling Casey R. from CF Fort Meade for Another Crossfitter's POV, part II. Check it out.
20110715
Path to Black belt
Today I started on the final steps towards my black belt as a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor. Marines at NPS plan classes around each quarter. It gives you the opportunity to go through from grey belt to black belt if you pursue the next belt each quarter the entire time you are here.
Although I'm not sure I feel good about this type of pursuit of belts, I do know I am happy to get back to training again. We'll meet once a week for a four hour session of sustainment teaching and integration of techniques.
It has been since spring of 2009 since I taught a MCMAP class, but it was like getting back on a bike.
This quarter I will be worried more about reviewing my brown belt and lower techniques. Next quarter I will commit to learning and graduating as a black belt MCMAP Instructor.
I do know it's about damn time.
Although I'm not sure I feel good about this type of pursuit of belts, I do know I am happy to get back to training again. We'll meet once a week for a four hour session of sustainment teaching and integration of techniques.
It has been since spring of 2009 since I taught a MCMAP class, but it was like getting back on a bike.
This quarter I will be worried more about reviewing my brown belt and lower techniques. Next quarter I will commit to learning and graduating as a black belt MCMAP Instructor.
I do know it's about damn time.
20110713
Another week into the fire...
So you want to get a funded education? Better be ready for lots of classroom hours, studying... and boredom.
Yeah, boredom. It happens. The 'routine is the enemy', that was one of the lines that caught my eye so long ago when I first read "World Class Fitness in 100 Words" by Greg Glassman. I've done a linear strength progression for about 6 weeks, and unsurprisingly I am not as enthusiastic about it now as when I started.
So I start finding ways around the program.
Man, I'm tired today, shouldn't do the presses at the end....
Front squats, damn--I gotta take a dump...
Back squats? are you shitting me?
There's been no end to it, after week four (or maybe it was mid week four) I wasn't that enamored with getting under the barbell. The routine became the enemy instead of becoming my friend as I'd hoped it would.
So, another review is in order, and some variety.
Today I did a 7am WOD:
15 minute AMRAP
10 KTEs
10 Presses 115 (dropped to 95 after rd 1)
10 Air Squats
I managed 5 rds, plus 10 plus 6.
It felt very good to be off the routine.
Yeah, boredom. It happens. The 'routine is the enemy', that was one of the lines that caught my eye so long ago when I first read "World Class Fitness in 100 Words" by Greg Glassman. I've done a linear strength progression for about 6 weeks, and unsurprisingly I am not as enthusiastic about it now as when I started.
So I start finding ways around the program.
Man, I'm tired today, shouldn't do the presses at the end....
Front squats, damn--I gotta take a dump...
Back squats? are you shitting me?
There's been no end to it, after week four (or maybe it was mid week four) I wasn't that enamored with getting under the barbell. The routine became the enemy instead of becoming my friend as I'd hoped it would.
So, another review is in order, and some variety.
Today I did a 7am WOD:
15 minute AMRAP
10 KTEs
10 Presses 115 (dropped to 95 after rd 1)
10 Air Squats
I managed 5 rds, plus 10 plus 6.
It felt very good to be off the routine.
20110711
Oly Lifting program re-eval
Tday, between Info Science for DoD and Algebra/Trig review:
W/U:500m row, pass throughs, wide grip deadhang pull ups, ring dips, box step up/squat combo
Snatch: 95,105,115,125,135,140,145,150,155,160FLx2
C&J:135x2,165,175,185 then had to jet due to aforementioned algebra.
Time just isn't there to work up to a max snatch and a max c&j between classes.
Got to re-evaluate and get back into a routine.
On another note, applied to formally become a military affiliate of CF Inc.
W/U:500m row, pass throughs, wide grip deadhang pull ups, ring dips, box step up/squat combo
Snatch: 95,105,115,125,135,140,145,150,155,160FLx2
C&J:135x2,165,175,185 then had to jet due to aforementioned algebra.
Time just isn't there to work up to a max snatch and a max c&j between classes.
Got to re-evaluate and get back into a routine.
On another note, applied to formally become a military affiliate of CF Inc.
20110709
How great I am.
Just a quick Happy Birthday to my Dad, Rich Hoffner. Retired Cheltenham P.D. Detective, former Coast Guard Petty Officer and all around great American. Through his hard work and character he taught me many lessons, even when I didn't want to hear them, even when he didn't know he was teaching them.
Happy Birthday Dad, I love you.
A week in review
Week six of the Olympic Weightlifting days.
Started off with the first days of lifting in our new garage gym, pictures to follow. Jacob, Mariah and Nathan from CF Monterey joined Tiffany and me for a few hours of lifting followed by a simple BBQ. Tiffany made some amazing guacamole and bbq sauce from scratch, check that and her other creations out at www.thecavegirldish.com.
July 4th: Snatch max was 160 (new personal best), worked up to 190 on C&J. It was one of those days where that just felt really heavy, maybe from all the misses on the snatch (hit all of my last 4 lifts on third attempts.)
July 6th: AM Snatch volume, warmed up and worked up to 10 singles at 130. This was a first, as I haven't PRed my snatch in awhile and it felt really good. Landing tight, pulling just enough, I may not be extending fully though.
PM WOD: 3 rds of 2 dumbell split cleans (alt legs), 4 db push press, 8 db push jerks, 16 double unders RXed in 8:10 with 55lb dumbells.
July 7th: Clean and Jerk volume, warmed up, worked up and did 10 singles at 165. This was a bit over what I should be hitting on a volume day. Haven't PRed in a while on C&J so I upped it to BW, only 5lbs but I thought it may help. Had a few reps Tiff said weren't fully extending, power cleaning more or less. Need focus and practice as well as fast hips getting under the bar.
July 8th: Maxed both SN and CJ. Snatch, worked up to 145 successfully, failed 155 repeatedly. C&J, worked up to 195 successfully, failed 205 four times.
Wish I had some video of that to anayze, I'll think of that next time.
Overall the weightlifting is fun enough
Started off with the first days of lifting in our new garage gym, pictures to follow. Jacob, Mariah and Nathan from CF Monterey joined Tiffany and me for a few hours of lifting followed by a simple BBQ. Tiffany made some amazing guacamole and bbq sauce from scratch, check that and her other creations out at www.thecavegirldish.com.
July 4th: Snatch max was 160 (new personal best), worked up to 190 on C&J. It was one of those days where that just felt really heavy, maybe from all the misses on the snatch (hit all of my last 4 lifts on third attempts.)
July 6th: AM Snatch volume, warmed up and worked up to 10 singles at 130. This was a first, as I haven't PRed my snatch in awhile and it felt really good. Landing tight, pulling just enough, I may not be extending fully though.
PM WOD: 3 rds of 2 dumbell split cleans (alt legs), 4 db push press, 8 db push jerks, 16 double unders RXed in 8:10 with 55lb dumbells.
July 7th: Clean and Jerk volume, warmed up, worked up and did 10 singles at 165. This was a bit over what I should be hitting on a volume day. Haven't PRed in a while on C&J so I upped it to BW, only 5lbs but I thought it may help. Had a few reps Tiff said weren't fully extending, power cleaning more or less. Need focus and practice as well as fast hips getting under the bar.
July 8th: Maxed both SN and CJ. Snatch, worked up to 145 successfully, failed 155 repeatedly. C&J, worked up to 195 successfully, failed 205 four times.
Wish I had some video of that to anayze, I'll think of that next time.
Overall the weightlifting is fun enough
20110705
Many things happening in many days
Been about two weeks since my last post. So much time, so few pounds added to my snatch. Actually, I've added another 5 lbs to my snatch, current PR is 160, up 20 lbs since getting here which isn't too shabby.
So as to my many posts, there haven't really been many.
We moved into a new house and I created a kick-ass garage gym. Two care garage with about 9 foot ceilings, enough for snatches and presses for anyone my height easily. Cement floor (so far) to support dropping of weight.
Right now it's as set up as I planned for this point, but there will be more progress later. A little bit of flooring or a lifting platform would help, and place to hang rings and maybe a rope are in order. Time will tell.
So as to my many posts, there haven't really been many.
We moved into a new house and I created a kick-ass garage gym. Two care garage with about 9 foot ceilings, enough for snatches and presses for anyone my height easily. Cement floor (so far) to support dropping of weight.
Right now it's as set up as I planned for this point, but there will be more progress later. A little bit of flooring or a lifting platform would help, and place to hang rings and maybe a rope are in order. Time will tell.
20110628
20110626
Why does it all fall to $h#t?!?!
One would imagine that the intent and focus I described in my last post would indicate how nothing would stand between me and my goals. Nothing except I conspiracy of time and all elements of life. Today is the last day of the most extended period of leave of my entire 17 year Marine Corps career. This long period of 'inactivity' has provided me some of the most dedicated training time I've ever known as a CrossFitter, which is ironic considering I've hardly done any CrossFit in this time. All the weightlifting has been a great experience though, don't get me wrong.
Now, will I be able to push the gains I've got going in this regard?
Will I make my aforementioned goals in ~10 days time?
Rather than lose ground or plateau due to the return to a regular work schedule it is time to reign in my other pursuits, and use the time more wisely. The next few days will determine the next two years in many ways and I will not allow myself to lose sight of any of the goals I've set.
Now, will I be able to push the gains I've got going in this regard?
Will I make my aforementioned goals in ~10 days time?
Rather than lose ground or plateau due to the return to a regular work schedule it is time to reign in my other pursuits, and use the time more wisely. The next few days will determine the next two years in many ways and I will not allow myself to lose sight of any of the goals I've set.
20110622
Patience and white noise
There's a very clear reason people follow linear progressions for strength training--they work.
For several weeks I've followed an Olympic Weightlifting progression with very good results in both the snatch and clean & jerk numbers. After just this three weeks I am experiencing firsthand the 'drive' that is essential to create powerful weightlifters. Overall I do know that I want the health and fitness benefits conveyed from the time spend jumping and landing with the barbell. And I see that linear progression training for strength and power may not actually be such a bad idea... in moderation. There also seems to be more benefit to progressive, unrelenting pursuit of known and knowable goals than I previously believed.
Coming into this I was hopeful yet skeptical. Nevertheless I set some very high goals (BW snatch and 225 C&J) for myself to attain by 4th of July weekend. The first three weeks have shown a gain of 15lbs in the snatch and 10lbs in the clean and jerk. Will I make the goals? I'll do the work, we'll see about the weight. But there's more to weightlifting than just the weight.
For several weeks I've followed an Olympic Weightlifting progression with very good results in both the snatch and clean & jerk numbers. After just this three weeks I am experiencing firsthand the 'drive' that is essential to create powerful weightlifters. Overall I do know that I want the health and fitness benefits conveyed from the time spend jumping and landing with the barbell. And I see that linear progression training for strength and power may not actually be such a bad idea... in moderation. There also seems to be more benefit to progressive, unrelenting pursuit of known and knowable goals than I previously believed.
Coming into this I was hopeful yet skeptical. Nevertheless I set some very high goals (BW snatch and 225 C&J) for myself to attain by 4th of July weekend. The first three weeks have shown a gain of 15lbs in the snatch and 10lbs in the clean and jerk. Will I make the goals? I'll do the work, we'll see about the weight. But there's more to weightlifting than just the weight.
20110613
30 days and 30 nights
Yesterday I spoke to my wife about this little web presence. Rather, my total lack of commitment to this web presence. There's a definite pattern. Man blogs, man slacks off on blogging, man returns to blog to blog about slacking on blogging.
We've moved again, this time to a very anti-climatic Central California Coast. Summer here is like, well, it's like fall anywhere else we've been, and winter in some parts of the south. Add to that a month long stay in a hotel before our house is ready and so far it hasn't made for the best change of climate from sunny SoCal.
At least the traffic is... well, there isn't any. At least there's that.
We've moved again, this time to a very anti-climatic Central California Coast. Summer here is like, well, it's like fall anywhere else we've been, and winter in some parts of the south. Add to that a month long stay in a hotel before our house is ready and so far it hasn't made for the best change of climate from sunny SoCal.
At least the traffic is... well, there isn't any. At least there's that.
20110509
There it goes again.
Just when I thought I'd get back on the blog train to happyville.... BOOM. Another period devoid of writing anything. What's a Crossfitting, paleo eating, happily married Marine Officer to do? I guess my expectations are unrealistic. This little thing of mine is supposed to be a labor saving labor of love. A workout logbook to prevent me from keeping a workout logbook. But whenever I reassert my intent to resume writing I once again backslide into silence.
Lots of walking.
The dogs have appreciated it and I've made the time now that I'm at home with all the post deployed leave. After reading De Vany's new book I took to the idea of tking ramblin walks. Since the pooches need the exercise and i enjoy the contemplative time we take half hour walks and I'm tryig to condition them to even longer walks.
Reading.
I cracked the books and finished The Paleolithic Solution by Robb Wolf and The New Evolution Diet by Art De Vany. Now I'm reading Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar and Survival by T.S. Wiley. Reading may not be a WOD but it's been refreshing the roots of the tree if you'll allow me the romantic allusion. I'd be better off getting my head caged right than getting into my squat cage.
Love and Marriage.
I heard a trite but true turn of a phrase: happy wife, happy life. This isn't about me and my tranquility though. My life has been incredible blessed by a wonderful woman. So whatever we can do together, we do. This simple life hack has created more peace of mind, has assisted my transition back to 'real life' and led to more incredible memories for both of us.
Next?
We move, live, work, run, lift, love and eat. More barbells, fear, joy and bacon. Who knows if I can actually get through a linear back squat program or ever press 200 lbs.
But I will keep doing work.
Lots of walking.
The dogs have appreciated it and I've made the time now that I'm at home with all the post deployed leave. After reading De Vany's new book I took to the idea of tking ramblin walks. Since the pooches need the exercise and i enjoy the contemplative time we take half hour walks and I'm tryig to condition them to even longer walks.
Reading.
I cracked the books and finished The Paleolithic Solution by Robb Wolf and The New Evolution Diet by Art De Vany. Now I'm reading Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar and Survival by T.S. Wiley. Reading may not be a WOD but it's been refreshing the roots of the tree if you'll allow me the romantic allusion. I'd be better off getting my head caged right than getting into my squat cage.
Love and Marriage.
I heard a trite but true turn of a phrase: happy wife, happy life. This isn't about me and my tranquility though. My life has been incredible blessed by a wonderful woman. So whatever we can do together, we do. This simple life hack has created more peace of mind, has assisted my transition back to 'real life' and led to more incredible memories for both of us.
Next?
We move, live, work, run, lift, love and eat. More barbells, fear, joy and bacon. Who knows if I can actually get through a linear back squat program or ever press 200 lbs.
But I will keep doing work.
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