Monday, August 14, 2017

August 14, 2017

Daily score: 8

Workout:

A. Barbell hip thrusts; 8 reps x4; rest 90 seconds

 125, 145, 145, 145

B1. Single leg hip thrusts; 10 reps x4/side; rest 1 min

10/side x 4

B2. Single arm KB snatch; 8 reps x4/side rest 1 min

26#kb, 8/side x 4

B3. Single arm suitcase deadlifts; 8 reps x4/side; rest 1 min

70#kb, 8/side x 4

+
12 min amrap:
12 wall balls
8 box jumps 20" (step down and work on proper jump mechanics)
6 calories rowing

7 rounds + 12 + 5

+
mobility work 15-20 min

Done, plus a chiropractor massage

Glutes are still a bit sore, right more tight than left, as usual.  WOD felt great, was getting 6 cals on the rower with 7-8 pulls.  I didn't rest at all.  Thanks!

Sunday, August 13, 2017

August 13, 2017

Daily score: 7

Workout:

A. Barbell/yoke walks; 50 feet x6; rest 90 seconds


35# kbs
45# plates
55# plates
70# plates
70# plates
70# plates

B. Overhead unilaterally loaded barbell walk (put a light KB in a band
on only one side); 50 feet x3/side; rest 90 sec


10#
20# x 2

C. Supine windshield wipers; 20 reps x3; rest 90 seconds


20x3

D. No push up burpees with 1 sec pause in the plank position (keep
midline as tight as possible); 10 reps x5; rest 90 seconds


10x5

+
1200m heavy continuous sled drag


Sled plus 65#
19:25

+
mobility work 20-30 min

Glutes/hami's

My glutes have been sooooo sore since the last glute workout.  I stretched and warmed up for at least 30 minutes before this workout.  Yoke walks felt great.  The OH unilateral walks were super interesting.  The first one at 20# on the right shoulder was truly challenging, that shoulder wanted to just give out.  Weird.  The second time on the side I took my time  getting set before I took the first step and it went better.  C and D went well.  The sled drag was some serious work.  Very satisfying.  Thanks!

Saturday, August 12, 2017

August 11, 2017

Daily score: 8 (feeling way better after getting some extra sleep last night)

Workout:


A. Freestanding hs hold tech work 10 min

Done
B. Parallete shoot throughs; 5 reps x3/side; rest 1 min

10 x 3
B1. Parallete push ups @31x1; amrap unbroken x3; rest 2 min

9,9,7
B2. DB bench press; 8-10x3; rest 2 min

35x10
40x10
40x8
C1. Bent over wide grip barbell rows; 8-10x3; rest 90 seconds

65x10
75x10
85x8
C2. Supinated grip eccentric only pull ups @41a1; amrap unbroken x3;
rest 90 seconds

10,10,10
D. Hanging L hold; amsap x4; rest 90 seconds

21,15,15,12
E. Single arm farmers walk; 50 feet x4/side; rest as needed bw sides

70#kb x 50/side x 4


It felt great to work on handstands again.  I had a few really good holds.  Grip and hands got fatigued first on the eccentric pull ups.  Quads acted like they wanted to cramp some on the L-holds.  Everything else went really well.  Thanks!

Friday, August 11, 2017

August 10, 2017

Daily score: 6 (tired, too busy of a week with zero down time)

Workout:

A. Clean grip banded deadlifts; 2 reps on the min for 10 min (light and fast)


85# plus bands x 2 emom 10 mins

B. Single leg deadlifts; 6 reps x3/side; rest 1 min bw sides


85# x 6/leg x 3

C. TnG power snatch; 10 reps x5; rest 90 seconds actively


55# x 10 x 5

D. Barbell walking lunges; 20 steps x2; rest 2 min


95 x 20 x 2

E1. Standing in place B march; 3 reps x3; rest as needed


3/side x 3

E2. Standing single leg abductions (try to left leg as high as
possible while completely straight); 10 sec isometric hold x3; rest as
needed


10 sec x 3/side x 3

E3. Side lying leg adductions; 10 sec isometric x3; rest as needed


10 sec x 3/side x 3

E4. Single leg isometric glute bridge; 15 seconds x3/side; rest as needed

15 sec x 3/side x 3

This was a great workout.  I'm sure you would have gotten a kick out of how long it took me to set up the banded deadlifts...but I finally got a set up I was happy with and they went well.  Single leg DL's went way better than in the past.  TnG power snatch: it has been so long since I power snatched and I definitely looked and felt it.  The first set was all over the place.  I stayed light and worked on keeping tension and using my legs not back and going faster from the knee.  Lunges felt great, I went heavier than usual at 95 since it was just two sets but it didn't feel that heavy.  I think bar on the back just made it way easier.  The 'E' series was way more difficult than it looks on paper.  Good stuff.  Lots of concentration to get the glutes firing.  Thanks!

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

August 9, 2017

Daily score: 6 (I have been running since before I left for the games, long days at work yesterday and today, started this workout at 7p, got home way too late to do it last night, and all I have been wanting to do is workout!  Rib still kinda stiff and sore.)

Workout:

Row sprint 10 seconds @100%
rest 20 seconds
x5
5 min active recovery row @easy pace
x3

Total= 4765m, 270 calories

+
A. CTB pull ups; accumulate 10 sets of 2-3 working on perfect
technique not for time

2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2  

B1. Band assisted chest to bar isometric hold (keep elbows down and
back and as close together as possible); 20 seconds x5; rest 40 sec

20 x 5

B2. Bent over single arm DB rows; 8-10x5/side; rest 2 min

45# x 8
40 x 8 x 2
35 x 8 x 2

C. Strict dips @22x1; amrap unbroken x4; rest 2 min (film sets and send)

2, 3, 3, 3

D1. Seated pike lifts; 10 reps x4; rest 30 sec
D2. Side plank; 30 seconds x4/side; rest 30 sec
D3. Arch body hold; 30 seconds x4; rest 30 sec
D4. Seated medball russian twists; 16 reps x4; rest 30 sec



D series done, 30# medball

+
mobility work 15-20 min


Shoulders, upper back












It felt so good to move after being stuck in an OR the last two days.  I'm still so pumped after the Games it was miserable to be sitting around.  I did do 150 air squats at work today and some standing hip CARs and Cossack squats.  Finding that if I widen my stance a little bit I have an easier time keeping tension in my low back in the bottom of the squat. 

Back to this workout- rowing felt great, glutes got kinda tight.  CTB was crazy since it has been so long.  The video shows my best effort at keeping a tight hollow body by I still bent my knees.  The last three sets I tried for 3 reps but wasn't able to make contact with my chest on the third rep.   CTB isometric holds are still incredibly challenging and I need the thickest band.  I did discover that if I grabbed more of the bar to start out with, almost like a false grip (a little more over the bar), I was able to approximate my chest better.  I do have a very hard time keeping the elbows down and back.  Rows were fine, just felt heavy, I think maybe from some muscle fatigue.  Dips are what the looked like in the videos.  That is all I have to do bar dips on at the moment, I was going to do ring dips but I figured you would have said 'ring' if you meant ring.  D series went well, arch body was the toughest, hard to keep my feet together. 


I wanted to mention that I went for an easy jog a couple of the evenings in Madison just to get some air and clear my head and work out some stiffness.  I have not jogged in forever and took it easy just to be safe.  It felt good and I felt good the next day too.  So that is progress!  I also appartently lost 2 pounds throughout the week...I told you they were starving us! ;)

Thanks



Wednesday, August 2, 2017

August 1, 2017

Daily score:  7

Workout:

A. Step ups with hip flexion; 10 reps x4/side; rest 1 min

Done

B. Reverse lunge with hip flexion; 10 reps x4/side; rest 1 min

Done

C. Banded marches with barbell overhead; 90 seconds continuous work
x6; rest 2 min

35# bar x 90 x 6

+
Lateral sled drags:
50 feet x5/side; rest 1 min bw sides

Sled + 140 x 50 x 5/side

+
Reverse sled drags;
50 feet x5/side; rest 1 min

Sled + 140 x 5

+
Heavy sled push:
20 seconds @100% effort
rest 3 min
x4

Skipped d/t rib

+
mobility work 15-20 min

Legs/glutes


Great workout, helped me put off packing which I hate.  Nothing much to say, went as well as last week.  I skipped the pushes since the rib is finally calming down I didn't want to piss it off and lose sleep.  Hope to see you soon!  Thanks!

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

July 31, 2017

Daily score: 7

Workout:

A1. Side plank over arch isometric hold; 30 seconds x5; rest 30 sec

30/side x 5

A2. Supine windshield wipers; 20 reps x6; rest 30 sec

20 x 6

A3. Hollow body hold with PVC in band overhead into straight arm lat
pull downs; 10 reps x6; rest 3 min

10 x 6

B1. Tall kneeling KB halos; 5 slow controlled circles in both
directions x4; rest 1 min

26# kb x 5/direction x 4

B2. Tuck ups; 20 reps x4; rest 1 min

20 x 4

B3. Super man hold; 45 seconds x4; rest 1 min

45 x 4

+
mobility work 20-30 min

Legs/glutes, some lacrosse ball shoulder rolling


Work was slow and long today and I did 130 slow air squats with bunch of standing hip CARs in the OR.  This workout went well, I definitely was sore in the rib but doesn't matter, can't hurt it anymore than it already is and it is getting better.  The hardest thing for me were the superman holds, I really have to focus on staying calm and controlling my breath.  Thanks!