press 3x12x75 Squat 1x20x155.. 10 pounds less than last time..clearly drank way too much this weekend Pullover 1x20x60 Bench 3x12x165 Bent over row 3x15x115 sl deadlift 1x15x115 pullover 1x20x60
Sunday: WOW at Jason's. Jim - you'll need to do this one next time on top of the regular WO. Would hate for you to miss out on the "fun."
Part 1 - max reps of front squat w/ body weight (person w/ fewest reps gets to wear vest during part 2 - Chris had this honor). I did it with #65 and did 15 reps.
Part 2 - 5 rounds of the following: 8 plate burpees (hold plate in hand, do push up portion w/hands on plate, put it overhead at end of burpee - no jump), 8 Roman chair sit ups w/ plate, carry plate overhead to end of driveway and back.
I started a 3-wk. volume training WO on Monday. Have not hurt myself yet. Looks like this: M: Squat 5x5, BP (did reverse grip floor press this week), cable chest flyes 3x10, tricep push downs 3x10, calves 3x10, abs W: Snatch and C&J (3x3 w/ moderate weight), front squat 3x10, weighted pull ups 5x5, shrugs 5x5 F: DL 5x5, seated DB press, BW pull ups 3x10, straight bar curls 3x10, abs Friday PM: 5-Guys Su: conditioning Also trying to up the milk intake.
Probably going to be out for a week or two with something wrong with my lat. Have no idea how I did it but it seems to affect everything - from lifting to running.
Maybe it's time to work on my grip and flexibility.
Rest day. Need to work on flexibility a bit more, particularly hamstrings and shoulders. It's been a while since anyone posted a picture. That's my excuse for this post.
Forgot about this one.. five sets of one of each Overhead Squat: 75, 95, 115, 135, 135 Front Squat: 135, 155, 175, 185, 190 Squat: 190, 225, 255, 270, 275
Handstand pushups: 5x3 hold for 10 seconds on third rep four rounds 20-95lb sdlhp 20- pushups 20- wallballs 45 lb overhead climb up and down two flights of stairs
Wed. lunch time - 10 rounds of the following (with 25lb. KB): 10 RH swings, 10 LH swings, 10 RH snatches, 10 LH snatches time = 20:32 PM - run 3x 1/2 mile at 8:40 mile pace, w/ 1/2 warm up and 1/2 cool down.
Thus. - C&J, 10 155lb. singles on the minute. FS - 3x5 at 185 Smith machine rvs. grip BP - 3x5 at whateverthehell weight it is w/ 4 plates.
Squat: 185, 205, 225, 235 x5 Hang Clean: 135, 165, 185, 205 x 5 Bench: 225 x 5 4 sets Grace: 3.25 Can't remember what my last time was but i certainly remember the first time i tried Grace in 2008 it was like 7 minutes or something. haha. I think i could have knocked at least 30-45 seconds off easy if i had someone yelling at me.
Been sick since Sunday night..the thought of picking up a heavy weight made my bones hurt so i did some lighter stuff, hopefully i will be back in the groove on wed.
30 walking lunges 30 pushups 30 situps 30 DB Hang Cleans 30lb 30 SDLHP 95lb 30 back ext 30 squats 30 burpees 30 dips 30 pullups 15:00
DL - 3x3 at 365lb. Gosh, that really worked my mantoid muscles... Edit: forgot, did 1 set of 10 quick tempo Dimel DLs with 225 afterwords. Weighted dips - 5x5 w/ 45lb.
Sat. - run 1 min. rest 1 min. x 10. All-out effort. Sun. - WO at Jasons, as described by Jim. The hang PCs sucked the most for me. Mon. - 3x2 C&J at 158lb. Tricep bar BP, 3x10 at 135. One very slow set of DB BP w/ 25s. DB row - 3x5 at 100lb.
Lunch: 50 box jumps 5 x 3 hand stand pushups: hold 10 seconds after 3rd one One Minute ARMAP of each: pushups - 57 Lunges - 41 Push press (45) - 56 Situps - 55 Flutterkicks - 45 pullups - 20 KtE - 20 air squats - 40 SDHP (65) - 28
After work: Squat: x5, 135, 165, 185, 205, 225 PC: x5, 135, 155, 185.. 200x2 the lunch workout got me on this one.. cardio kicked in or i just winnied out and stopped after two..one or the other.
Tues - run 3 1/2 miles in around 29 min. Thus. - Snatch, 3x3 work up sets, then 3 sets of doubles at 133lb. Press 3-3-3-3-3, loads = 95, 115, 125, 135, 140 (2) DL (this was supposed to be my main lift, but due to lack of sleep this week, I was too tired to go heavy) 10-10-10 at 135, 225, and 275lb. Cable (rope attachment) tricep press down/curl supersets - 3x20 at 60lb. Grabbed the rope in the middle rather than using the ball ends, so my grip is toast.
Sat. - 5x 1/2 mile repeats. Starting to time this stuff. God, I'm slow... Sun. - I made Jim carry heavy stuff. We did farmers walks of about 30 yds. with 122 lb./hand while the other carried about 65 lb. of gravel 1/2 mile (I got 8 repeats of the FWs). Diana did slightly lighter loads, and that's why she didn't complain as much as the guys did. Mon. - C&J 3 sets of doubles at 175lb. Olympic squat 5 sets of 3 at 245lb. Three sets max strict pull ups - 18, 10, 10.
10,9,8,7...1 95 push press box jumps situps on decline bench hit about the #6 round and completely forgot what time i started so not sure how long it took me, time to get a stopwatch.
BP - 3x5, reverse grip on Smiff machine (no one available to spot). Addn'l load was 140, whatever that adds up to on a Smiff machine.
Metcon - 3 rounds of: 5 FS at 135lb. 5 DB push press at 45lb. 5 24" box jumps 5 KTE Rest 1/2 as long as it took to do whole cycle, then repeat 2 more times. First cycle 4:00 (rest 2), second 5:50 (rest about 2:45), third 5:00. I'm toasted.
Click on the photo to see full progression. Snatch - 5-2-2-2 at 88, 110, 120, 120 DL - 3-3-3-3(2) at 275, 315, 365, 385 Edit: forgot 3x5 shrug at 225, and 3x10 DB tricep ext./alt.curls w/25s.
Sat. - run 2 mi. easy. 3x1 min. plank. Neck harness work. Sat. 95lb. thruster/pull ups - 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Time 10:49 (almost 2 min. faster than last Sat.). After short recovery, followed with 1,2,3,4,5, reps not for time. I think my time improvement supports the theory that metabolic conditioning returns quickly, and is ultimately improved by, a break to work on strength only.
Box squat (deload) 3x5 at 225 on 12" box + plate. Metcon - 20 min. of the following: 5 neg. HSPU, farmers walk w/ 50lb. DBs 1/6th mile, jog 1/6th mile. I think I did 7 rounds, but not sure as I was in a lactate daze for the last 10 min. "What do the trapezius do? Oh yeah, I see now..."
**Edit - I got mixed up on the distance for FW/jog, should have been 1/2 of a 1/12th mile lap (half of 12 is 6 right? Told you I was in a lactate daze. Duh!). Anyway, the distance was actually about 75 yds. FW, 75 yds. jog each round.
Saturday: 50-60 min. walk w/ 37lb. pack (yeah, in the snow) Sunday: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 reps of the couplet 95lb. thrusters/pull ups. Time = 12:40. Planned to do 3x1 min. plank after, but puke threat stopped me halfway through the second one. Monday: (back off week for strength work) Tricep bar BP, 10 at 115, and 2x8 at 135; DB rows 3x8 at 80. Metcon - row 400, 20 dips, 10 pull ups. Did not time 'cause had to move around too much - started with run instead of row, but calf spasm (the R one this time!) stopped me. Also, people were hanging out on the pullup/dip station - you know, 3 knee raises, rest a minute, adjust their f-ing iPod, repeat a couple times - so I had to walk a little further.
Deadlift - 3x3 at 355. Caffie musle did not like it, but got them done. Rev. grip BP - sets of 5 at 135, 155, 155. Felt pretty good, will start adding weight next time I bench. Pull ups - 75% of max, 13, 8, 7 Pec dec - light weight, 3x10
Tech./recovery WO: Power snatch - 4 sets of doubles at 120 lb. PC + jerk - 4 sets of doubles at 143 (turned out to be PC + push press, since calf would not let me jerk). Max pull ups x3 - 18, 10, 9
Evening: 6x - row max effort 90 sec., rest 60 sec.
Jeez, I was going to stop posting, since no one else was... Saturday: Jump rope warm up, Floor press (rvs grp) + 1 rope climb - FP load/reps = 95lb. 10, 12, 15 reps. Followed by 5 rounds of 10 95lb. thrusters, 10 pull ups (time = 12:14) Sunday: sled drags until I strained my L calf. Monday: Front squat - 5 sets of 3 at 185; Press - supposed to be 5x5 at 120, but was 5,5,4,4,4. Finished w/ 4 rounds of weighted decline situps (45lb), weighted back ext. (35lb).
Here's Zhan Xugang front squating 639 lb. at a BW of 169:
Sunday: Sled drags (~60 yds) - w/ handles, 4 each sprint forward, walk backwards; 2x pull w/handles btwn. legs; 4x sprint w/ hip belt. Warmed up and cooled down w/ 800 m.
Monday: C&J singles up to 183lb.; Squat (high bar) 3x10 at 225; Push press 5x5 at 120lb.
Great pic of Chinese weightlifter working clean grip OHS. Jeez.
Sunday - BS 10 sets of 3 at 75% (should have used 210, but nursing VM strain so used 135), C&J single at 175, push press 5x5 at 115.
Monday - power snatch 3 sets of 2 at 60% (115), power clean + jerk 3x2 at 60% (135), strict pull ups: 15, 8, 6. Did a few minutes of barefoot jumproping in the PM.
Tuesday - DL 3x3 at 80% (325), Bench 5x5 at 75% (due to rotator cuff injury, I used a hammer curl bar and kept the path around my navel, used 155 lb.), pull ups 75% of Monday10, 6, 5.
Mel's folks live close to a HS, so I went there an did the following Mon. and Tues.: 5 rounds of - 5 neg. HSPU, 5 pull ups/chins, sprint across football field and back. Fortunately, had to walk a few yards from the PU station to the field, otherwise there would not have been much "sprinting." Also did some running drills both days. FL was sunny, but not at all warm.
Mel worked out one day - four rounds of 25 air squats and 10 girl push ups.
Wed. - worked up to C&J single at 175. Then box squats. On 1st rep of 2nd set at 245, there was a pop in my L vastis medialis (quad). Stopped there. Could not dip under bar to do press from rack, so did seated DB press, some shrugs and some cable work. Quad is not too bad today, but won't push it for a few days.
Start 4 week cycle of Oly program tomorrow w/ Jason.
NYE - snatch grip jerks behind neck: sets of 5 up to 135lb. Seated DB press ladder sets: 35x12, 45x10, 55x5, 45x10, 35x12. DL triples up to 355, then a single at 385 (grip was done).
Saturday - circuit of the following w/35lb KB each followed by 5 pullups: 5 snatch, 5 snatch, 10 snatch, 5 BUP, 10 BUP. Then pushed the car around the parking lot till I'd had enough.