5/6/2015

AM
8 sets:
500m row @90% aerobic
1/side weighted pistol, start very light and add a little/set if possible
2:00 walk rest

PM
A. Power snatch, build quickly to a tough single
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3 rounds for time:
10m handstand walk
10 axle deadlifts, 130
200m run
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3 sets @100%
5 hang power snatch, 75
5 bar facing burpees
:20 airdyne
5:00 rest

AM
2:01.4 (10#)
2:01.4 (15#)
2:01.5 (20#)
2:01.2 (25#)
2:01.1 (35#)
2:01.5 (40#)
2:01.4 (45#)
2:01.1 (50#)

PM
A. 150 (PR+5)
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6:09
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:47
:44
:46


AM session felt a lot better than last week. I took my rower outside and it was much easier to breathe outside instead of being inside the gym. Pistols were slightly more difficult today but that was due to lack of warm up. Lesson learned. 50 pounds is definitely the heaviest weighted pistol I've done so far. My breathing was a lot better on the rows and they were way more consistent this week. 

I am VERY EXCITED about the power snatch PR! I don't think I've hit a PR since December. I know training is not just about always hitting PRs but it was still cool. 150 was extremely easy, here is the video. I went for 155 and got it halfway up but I knew right from the pull I wasn't going to lift it, it felt pretty heavy. I think in another month or two I would be able to hit 155 though. 

The handstand walk workout was probably as good as it could have been, I don't think I could have gone much faster. Handstand walk was unbroken all three rounds which is good. Deadlifts were easy and unbroken. Run was tougher than it should have been, my breathing was horrible. I'm not sure if it was the heat or the fact that I was trying to keep my mouth closed so I wouldn't swallow 1000 bugs. 

I enjoyed the three sets at 100%. The hang snatches and burpees were very easy, it was the airdyne that was the killer. My legs were really tired at this point, it was hard to hang on during the last set. 

Overall a solid day of work.