Thursday, July 30, 2015

7/29/2015

AM:
7-8 sets easy:
:60 row
:60 FLR 
:60 airdyne
:30/side plank
:60 single unders

PM:
A. Overhead squat, 2-2-1-1, 20x1; 2:00 rest
B. 1-arm DB row, 3x3-4/side, 20x1; :60 between sides
C1. Barbell farmers walk (both arms) 2x20-25m; :60 rest
C2. Bear crawl, 2x15' forward + 15' reverse; :60 rest
+
3 sets:
:35 prowler sprint w/straight arms, outside loaded for very fast foot turnover
5:25
+
3 rounds not for time:
4-8 weighted glute-ham raises, 20x1
5 freestanding handstand push ups
10-12 unbroken toes to bar

AM
7 sets complete

PM
A. 155-155(switched to nanos)-160-170
B. 60-65-70(3)
C1. 65#/side both sets
C2. complete
+
complete with 40# on prowler
+
complete-ish
12# for GHR
TTB were between 4-7, could not get it together after prowler sprints


AM session started off slow and stiff but warmed up and felt better after a few sets.

PM session was the worst. It was so hot. This was how I felt during my entire PM session:


HUMIDITY IS THE LITERAL WORST

I'm gonna be honest, I was in a terrible mood today because of the heat and humidity. Everything felt 100 times more difficult. I know there's nothing I can do about it and I was being a huge baby but that's just how it went today. 

I started my overhead squats in lifting shoes with no knee sleeves. I didn't even bother putting on my knee sleeves because it was so humid and I figured I wouldn't be able to even pull them up. I did my first set at 155 and realized I did in fact need knee sleeves. I went to the back room and untied my lifting shoes, and somehow the laces on one of them ended up in a huge knot. I was too annoyed to try and untie it so I just switched to my nanos for the last three sets. It actually wasn't bad at all, I don't think I've ever done heavy overhead squats in nanos but I didn't mind it.

DB row was fine. 

The first set of the double barbell carry went really well, I wasn't sure how heavy to go so I just put 30# on each bar to test it out. I ended up just doing that weight for my first set and I was able to do it easily without the bars tipping or becoming unbalanced. I added 10# on each side for the second set and all of it went to hell. I attempted to pick up the bars four times and couldn't do it, it seemed like no matter where I put my hands it was still unbalanced. After the fourth attempt I was like 
I dropped back down to 55# per side and was able to carry it easily. Merrrrr.

Prowler sprints were pretty terrible, :35 is a very long time. As soon as I took all the equipment outside, it started pouring rain. I actually didn't mind at first, it felt really nice and it definitely cooled things off outside. However, by the second set it was raining pretty hard so I left the prowler outside and rested inside. By the third set the rain had stopped but I was pushing the prowler through huge puddles which made it a little more difficult, but it didn't really matter because it would have been difficult regardless. These were pretty tough. 

The not for time stuff.....ehhhhh. Here's what happened. I felt nauseous after the prowler sprints and it never went away. The freestanding HSPU were really difficult after the prowler sprints, and I wasn't able to get more than 7 toes to bar. I had to drop off the bar because I had no energy and felt nauseous. This was just a bad showing all around, I felt terrible after the prowler sprints and felt drained from the heat. Heather even told me I looked terrible. Today was not the best. 

7/28/2015

AM
15 sets:
:30 airdyne @weird speedometer pace
:30 aidyne @50%
+
5 rounds:
:15-:20 hang alternating between passive and active every few seconds
20m double overhead KB carry, moderate
+
15 sets:
:30 airdyne @weird speedometer
:30 airdyne @50%

PM
A. Power clean and split jerk, build to a 2RM- must be completed within :20 window
B. Behind the neck shoulder press, 3x3-4, 21x1; 2:00 rest
+
45 row cals @80:
3:00 rest
For time @80%:
20 deadlifts, 125
10 wall walks
15 power cleans, 125
30 ring push ups
20 deadlifts, 125
3:00 rest
45 row cals @80%
+
800m walk cool down

AM
complete
35# KB/side

PM
A. 185
B. 80-85-90
+
3:18
+
8:53
+
3:13
+
complete


Was the hang from the bar during my AM session supposed to be with two hands? I only did it with one arm like all the previous weeks, then looked at my notebook again and realized it didn't say 1-arm hang from bar. Oops. Either way, I was hanging from the bar. Passively and actively. 

2RM clean and jerk felt great today, this was needed after my snatching shitshow yesterday. I wore my nanos for this and I think I'm going to start lifting in those more often, I really liked it. Cleans were really easy today and so were the jerks, I stopped at 185 because I had a slight press out on the second jerk and I barely made it in the time cap. I didn't think I had enough left in the tank to attempt 190 twice in that short amount of time. 

Behind the neck press was fine, I'm becoming indifferent about these. 

The 80% piece felt much harder than it was supposed to....I was moving at an 80% pace but I was breathing really hard. I think it was the humidity. The only movement that felt smooth was the row. Deadlifts were broken into 10/10 both times. Wall walks were fast for the first 5 then slowed way down after that, my forearms were blowing up. Power cleans were too slow, they were all singles and I was resting too much between reps. I just couldn't catch my breath. Ring push ups weren't terrible, broken into sets of 10/5/5/5/5. Overall this was harder than it should have been. 

The first 400m of my cool down walk were pretty uncomfortable, it was really hot outside. Once I turned around to come back the sun had sort of gone behind the clouds so it was a bit better. I'm ready for this humidity to end. 

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