7/7/2013

300 FY

152 calories (14 cal PR)


This one is always terrible. I felt pretty good for the first few minutes but then it started getting pretty shitty. I wasn't sure if I was going to reach my goal of 150, I may have started out too slow. The last 2 minutes were horrible, that's always the point where time seems to drag so slowly and I just want to get off the bike. Luckily I had Stephen and Pat and everyone else pushing me to finish so I was able to go pretty hard at the end. I would like to do this again in a few months and try for 160.

7/6/2013

A. Deadlift, build to a max
+
For time:
50 handstand push ups

A. 305 (PR+20)
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10:02


Finally got over 300 on my deadlift! I was really hoping to PR today since I haven't gone for a max deadlift in awhile. I did 285 which was my current PR, did 300 and it felt like I had more room to go up, so I went up to 305 and got it. It actually felt a lot easier than the rep at 300. Stephen said I probably could get 10 more pounds at least but we decided to call it for the day. Then I did the handstand push ups and those sucked a lot. I was pretty disappointed in how those felt, I feel like they have gotten a lot worse over the last few months. I did 10 and then had to break them up into 5s until around 35 and then I started breaking them up into 3s and 4s. My arms and shoulders were just sore as shit. I really need to work on these more, they used to feel a lot easier. But overall really happy with my deadlift!!

7/5/2013

rest day

7/4/2013

3 rounds for time:

25 kettle bell swings (53#)

15 pull ups

7:32

I was really disappointed with this. The kettle bell swings felt decent but the pull ups fell apart pretty quickly. I was able to butterfly them for the most part but eventually I had to do kipping pull ups because my grip was gone. I was just resting way too much in the transition from pull ups to kettle bell. I'm not very happy with how I did on this, hopefully I'll get to re-do it eventually. 

7/3/2013

For time:
50 double-unders
10 burpees
40 double-unders
10 burpees
30 double-unders
10 burpees
20 double-unders
10 burpees
10 double-unders
10 burpees

4:51 (1:23 PR)


I was really happy with how this went, I didn't think I would get under 5:00. The double unders felt really fast but my burpees got pretty slow by the third round. My legs felt really heavy and I know I definitely  could have gone faster on those. Overall I'm really pleased with how it went. 

7/2/2013

A. High-bar back squat, build to a max
B. Clean & jerk, build to a max

A. 248 (PR + 13)
B. 174 (PR + 4)


Great day today!!! I was happy I PRd both my back squat and clean and jerk. Back squat felt good all the way up to 230, then I started to struggle a bit but still was able to stand it up relatively fast. Once I hit 248 I knew I probably wouldn't be able to go higher. PR!! My legs were pretty tired by the time I got to the clean and jerk so I didn't do as well as I would have liked on that. I got up to 174 and failed the clean, that got in my head a bit. I waited a few minutes and tried it again and got it, PR! The jerk felt pretty good but I don't know if I would have been able to clean any more than 175 at the moment because I was fatigued from the back squat. Overall, another good day! 

7/1/2013

Rest day. Looking forward to getting back to testing tomorrow!