1/30/2016

Barbell Blitz (A very short recap)

Best moment: Power snatching 160, therefore clearing the ladder and hitting a PR power snatch at the same time. Also, it was awesome doing this with Megan. 

Worst moment: Fucking thrusters, man. I felt so awful during this part and I didn't hold up my end for my teammates. I wasn't supposed to do any less than five reps but by the end I was down to sets of four. This was terrible. I tried to make up for it on the cycle speed during the deadlifts. This workout was horrible. 

Best communication with a teammate: KB snatch/pistol squat workout with Brandie. I thought we did a really good job of moving quickly, transitioning, and talking to each other throughout the entire six minutes. We would always give each other plenty of notice when we were about to pass off the KB or pistols and we were always talking about how many reps we were going to do, how many we had left, etc. 

Worst communication with a teammate: N/A, because all my teammates are fit as hell and we work really well together. TRICKED YA. 

Closing thoughts:

• They need to hold this in a different venue. It was impossible for spectators to see anything and the teams were extremely crowded during the workouts. Just bust out some extra scratch and rent out a bigger venue. 
• I really liked all the events of this competition (except for the thrusters) 
• Overall a very good day of competition. Disappointed with a few different things here and there (my lack of hustle on thrusters, slow cycle time during the STO/BBJ workout) but also really happy with a lot of things (160 snatch, bar muscle ups, pistols). It was a really fun day with an awesome team and I'm very proud of us. 

Time to get ready for The Open. 

Onward.

1/29/2016

AM
30:00 bike @Z1
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10:00 mobility work of choice

PM
A. Power clean, build quickly to a single @80-85% 1RM
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10:00 Barbell Blitz movement prep of choice, nothing fatigued, just pick a couple movements and get in some touches
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3 sets:
:10 row @100%
1:50 rest
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10 sets:
:30 assault bike @90% aerobic 
:30 assault bike @50%

AM
complete

PM
A. 180
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complete
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complete
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complete


Power clean was slow today, 180 was probably one of the uglier power cleans I've done. 

Movement prep went pretty well, I focused on thrusters and bar muscle ups. I did a few snatches with an empty barbell as well. 

The rows at :10 were kind of awkward, as soon as you get going then you're already done. 

1/28/2016

30:00 bike @Z1 

1/27/2016

AM

6-8 sets easy:

:60 row

:60 front leaning rest on ground

:60 bike

2 dead hang to inverted

2x[:10 double unders + :20 single unders]

PM

A. 1 squat snatch + 3 overhead squats, 1-1-1-1-1 moderate, begin a set every 2:00

B. Snatch-grip deadlift, 2-2-2-2 @105% snatch 1RM, 31x1, 2:00 rest

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5 rounds for even times:

6 strict handstand push ups

12 toes to bar

18 row calories

2:00

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3 sets:

6/side moderate DB external rotation, 30x0, rest as needed

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10:00 assault bike @Z1

AM

6 sets complete

PM

A. 105-115-125-135-145 (plus a snatch at 160 for good measure)

B. complete

+

2:03

2:02

2:03

2:04

2:04

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complete

8#-8#-10#

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complete

Today was a great day!

Snatches felt excellent, I had no misses and each rep was crisp and solid. Overhead squats were still a bit shaky but better than last week. I also snatched 160 just to give myself a confidence boost for the competition, and it was the easiest 160 snatch of my life. Where was this confidence last Friday when I was doing the snatch gauntlet? I'm sitting on a 170 PR, it is bound to happen any time now. 

Snatch-grip deadlifts were tough but better than last week. 

Strict handstand push ups were so easy today! What the heck. They were easily unbroken every set. Toes to bar were unbroken for the first three sets, then 8/4 for sets four and five. I felt really good throughout this whole workout. 

DB external rotation kind of aggravated my right shoulder a bit, going to do some mobility and it should take care of it. 

1/26/2016

AM
5 sets of:
3:00 bike @high aerobic effort
:60 rest
3:00 Balza/Drew rehab pieces of choice
:60 rest

PM
A. Back squat, build to a heavy double
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2 rounds w/10:00 cap:
7 muscle ups
50 wall balls, 14 to 10'
100 double unders
+
10 sets:
:30 assault bike 90% aerobic
:30 assault bike @50% aerobic 

AM
complete

PM
A. 260
+
1 round + 45 wall ball
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complete


260 for a double! I am so happy with how my back squats have been progressing over the past few weeks. This is only 20 pounds under my max and it wasn't very difficult. 

The workout wasn't great, I was actually pretty disappointed with this. I thought I would be able to finish this under the time cap. Muscle ups were 5/2 the first round and 3/2/2 the second round. The problem was the wall balls. On the first round I broke them up 20/13/10/7 with way too much rest between sets. During the second round I broke them up even more. I tried to pick up the pace once I realized I didn't have much time left but I was five short before time ran out. Merrrrr. I felt fatigued on the muscle ups and my breathing wasn't great. I should be able to finish this in under 10 minutes. 

1/25/2016

AM
5000m row @Z1, off every 1000m for 10 fast burpees

PM
A. Bear crawl, 5x10' forward + 10' backward, very slow & deliberate w/10 pound bumper plate on hips, :60 rest
B. Power clean and split jerk, build quickly to a single @80-90%
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For time:
9 bar-facing burpees
12 power snatches, 95
15 thrusters, 95
18 assault bike calories
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3 rounds not for time:
10-15 reverse hypers
:30/side plank
2:00 anterior loaded banded march (bear hug a med ball @chest)

AM
complete

PM
A. complete
B. complete @190
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4:34
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subbed 3 sets:
:30/side plank
5:00 assault bike easy


Split jerks were much better than last week, shoulders were not nearly as fatigued. I worked up to 190 easily. 

The Wodapalooza workout was HORRIBLE. This was the absolute worst. OMG. I think this is the worst workout I've done in a very long time. Burpees were pretty quick. I broke up the snatches 7/5 and I was already breathing hard when I got to the thrusters. Those were really tough. Before the workout started I thought I would be able to break up the thrusters 10/5 but I ended up doing 5/4/6 and I was definitely resting too much between sets. By the time I got to the assault bike I was already feeling pretty bad, and the assault calories dragged out forever. I legitimately thought I was going to vomit at one point. This hurt so much. I rolled around on the ground for a solid five-ten minutes when this was over, and my time wasn't even that good! It took me a long time to recover from this. This was just terrible. 

I was still feeling nauseous from the workout when I started my NFT stuff. I decided to try to hip extensions instead of reverse hypers since RH have a tendency to make me want to throw up in my mouth. I did one hip extension and thought I was going to puke. I just did the side planks and then sat on the bike for five minutes. 

1/24/2016

Long, unplugged hike or easy 30:00 row or bike 

DNS, Taste of Belgium for mom's birthday and then had to head to CrossFit Continuity for a coaches meeting