5/1/2016

Long, unplugged hike

DNS


I wasn't able to hike today, unfortunately didn't have the time. I had a CFC coach meeting in the morning then had to write programming all day before I hung out with my bros Emily and Heather. We walked all around OTR, it was a great day! We went to Homage, ate at The Eagle (BEST FOOD EVER), went to a bunch of different shops, went to Graeters, and walked through Washington Park. It was a great afternoon with my pals. 

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4/30/2016

Gymnastics seminar
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A. 1 power clean + 2 hang power cleans, build to a tough set
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Bis, tris, and abs of choice

complete
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A. 185
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DNS


The gymnastics seminar with Keith was SO AWESOME. I learned so much. He showed us a lot of great drills for handstands and muscle ups that I can definitely use as a coach. He also gave me a few tips to make my muscle ups more efficient. This was a really educational seminar and I will definitely sign up again if he comes back. Plus, he's HILARIOUS. 

The power cleans were a bit disappointing, in my mind I thought I would be able to work up to 200 on this. Was it a bit bold? Perhaps. I was pretty fatigued from the gymnastics seminar, my pull didn't feel very strong on the cleans. I worked up to 175 really easily but 185 was a struggle. I power cleaned it but failed the first hang power clean. I tried it again and got it but it wasn't pretty. I should be able to do more than 185 on something like this. I'm going to chalk this one up to the two plus hours of gymnastics work we did? I hope? 

I didn't do any bis and tris, I'm sorry. I was really tired and wanted to go eat. I did a handstand race with Jenn and then decided that was good for the day. 

4/29/2016

AM
30:00 bike @Z1

PM
A. Snatch pulls. 7x1 @175, rest as needed
B. Back squat, 4x3-4, 3030; 3:00 rest
C. Weighted strict supinated CTB pull ups, 4x2-3, 21x0; 2:00 rest
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3 sets even:
200m run
15 wall balls, 14 to 9'
50 double unders
2:00 walk rest
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For time:
500m row
40 burpees
300m ski erg

AM
complete

PM
A. complete
B. 175-185-195-205
C. Cut due to shoulder
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2:28 (tripped up twice on DU)
2:11
2:19
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7:50


Shoulder felt better today but still sore, snatch pulls were fine but I cut the CTB pull ups. I wanted to be 100% for the gymnastics seminar. 

Back squats were good today, this tempo is still tough. 

The wall ball/double under piece was frustrating, I tripped up twice during double unders on the first set and it wasted a lot of time. Double unders were unbroken on the second and third set but I wasted too much time picking up the wall ball on the third set. 

The row piece was THE WORST. My row was pretty slow, my pace was 2:05. The burpees legit took me four minutes, I couldn't force myself to go fast on these at all. It was pretty bad. My legs felt like cement. I started too slow on the ski erg but pick it up a bit around 150 meters. Overall, this was way too slow and I know that. My breathing was actually not bad but my arms and legs were extremely fatigued. 

4/28/2016

4-6 sets very easy:
:60 row
:60 front leaning rest on ground hollow rocks 
:60 assault bike
:30/side plank :60 sit ups 
:60 ski erg ring rows 
:60 single unders

4 sets complete


I woke up to a really sore right arm this morning. I'm not sure if I tweaked it during training yesterday or slept on it wrong but it didn't feel right. I cut out the side planks and front leaning rest because it hurt to put pressure on it. That's annoying. 

4/27/2016

AM
10:00 assault bike @Z1
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For time & movement quality- push the pace
20 alternating turkish get ups, tough
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10:00 assault bike @Z1

PM
A1. Bear crawl, 3x15' forward + 15' reverse, very slow & controlled keeping hips level; :30 rest
A2. Deadbug w/hands pressed into wall, 3x10 alternating breathing out hard each rep; :30 rest
B. Clean-grip deadlift, 10x2 @1RM clean, 11x1, begin a set every :60
C. Seated on floor DB shoulder press, 3x5-6, 21x1; 2:00 rest
D1. 1-arm DB row, 3x5-6/side, 20x1, :30 between sides, :30 rest
D2. Axle overhead walking lunge, 3x30m unbroken (15m out & back), :30 rest
D3. Front leaning rest on rings, 3x:30, :30 rest
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20:00 assault bike @Z2, goal is 140 total calories

AM
complete
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9:38 w/35#
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complete

PM
A1. complete
A2. complete
B. complete @225
C. 30-35(5)-35(5)
D1. 45-50-55
D2. complete w/70#
D3. complete
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167 calories


I really tried on the turkish get ups! MSC didn't have anything between 35 and 53 so I went with 35. That seemed tough to me, I think 53 would have taken me forever. 

DB seated shoulder press were rough today, they were all over the place. I felt like I had no control over them and one arm was going one way and the other arm was going another way and it was just bad. I stuck with 35 for the last two sets. 

Man, those overhead walking lunges were a real b-hole. That was really tough. 

The 20:00 assault bike was so much harder than last week! My breathing was good but my legs and arms were toast almost immediately. Originally I tried to keep the same pace as last week (208-228 watts) but I fell to 176-207 the whole way. It took about ten minutes for me to settle in to a solid, steady pace. 

4/26/2016

AM
10 sets:
500m row pace from 25:00 row/burpee test
2:00 walk rest (5:00 between sets 5&6)

PM
3 rounds not for time:
:60 handstand hold work- goal is to keep hands within 1 rubber mat
:10-:15/side 1-arm passive hang from bar
:10-:15/side bottom of pistol hold- cut if knee is still wonky :30/side 1-leg balance 
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4 rounds @80%
400m run
6 stone over shoulder, small stone
30m stone carry
100m farmers walk, 53/hand
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Crossover Symmetry recovery

AM
2:11.5
2:13.5
2:13.3
2:13.6
2:14.0
2:13.7
2:13.6
2:14.2
2:14.0
2:14.0

PM
complete
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complete
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complete


Apparently I was rowing way too slow last week. I thought my pace was supposed to be around 2:20 but Heather informed me it was actually 2:15. Oops!

Handstand hold was really good today, I hit a PR of :22. It might not seem like much but that's a pretty long time for me. I was only able to do :10 for the passive hang, my hands felt raw, maybe from all the toes to bar yesterday? It hurt to hang from the bar. The 1-leg balance was harder than I thought it would be. 

The four rounds were real rough today guys. I had no energy. The run started sucking by the second round. The stone was actually pretty fun and the carry wasn't bad. For some reason the farmers carry was awful today. My forearms were blown up and 53 pounds felt so heavy. I was dragging during this entire thing, I think it took me around 35 minutes? I didn't really time it, I know when I stopped the clock said 25:00 but I had started before the class started. I took a lot of water breaks. I'm wondering if my body is just adjusting to the new diet? I asked Duprie if he felt a dip in energy/performance when he first started RP Strength and he said yes. He said it will get better after about a week, so that's good. It made me feel better that he also went through the same thing. Definitely feeling leaner though and much happier about taking control of my nutrition. Hopefully I'll be back to normal energy levels in the a few days!

4/25/2016

A. Front squat, 4x3-4, 40x1; 2:30 rest
B. Close-grip bench press, 4-4-4, 22x1; 2:00 rest
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For time:
9 muscle ups
20 assault bike calories
6 muscle ups
50m sled push w/straight arms, tough grind effort
3 muscle ups
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10:00 rest
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For time:
30 toes to bar
90 double unders
20 toes to bar
90 double unders
10 toes to bar
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Crossover Symmetry recovery

A. 175-185-195(3)
B. 100-105-110
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9:03 w/160# on prowler
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8:28
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complete

Front squats felt heavy today and my fucking belt kept popping off! This was super distracting. Time for a new belt! 

Bench press went pretty well, this is definitely improving. I'm becoming more comfortable with this for sure. 

Ughhhhh the muscle up workout was so bad, this took me way too long. I broke up the muscle ups 6/3, 3/3, 3. I was just resting too much, especially during the prowler push. 

The toes to bar workout started out really promising, the 30 TTB actually felt pretty good and I was like, "is this workout actually going to go better than the muscle up workout?!" but it went downhill after the first set of double unders. I started with sets of four on the toes to bar, then went to threes around 16, then twos, then the last few were quick singles. Double unders were terrible today, the first set was 50/40 and the second set was 50/25/15. My arms were really sore on the double unders. I tried to stay steady on the toes to bar, I was down to singles pretty quickly in the set of 20. The set of 10 was a few doubles and then singles. Meh. Not my best. My core fatigues so quickly on toes to bar.