Wednesday, March 10, 2010

3/10/10 - Deadlifts, Burpees, Kettlebells

251.2 - new low!

Warm-Up:
Air squats
15 pullups
shoulder circles
pass throughs
back extensions

WOD:
Complete 3 rounds of:
AMRAP 5 minutes
4 Deadlift, #135/#225
8 Burpees
12 KB Swings, #53/#35
Rest 1:30

Completed 6 sets - 2 in each round. This workout really beat the shit out of me. My deadlift load was #185. Since my deadlift max is #260, I thought at first that I could do the RX of #225, but it just wasn't happening. All the same, I'm pretty happy that I could do that workout with the #185 load. Love to try this again in 3 months and see if I can do it with #225. For the Kettlebell, I did do the RX of #53, which I'm pretty happy about. It was super hard though. It really, really kicked my ass. I was grunting every time I swung that sucker up over my head. I don't know when I want to use that kettlebell again, but I suppose that's the load I'll have to try and use from now on. I'm getting stronger and stronger every week.

Also, I did real pull-ups this time - unassisted. The only catch is that I had to wait about 30 seconds between each pull-up. Also, I didn't quite get up all the way on a couple of them. But still, this is pretty awesome progress. I've only been at this 3 1/2 months now and I'm already doing unassisted pull-ups at a body weight of #250+. Last week, I could do maybe 1 or 2 unassisted and that was pretty much it.

Food:
3 strawberries
1 Apple
17 almonds
1 Tangerine
Teriyaki chicken and veggies, no rice
nuts and dried fruit
rice and bean bowl w/o rice - beef and pork

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