Saturday, April 30, 2011

4.30.11 - Rest Day

238.0

Rest Day

Food:
Shrimp
Grande Iced Latte w/whole milk

Notes:
I had a thought this morning, which is to set a goal to try and come in among the top 200 in the NW Region next year. The original thought was top 100, but then, knowing how good Scott is and that he is currently ranked 60th, I'm pretty sure top 100 is out of reach. Top 200 though, may be doable with improved skills in double unders, HSPU's, muscle-ups, and kipping pull-ups; increased overall mobility, increased strength and power; marginal improvements in endurance, and decreased body weight.

Some interim goals:
Back Squat: 350
Front Squat: 250
Overhead Squat: 135
Deadlift: 420
Power Clean: 200
Power Snatch: 150
Push Press: 200
Barbell Row: 200
Grace: Sub 5 minutes
Fran: Sub 7 minutes

Target for these goals is end of August-ish.

I'm not worrying about double unders in the short term. My thinking on those right now is that they will come with decreased overall body weight and improved strength in hips and glutes; fundamentally, I just need to be lighter on my feet to make those happen. The repetitive motion that needs to happen to make DU's a reality is primarily in the hips, and that's simply going to take time.

4.29.11 - Rest Day

238.0

Rest Day

Friday, April 29, 2011

4.28.11 - Max Power Snatch + Metcon

236.2

Strength:
Power Snatch
5 reps at 85
5 reps at 95
3 reps at 105
3 reps at 115
1 rep at 125
1 rep at 135

Metcon:
4 Rounds of:
5 Burpee Power Snatches
5 Lateral Ball Slams Left
5 Lateral Ball Slams Right
5 Pushups
5 Tuck Jumps

9:17

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

4.27.11 - KB Swings, Power Snatch, Front Squats, & Thrusters

237.4

Metcon:
5 Rounds:
30 KB Swings (#53)
5 Power Snatches (#95)
5 Front Squats (#95)
5 Thrusters (#95)

17:15

4.26.11 - Deadlift

237.2

Strength:
Deadlift
5, 5, 3, 3, 1, 5

5 reps at 135
5 reps at 225
3 reps at 255
3 reps at 275
1 rep at 295
1 rep at 315
5 reps at 305

Could have pushed the max effort up to 325 or so, but decided instead to drop back down to 305 and get a set of 5 in.

Monday, April 25, 2011

4.25.11 - Push Press & Barbell Rows

237.2

Strength:
Push Press
5 X 7 at 115

Barbell Rows
5 X 7 at 135

Push Press is weak, no question about it. Next week I'll move it up to 120 and do 5 X 5.



Sunday, April 24, 2011

4.24.11 - Rest Day

238.4

Rest Day.

Not doing 11.5 after all - at least not so that it counts.


Saturday, April 23, 2011

4.23.11 - Rest Day

237.0

Rest Day

Open WOD 11.5 is tomorrow with the Jesses. I was going to do it yesterday but just did not feel like I had the energy to do it well at all, so I did some rowing and called it a day.

Friday, April 22, 2011

4.22.11 - 10 X 200m Row

236.4

Metcon:
10 X 200m Row (45 secs rest)

1st interval was 38 secs. Most of the others were 41 or 42 secs. One interval towards the end was 44 secs.

Food:
Double Americano
Donut
Almonds & Macadamia Nuts
Carrots
Dried Mango
Blackberries
Salmon
Salad
Cheeseburger
Curly Fries

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

4.20.11 - Back Squats + Metcon

237.4

Strength:
Back Squats
5 reps at 185
5 reps at 205
5 reps at 225
5 reps at 245

Metcon:
AMRAP 12 Minutes
10 Box Jumps (step ups)
10 Air Squats
10 Supermans
150m Farmers Carry

5 rounds + 10 Step Ups

Food:
3 eggs
Almonds & Macadamia Nuts
Blackberries
Pro Shake
Hot Chocolate


Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Monday, April 18, 2011

4.18.11 - Bent Over Rows, Power Cleans, Front Squats, and Push Press

237.4

Strength:
5 Bent Over Rows
5 Power Cleans
5 Front Squats

X5 at #135

then

Push Press
5 X 5 at #115

Food:
Double Americano
1 Donut

Sunday, April 17, 2011

4.17.11 - Rest Day

239.8

Rest Day

Need to get back on the diet. 2 Solid weeks should get me back down to 233. Then I'll have May and June to get down under 220. Goal for the year is 215. Realistically, if I can get solidly under that number by November, I'll be pretty happy.

Food:
Pro Shake
Lamb and Beef Gyro

Saturday, April 16, 2011

4.16.11 - Rest Day

240.8

Rest Day

Ate a bunch of crap at class today. I wanted to work out but I was so damn tired after class I had to go to sleep.

4.15.11 - Open WOD 11.4

240.0

60 Burpees
30 Overhead Squats (#120)
20 Muscle Ups

AMRAP 10 Minutes

Score: 64 (scaled to #95)

Got through 60 Burpees and then got 4 OHS with 95 on the bar.




Thursday, April 14, 2011

4.14.11 - Rest Day

238.4

Rest Day - I had grandiose visions of going in and working out today, but after deadlifts yesterday, that's basically a non-starter. So, I'll go in tomorrow and do my 60 bar-facing burpees and if I'm super motivated, I'll go to LAF as well and get some work in there.

Still on the agenda for the week:
Press week 2
Power Snatches
Thrusters
Barbell Rows
Shrugs

4.13.11 - Weighted Push-Ups, Deadlifts + Metcon (OH Lunges)

238.0

Strength:
Barbell Rows
5 reps at 95
5 reps at 135

Weighted Push-ups
5 reps at 25
5 reps at 45
5 reps at 45
2 reps at 70

Deadlifts
5 reps at 225
5 reps at 245
5 reps at 265
5 reps at 285
5 reps at 305

Metcon:
5 Wall Walks
20 Overhead Lunges (#45)
30 Abmat Situps
X3

14:02

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

4.12.11 - Rest Day

237.8

Rest Day

Food:
Pro Shake - coconut milk, strawberries, blueberries, whey


Monday, April 11, 2011

4.11.11 - Power Cleans (5 X 5 at #135)

237.2

Strength:
Power Cleans
5 X 5 at 135

Food:
2 chicken sausages
Pro Shake
Skirt Steak Burrito
Double Americano with 1/2 and Splenda
Large Quesadilla

Sunday, April 10, 2011

4.10.11 - Good Mornings, Back Squats, Bench Press, and Dumbell Rows

240.6

Strength:
Good Mornings
5 X 10 at 105

Back Squats
5 reps at 135
3 reps at 175
3 reps at 205
1 reps at 225
5 reps at 240
5 reps at 240

Bench Press
5 X 6 at 160

Dumbell Rows
5 X 8 at 60

Strict Pull-Ups
5 X 3

Food:
3 chicken sausages
Double Americano with 1/2 and splenda
Double Americano with 1/2 and splenda
Almonds & Macadamia Nuts
Pork Carnitas (tiny amount)
Salad - spinach, apple, red pepper, cucumber, blackberries, strawberries, blackberries, evoo, balsamic, feta dressing


Notes:
Not too terribly happy with my performance on the Open the other day, WOD 11.3. On the other hand, I guess it's good to get those numbers out there and to really be tested so that I know where I stand. On 11.1, it was obviously the double unders that held me back. On 11.2, my performance was actually okay. Even though I scaled the box to 20", I can look at that and kind of mentally adjust for my body weight being where it is vs. some of the others. If I was thirty pounds lighter, the 24" box wouldn't have been a problem and my score would have actually been pretty decent. Getting back to 11.3, it's a little bit frustrating because I feel like my jerk should be much farther along than that. But the jerk is largely about technique and hip strength, and since we don't practice it that much, I suppose it's kind of hard to complain. Projecting ahead 1 year, I should be better on both counts. Even though I'm sure we won't have the same workouts in next year's Open, these workouts are giving me some good targets to aim at, i.e. continue to work on my body weight, continue to work on overall strength, and put more emphasis on power movements such as the jerk, thrusters, power snatches, etc.

4.9.11 - Rest Day

239.6

Rest Day

Saturday, April 9, 2011

4.8.11 - Open WOD 11.3 Squat Clean & Jerk

237.0

Squat Clean and Jerk #165
AMRAP 5 Minutes

4 Rounds

Food:
4 Small Tacos, pork
1 donut
2 Carnitas Tacos
1 large salad
3 drinks
10 spicy wings
chocolate

Thursday, April 7, 2011

4.7.11 - Rest Day

235.6

Rest Day

Food:
Pro Shake
Carnitas - tortillas, onion, avocado, salsa

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

4.6.11 - Max Tire Flips & Chipper

234.8

Strength:
Max Tire Flips in 60 Seconds X2 (#250)
Rd 1: 15
Rd 2: 16

Metcon:
70 Double Unders
60 Lunges
40 Situps
20 Pullups
30 Wallballs
20 HSPU
10 Burpees

16:29

Food:
Pro Shake - coconut milk, strawberries, blueberries, applesauce, whey
Ham
Chicken Sausage
Almonds
Macadamia Nuts
Strawberries
Blackberries
Salad - cucumber, peppers, apples, blackberries, strawberries, ham, salami, feta dressing
1 pepperoni stick
Chocolate

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

4.5.11 - Bear Complex (good row splits)

237.2

Metcon:
Bear Complex
1 Power Clean
1 Front Squat
1 Push Press
1 Back Squat
1 Rack Jerk
X5

then run 400m or row 500m

rest 2 minutes

4 Rounds Total

23:27 (row) with #95

Note: I totally could have done more weight AND I could have finished A LOT faster. I am, however, pretty happy with my row splits, which I listed below

Row Splits
1:53
2:03
2:00
2:03

Food:
Pro Shake
Ham
Strawberries
Blackberries
Almonds
Macadamia Nuts
Salad - yellow pepper, cuc, apple, blackberries, strawberries, salami, ham, feta cheese dressing
2 pepperoni sticks
Chocolate

Monday, April 4, 2011

4.4.11 - Press and Overhead Squats

238.2

Strength:
Press wk 1
5 reps at 86 (65%)
5 reps at 97 (75%)
7 reps at 111 (85%)

then

10 reps at 85
8 reps at 85
6 reps at 85
5 reps at 85
5 reps at 85

Note: the original idea above was to do 5 X 10 at 85 but that was just too much. Next week, I'll move the volume sets down to 75 and see if I can do 5 X 10 there.

Pull-ups
10 strict

Overhead Squats
1 rep at 75
2 reps at 75
3 reps at 75
4 reps at 75

Metcon:
50 Lateral Burpees (do a burpee and then jump sideways over a bar)

6:56

Food:
Pro Shake
3 chicken sausages
almonds and macadamia nuts
Double Americano with 1/2 and splenda
Rib Eye Steak
Dark Chocolate (71%)

Sunday, April 3, 2011

4.3.11 - Good Mornings and Back Squats

239.2

Strength:
Good Mornings
5 X 10 at 100

Back Squats
5 reps at 230
5 reps at 235

Definitely need to do more squats. I could have kept going today, but for some reason this felt like enough. Given that I cut things off early, I might even be able to do another squat workout tomorrow. I don't think I'll be laying off squats again anytime soon. I've obviously lost strength in this lift and given how fundamental the squat is to overall strength, I need to make sure I get a few sets in every week.

Food:
Brownie
Milk
3 Pork Tacos
Double Americano with 1/2 and splenda
Strawberries & Blackberries
Almonds & Macadamia Nuts
Lamb & Beef Gyro

Saturday, April 2, 2011

4.2.11 - Rest Day

238.4

Rest Day

Food:
Pro Shake
Mixed Fruit
2 Pastries
Tomato Soup
2 wraps
Tuna
Burger
Bacon
Onion Rings
4-5 drinks
Jack's Spicy Chicken Sandwich

4.1.11 - Open WOD 11.2 Deadlifts, Push-Ups, Box Jumps

237.2

Metcon:
9 Deadlifts (#155)
12 Push-Ups (hand release)
15 Box Jumps (20")

6 rounds
9 Deadlifts
12 Pushups
2 Box Jumps

Cumulative Score = 239

Note: RX for this WOD was a 24" box but that just wasn't happening.

Food:
Zuchini Bread
3 Eggs
2 chicken sausages
Milk
Double Americano
Almonds & Macadamia Nuts
Strawberries & Blackberries
Diablo
Fries
Coleslaw
1 beer
Popcorn