Showing posts with label kbwindmills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kbwindmills. Show all posts

08 September 2015

Tuesday

AM
30:00-60:00 round-the-world of choice or swim

PM
A. Split jerk, build to a tough but crisp single
B. Power snatch clusters from blocks (just above knees), 4 x 1.1.1 @ 100; :10 between singles, 2:00 rest
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5 rounds @ 80% effort:
10 DB walking lunge steps, 45/hand
5 ring rows in same set-up as last week
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3 sets:
7 burpees
150m row @ max effort
4:30walk rest
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800m walk cool-down


AM
37:30 complete; 4 rounds of:
2:00 row
3 DH2I
200m jog
3/side KB windmills, 35
2:00 ski erg
:30 FLR

PM
A. 200, 205Fx2, no belt
B. complete, no hook grip
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5:08
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0:50 (row in 0:29.1)
0:49 (row in 0:29.3)
0:49 (row in 0:29.5)
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complete with Chels


Solid day!  Totally played hooky on my "lunch break" - and had major anxiety the whole time.  I just played it off as being super busy balancing both labs... hehe.

Jerks felt excellent; 200 was very crisp and easy.  The first miss at 205 was very close (just a hair in front), but the second miss was not close at all.

Blocks at just above the knee is a much more challenging position for me.  Still focusing on tight lats and engaged scaps, which I can guarantee I never used to do.  It would be nice if this is the key to my snatch problems.  No misses, and these were all pretty crisp, but it definitely required a ton of focus.

Walking lunges felt good.  Ring rows were tough.  The 5th reps on the last two rounds were pretty weak.  The rings may have been at a slightly more challenging height than last week.  At least that's what I'll tell myself.

Burpee/row sprint piece was awesome.  Burpees were super speedy on all rounds.  Saw 1:33/500m on the first one, then 1:34 was the low on the second and third.  Really grateful there were only 3 sets, I got a little nauseous after the last one.

11 August 2015

Tuesday

AM
5000m row @ Z1, off every 1000m for 3/side moderate/tough KB windmills

PM
A. Bear crawl, 5 x 10' forward + 10' reverse, slow & controlled keeping hips level; :60 rest
B1. Weighted supinated CTB pull-up, 3 x 4-6; :60 rest
B2. 1 toes-to-bar + 1 CTB pull-up, 3 x 4 (so 8 reps total, 4 of each, goal is unbroken); 2:00 rest
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10:00 @ 80%:
10 alternating shoulder taps facing wall (top of wall walk)
50m Farmer's walk, 70/hand
5 perfect ring push-ups
10 moderate Russian kettlebell swings, nothing above 53
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3 rounds not for time:
:30/side plank
200m jog


@ Active

AM
complete with 53lb windmills

PM
A. complete 
B1. 168(6), 173(4), 173(4) on fat bar
B2. complete on fat bar
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5 rounds even with 53lb swings 
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complete


Today was much better than yesterday! Much less demoralizing.

Supinated pull-ups are so uncomfortable for my wrists/elbows, but it's crazy how strong and easy the actual pulling is with that grip. Limited by the amount of time holding the supinated position, could have probably gotten 4 reps with a bit more weight.

The TTB/CTB combo was really fun!  I was able to butterfly out of the CTB right into the next TTB, then a normal gymnastics kip out of the TTB.  Cool beans.

Pushed the 10:00 piece closer to 90% - just kept a steady pace throughout, with smooth transitions.  Hard to find a place to slow down on this.

Ready to add some different stuff in the mix... (insert grimace emoji with all the teeth).

07 August 2015

Friday

AM
5000m row @ Z1, off every 1000m for 4 alternating Turkish get-ups, light

PM
A. Bear crawl, 5 x 10' forward + 10' reverse, slow & controlled keeping hips level; :60 rest
B1. Weighted pull-up, 3-2-1; :60 rest
B2. CTB pull-up clusters, 3 x 4.4.4 (each 4 must be unbroken; short rest between 4s, 2:00 rest
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15:00 @ 80%:
3 wall walks
50m tough Farmer's walk
10 burpees
25 row calories
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3 rounds not for time:
10 light kettlebell swings
:30/side plank
200m jog


@ Active

AM
complete; subbed 4/side kettlebell windmills @35

PM
A. complete 
B1. 26(3), 35(3), 42.5(1) @167.8, pronated on fat bar
B2. 2 sets complete, 4.3.2 on 3rd set, all butterflied on fat bar 
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3 rounds + 3 wall walks with 70/hand for Farmer's walk 
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complete with 35lb kettlebell swings 


Knee is still a little too bruised/tender to kneel on it, so opted out of the TGUs. 

Bear crawls were easy. 

One of the coaches tipped me off to grippier bars - they are homemade bars hanging from the garage door frame made of aluminum pipe from Home Depot. They're fat, but nice and grippy! The bars on their rig are seriously useless.  Weighted pull-ups felt good, did the extra rep at 35 because I knew I could get it (PR for 3). All CTBs butterflied and smooth, until I almost ripped on the last set and dropped off early. 

15:00 piece was fine, felt good to breathe. Burpees are back to normal. 70/hand is the heaviest they have, more moderate than tough. 

No issues with the NFT piece. Jogging is totally fine, and now that the swelling is 99% gone, knee doesn't even have that weird feeling. Huzzah!

Extremely relieved with how well the knee is coming along! 

01 April 2015

Wednesday

AM
mobility @ home

PM
A. 1 KB snatch + 1 KB windmill, build to a tough single/side
B. Clean-grip deadlift, 12 x 1 @ 1RM clean, 10X0; begin a rep every :30
C1. 1-arm DB shoulder press, 2 x 5-7/arm, 20X1; :30 between arms, :60 rest
C2. 1-arm DB row, 2 x 7-10/arm, 21X0; :30 between arms, :60 rest
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10:00 focused mobility work of choice

A. 53
B. complete @ 201
C1. 30(7), 40(7)
C2. 40(10), 50(10)
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complete


Super chill day.  KB snatch was a little dicey, failed the 53 on both sides before getting it successfully.  Once it was up, the windmill was easy.

CGDL were super fast and easy.  DB stuff was fine, nothing to report.

Feels like the offseason.

19 February 2015

Thursday

30:00 swim @ Z1

subbed 60:00 at easy pace:
2:00 AirDyne
0:60 static handstand hold practice
2:00 ski erg
5/arm KB windmills @ 35

UC is closed for the 4th day in a row due to winter... this seems excessive.

29 October 2014

Wednesday

AM
5-7 sets @ Z1:
500m row
20 AirDyne calories
25m reverse sled drag
7 unweighted hip extensions, 2022

PM
A. Clean-grip deadlift w/chains, 8 x 2 @ 205 + heavy chains, 11X1 - emphasize speed!; begin a set every :60
B. Power clean, 1-1-1-1-1-1 waveload @ 140-150-160; :90 rest
C1. Weighted glute-ham raises, 4 x 3-4, 30X1; :30 rest
C2. Ring support (top of dip), 4 x :36 accumulation (sets of :12); 2:00 rest
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3 rounds for time:
35 double-unders
7 power cleans, 125
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5:00 rest
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For time & movement quality:
16 alternating kettlebell windmills @ 53, 3111 - you were doing these correctly


AM
5 sets complete in just under 40:00; 135 on the sled

PM
A. complete
B. complete
C1. 35(4), 40(3, 3, 2.5)
C2. complete
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4:48
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4:43

Still totally loving the power cleans after the heavy deadlifts.  These felt super easy today.

Only the first round of double unders unbroken; tripped once in the second and third rounds (at 31 and at 8). Power cleans were all singles but tried to move quickly through these; I think transitions could have been a little faster, but not sure where else I could have improved...

Kettlebell windmills were really tough today - not sure if it's because I worked harder on the power clean piece than I did last week, or if it was just the added weight.  

Knee felt really terrible on the first row of the Z1 piece this morning - so much that I considered subbing something else for the rowing.  I ended up shorting the return of my stroke a bit for that first 500m so that my knees weren't flexing as far, but then by the time I got back to the rower for the second round, it had calmed down and was bearable, and gradually got better with each round.  Just FYI... 

22 October 2014

Wednesday

AM
5 sets @ Z1:
500m row
20 AirDyne calories
25m reverse sled drag
7 unweighted hip extensions, 2022

PM
A. Clean-grip deadlift w/chains, 12 x 2 @ 195 + heavy chains, 11X1 - emphasize speed!; begin a set every :60
B. Power clean, 1-1-1-1-1-1 waveload @ 135-145-155; begin a rep every :90
C1. Weighted glute-ham raises, 4 x 4-5, 30X1; :30 rest
C2. Ring support (top of dip), 4 x :30 accumulation (sets of :10); 2:00 rest
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For time:
9 bar-facing burpees
8 power cleans, 125
7 bar-facing burpees
6 power cleans, 125
5 bar-facing burpees
4 power cleans, 125
3 bar-facing burpees
2 power cleans, 125
1 bar-facing burpee
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5:00 rest
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For time & movement quality:
20 alternating kettlebell windmills @ 40-53, 3111

AM
Complete in approx. 39:00 with 135 on the sled 

PM
A. Complete 
B. Complete 
C1. @35: 4, 5, 5, 4
C2. Complete 
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5:38
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3:47 with the 40lb KB

LOVE doing power cleans after the heavy CGDL. CGDL felt really strong today, and was definitely moving the bar faster than last week. Power cleans at 135 and 145 felt like nothing, and 155 felt the easiest it ever has, but I think I still caught those two reps with wide feet. 

Power clean / bar-facing burpee piece was super fun. Could have moved a bit faster, it looked like more work than it really was when written on paper, meaning that I paced the first half way too much. 

Never done kettle bell windmills before... I think I was doing them correctly? Went on the light end just to be safe, but probably would have been fine with the 53. 

Spent about half an hour on lower body mobility after z1 this morning, and iced my knee periodically throughout the day, plus have been taking a lot of ibuprofen. Did absolutely zero squatting today, so it feels almost fine right now. Really crossing my fingers that it feels better when squatting tomorrow...