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23 June 2015

Tuesday

AM
30:00 AirDyne @ Z1, off every 5:00 for 1 dead hang to inverted + 3 toes-through-rings

PM
A. Power snatch, build to a max for the day
B. Clean-grip deadlift, 3-3-3, 3131; 2:30 rest
C. Reverse hypers, 3 x 3-5, 21X0 - note the tempo, these are tough, may be unweighted; :90 rest
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For time:
50 handstand push-ups
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5 sets:
:15 row very hard
2:15 walk rest


AM
complete 

PM
A. 120, 125Fx3
B. 125, 155, 185
C. unweighted, +20, +40
+
7:07 (25 in 2:33) - took me 17:28 last year 
+
complete; saw 1:30-1:31/500m on all


Today was pretty great - partially due to completing my dissertation, partially due to finally having a test that I could PR, and partially due to the fact that I bumped up my carbs back to where they were (175ish).  Still waiting on a response from the Dynamic Nutrition people... but in the meantime, if I'm not losing weight on 125g carbs or 175g carbs, I'm going back to 175g where I felt much better.

Added in a few muscle-ups to my warm up... it makes me nervous to go a whole week without doing any.  Used the skinny rings for a change of pace, and confirmed my preference for these.  Hit a couple of singles and one double.  I catch the dip so much higher on these rings, it's crazy.

I hate power snatching.  Caught 115 pretty wide, caught 120 with bent arms, and missed 125 three times.  Stephen suggested just thinking it of a snatch, and don't distinguish between power and squat, but for today it was too late, my brain thinks of them as two different movements.  But maybe in the future that will work for me...

Tempo CGDL were fine, definitely could have started at something closer to 185.

Tempo reverse hypers were also fine, but +40 got to be challenging.  I kept wanting to also pause at the top, it felt very strange not to hold it for a second...

SO HAPPY about the handstand push-up improvement! Did 5s until 25, 3s until 40, 2s until 48 and two singles to finish.  These are feeling excellent, the kip is greatly improved, and I don't stand around staring at the wall nearly as much.  Great success!

I really enjoy short sprints.  Got it down to 1:30-1:31 within a few pulls, then hovered around 1:32 to finish each of these.  Plenty of time to recover.

16 June 2015

Tuesday

AM
30:00 AirDyne @ Z1, off every 5:00 for 2 toes-to-bar + 1 dead hang to inverted

PM
A. Back squat, build to a max for the day
B. Back squat, 1 x max reps @ 85% of A, 30X0
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20 sets for time:
5 unbroken CTB pull-ups
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10 sets:
:30 AirDyne @ 90% aerobic
:30 AirDyne @ 50%


AM
complete with toes-through-rings 

PM
A. 285, 295Fx1
B. 3 @ 242
+
DNF 
10 sets done in 5:00
15 sets done in 14:30
total of 5 rips 
+
complete 


Merrrrr today wasn't the greatest.

I knew I couldn't expect much on the back squat, considering I haven't squatted anything heavy since October.  275 felt better than I thought it would, 285 got pretty slow on the way up.  Really, I had no business even trying 295, should have just called it at 285 for today.  The max reps at 85% were stupid.  Was extremely faithful on tempo, and when I stood up the 3rd I knew I needed to rest at the top it I was going to get a 4th rep, but that's not allowed, so I just racked it.  Hard to believe that I squatted 245 for 10 last year.  Sigh.  Knee feels like shit, but I kind of just want to run it into the ground over the next month... why not? 

I was looking forward to seeing the improvement on the CTB test, and I did... last year it took me over 9:00 to get 10 sets.  I'm in a weird place now where I'm not yet proficient at butterfly but I've kind of lost the regular kipping rhythm, so these weren't great but I had no problems hitting 5 unbroken reps for the first 10 sets even if I had to reset the kip.  Ripped once on the second set, then again on the 6th set, then accumulated 3 more bloody rips between sets 10-15.  Also had 3 failed sets within the last few minutes where I just did 2-3 reps and dropped off, my hands were just fucking done.  I don't think I've ever ripped this badly, I definitely have never had to clean blood off a bar before today.  I don't think I'll be washing my hair today.

22 February 2012

Wednesday 22 February

sleep: asleep by 10pm, up at 630am without an alarm

work:
7am: 5k walk
430pm: build to a heavy single in the clean and jerk: 118lbs (PR!); AMRAP in 7 minutes of 7 power cleans at 60-70% (73lbs) + 7 toes through rings + 7 hand release push ups = 4 rounds + 7 power cleans + 7 toes through rings + 1 pushup

eat:
8am: scrambled eggs; blueberries
1pm: chili with butternut squash
6pm: salad with tomato and avocado; salmon with roasted sweet potato