Jim vs. Chipper

I’m not sure if this is really the Chipper, or simply a chipper. Frankly, don’t much care.

“Chipper”
For time:
Handstand push-up progressions* x 20
Pull-ups x 25
Kettlebell swings (35lb) x 30
Sit-ups x 35
Burpees x 40

Unsurprisingly, the burpees ate up most of my time. Helluva way to end a WOD. Finished in 9:27.

* Today’s progression saw my feet up on my 18″ box jump platform.

Jim vs. The Filthy Fifty (or at least the Terrible Thirty-Five)

It’s a long road back.

For time:
35 box jump, 18 inch box
35 jumping pull-ups
35 kettlebell swings, 1 pood
35 jumping lunges
35 Ab-Mat sit-ups
35 push press, 20lb dumbbells
35 Good Mornings
35 sandbag thrusters, 25lb bag
35 burpees
35 (jump rope x 3) (i.e. 105 reps)

This is another one I haven’t touched in over three years. Last time I did it, I did it as Rx’d (with a few substitutions based on limited equipment) and finished in just over 32 minutes. This time I was back to the scaled version, and finished in 20:00 on the nose.

Looking back, I’ve done the 35-rep version in about 15 minutes, but even then I made some key substitutions that probably made this go-round the tougher of the two.

But still: long road back.

Jim vs. Sandbag Squats and Sit-ups

A short one today, though I doubled the number of squat reps (since I don’t have the equipment to do the 135lb back squats originally assigned).

Five rounds for time of:
50lb sandbag squats x 10
Sit-ups x 10

Finished in 4:14. Wonder if I’d have gone faster with the back squats x 5.

Jim vs. Tabata This

I don’t have a rowing machine at home, so I switched out the rows for jump rope. Otherwise, this one was as Rx’d.

“Tabata This!”
Tabata Jump rope
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Squat
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Pull-up
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Push-up
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Sit-up

The Tabata interval is 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest for 8 intervals. Tabata score is the least number of reps performed in any of the eight intervals.

Here’s how my rounds went, tabata score in bold.

Jump rope: 48, 46, 46, 43, 43, 46, 43, 46 (total: 361, average: 45.1)
Squat: 19, 19, 16, 16, 14, 15, 14, 15 (total: 128, average: 16)
Pull-up: 11, 9, 7, 7, 6, 4, 6, 5 (total: 55, average: 6.9)
Push-up: 20, 13, 11, 9, 8, 7, 7, 9 (total: 84, average: 10.5)
Sit-up: 9, 8, 8, 8, 6, 6, 6, 6 (total: 57, average: 7.1)

This was brutal; it took me nigh on an hour to feel right after I finished. I mainly tracked the averages to see how far off they were from my tabata scores, and I wasn’t surprised: push-ups and pull-ups were where I felt the worst muscle fatigue, and they were where I was the least consistent.

Maybe next time I do this I’ll just shoot for getting slightly more than today’s averages each time out. Could get higher totals, a higher tabata score, and maybe not feel as crappy afterwards.

Jim vs. Snatch-grip Deadlift, Sit-ups & Burpees

I like my Fridays being deadlift days, and alternating between regular deadlifts one week and variations the next.

Snatch-grip deadlifts
185 x 1
225 x 1
265 x 1
245 x 1
205 x 1

Glad I brought chalk for this one. Afterwards, I went for a slightly longer metcon:

10, 9, 8… 1 of:
Sit-ups
Burpees

Finished up in 8:24, which is one second faster than last time and two seconds slower than the time before that. I seem to have found a plateau in this particular path to Ragnarok.

Jim vs. the Snatch, Weighted Sit-ups, and a 3 Minute Finisher

I feel like I packed a lot into a workout session that didn’t actually take that long.

Snatch
75 x 1
95 x 1
115 x 1
105 x 1
85 x 1

These went well; the only one that came close to being a “power snatch + overhead squat” was the 115, but while the transition there was ugly I don’t think it ever stopped, so I’m gonna count it. Of course, Teagle still doesn’t have chalk and I neither emailed them about it nor brought my own, but it didn’t seem to mess me up too much.

Weighted sit-ups
+25lb x 15
+25lb x 15
+25lb x 15

These were downright easy. Gotta bump up the weight next time.

AMRAP in 3 minutes of:
Kettlebell snatch x 3 (each hand)
Goblet squat x 3
Close-grip push-up x 3

I had to use a 35lb dumbbell, as I was in Teagle, and I didn’t do decline push-ups this time because I wanted to spend more time working and less time transitioning between exercises. I completed five full rounds, plus three right-handed snatches and one left-handed snatch.

Really good workout, I think.

Jim vs. Kettlebell Workout, Week 8 Day 2

Normally, the second time I do one of these workouts, it’s as Rx’d. But then, normally I’m able to finished the scaled-back version the first time. That didn’t happen last week, so this week’s goal was to just get through said scaled-back version.

For time:
Burpees x 40
Squats x 40
Pull-ups x 40
Push-up x 40
Walking lunges x 40
KB swings x 40
Sit-ups x 40

And that modest goal, I achieved. I was somewhat conservative in my pacing in service of that goal, but still wrapped this up in 15:46.

Jim vs. Pull-ups, Push-ups, Sit-ups, Sandbag Squats, Kettlebell Swings

Friends visited this weekend, which meant I neither slept well nor ate well. Came into Sunday evening feeling like crap, but wanting to do something. So I made something up that I felt like my body could handle, without it being too easy.

10, 9, 8… 2, 1 — not for time — of:
pull-ups
push-ups
sit-ups
sandbag squats, 25lbs
kettlebell swings, 53 lbs

I definitely took my time with this, which was good: especially as the rep count lowered, I focused strongly on my form. It didn’t end up being  a terribly light workout, when assessed through fatigue and sweat, but hopefully I’ll be back to doing more vehement work in coming days.

Jim vs. 400m Run, Push-ups, Sit-ups

Brought out a gutbuster from last fall. Did it first thing in the morning, too, for extra fun.

For time:
400m run
75 push-ups
400m run
75 sit-ups
400m run

Finished in 13:05. Over 40 seconds slower than my PR, but I st that PR when I was doing this one every week. So, not bad for getting back into it.

Jim vs. Back Squats, Push-ups, Sit-ups, and Air Squats

Today was a damned fine workout.

Back squat
115 x 5
155 x 5
195 x 5
175 x 5
135 x 5

The off-kilter pyramid returns, after two weeks without barbell work.

10, 9, 8… 2, 1 of:
push-ups
sit-ups
air squats

Last time I did that, I said I needed more pop in my squats. Today, I had it: I just tore through this one, finishing in 4:58 and not needing to break up sets at all. That’s an improvement of over a minute, and I probably could’ve pushed even faster.