Barbell day, barbell day. They were handing out candy at the Teagle issue room along with workout gear, which I found a bit odd.
Back squats
170 x 5
170 x 5
170 x 5
170 x 5
170 x 5
This felt pretty tough. I’m hoping that was just tacking this a few days after Karen, but I guess we’ll see.
I’m also wondering when and if I should start adding 5-10 minutes of running back in. I think that was a good idea last winter.
Starting up the second “round” of this workout program, weeks overdue.
Power cleans
105 x 5
105 x 5
105 x 5
105 x 5
105 x 5
Again, doing sets of five reps on Olympic lifts feels odd, but not in a bad way. I definitely found my groove by set #3.
Haven’t done this one in over a year.
“Karen”
For time:
Sandbag thrusters (25lbs) x 100
Finished in 3:26, shaving 4 seconds off of my previous PR. Decent way to start the week.
Haven’t done this one in over two years.
Death by pull-ups
With a continuously running clock, do one pull-up the first minute, two the second minute, three the third minute… as long as you are able. Use as many sets as needed per minute.
I got through fifteen full rounds, and seven reps into the 16th. That’s a PR by almost two full rounds, or 26 more reps. (My total rep count being 127.)
Rawk.
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Tagged death by pull-ups, pull-up ladder, pull-ups
Several weeks late, I’ve finished my first full “round” of this Max Effort Black Box thing.
Bent-over rows
135 x 1
135 x 1
135 x 1
Dumbbell shoulder press
42.5s x 1
42.5s x 1
42.5s x 1
Debating two thing right now:
Posted in Strength
Tagged bent-over rows, dumbbell shoulder press, MEBB, shoulder press
Not a morning for wanting to do a metcon. Pulled this one out of my summer KB/BW hybrid workouts.
Turkish get-ups, 2/side, as many reps as possible in 5 minutes
Got through 16 reps, which is less than my best but still feels respectable. It’s in keeping with what I was getting this summer, anyway.
Week two of 5×1 begins with deadlifts.
Deadlifts
285 x 1
285 x 1
285 x 1
285 x 1
285 x 1
Not much to say, really.
That title seems so off, especially with the classes we’re taking now. They’re so very non-antagonistic.
Almost didn’t work out this weekend. Almost.
10, 9, 8… 2, 1 of:
box jumps
ring push-ups
ring rows
Finished in 6:54.
And this Max Effort Black Box thing continues.
Back squats
190 x 1
190 x 1
190 x 1
190 x 1
190 x 1
Nothing much to say about it. It went well, and left me wondering how this x1 weeks will feel in a couple months.
Jim vs. 