9.26-9.28

Friday

AM

7x500m row 2:30 rest, 

All kept between 1:34-1:37

PM

OTM x 15

- muscle ups x 7 (held 7 UB all the way)

- 10 cal bike (>800 watts)

- had to sub out bounding due to a minor foot issue and did 250 m row to get some rowing in with Nicole 

Saturday 

A. Barbell complex-

Clean+jerk+hang power clean+ jerk+front squat+jerk....

Up to 265, missed the last jerk... Absolutely killer complex, smoked after that.

B. AMRAP 5 

Burpee squat clean thruster @155 

24 reps.... Felt horrible on this, the complex absolutely killed me, want to te do this and get over 26 

PM

New England fitness challenge... 12 hours of fitness fun... Oodles of running and other challenges. Ouch

9.21- 9. 24

Sunday

Ran the spartan "beast race" today… I won't go into detail here but this was by far the hardest physical feat i have ever performed. My body has never before been pushed to that level, definitely some fuel in the mental bank.

Monday + Tuesday

Had every intention of training and sticking 100% to the programming but that simply wasn't in the cards, couldn't sleep due to severe cramps, and the joint stiffness is almost indescribable. WOW

Wednesday

Trying to get back on the wagon today…

AM.

A. Front Squat (kept light, new cycle next week… this is perfect week to bridge the cycle gap)
up to 225 + chains x 3 w/ 3 second pause ea.

B. Met-Con
50 Pistols (ouch)
30 hang Power Cleans
10 MU (6-4)
30 Cal Bike (1:50)
50 T2B (10-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2-1-1-1-1)

11:50 certainly not my brightest effort but good to get moving and get a met con in…

Brooks and I have some burpees to do later for charity, should be a good time.

I'll also be hitting the clean+ FS + Jerk, up to about an 80% weight

Great to start to feel like a human again.

9.17

Wednesday

A. Metcon w/ Nicole... Damn good to have her to help push

AMRAP 10 -

10 burpees

15 c2b (starting to use hips more, legs are bent in butterfly but it's helping me get more hip power 8-7 on each was difficult but doable)

40 DU

4+10

AMRAP 10

10 hsc @95

30' oh lunge

200m sprint

4+7

10 min :30/:30 on bike

124 cals (tried to stay above 550 watts each go)

Pm:

A. Front squat

7x5 @ 267.5

A shade below the prescribed percentage but these felt solid compared to some prior sessions, definitely feeling more consistent in my front squat pattern. 

Excuses are like assholes but that's all I could squeeze in today... Bike work will be done tomorrow as it shouldn't impair recovery day too much. 

9.12-9.15

Friday

A. Front Squat 

8 x 4 @ 275 … All pretty good reps here, again body is definitely in the "down" stage of an overreaching phase, but form is starting to dial in

B. 3 Rds (:30 EA)

Wall-Ball @ 30#

Burpees

Cals on AB

1= 16,16,14

2= 15, 16, 12

3= 15, 15, 9

Saturday

Hosted our internal comp… Sadly wasn't able to work today in

Sunday

Got a quick session to make up for saturday

A. Front Squat 

10 x 3 @ 285 I had taken the weights down this week to get all the sets but damn did they still feel heavy

B. :30/:30 On The Bike watts above 500

C. Gymnastics Work… Spent a lot of time on handstand walks, felt awesome despite being at the end of the workout

Monday

PM 1

A. Front Squat 6 x6 @ 255

…Again these felt solid but still a struggle, knees and hips getting a little cranky but not too bad.

PM 2

For Time:

10 Squat Cleans @ 225 (singles every 10ish seconds)

15 MU (5-5-5)

20 KB Squat cleans 70#s ea (5-5-4-3-3…what a bitch….)

15 MU (6-5-4)

10 Squats cleans (singles whenever i could breathe) 

14:15… WOW that was a brutal change of pace workout, all good stuff though

Tuesday

AM

A. Power Clean + TnG power Clean + Hang Power Clean … Up to 245, was not feeling explosive today, past week or so been a real mental challenge getting going, gotta be the "dark phase" of the squat work

B. 5 RM strict Press… up to 175, haven't done this in a WHILE, didn't feel awesome, but not a horrible number + 2x5 @ 155

C. OTM x14

Even: alternated between 4 paralette HSPUs and 4-6 strict 4" deficit HSPUs

Odd: 100m Sandbag run

9.9-9.10

Tuesday

A. Power Clean + Push Press + Push Jerk + Split Jerk x2

Worked up to 225 for solid sets with good footwork (certainly light but kept the "deload" theme)

B. 4 Rounds (with 4:00 Rest)

400m Row
30 DU
20 Pullups
10 Box Jumps @ 30"

2:28, 2:32, 2:35, 2:48 (broke on pull-ups… ugghh)
Felt solid here, pull-ups felt a bit off from all the MU yesterday but overall a good "breathing" workout

Wednesday

AM

A. Squat Clean + hang squat clean

Worked up to 295… Trying to play around with having weight in the balls of my feet in the start and I'm not quite use to it on my pull resulting in a little too much quad "hit" so positioning in the catch wasn't perfect but still a nice heavy clean for a deload week

B.  3 Rounds @ 80% (really trying to work on being smooth and steady during these and not dying out

10 Strict HSPU
400m Run
10 Thrusters @ 115
15 T2B

Held sub 4 minutes first two and just couldn't quite for the last, ended at 12:26 with the last set of HSPU (6-3-1) and T2B (13-2…. Pansy ass poop butt…) being the only set breaks

PM

A. Front Squat

5x5 @ 262.5 (shut it down 2 sets shy because i felt stability wavering ….felt smoked after this morning, should have definitely done these first, will come back friday ready to squat like a quad dominant rhino)

9.5-9.8

Friday

A. Front Squat… 

This week was definitely a "down" week in squat land, body just wasn't able to handle the prescribed weights, so I just worked up and did 4 doubles at 275 with solid form

B. "Hell"

15 MU (went 6-5-4)

30 Thrusters @ 95 (15-8-7) Probably a tad over paced here but i felt very smooth and efficient during these

10 MU (6-4)

20 Thrusters @ 145 (8-6-6) 

5 MU (UB)

10 Thrusters @ 195 ( 2-3-3- 1- 1)

20 B.O.B @ 24" 

Total time was 16:51 …. That was a grind but I feel like I was "in control" and have certainly improved my breathing work

I can really feel the squat program benefit here… Very exciting

Saturday 

Volunteer Day at Spartan Race (definitely a workout)

Sunday

 Ran Spartan Race (~9 Miles of hills and obstacles)

This was WAY outside my comfort zone… Definitely pushed me mentally and aerobically

I will be doing more of this in the future… My body was SMOKED after this.

Monday

A. Front Squat 

6x6 @ 250 (~73%)

These sets honestly felt great, almost no deviation until the last rep of the last couple sets, starting to really find my groove on the lighter weights

B. OTM x 21

- Muscle up x 6 (held UB all the way!)

- Burpees to target

- Box Jump w/ step down @ 30" (avg= ~11-12)

8.30-9.3

Saturday

A. Front Squat
10 x3 @ 290 (these were much more solid, dropped the weight to feel a little more upright. Last couple sets were broken into singles)

B.
AMRAP 10

10 OHS
10 Burpees
10 T2B

6 + 20

C. 5K Run ~23:00 (calf and achilles were killing me from the 400s earlier this week, due to wearing new minimal shoes)

Monday

A.
Snatch up to 255, felt a little off due to not snatching a ton recently, but happy to get so close to PR territory

B. Clean and jerk up to 290, felt real solid here… 1 Front squat is much better than oodles

C. Team MetCon

30 Thrusters
60T2B
30 OHS
60 Burpees over Bar
30 S2OH

9:43 W/ Nick G. Absolute Burner

Tuesday

A. Front Squat
6 x 6 @ 260

B.
AMRAP 10
5 Strict Pullup
7 Burpee
9 Cal AB
7 Rds

AMRAP 10
250 Row (1:45)
25 DU
25 Situps + 30#
5  Rds (achilles were still and issue on DU so Subbed Squat Jumps)

Wednesday 

AM

A. Muscle Snatch
175 x3

B. Power Snatch
Singles at 225

C. Snatch Pulls  (deficit)
260

D. 5x500m Row (1:30 rest )
All under 1:39

PM

A. Front Squat
7 x 5 @ 225 (Took these real light today because after the AM session I felt like trash. Definitely a struggle but got some reps in to reinforce newer more solid technique)