WORKOUTS
Challenge WOD: Bradshaw
10 RFT of:
3 Handstand push-ups
6 Deadlift, 225/155 lb
12 Pull-ups
24 Double-unders
BtW mean: 25:41
Scaling: push-ups on a box; lighter deads; jumping pull-ups; 3-for-1 singles with jump rope (72 total each round) or tuck jumps
WOD 2: GHD-Muscle-up
For time:
25 GHD sit-ups
1 Muscle-up
20 GHD sit-ups
2 Muscle-ups
15 GHD sit-ups
3 Muscle-ups
10 GHD sit-ups
4 Muscle-ups
5 GHD sit-ups
5 Muscle-ups
If you don’t have muscle-ups, use a muscle-up progression (rather than some pull-up/dip combination). Best approach is starting with weight on your feet and using some kind of jump (some examples here). Here’s another idea for getting through the transition (but then, for the workout, finish by pressing up and locking out at the top). Here is a video on some muscle-up basics. Another scaling approach is to use a band (here’s an idea). Just ask Mr. H if you want to borrow his band.
WOD 3: Cleans-Kettlebells
4 RFT:
7 Squat Cleans (60% 1RM)
14 KB Swings
STRENGTH
SWOD 1: Front squat, 3-3-1-1-1
SWOD 2: Power clean, 3-3-1-1-1
SWOD 3: Squat clean, 3-3-1-1-1
If you are going to do all three SWODs, use the progression. The only real reason for training the front squat is to train for the squat clean. The effort here is to lock in a relatively heavy weight and then go for a PR on the last three attempts.
GYMNASTICS
GWOD 1: Pancake Split
Accumulate 5 minutes of pancake hold.
GWOD 2: Handstand Practice
Accumulate 3 minutes of handstand hold.
GWOD 3: Couplet
For time—21-15-9 rep rounds of:
Ring Push-ups
Burpee Box Jumps
MOBILITY
MWOD 1: Personalize your warm-up
MWOD 2: Peak tension vs. working tension
MWOD 3: Improve your medial
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[b]SWOD1[/b] (front squat) : 155-175-190-200(PR)-205(f)
Hoooooooray! I’ve been shooting for a 200 front squat for, I don’t know, something like a year and half. Finally!
[b]Challenge WOD: Bradshaw[/b] : 29:19 Rx’d. Good one! Not a prizewinning time, but it took a good push throughout. Really good workout. Amazing how much the other movements made the hspu harder. I think this is the most reps I’ve done on full hspu–usually I use an AbMat. The last couple rounds got a little shallow.
Nice to keep our 9:30 Sunday a.m. group going!
SWOD1 (front squat): 95-135-165-185-200-205F
Challenge WOD: Bradshaw
26.58 Rx’d
The trick is to string everything together–don’t break any of the movements up into sets unless you really have to. I was doing sets for the first couple rounds and it really slowed me down.
Thanks for coming, Laskey! I came in grouchy and left happy.
[b]SWOD2[/b] (power clean) : 155(f3)-155-170-175(PR)-180(f)
[b]WOD2[/b] (GHD-muscle-up) : 8:02 Rx’d.
WOD 3: Cleans-Kettlebells
4 RFT:
7 Squat Cleans (30 lbs)
14 KB Swings (1 pood)
Time: 5:25
WOD 3
Time: 4.49 minutes
– 35 lbs for the Squat cleans
– 1 pood for the kettle-bell swings
Great short workout. Pretty exhausting in the end though, but it was great! =D
WOD 3:
7 squat cleans- 30lbs
14 kb swings- 1 pood
Time: 5:28
I’m not very fond of squat cleans. The kb swings were fun though. (:
WOD 3
45lbs for cleans. 1 1/2 pood. 6:07.
WOD 3
5:48ish… stop watch complications.
65#/16 kg KB
WOD 2: GHD-Muscle-up
For time:
25 GHD sit-ups
1 Muscle-up
20 GHD sit-ups
2 Muscle-ups
15 GHD sit-ups
3 Muscle-ups
10 GHD sit-ups
4 Muscle-ups
5 GHD sit-ups
5 Muscle-ups
Time: 5.08
I was really happy with this one–I felt pretty good. I’m sore today, though. Really sore.
WOD
7 squat cleans- 35 lbs.
14 kettle-bell swings- 1 pood
Time:
5:38
I like this workout. I was happy that it worked different muscles than the ones that are already sore in my shoulders.
Lunchtime workout!
Burgener warm-up : Forgot to do this the other days this week. To meet my November goal I’ll have to bust it out the next two days as well.
[b]MWOD1[/b] : I [i]really[/i] liked this. I only had time to do two of the four exercises on the video. But I really like the whole concept of personalizing the warmup for the work you’ll be doing. I haven’t thought about this nearly enough. Plus those were just cool stretches.
[b]SWOD3[/b] (squat cleans) : With some impromptu coaching from Ray K, this ended up being a 3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1 effort:
135-155-155-165-175-185(f)-180(f)-180(PR)
Ray helped me see I need a lot more speed jumping to the bottom of the squat. I finally got it right on my penultimate attempt, but then got so excited that I went squishy and failed on the up. My last attempt was with my more common technique of lifting the bar too far, receiving it in 3/4th squat, going down to full squat then coming up. Ray told me I should be more proud of my failed attempt than my PR. That is hard. But okay.
[b]WOD3[/b] (cleans-KB) : I did squat snatches instead of squat cleans since that’s a goal I’m working toward. And after all the effort I put into the SWOD, this was probably just about the ugliest thing ever. Somehow I managed to make each of the 28 snatches individual and unique, utterly unlike any of the others. And even the kettlebell felt like it was about 100 pounds.
7:29 @ 85lb snatches.
[b]MWOD3[/b] (medial)
[b]GWOD3[/b] (couplet) : 6:57. Wow. Burpee box jumps. Those are no joke.
[b]GWOD1[/b] (split) : Always good for some chuckles.
WOD 2: GHD-Muscle-up
For time:
25 GHD sit-ups
1 Muscle-up
20 GHD sit-ups
2 Muscle-ups
15 GHD sit-ups
3 Muscle-ups
10 GHD sit-ups
4 Muscle-ups
5 GHD sit-ups
5 Muscle-ups
Time: 7:05
I can tell my abs are going to be sore tomorrow!
I forgot to mention that I did muscle-up progressions instead.
WOD 2
Time: 6:50
Pretty good time unless you take into account that I did regular sit-ups instead of GHD’s. Maybe someday. 🙂
WOD 3: Cleans-Kettlebells
4RFT: 5 minutes
WOD 2: GHD-Muscle-up
For time:
25 GHD sit-ups
1 Muscle-up
20 GHD sit-ups
2 Muscle-ups
15 GHD sit-ups
3 Muscle-ups
10 GHD sit-ups
4 Muscle-ups
5 GHD sit-ups
5 Muscle-ups
I substituted GHD’s with regular sit-ups and did muscle up progressions.
time: 5:58
WOD 3:
75lb clean
24 kg KB
Time: 4:50
WOD 2: GHD-Muscle-up
For time:
25 GHD sit-ups
1 Muscle-up
20 GHD sit-ups
2 Muscle-ups
15 GHD sit-ups
3 Muscle-ups
10 GHD sit-ups
4 Muscle-ups
5 GHD sit-ups
5 Muscle-ups
Time: 6:29
I did a muscle-up progression. The first two sets I did normal sit-ups, but for the last three sets I did GHDs.
Snatch balance
1-1-1-1-1-1-1
115-125-135-145-155-165-175[PR]
For some reason, I find snatch balances very scary. I think I just mentally psyche myself out once I get past a certain weight. At least I got a PR tonight though.
WOD 2: GHD-Muscle-up
For time:
25 GHD sit-ups
1 Muscle-up
20 GHD sit-ups
2 Muscle-ups
15 GHD sit-ups
3 Muscle-ups
10 GHD sit-ups
4 Muscle-ups
5 GHD sit-ups
5 Muscle-ups
Time: 6.12
I did all sets with GHDs but muscle-up progression instead of actual muscle-ups.
Burgener warm-up (actually also did this last night so I’d get me 3 in for the week)
[b]MWOD2[/b] : Didn’t understand this. Seems like something you do without having to think about it.
[b]GWOD2[/b] (handstand) : Did against the wall.
GWOD 2 against wall, rather tricky
Oh I did wod 3 with Tab and she’s a good workout buddy, she never stops moving! 6 minutesish because of the same stopwatch complications 🙂
Bradshaw: 30:18 with a 1.5 minute potty break @ 135#
Wow, this was fun! I had a few sets of double unders that were unbroken. This would have been even more fun if I’d made it into town to buy my own speed rope!
SWOD 1: 135# a new PR by 5#. For some reason front squats are insanely hard for me…I’m going to blame my short torso and tight hips 🙂
SWOD 2: no PRs, to tell you the truth I got a little self conscience because of the other folks in the gym :{