25 September, 2013

Squats & Couplet


25 Sep 13 (Wed)

     Warmup
     2 Rounds
     250m Row
     10      Air Box Squats
     10      Good Morning  (45lb)
     10      Shoulder Press (45lb)

     Strength
     5RM   Box Squat        (to 155lb)

     15-9-6
     Muscle Clean             (95lb)
     Bench Press               (70lb smith)

  Good WOD. 15-9-6 is a good rep-scheme.

  Still like the warmup. Think I'll use it for a while. Need to watch technique on good mornings a bit; work range of motion up slower.

24 September, 2013

Tire Flips


24 Sep 13 (Tue)

     Warmup
     (2 Rounds)
     250m Row
     10 Air Box Squats
     10 Good Mornings  (45lb)
     10 Shoulder Press   (45lb)

     Strength
     5RM Deadlift         (to 245lb)

     4 Rounds
     25m Tire Flips
     10    Situps

  Fun workout. Always nice to get some variety in, and the tire flips went well. Also good to get outside, of course (did them in the parking lot).

  Good warmup, too. Got it from CF Mom.

22 September, 2013

Exercycle & Couplet


22 Sep 13 (Sun)

     Warmup
     3min Exercycle

     2 Rounds
     15      DB Snatch (R)  (25lb, 30)
     15      DB Snatch (L)  (25lb, 30)
     800m Row

  Tried the recumbent exercycle for warmup for variety. It's a pretty crap exercise. You just sit there moving your legs; there's no intensity at all. I mean, it wasn't terrible on the knees, but still.

  People at the gym who come in and get on the treadmill or exercycle or whatever for a half-hour/hour are trying to exercise without having to actually do any work. They're literally using the least amount of energy that they possibly can. It's more to talk themselves into having been at the gym than trying to use the gym. It's sad: and essentially useless.

  Maybe mountain-biking on a trail or something would have some value. May try that eventually.

21 September, 2013

AMRAP Triplet


21 Sep 13 (Sat)

     Warmup
     500m Row

     AMRAP in 20min
     200m Row
     3        Muscle Clean  (125lb)
     10      Situps
     ***  8 total rounds     (1600m Row, 24 Cleans, 80 Situps)

  Good to do a longer AMRAP; been too many WODs of around the same length. Need to mix it up more.

  Don't have my scale anymore; gonna have to remember to weigh at the gym for a baseline.

  Oh, also Seattle football is undefeated thus far (Huskies & Seahawks).  :P

20 September, 2013

Squat, Clean, & Press


20 Sep 13 (Fri)

      Warmup
      500m Row

      5 Rounds
     10 Box Squat  (65lb)
     10 Hang Muscle Clean  (65lb)
     10 DB Shoulder Press   (2x15lb)

  Light but well-rounded WOD. Good workout, if on the easy-ish side.

17 September, 2013

Baby Barbara


17 Sep 13 (Tue)

     Warmup
     500m Row

     5 Rounds (Baby Barbara)
     10     Pullups  (assisted -130lb, 130, 130, 140, 140)
     10     Situps
     10     Air Box Squats
     100m Row Sprint

  Good, clean, light workout. Decent sweat, not breathing hard.

16 September, 2013

Muscle Snatch Max


16 Sep 13 (Mon)

     Warmup
     500m Row

     1 Rep Max
     1 Muscle Snatch  (to 115lb)      *** Did 2 singles at 115, both pressed out

     Cooldown
     500m Row

  CF main site is working through some low-rep high-weight recently. Scattered with some high-volume Hero-WODs.

  I don't think the gym has any kettlebells. Probably have to use DBs for KB-swings and the like. Still fine for $20 a month.  :/