Monday, February 28, 2011

Bi's and Tri's? Oh My!

AM Workout:
1/2 Tabatas of 
weighted pull-ups, 25lbs
True push-ups on rings
weighted sit-ups, 25lbs
95lbs front squats

Mid-Afternoon Workout:
performing "21's" for each of following
Biceps -3 sets of using ez-curl bar, 85lbs
Triceps -3 sets of using ez-curl bar, 85 lbs


PM Workout:
Martial Arts Training with some buddies

   I figured I would try working in a little bit of some isolation/specificity work throughout the week.  This type of exercise will amount to a small percentage of my output.  I just wanna test and see what it accomplishes, if anything.






Saturday, February 26, 2011

Sore Ace Cheeks

Holy Prison Muscles, Batman!  My Butt Cheeks are sore.  Yesterday definitely did some damage to my butt and back.  I almost wussed out on doing my workout today.

Strength:
Hand Stand Push-ups on paralettes

MetCon:
7 Rounds for time
10 squat cleans, 45lbs
10 jumping squats
5 Muscle-ups
    Time: 12:50

    then

4 x 2min plank hold

    With my A-cheeks being so sore, I felt that I needed to set a pace for this workout rather than attacking it. It turns out my pace was too slow, as well; I had quite a bit of gas in the tank when I finished.  I hate when I don't push hard enough. 
    

Friday, February 25, 2011

Tired Hamstrings

Workout:
Drill Kettlebell Snatches

    then

4 rounds for time of
3 Deadlifts 335lbs
20 walking lunges holding 2 - 55lb dumbbells
    Time 4:29

    Worked to 88lbs on the snatches.  Surprisingly the deadlifts were much easier than I anticipated; however, the lunges were a little tougher. 

Thursday, February 24, 2011

a little twist

AM Workout:
5 Rds not for time of
20 push-ups
20 sit-ups

Mid day:
rope climbs

PM Workout:
Tabatas using a heavy bag w/ 1 min rest between tabatas
jab/cross
hooks
Thai kicks

    During work I had to go to the back side the building where we have an obstacle course.  I took a few minutes to knock out a few 20 ft rope climbs.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Flag football and Muscle-ups

AM
Played flag football

PM
Drilled muscle-ups

    I didn't do a timed workout for the muscle-ups, but did quite a few of them.  Tomorrow should be a good work.

No Excuses

Monday - Did not work out. 

Tuesday - Did not work out.

    Yeah, I am sad and pathetic.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Rest Day!

Sunday = Church, friends, family, rest.

Flag Football!!!

Saturday Night!  Flag football!  2-1/2 hours! 

    The Men's Ministry at my Church rented out a field at Udall park for some epic flag football.  It always turns out to be a good workout. 

    Today my adductors are a little sore.
   

Friday, February 18, 2011

Rope Climbs

Rope climbing is a great test of upper body fitness, strength and endurance.

AM Workout:
3 Rounds for time:
2 - 20 ft Rope Climbs, arms only(no assistance from legs)
15 Kettlebell Swings 88lbs
    Time: 8:25

PM Workout:
Tabata Sit-ups
and
Mobility work


Made it up the first 1 and 1/2 climbs with out resting.  After that I needed to rest between climbs and once or twice during climbs.  I used my legs for support during the rests, but did not use them to climb.

Thursday, Rest Day!

REST!!!!  quite needed.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Command PT

    So I generally dislike the typical Military Command PT.  It is always push-ups, sit-ups, run.  However, today I did not mind.  I am quite in need of a rest day, so I was able to just gingerly complete the requirments.

Workout
Max Push-ups in 3 mins
Max Sit-up in 3 mins
Run 1.5 miles

    I have no idea how many push-ups I did, but I only did 60 sit-ups.  I did not time my run, but it was quite slow.  I need sleep and recovery.  I should be able to get some good sleep tonight.  I have a couple good workout days ahead, plus a big flag football game on Saturday.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Decent Day

Strength
Back Squat: 5 x 5
    Weight: 315 - 325 - 325-  XXX - XXX

MetCon
Power Cleans, 135lbs
    10 power cleans
    Run 200m
    9 power cleans
    Run 200m
    8 power cleans
    Run 200m....
    ....Continue descending to finish with 1 power clean and 200m run
        Time: 11:33

Wanted to jump to 335 and 345 for last two sets of squats, but I was pressed for time so couldn't finish.  Not a bad time on the MetCon, though I could have completed the runs faster.  I started the runs a little slow, as I was worried about "hitting the wall."  Once I got to the second to last run, I realized I still had a good amount of juice, but it was too late to make up a lot of time.  10 mins could have happened if I killed myself. 

Monday, February 14, 2011

Bad! Bad! Bad!

AM Workout
15-12-9 of:
Thrusters, 135 lbs
Weighted Pull-ups, 25 lbs

PM Workout
10 x 50m sprints
5:1 rest to work ratio

PM Mobility
Shoulder - posterior rotation w/ interior bias
Hips - internal rotation w/ medial stretching
Feet - fascial release

Okay, so I sucked it up bad on the AM workout.  My old time for this was approx 6 mins.  I can only blame a little bit of this on the fact that I did my pull-ups on gymnastic rings--very difficult to do cyclic pull-ups on rings.  Of course the rest of the blame would be on my still-getting-back-where-I-was-before, and I had no motivation so I wuss up on the workout.  I gotta do better than that.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Easy Day

Today was an easy day.

15 mins agility drills with strength shoes.

Tomorrow is a tough day.  A couple of good workouts planned.

Rest for Saturday

No real workout today (Saturday).  I did a decent amount of mobilization, but no real energy exertion.

20+ mins on hamstring mobility
10+ mins sitting in the bottom of a squat
30 mins swinging Escrima sticks to loosen arms and shoulders, and drill striking techniques.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Burpees Suck!

If you have done burpees before, you know that they suck.  If you have not done them, you are missing out.

MetCon
4 rounds of:
Run 800m
40 burpees
    Time: 28:01

Mobility
Hip flexors - stretch and roll-out
Calves - stretch and foam roll

Sub 24 minutes would put me back to awesome status, but I knew that wasn't gonna happen.  I figured sub 30 would be a good goal for second day back.  On a positive note, the nagging cough I have had for the past month is almost gone and didn't bother me as much as I anticipated.  In a lot of ways I felt better than anticipated; however, my reovery from the workout was horrible.  Part of elite fitness is fast recovery time...it'll come soon.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

THE RETURN OF A FIRE BREATHER

I have until 27 April to get myself back to the fitness level of a fire-breathing monster.  I have been there before, but I will need to push hard and be smart to get there again in such a short period of time.  Granted, I have been half-butting my fitness for quite awhile (only working out a few days a week, and giving little effort during the workouts), but at least I'm not starting from scratch.  with that said...Here is day one of the return of a Fire Breather.

Strength
Front Squats: 3 x 3 at 225

MetCon    
Five Rounds of:
5 Kettlebell Snatch Right Hand
5 Kettlebell Snatch Left Hand
10 Pull-ups
     Time: 5:37

Running
4 x 110m Sprints using Strength Shoes

--The FS were not too heavy, probably had a good 25 more pounds in me.  Gotta take it easy first day back after the surgery though. 
--Felt okay on the MetCon.  Still have a good amount of improvement to come on my work capacity.
--I had planned on running a few more sprints, but the surgery site started to hurt on these.  

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Since I am currently unable to workout due to a medical issue, the posts on this site will commence around the 3rd week in February.  See ya then