Conditioning

3 circuits; 1 minute's rest in between:

100 skips
15 ball slams
15 kettlebell lateral swings per arm
15 box jumps
15 burpees
20 ball squats (lifting the ball to the top of the punchbag)
10 shuttle runs

Today was another one of those days when I didn't want to do a conditioning routine, but pushed myself anyway. It took me a little while to get going in the first round, but by the second round my mind was in the right place. I started to drag my arse halfway through the third set as fatigue started to kick in. However, a couple of people came into the yoga room to do some stretching, and that seemed to give me some impetus. Nothing like an audience to get me going.

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3 x 20 ab rollouts

3 x 50 bicycle crunches

Conditioning and abs

Kayla Baumgardner

Had a crappy night's sleep and felt like total shite today, but I needed to get in some conditioning this week, so I had to push myself. Even walking to the gym I doubted I'd be able to do anything challenging, but I felt that if I could at least get started I might be okay. That proved to be the case.

I just made this up on the spot, rather than my usual planning ahead.

3 circuits, 90 seconds rest in between

30 kettlebell swings (12kg)
15 burpees
15 lateral kettlebell swings per arm (8kg)
10 burpees
30 kettlebell swings (12kg)
5 burpees

Simple, but good enough to get the heart pumping. I was drenched in sweat by the end.

Ab rollouts - 3 x 20
Bicycle crunches - 3 x 30 per leg
Swiss ball pushups/rolls - 10, 10, 7
Leg raises - 3 x 12

Conditioning

Post-workout schweddy.

Second pre-soccer season conditioning workout.

4 circuits; 2 minutes rest in between each.

12 parallette jumps
15 burpees
30 mountain climbers
20 kettlebell swings
1 minute skipping

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3 x 20 shuttle runs (1 run = length of yoga room)

Conditioning

I wanted to get started on my conditioning program in preparation for my summer soccer season. It's been several months since I did any conditioning, so I knew this was going to be mentally tough. I'm going to make these more challenging over time, but today was just a mental warm-up.

3 circuits; 90 seconds rest
12 parallette jumps
15 burpees
30 kettlebell swings
10 punchbag shuttle runs

Jesus, I though my chest was going to explode. I knew the shuttle runs would be the hardest, but the burpees were surprisingly tough, too. I haven't done any for months, so it took a while to get any fluidity. Plus, I did some ab work yesterday so my core was nice and sore this morning.

200 x skipping rope skips

Leg extensions (burn)
75lb x 50

Conditioning and abs

My legs still feel a little tight after Monday's PT session, so I spent about 10 minutes stretching before I started training.

3 circuits:
12 x parallette jumps
20 x burpees
20 x kettlebell swings
100 x skips
10 x shuttle runs with punch bag

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Weighted sit-ups/Russian twists (2 twists per side)
10, 10, 10

Ab roll-outs - 10, 10, 10

Conditioning

I got to the gym late this afternoon and made up a conditioning session on the spot, to make up for yesterday's excessive eating.

Hang cleans; relative max reps
95lb x 12, 10, 9, 7, 6

My forearms and failing grip forced me to quit each time.

3 circuits; 90 seconds rest between sets:
Kettlebell figure of 8s x 10 for each side
Alternating dumbbell snatches x 10 per arm
20 burpees

I was a heaving puddle of sweat by the end.

3 sets; 60 seconds rest between sets:
10 x barbell twists
15 x decline sit-ups

Conditioning

Gave it another shot...

3 circuits:
2 minutes skipping
15 inverted rows off parallettes
15 kettlebell lateral swings per arm
2 minutes lateral jumps over small bench
15 dips off parallettes
20 ball squats (lifting ball to top of punch bag)
25 burpees

Conditioning

Clumsiest parallette jumps you're ever likely to see. Although, in my defence,
this was my fourth and final circuit, so I was bloody knackered!

Circuit x 4; 90 seconds rest in between each

12 x parallette jumps
15 x burpees
30 x kettlebell swings
10 x 40lb punchbag shuttle runs

Cycled to and from the gym, so I didn't feel like I needed to do anything else today!

Legs: Conditioning

I didn't have time for a full leg workout today, so I just did the conditioning part.

3 circuits; 2 minutes rest in between each:

3 x 4 parallette jumps
15 burpees
30 mountain climbers
20 ball slams @ 30lb
20 kettle bell swings (see below)
12 shuttle runs (1 run is from one end of the yoga room and back)

With the kettlebells, 1 rep = starting from one side, swing the kb in front with one hand, bring it down between my legs, switch hands, swing in front again and back between my legs, then out in front and finish on the opposite side.

There was a much younger gym member, doing some ab work in the yoga room while I did my third set, who said she was impressed by the intensity of this routine. Not bad for an old guy!

I would have liked to get some squats in too, but at least I had a painful bike ride back home.

Legs

Sweet mother of God, that has to be the toughest PT session I've ever had. As usual with Cosmo, I started with a conditioning circuit.

3 circuits; 2 minutes rest in between each:

3 x 4 parallette jumps
15 burpees (I nearly had a heart attack when I thought Cosmo said 50)
30 mountain climbers
20 ball slams @ 30lb
20 kettle bell swings (see below)
12 shuttle runs (1 run is from one end of the yoga room and back)

With the kettlebells, 1 rep = starting from one side, swing the kb in front with one hand, bring it down between my legs, switch hands, swing in front again and back between my legs, then out in front and finish on the opposite side.

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3 x back squat drop sets; 1 minute(ish) rest in between each:
10 reps at 130lb, 110lb, and 90lb

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2 x leg press drop sets; 1 minute rest in between
8 reps at 270lb, 180lb, and 90lb

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Finished with a cool down cycle on the stationery bike, then some stretching.

Back and biceps

 

Deadlifts @ 225lb - 5, 5

One arm dumbbell rows @ 55lb - 12, 11, 8 per side

Wide grip pull-ups (not knees up) - 8, 7, 6

Barbell row @ 75lb - 11, 9, 8

Cable row @ 70lb - 5 minute burn

Concentration curls @ 20lb - 11, 9, 8 per arm

EZ bar preacher curls @ 45lb - 12, 10, 8

Seated dumbbell curls @ 17.5lb; neutral grip - 5 minute burn

Back and biceps

Deadlifts @ 225lb, resetting - 6, 5

One arm dumbbell rows @ 55lb - 12, 10, 7 per side

Wide grip pull-ups with knees raised - 6, 5, 5

Barbell row @ 70lb - 12; 75lb - 8, 8

Cable row @ 60lb - 5 minute burn

EZ bar preacher curls @ 45lb - 12, 10, 8

Concentration curls @ 20lb - 9, 8, 8 per arm

Seated dumbbell curls @ 20lb - 5 minute burn

And for no reason other than I felt like it...

Death by burpees
1 burpee in the first minute, two in the second, etc
Score = 10 rounds and 10 reps in the eleventh minute
I was face down on the ground about to jump up when I just failed to beat the clock. Nearly a full round less than last time. Probably would have got it if I'd pushed myself for that last rep to complete 11 rounds. Nuts.

Full body

Dayum.

This week has consisted of a series of short workouts, but on five consecutive days. I have some doms - especially in my traps, following yesterday's rowing - but definitely no symptoms of overtraining.

Back squats 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
135, 155, 185, 200, 205 (2)

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7 rft:
7 cleans @ 115lb
7 pull-ups (kipping)
7 burpees
Time = 19:56

Full body

RIP Kenneth Chan

Squat cleans
85 x 5
95 x 3
115 x 2
125 x 2
135 x 1
140 x 1
145 x F, F

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Supersets
Incline bench press - 35s x 12, 40s x 10, 7, 7
Push-ups - 16, 10, 8, 7

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Amrap 10
1 deadlift @ 225lb, 1 burpee, 2/2, 3/3 etc.
Score = 7 rounds and 8 deadlifts

Upper body / Conditioning

Pull-ups, max reps - 13, 8, 7, 6, 6

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Amrap 10
5 burpees
5 knees to elbows
Score = 8 rounds plus 5 burpees and 1 k2e

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3 rft:
20 hang power snatches @ 45lb
20 push-ups (hand release)
20 box jumps @ 24"
Time = 16:46

Conditioning

I haven't used a picture of a male athlete for nearly a month.
Oh, well...

For time:
50 skips (x 2)
50 burpees
50 thrusters @ 20s
50 sit-ups
50 push presses @ 20s
50 leg raises/hip raises
50 traveling lunges (50 steps)
50 dumbbell swings @ 30
50 dumbbell snatches @ 25
50 jump squats

Time = 32:41

Real life got in the way of my planned pushing workout today and I didn't have time to go to ABsolute Fitness this morning. It wasn't until 6:00pm that I was able to take a break from work, but I was only able to get to the Stonecroft gym. I spent a good 15 minutes stretching and warming up, especially as my right calf is still hurting from my cramp spasm after Saturday's PT session.

I adapted today's main site WOD by substituting some movements for the RXed ones; for example, thrusters with dumbbells instead of wall balls, and leg/hip raises instead of knees to elbows. Some of the changes were due to the equipment that was available, and some were because I don't have the skills (100 single skips instead of 50 double-unders).

Perhaps because it was later in the day, but I felt pretty lethargic at the start of this routine. However, I gradually felt mentally more energized as I progressed, although I was obviously becoming more fatigued. I was alone in the gym until the dumbbell swings, and I think I scared the crap out of the geezer who came in to use the machines. I was grunting and sweating my ass off, then I managed to gasp "Enjoy your evening" when I left. I'm probably the first person at Stonecroft who's done metcon training!

Full body: Conditioning

Personal training with Paul.

Bloody hell, I've got to stop suggesting workouts to Paul. Today's was a killer. I stumbled across a metcon on a Guelph box's website and sent it to Paul because I thought he might like to try it. But no; he made me do it instead (I'll be bloody pissed if he doesn't give it a go!)

2 rounds of max reps:

Burpees: 40 + 29 = 69
Chin-ups: 37 + 27 = 64

Push presses @ 95lb: 27 + 23 = 50
Back squat @ 45 lb: 52 + 40 = 92
Knees to elbows: 27 + 27 = 54

3 minutes per station; 30 seconds of "rest" to transition to the next station.

3 minutes of rest between rounds.

Total reps = 324

Score = 383

There's an option of doing knees to elbows or sit-ups instead, but the k2e reps count double, hence my total score is higher than the total reps.

The presses were the toughest, simply because of the weight. I was pleasantly surprised that my second set was only four reps fewer than the first. The back squats were surprisingly hard because they took my breath away. I took some long breaks during the second set because my head was spinning so much. There was only one failed rep in the whole routine - a chin-up - and the k2es, which were the last movement of each round, were done on auto-pilot. I shut off my mind and just concentrated on getting through the next rep. I've never know 30 seconds pass so quickly nor 3 minutes go so slowly.

I finished off with some sit-ups, none of which was timed.

Conditioning

My hamstrings are pretty much back to normal, but my glutes are still sore as hell. I didn't want to resort to just an upper body workout again, so I decided to do some conditioning that would work my whole body. I started by doing about 10-15 minutes of warming up - especially my legs, obviously - and then did a version of The 540, which is named after the CrossFit box that devised it. The reps are as RXed, but I couldn't find a reference to what weight I should be using. I think it's up to the individual how much to put on the bar, so I guess-timated how much would be a challenge for me. I think I got it about right.

The 540
50 overhead lunges (total reps; 25lb bumper plate)
40 pull-ups
30 thrusters @ 85lb
20 burpees
10 cleans @ 115lb
Time = 18:06

I narrowly missed Rich Froning's world record time. By about 12 and a half minutes. Frig, this took my breath away, especially the thrusters. I think they took the longest time out of everything, just because of the time I spent resting. The burpees were in slow motion, but I only needed one break right in the middle.

For time:
50 sit-ups (strict)
50 push-ups
Time = 4:35

Short workout today, but still felt challenging.

Full body conditioning

Personal training with Paul

Amrap 10
1 deadlift @ 225lb, 1 burpee, 2/2, 3/3 etc.
Score = 9 rounds exactly

Edit: I only just checked back to see my score when I did something similar but easier a few weeks ago. Back then I did jump squats instead of the RXed burpees, which I did today. Even though my lungs burned like hell this morning, I did much better.

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"Ensign"
3 x 3 minute rounds of:
3 power cleans @ 115lb
6 push-ups
9 air squats

Scores:
3 rounds + 3 power cleans
3 rounds + 6 squats
3 rounds + 6 push-ups

I'm not surprised that the second round was better than the first. I deliberately moved slower, which allowed me to breathe slower. I slowed down in the third round just because I was fatigued.

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3 rounds:
10 ab rollouts
20 sit-ups (strict)

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It's two hours later, and my lower back is already seizing up from the deadlifts! Great workout, though. I'm used to one of the routines in my PT session knocking me on my ass, but not two at the beginning!

Full body

Personal training with Paul

A lot of relative maxes to start...

Squat cleans
95lb x 8, 8, 5, 7

I lost concentration during the first set and my grip failed, causing me to drop the bar. That pissed me off; there was no reason for me to fail.

Military press
65lb x 10, 8, 6, 7

Neutral alternating pull-ups
10, 8, 6, 5

Dips
12, 8, 9, 7

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Amrap 10
10 x traveling lunges @ 20s (per leg)
10 x burpees
10 x sit-ups (strict)
Score = 4 rounds + 3 burpees

After a disappointing first set of squat cleans to start the day, I was quite pleased with how I finished with this short amrap. The lunges burned my quads, but I kept going and never broke them up. The burpees burned my lungs and I had to take a rest during the first three sets, but not the fourth. I wanted to, but I kept telling myself that this was only a short metcon, so just keep going! The sit ups weren't too bad. They started to hurt, but not enough to force me to take a break, other than a couple of breaths in the final set.