Today was Wendler:

Back Squat

3 @ 120
3 @ 137.5
>3 @ 155*

Press

3 @ 60
3 @ 67.5
>3 @ 77.5*

Finished with 2 reps for the back squat and 4 for the press. Disappointing, but I saw it coming during the warmups when my legs felt dead. I think it might have something to do with it being my fourth day on, so next week I'm going to shift these 2 exercises to Tuesday, after I've had a day off.

Today I did a slightly abbreviated version of the PCF metcon:

21-15-9

Hang Power Snatch (55 lb)
Pushups
400 m run

11:33

Did the snatches from the hang because of some lingering lower back soreness.

Triple T

I think I'm gonna watch this before every workout from now on:

Worked on 2 rep snatch balances to start. I stayed mostly at 62 and 72 lbs, but felt pretty fast (just a little nervous about my right shoulder bringing the bar back down in-between reps). I then did an abbreviated version of the metcon, which was 1 thruster and 1 pullup on the minute, 2 thrusters and 2 pullups the next minute, etc. I can't remember exactly, but I started with 82 lbs, then went down to 72 and finally 62 before throwing in the towel after 7 or so completed rounds (with a few rounds of rest in between). Quads and shoulder twinged, hands hurt, and thrusters felt slow and were hard to link. And yes, I realize I am whining. I will do better tomorrow.

Today was Wendler DL:

5 @ 142.5
5 @ 162.5
>5 @ 185*

Finished with 12 solid reps, which was what I did 4 weeks ago (I decided to restart this cycle after my big wedding break). We then did

5 rounds

7 DL (135 lb)
7 KB swings (1 pood)
7 Burpees

5:22 Rx'd. I went into the gym still feeling kind of icky, but I was happy with my deadlifting and my performance in the metcon, so good day at the box! Thanks to Kari for cheering me on during my third Wendler set and for pushing me through that metcon, and thanks to Brian for the solid lifting music (i.e. Bone Thugs).

Tuesday = unscheduled rest day.

Wednesday = scheduled work/rest day.

Today was my first day back at Wendler. I decided to reset to the first week of my second cycle, which means I did

Back Squat

5 @ 112.5
5 @ 130
>5 @ 145*

Finished with 7 reps. Not great but it's been at least 3 weeks since I've squatted anything (I did do a couple of squats in my wedding dress, but all I was holding was a champagne glass), so I'll take it.

Press

5 @ 55
5 @ 65
>5 @ 72.5*

Finished with 6 reps. Again, not awesome, but I'll take it, especially after doing Lynne yesterday. Monday's a work/rest day.

Today was "Lynne":

5 rounds

max bench press (90 for first set, then 85 for the rest)
max pullups

I finished with 64 reps, with a roughly even (after the first round), albeit declining distribution of bench presses and pullups. Poor hand care played a role.

Today was

10 rounds

30 sec OHS (first 6 rounds at 75, last 4 at 65)
60 sec rest
30 sec row
60 sec rest

180 reps. OHS were hard.

Today we worked on 3 rep cleans. I went pretty light, only getting up to a set of 105 that felt pretty good. In keeping with my taking-it-kind-of-easy-coming-back theme of the past couple days, I then did a scaled version of the metcon:

3 rounds

5 clean and jerks (75 lb)
7 pullups
9 box jumps (24 inches)

I finished in 6:50, which isn't great but I'm keeping a PMA. Clean and jerks felt great (including my shoulder, which felt fantastic throughout), pullups sucked, and box jumps were high for me and a little slow, but ok.

Monday was a work day. Tuesday I did

4 rounds

5 deadlifts (175 for 1st 2 rounds, 155 for rest)
20 pushups
400 m run

14:35

Still rounding back into form, blech. Wednesday will be a work day.

Finally back after the wedding and then some serious post-wedding sickness. It was awesome (the wedding), but stress + gluten + champagne + bad sleep definitely = trouble! Anyhow, we did Nate at the box. My version was

AMRAP 20 minutes

6 pullups
6 ring dips (1 small orange band, then 2)
4 HSPUs (ab mat)
8 KB swings (1.5 pood)

I had 6 rounds. I don't know if it was just first-day-back sluggishness or my morning massage, but I felt slow and weak. I was glad to be back, though!

Did some half-hearted volume work today on ring dips and HSPUs. Blech.

In New Orleans, where the weather is beautiful and the booze is aplenty. We took advantage of the lovely conditions and went down to the local park for a metcon:

5 rounds

15 burpees
15 situps
15 jumping lunges
15 pushups
15 KB swings (1 pood)

17:02

Burpees were the worst, by far.

Went in to the box with the intent of fully tackling the WOD, but after warming up and doing some light snatch balance practice, I decided that assaulting my shoulders further would not be in my best interest, and so I skipped the metcon. Tomorrow and Sunday will likely be travel days, as we'll be driving down to New Orleans!