Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Didn't get motivated early on, so my workout just ended up being a short one:

Tabata L-sits (knees bent), then
Death by Pullup (4.8 rounds completed)

I was able to stay up the whole time for the first 4 rounds of Tabata, then managed 15 consecutive seconds for the last 5 rounds. Death by Pullup was interesting in terms of how tricky hard it was - I couldn't finish out the 5th round in time, although after I rested a few minutes, I was easily able to do another pullup (and 10 more after that!).


Monday, September 28, 2009

Did a slightly hurried Stronglifts B today:

Back Squats 5x5 (125 lb)
Overhead Press 5x5 (50 lb)
Deadlift 5x1 (135 lb)
Pullup 10x2

Felt pretty good on everything today. Back squats are getting pretty heavy, in terms of what I have historically been capable of doing for 5 reps, so I was surprised when all 5 sets went relatively well. Pullups felt easier, and I am pretty sure I rested less between each set this time around.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Friday and Saturday were rest days. Didn't do FGB as planned due to some sleep deprivation issues that knocked me on my butt pretty much all day Saturday. On Sunday, however, I did

Freddy's Revenge
5 rounds
5 push jerks (90 lb)
10 burpees

8:16

Did this workout in the same amount of time about 6 months ago, but at 70 lb. I maybe should have tried doing it at the prescribed weight, even though it would have taken me forever, but I just wasn't feeling that confident about the weight before the workout began. Alas.

Also had frisbee practice in the afternoon. Not a ton of running since we were working on some defensive strategy, but legs felt really tired afterward...

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Today was an Olympic lifting session, during which we worked on our clean and split jerks. I worked up to a relatively good clean and split jerk at 90 or 95 lb, then got a clean and regular jerk at 105 lb. Wore the new lifting shoes and felt really solid on the squat portion of my cleans.

Afterward, did Stronglifts workout A:

Back Squat 5x5 (120 lb)
Bench Press 5x5 (50 lb)
Inverted Ring Row (10x1)
Knees-to-Elbows, or close (3x10)
Pushups 3x10

Shoulders sore as heck from yesterday, so I took it easy on the pushups and inverted ring rows. Squats are starting to get hard, which means I am going to need to make sure to get enough rest in between workouts (so I shouldn't do workout B tomorrow). With FGB on Saturday, I'm going to aim for doing workout B.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

This afternoon at home I did yesterday's PCF WOD, which was:

5 rounds
1 minute overhead squat (55 lb)
1 minute ring pushups (1st round real, rest on knees)
1 minute rest

Finished with 122 total reps. Rep scheme was 12-12-12-12-6 for the overhead squats, and 12-12-15-15-14. Felt pretty good about overhead squats, considering this was the first time I'd ever done that particular movement in a WOD. Wheels kind of fell off in the last round, but eh. Ring pushups were ugly, but I definitely couldn't do any a few months ago, so I'm pretty happy.

Got to use my new lifting shoes, which are pretty awesome! Yay for stability!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Saturday, Sunday, and Monday were all rest days, for the most part.

Today I made it to the Olympic Lifting session, during which we worked on cleans. Managed to get a couple of good full cleans in at 90 lbs, all the while knowing that I can go heavier.

Then I did Stronglifts B, which was

Back Squats 5x5 (115 lb)
Overhead Press 5x5 (45 lb)
Deadlift 5x1 (120 lb)
Pullups 10x2
Planks 3x60 sec

Friday, September 18, 2009

Did two WODs today, right back to back.

First up was Stronglifts Workout A, which was

Back Squat 5x5 (110 lb)
Bench Press 5x5 (45 lb)
Inverted Row 3xf (11-7-9, I think)
Pushup 3xf (20-20-20)

Had to run to the PCF WOD, so didn't have time to fit the reverse crunches in. Oh well. PCF WOD was:

"Death by 10 meters"
With a continuously running clock, do 1 10m sprint the first minute, 2 10m sprints the second minute, and so on.

I got to 15 rounds before throwing in the towel, which was pretty wimpy considering I still had a few seconds to spare. Had a lot of trouble counting, though, so it was probably for the best. Also, those back squats an hour before didn't help matters for my back.