Thursday Strength Pause Front Squat: 4x3 @ 90kg Weightlifting EMOTM for 8min: 3x Power Snatch @ 50kg (the first 4 min) 3x Power clean @ 70kg (the last 4min) Friday Crossfit games open workout 15.5. 27-21-15-9 reps for time of: Row (calories) Thrusters @ 42.5kg Unlike most of the Open workouts so far, this workout … Continue reading Weightlifting volume and 15.5
Month: March 2015
3-in-1 plus weightlifting ME
Monday Strength: Deadlift worked up to 3x130 Skill: Muscle-up WOD: 7min AMRAP: 7 ring dips 10 SDHP @ 50kg rest 2 min 5min AMRAP: 7 thrusters @ 50kg 10 pull-ups rest 2 min 3min AMRAP: Max wall-balls @ 10kg got 6 rounds and a half in the first one, about 3 rounds in the second … Continue reading 3-in-1 plus weightlifting ME
Squat works, 15.4 and some weightlifting
Thursday Light weightlifting at home. Snatch: 3x3 @ 50kg Power Clean: 3x3 @ 70kg Pause Front Squat: 3x3 @ 90kg Friday CrossFit Games Open 15.4 8:00 AMRAP 3 HSPU 3 Cleans (185#) 6 HSPU 3 Cleans (185#) 9 HSPU 3 Cleans (185#) 12 HSPU 6 Cleans (185#) 15 HSPU 6 Cleans (185#) 18 HSPU ... … Continue reading Squat works, 15.4 and some weightlifting
Snatch and WL total PR at last!
Monday Went to the local CrossFit gym. Skill Muscle-up Worked on some drills, it was quite nice, especially after I failed to get one for 15.3. WOD 7 rounds for time of: 7 front squats @ 60kg 7 chest-to-bar pull-ups My strategy for this workout wasn't very good. Few mistakes here: - Decided to do … Continue reading Snatch and WL total PR at last!
15.3 and weightlifting doubles
Friday 15.3 14-minute AMRAP: 7 muscle-ups 50 wall balls 100 double-unders Scaled: Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 14 minutes of: 50 wall-ball shots 200 single-unders I worked on getting a rings muscle-up but couldn't really make it, so I did the scaled version of the workout. Probably would try getting the … Continue reading 15.3 and weightlifting doubles
Happy quads
Went to the weightlifting gym on Wednesday for a heavy day. Snatch: warm-up sets, 2x75, 1x80, 1x84 (ugly), 1x84 (better), 1x87, 1x89 (f), 2x70 Clean&Jerk: warm-up sets, 1x90, 1x100, 1x105, 1x110, 2x90 Quite happy about the success at 110kg -- it has been quite some time since I've managed to do these. Front Squat: 3x100, … Continue reading Happy quads
lame weightlifting session and a satisfying 15.2
Saturday Went to the weightlifting gym. My coach was on vacation, so I had to improvise. That, combined with the fact that my shoulders, back and quads were really tired made it for a difficult and dangerous training session. Snatch: warm-up sets, 2x70, 2x75, 2x80(f), 2x75, 2x75, 2x75, 3x65 Clean & Jerk: warm-up sets, 2x90, … Continue reading lame weightlifting session and a satisfying 15.2
Weightlifting stepback and 15.2 pre-run
WednesdayWeightlifting - heavy daySnatch:warm-up sets, 2x70, 2x75(f), 1x75, 1x80, 1x85, 1x88(f), 1x88(f), 1x80(f), 2x70Wasn't on to my game and worst of all, I'm not sure why. I blamed it on the lower amount of heavy squats I did the last week and the increased conditioning volume. Not sure if that's the case though.Clean & Jerk:warm-up … Continue reading Weightlifting stepback and 15.2 pre-run
No gyms open on 2nd of March
It was a bank holiday yesterday so couldn't really find an open gym at the afternoon, so I went to the stadium for some outdoors work. Skill Did some skill work for muscle-ups and double-unders, as they're probably going to be in The Open. Did 5 rounds of 30 seconds for each exercise, not for … Continue reading No gyms open on 2nd of March
My first CrossFit competition
Friday WORKOUT 15.1 Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 9 minutes of: 15 toes-to-bars 10 deadlifts (115 / 75 lb.) 5 snatches (115 / 75 lb.) WORKOUT 15.1a 1-rep-max clean and jerk 6-minute time cap Finished with 4 rounds and 6 T2B (126 total reps) and a 102.5 clean & jerk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESfmHc8N4yg … Continue reading My first CrossFit competition