Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

WOD
Clean 3-3-3-3-3-3-3 reps

Source

My first time trying cleans with weight

Loads: 45-65-95-105-105-65-65 (needed to work on form, specifically on the catch)

Skills
Staining my deck

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

WOD
5 rounds for time of:
40m walk with sandbag (I think it's ~65lbs)*
15 wallballs (20lb ball, approx 10' target)

Made it up

My time: 9:20
*Did first set overhead, then couldn't keep it up so to keep the intensity up I just held it however I could

Skills
Moving a sandbag and med ball in and out of the car and carrying them (pre and post)
A couple muscle ups and a lot of fails (pre)
A few double unders (pre)

Monday, June 28, 2010

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Sunday, June 27, 2010

WOD
5 rounds for time of:
50 squats
15 handstand pushup progressions*

Source (scaled from 30 to 15 HSPUs)

My time: 13:47

*Did first 6 of first round with toes on wall, rest with feet on chair/hands on ground piked, I suck at these.

Skills
Made a sandbag, it was a bitch and I don't know how useful it will be

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Saturday, June 26, 2010

WOD
Weighted pullups 3-3-3-3-3 reps

My loads: 15, 25, 30, 40, 45

Death by pullups:
With a continuously running clock do one pull­up the first minute, 2 pullups the second minute, 
3 pullups the third minute...continuing as long as
you are able. Use as many sets each minute as needed.

Source

I completed 11 rounds + 8 reps

Skills
Double unders earlier, new PR: 23 consecutive

Friday, June 25, 2010

Friday, June 25, 2010

WOD
AMRAP 12 (as many rounds as possible in 12 mins)
100 single unders
10 burpees

Made this up myself.

I did 8 rounds + 12 single unders. Felt slow, shoulders were the limiting factor.

Skills
Double unders before and after, new PR: 16 consecutive

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

WOD
4 rounds for time of:
30 kettlebell swings (35lb)
15 knees to elbows
30 superman

Made this up, it was not well designed. Shouldn't put the KB swings and the knees to elbows together- the limiting factor was grip and it ruined the intensity. I haven't made up many workouts so I'll use this as a learning experience.

My time: 13:29

Skills
Handstand practice - toes against wall and roll out
Pistols
One arm pushups

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

WOD
5 rounds for time of:
18 lunges with 15lb dumbbells overhead (each leg = 1 rep, alternate legs)
21 burpees

Let trailing knee gently kiss the ground on each lunge.

Source (altered)

My time: 13:18
Felt super slow, got work to do.

Skills
Earlier today I PR'ed my pullups again: 16
New L-sit PR: ~32s
Manna progression

Monday, June 21, 2010

WOD
3 rounds for time of of:
50 pushups
50 situps (unanchored)
50 squats

Source

My time: 11:19
Not bad considering my 2.5 hours of sleep. Situps take a long time, I think they have a negative effect on the WOD overall when done unanchored since it's so slow. Thoughts?

Skills
Earlier today I did a couple sets of max rep pullups: new PR of 15
Handstand kickups but too tired to really do anything productive

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Rest day.

Today is Father's Day!

Quick note: I spent the last rest day moving heavy stuff so it wasn't much of a rest day for me. I might do a double rest day or something, not sure yet. If you want a workout and I decide to do this- let me know.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Saturday, June 19, 2010

WOD
back squat 10-10-10-10-10 reps

Source

My loads: 70, 80, 85, 87.5, 87.5
I put weights in my backpack. It was a really shitty way to do it, uncomfortable and limiting.

Skills
Handstand kick-ups
Stretching
Muscle-ups (a few before, a few after)
Back lever progressions (before)

Friday, June 18, 2010

Friday, June 18, 2010

WOD
Ten rounds, each for time of:
100 meter sprint
Rest 90 seconds

Source

My times: 15.79, 13.97, 14.91, 15.47, 14.51, 15.95, 15.09, 16.38, 15.52, 16.66
(self timed, order might not be perfect but close)

Skills
Trying to breathe, lots of stretching

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Thursday, June 17, 2010

WOD
5 rounds of:
50 squats
15 ring pushups

Source

My time: 8:07

Skills (pre-workout)
False grip pullups

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

WOD
10-20-30 reps of:
squat
handstand pushups (progressions*)
squat
pullups

My time: 11:24
*I did the first 13 with my toes on the wall, the rest with my feet on a chair in as high a pike position as I could

Source

Skills
Shoulder rolls

Monday, June 14, 2010

Monday, June 14, 2010

WOD
(hamstrings needed a break so)
21-15-9 reps of:
ring pushups
ring dips

Source

My time: 9:35 (probably should have done 15-12-9)

subs:
I would try med ball pushups for ring pushups, use either one or two med balls
3 regular dips for every ring dip (or 2 if you need to scale)

Skills
L sit practice
Manna progression
Planche progression
Front lever progression

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Sunday, June 13, 2010

WOD
"Ivan the Terrible"
For time:
90 seconds of jumping rope
50 lunges 
50 pushups 
50 situps
90 seconds of jumping rope
40 lunges 
40 pushups 
40 situps
90 seconds of jumping rope
30 lunges 
30 pushups 
30 situps
90 seconds of jumping rope 
20 lunges 
20 pushups 
20 situps
90 seconds of jumping rope
10 lunges 
10 pushups 
10 situps

Situps done unanchored and each lunge is 1 rep, alternate legs

Source

My time: 22:05

Skills
My hamstring was not happy so I just stretched. If you have the energy I suggest jump rope skills practice.

Friday, June 11, 2010

Saturday, June 11, 2010

Rest day.

I thought this was interesting.

"Timed Cindy"

WOD
"Timed Cindy"
15 rounds for time of:
5 Pull-ups
10 Push-ups
15 Squats

Source

My time: 12:15 (I did kipping pull-ups, and will probably do kippings from now on in WODs)

Skills
Handstands on wall
L-sits
Turkish get-ups

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Thursday, June 10, 2010

WOD
5 rounds for time of:
50 squats
100 rope jumps (single unders)

Source

My time: 10:58

Skills
Jump rope skills
Double under (1)
Double under (2)
Crossing arms, high knees, butt kicks, alternate leg, etc.

Other skills
Ring dips
Pull-ups
Kipping pull-ups

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

7x1 Weighted Pull-ups

Weighted pull-ups 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps

Source

My loads: 25-35-40-50-55-55-57.5

Then skills practice:
3 handstand practice (kick up to wall and hold, try to pull off the wall slightly)
3 L-sit practice (hold for as long as you can)
8 ring dips

EDIT: I also did P90X Yoga earlier with my mom. It was good, challenging as well- might make it a regular thing.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Rest day.

Today's rest day tip: stretch. I did the P90X stretching routine tonight, it's good.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Did two today, about 5 hours apart or so. Do either or both.

WOD 1
16* minutes of:
1 min jump rope
1 min ball slam (20lb ball)

To keep score in this one, count the number of ball slams, I didn't count though, sorry.

*Supposed to be 20 mins, my med ball started leaking sand so I stopped

Source

WOD 2**
For time:
40 burpees
35 sit-ups (unanchored)
30 kettlebell swings (35lbs)
25 pull-ups
20 handstand push-up progressions (whatever is the hardest one you can reasonably do)

My time: 10:57
**Could have done a higher scaling for this one, I didn't realize which scaling I had picked. Choose a higher/lower scaling if you want (see source).

Source

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Sunday, June 6, 2010

"Griff"* (a hero workout for the anniversary of D-Day)

For time:
Run 800m
Run 400m backwards
Run 800m
Run 400m backwards

Source

My time: 11:40

*In honor of USAF SSgt Travis L. Griffin, 28, who was killed April 3, 2008 in the Rasheed district of Baghdad by an IED strike to his vehicle. Travis is survived by his son Elijah.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Saturday, June 5, 2010

2 rounds of:
35 squats
35 knees to elbows
35 squats
35 situps (unanchored)
35 lunges (each leg is 1/2 rep)
35 squats

Source

My time: 19:07

I then stretched and did 2-2-2-2-2-2 weighted pull-ups (20lbs) and some L-sits

Friday, June 4, 2010

Friday, June 4, 2010

Rest day.

Today's rest day tip: drink more water

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Thursday, June 3, 2010

"Arnie"

With a single 1* pood (35lbs) kettlebell:
21 Turkish get-ups, Right arm
50 Swings
21 Overhead squats, Left arm
50 Swings
21 Overhead squats, Right arm
50 Swings
21 Turkish get-ups, Left arm**

Source

My time: 31:18

*Rxed is 2 pood (~72lbs) KB, the scaled one seen in the link is 1.5 pood, all I have is a 20lbs and a 35lbs so I used the heavier one except...

**Couldn't do the left handed ones with the 35, so I used the 20, I suggest you use a lighter weight the whole time (or do the lower scaling seen in the link) so your form is better, I wasn't happy with mine for the most part

P.S. I now realize I did the get-ups totally wrong. Look for this workout to rear its ugly head again so I can try it with correct form:
Part 1
Part 2

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Four rounds, each for time of:
400 meter run. Rest as needed between efforts.

The RXed WOD from here is 4x800m, this is a scaled version from the CrossfitBrandX forums, here.

My times: 1:17, 1:15, 1:14, 1:15