Sunday, October 30, 2016

Basement with Nick: Tag teaming Babs

A. Warm-up:

Partner 1 does 25 ball slams
Partner 2 rides the AirDyne at a medium pace
Switch


Do this for a total of 100 slams.


B. ABS!

30 seconds each of:
-bicycle crunches
-leg raises
-horizontal scissors
-weightless Russian twists


C. Tag teaming Babs
(Babs is short for Barbara.  This is a slightly abbreviated version of the five round WOD)

4 rounds, equally dividing the work, of:
20 pull-ups
30 push-ups
40 sit-ups
50 squats

1. 3:50
2. 3:35
3. 4:01
4. 4:20



Saturday, October 29, 2016

VolkeFit: That's one tough snatch

A. Five minutes working to a tough power snatch

After an extended warm-up before starting my 5 minutes of work, I got 155, but failed badly on 165 twice.


B. 9 minutes:


3 power snatch (75 lb)
3 box jumps (24")
then 6 and 6
then 9 and 9
etc.

I finished the set of 15's and got one snatch.    That wasn't a lot, really.  I was trying to keep my technique solid and deliberate on the snatches, and that seemed to sap the energy right out of me.


C. 5 minutes of AirBike for calories

63.  

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Regina Boxing Club: "It frickin' hurts, Pat!"

A. Alternating with  a partner, one person runs 2 laps, while the other chips away at:
20 burpees
40 squat thrusts
80 push-ups
100 mountain climbers
80 tricep push-ups
60 squats
40 horizontal jumping jacks
20 burpees

We got it done within the time cap... not sure what that was.

This is one I could re-do with Nick in the basement one day, subbing AirDyne for running.

B. Bag work
Rounds of three -- I lost count of how many -- with three different 30 second drills, repeated once.

Some of them:
-30s freestyle bag work
-30s body shots
-30s power shots
(repeat)

One minute of:
-jab ladder up to 5, with a cross at each step
-10 plank horizontal jumping jacks
-10 jumping squats

C. Core work
30 second stints of a bunch of stuff:

-crunches
-cockroaches
-bicycle crunches
-this really hard thing that I basically couldn't do
-Russian twists (no weight)
-sit-ups

Sunday, October 23, 2016

Garage with Nick: I'm down with the Get-Ups

A.  Ab-tastic!

30 seconds work, 30 seconds rest:
-Leg raises
-vertical scissors
-horizontal scissors
-bicycle crunches

Repeat.


B. Turkish Get-ups

It was a little odd for me to be demonstrating this to Nick, as my technique is an affront to the entire  Republic of Turkey.

We did 3 sets of 5 per arm, going up to 35lb.


C 75 push-up-less burpees

Took me 3:30ish.  Not super fun, but at least it was over quick.

Saturday, October 22, 2016

VolkeFit: Ocelot

I was chatting with Nolan before starting my workout.  He was casually throwing up snatches in groups of three.  I didn't calculate how much was on his bar, but I noted that it was far more than I've ever come close to snatching.

Nolan: "Well, I do weigh a lot more than you."
Me: "That's because you've got so many muscles and you're so big and swole.   We're barely the same species.  You're like... a Siberian Tiger and I'm a housecat."
Nolan: "You're not a housecat.   You're more like... an ocelot."

From Wikipedia:

"The ocelot (/ˈɒsəlɒt/Leopardus pardalis), also known as the dwarf leopard..." 


DWARF LEOPARD.


A. 5 km ride

B1 10 Banded good mornings
B2 10 push-ups and 10 KB swings

C. 21-15-9 of:
-Deadlift 155 lb
-Overhead squat 95 lb
Do 50 double unders after each round

I whipped the hell out of the back of my fingers while skipping after the set of 15's.  

I can still feel the phantom pains.

Took me 13:53

VolkeFit: Ocelot

A. 5 km ride

B1 10 Banded good mornings
B2 10 push-ups and 10 KB swings

C. 21-15-9 of:
-Deadlift 155 lb
-Overhead squat 95 lb
Do 50 double unders after each round

I whipped the hell out of the back of my fingers qhile skipping after the set of 15's.  

I can still feel the phantom pains.

Took me 13:53

Friday, October 21, 2016

B-Squad: Squats and Sprints!

A. Back Squats: 5 sets of 5 x 215

B.Five rounds of one minute of work, four minutes of rest.
During that one minute:
-5 cal Assault Air Bike
-5 push press 115
-shuttle sprints for time remaining.

I managed to do 5 lengths of the floor for each one.

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Regina Boxing Club: Puddle of Ugh

A. Teaming with a partner, there were 50 reps of various exercises.  One partner chips away at those if while the other runs two laps.

B. Bag work.  

C. Ab stuff in the ring.

For some reason, I was the only one who left a significant sweat puddle in as we were doing leg raises and planks and whatnot.   I'm apparently so gross that moisture can't stand to be inside me.

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Garage with Nick: North of Dewdney

A. Thunderstruck warm-up

B. ABS!
Three rounds of:
-45 second plank
-10 knee raises

C.Double-team a strict "Nicole"
 20 minutes of:
-400m run
-max strict pull-ups

My pull-up totals were 5,6,7,6,5,5

Saturday, October 15, 2016

VolkeFit: Saturday sexiness

A. 10 minutes to a heavy back squat triple

255 lbs


B. 17 min AMRAP

25 cal row
25 wall ball
25 shoulder to overhead 95 lb
25 box jumps 20"

2 rounds plus 25 cal row, plus 25 wall balls.