Monday, 6/9/08

Warmed up with 3 rounds of Burgeners
Snatch: 65×3/75×3/88×1
Clean & Jerk: 95/115/125
Front Squat: 135×2/185×2

Snatch, 85% 1RM x 1 x4: 98/98/98/98/
Clean and Jerk. 85% x 1 x 4: 139/139/139/139/
Front Squat, 85% x 2 x 3: 205/205/205/

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Tuesday, 6/10/08

Burgeners x 3

Muscle Snatch: 65×3/75×3/85×3/85×3/88×2 x3

Power Snatch + Overhead Squat: 95×1 x5

Cleans: 95/115/140

Power Clean & Jerk, 80%, 139×1 x4 3 Rounds for time: •400 meter run •20 kettlebell swings, 24 kg. •20 sit-ups •20 back extensions

Now for some metcon…

3 rounds for time…

• run 400 meters
• 20 kettlebell swings
• 20 sit-ups
• 20 back extensions

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Wednesday, 6/11/08

Rest Day

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Thursday, 6/12/08

Warm-ups, Burgeners x 3.
Snatch, 65×3/75×3/.

Snatch, 80% (85#) x 1 x 5
Clean & Jerk, 80% (130) x 1 x 5

3 rounds,
•20 x 24 kg Kettlebell Snatch
•400 meter run

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Friday, 6/13/08

70# Sandbag Workout

Stair Climbs

•Zercher Carries: 3 x 3
•Over the Shoulder, L: 3 x 3
•Over the Shoulder, R: 3 x 3
•On the Back: 3 x 3

Back Squats: 3 x 10

Side Throws: 16

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Saturday, 6/14/08

Rest Day

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Sunday, 6/15/08

Trained over at Steve Belanger’s Old School Barbell Club and did some kettlebell deadlifts and swings. Steve is an accomplished kettlebell RKC and today he trained Valerie and provided more useful tips and ideas for me. His new website is Kettlebells and Beyond and his forte is functional barbell, kettlebell and clubbell training as well as all that cool old school stuff.

KB Deadlifts, 48 kg: 6/10

KB Swings, 3×6, 3×10

Hungarian Core Blaster Swings, 120#: 3×10

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Earlier in my sales career the company would have monthly and annual sales contests for it’s sales people. There were two dominant strategies to win. The first was that of the front runner. Start strong, fast and never relinquish your lead, which was difficult over a 22 day sales month. The cagey veterans saved all their big stuff from their money customers until the last possible moment and then posted big sales numbers to take the lead away from the front runners. These were the “sandbaggers”. The front runners hated sandbagging because they claimed it was “unfair”. In the end, it was usually “scoreboard” for the sand baggers and it was they who left with the big prize.

I am sandbagging once again, but here the idea is not to hold back and for my first sandbagging workout, I let it go… literally.

I am not going to go on about how sandbagging is superior to other forms of training and go into the details of the tool. Like so many other things out in fitness land, somewhere there is a sand bag guru who has the Enlightened Path to Fitness Nirvana by way of the exalted sandbag. (Please, no sandbag certifications)! It is, however, yet another effective way to train, just not the only way and for me, another way to stay interested in the workout.

Maybe I have ADD, or just like some variety in my workouts which is why I have added sandbag training to kettlebells, Olympic lifting, powerlifting, Crossfit-style, metcon, running, bodyweight, hill climbing, skating, Highland Games and dog tossing to my personal fitness regimen.

My first session of sandbag training looked like this:

70# Sandbag Workout

Stair Climbs
•Zercher Carries: 3 x 3
•Over the Shoulder, L: 3 x 3
•Over the Shoulder, R: 3 x 3
•On the Back: 3 x 3

Back Squats: 3 x 10

Side Throws: 16