Back to full health and another week getting stronger!

Tuesday, 12/1/09

Seated (on the floor) Axle Press w/2-50# chains, 5th peg: 115×8/135×5/. Chains plus, 45×5/55×3/60×3/65/70/75/80/85/.
Box Squats w/purp and mbs:/ I used a higher box to protect the injured groin.
95×5/115×5/135×4/155×3/185×3/185.
T-Bar Row: 70×8/120×8/130×8/130×8/.
Knee Ups: 10/10, w/50# chain/10/10/.

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Tuesday, 10/6/09

Axle Push Press: 65×5/105×5/165×3/185/175/190/200/. Not enough leg drive.
Back Squat: 135×8/185×8/185×5/225×2/  3 second Pause Squats: 260×5/275×5/285×5/285×5/235×10 (no pause).
Chin-ups, 2 mb, pause between reps: 3×4.
Barbell Front Raise: 12/12/
Russian Twist: 25#x8/

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Tuesday, 9/22/09

Push Press (behind the neck): 95×6/95×6/135×3/155×3/165×3/165×3/165×3. I did not do a very good job get my legs into the lift and relied too much on upper body strength.
Box Squats: 135×5/185×3/205×3/225×3/singles: 255/285/305/325, best lift/335, but lost my arch.
Assisted Pull-ups, 1 purple band: 3×8.
Iso Split Squats: 2 @ 2:00.
Russian Twists: 25#, 3×10
Side Lateral Raises, 20#, 2×10.

Thursday, 9/24/09 (solo)

Hang Power Cleans: 90×5/90×5/100×5/105×5/111×3/121×3/126×3/131×3/. Singles: 146/146/155/155/155/.
Clean Pulls: 155×4/165×4/170×4/175×4/.
RDL: 135×8/185×8/225×8/245×6/255×6/275×6/.
Front Plate Toss: 3×25#x10.
Ab Mat Sit-ups: 25#x10/35×10/35×10

Another excellent week of training with Scott expertly mixing in some new technical movements like, um, the Bunny Hop, when mastered, may become one of my favorites. No question, over the last three weeks, I am training with the highest volume I have ever done. Should really have done this 30 years ago. Who ever says, “never too late” is invited over to the gym!

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I started this week with a rest day and finished it the same way. It was what happened between those days that killed!

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Monday, 8/17/09

Ran a mile with the 35# Bulgarian Training Bag. I stopped 11 times and 6 times I did 10 swings each and 5 times I performed 20 push-ups each time.

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Monday, 2/9/09
Rest Day

Ok, so I started the week with a rest day, so shoot me! I started slowly and kept it that way but rallied at the end of the week. Sort of.

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Monday, 7/28/08

3 Position Snatch, x 3: 65/65/75/80/88/90
Hang Power Clean, x 3: 90/115/139/149/155 + press/160 f/160 + press.

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Tuesday 7/29/08

Kettlebells Swings Pyramid, 24 kg. 5×15 32 kg. 5×10 103 lb.* 5×5 *is a T-Bar or homemade “Hungarian Core Blaster” 103 lb. 5×5 32 kg. 5×10 24 kg. 5×15 About a minute rest between most sets.

For the finisher,

Farmers Walk, 2 x 190 lb x 225 & 250′ respectively.

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Wednesday, 7/30/08

Rest Day

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Thursday, 7/31/08

Hang Snatch 65×3/75×3/90/90/100/110

HITT Run, 20 min 5 minute walk followed by running intervals 1 minute run, 1 minute rest, 1:1 for 15 minutes.

Overhead Squats 45×5/90×3/95×3/105×3/115×3/135×3

Kettlebell Swings, 32 kg. 2H: 10/10/10 H2H: 10/10/10/10/10/10/10 —————————————————————–

Friday, 8/1/01

HIIT Workout in Back Bay. I walked for 5 minutes with a 40# weighted vest and then did 8 hill repeats, 1 minute on, 2 minutes rest. Good solid anaerobic effort.

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Saturday, 8/2/08

Muscle Snatch + Overhead Squat + Snatch Balance x 3: 45/65/75/80/88

HIIT on treadmill: 5 minute walk, 1 min on/1 min off for 15 min, increasing speed by .5 mph from 7 to 10 mph.

Hang Squat Clean, x 3 95/115/125/135/145.

Press + Push Press + Push Jerk, 1 each: 95/115/135/145/155/160 My jerks still suck.

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Sunday, 8/3/08

Rest Day

Val and I went to UCLA for a one hour training at the tail end of the big RKC cert being held there. Learned a little, did not get much in the way of a workout, but had a great time, nonetheless.

That’s Val and I with Dan John, who along with Brett Jones and Harvey, coached our group. Here are pictures of the last RKC workout.

Our pal, Steve Belanger, was there training and saw actor, John Saxon who became famous in his role with Bruce Lee in “Enter the Dragon”. At age 75, I am told he is still quite good with the kettlebell.

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KB Swings, 32 kg; 10/10/10 H2H/10/10.
Hang Power Snatch, 5×5; 45/55/65/75/90.
Hang Squat Snatch, 5×5; 45/55/60/65/75/90/off the floor,90×3/100×3/110×3/.
Hang Power Clean, 5×5; 90/110/110/115/120.
Clean Deadlift & Shrug, 2×5, 3×3; 90/130/155/175/185.
Push Press, 5×5; 75/85/90/120/130.
Front Squat, 5×5; 90/110/120/130/140.
Overhead Squats, 3×5; 45/90/90.

Whew! That was a fun session and took quite a longer than an hour, but I got whupped! Someone brought in a 32 kg kettlebell which was the first time I swung that bad boy. I liked it and gonna get me one. Although I only tried once, quite a while back, my last full snatch was a PR at 110 lbs. Curry and I are both looking to get a good looking 135#, 62 kg snatch.

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Over the last couple of years, as I switched over from mostly endurance-style training with inline skating to the many varied Crossfit workouts, I have enjoyed trying a lot of different ways to train instead of locking myself into just skating, mountain biking or running as I had done in years past.

I now do bodyweight exercises, intervals, like Tabatas, a little running, multi-joint compound exercises, metcons, powerlifting, kettlebells and Olympic lifts and the supporting exercises to help master the technical nature of the the snatch and clean and jerk. While I won’t excel at any of them, just to be able to do all them with a level of competence and improvement is enough for me. As long as I can mix it up, I am happy. And while I still push myself, deep down I know I really don’t have to since what the hell am I training for beyond simple fitness. The PR’s and goals are great, but I am enjoying the journey and I definitely enjoy “sampling” all the great ways there are to train the body and the mind. Lately, it has been kettlebells and Olympic-style lifting.

For Christmas, Val got me a training video and workbook from US Olympic Weightlifting coach, Jim Schmitz. Since I don’t have a coach, this set is the next best thing to learning this style of lifting.

Tonight I pulled a routine from his workbook. Now I realize, I lifted a session that is meant to be done 3 times a week for a month before advancing to the next module and I won’t be adhering strictly to the routine because then the variety I have been enjoying in my training so much goes away. Of course, my progress in these lifts slows considerably, but that is ok.

It took a little longer than I thought to do because there was so much, but the weights were light and focus on proper form was more important.

After a few rounds of the Burgener warm-up, I went right into Schmitz’ routine for beginners & intermediates.

Hang Power Snatch, 5 x 5: 45/50/55/65/75.

Hang Power Cleans, 5 x 5: 75/90/100/110/130.

Clean Deadlift Shrugs: 130×5/145×5/155×3/185×3.

Push Press, 5 x 5: 90/100/115/125/135.

Front Squat, 5 x 5: 75/90/110/130/155.

Overhead Squats, 3 x 3: 45/90/110.

Bench Press: 135 x 10/135 x 8/135 x 6.

Hell of a lot of reps and a hell a lot of fun too. I’ll do something like this on Thursday with Jon Curry and make it heavy on the snatch related lifts.

So many lifts and workouts, so little time!