Monday, November 17, 2008

Tabata push-ups

On the road again, this time in Kingsland, GA. Trying to be consistent and get a WOD in each day, even if it's nothing more than some burpees. I decided to to tabata push-ups again. Last time I clocked 6 sets of 10 and nosedived the last two sets bombed at 5 each. Working the numbers I decided to game it even more, dropped each set down to 9, meaning if i can maintain it across the board that would add 2 more reps then last time. And the results?

Tabata push-ups: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 11 = 74

As you see, I keep it steady and even squeezed out two extra reps on the last set. Nice surprise. I'll try and add a rep or two next time!

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Back squats

mobility

cfwu x 1

1 x 10 x 45
1 x 5 x 135
1 x 5 x 225
5 x 5 x 245

Felt good and not overly heavy like things have felt lately. We'll see how this feels the week after next after being on the road all next week.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Snatch and rowing

Did the main page wod today but subbed the 400m run portion with 500m row. No, that wasn't fun at all.

Time: 25:25

Yea, my metcon is in the toilet along with everything else right now. Still having issues with my right forearm as well. Hopefully all this clears up soonest.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Shoulder Press

Forgot to post yesterdays WOD results, so lets do that first

cfwu x 1

bench:
1 x 10 x 45
1 x 5 x 135
5 x 5 x 185

Feels as if I need to ease into things lately. Lots of sore muscles and reoccurring injuries flaring up. Getting old!

Today was a whirlwind trip down to Tampa and back. Somewhat draining but the sleep on the plane helped. Decided to do some shoulder press.

mobility

cfwu x 1

SP:
1 x 10 x 45
1 x 5 x 95
1 x 5 x 105
1 x 5 x 115
1 x 5 x 125
1 x 4 x 135

Dymphna and Jess were going to do the CFE with rowing so I jumped on the bandwagon. 10 seconds of work followed by 20 seconds of rest for 16 sets. Basically a reverse tabata x 2.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Back squats

Seems I've been slacking again. Ugh. Let's see if I can pull my head out of my ass and get some work done here in the next few weeks.

cfwu x 1

BS
1 x 10 x 45
1 x 5 x 135
5 x 5 x 225

Later on did 1k row @ 2:01 pace. Time was 4:00.4

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Tabata push-ups

Am up here in Cape Cod for work. Coming off whatever bug I had last week I ended up slacking both Sunday (travel) and Monday. Standing outside all day beat me down but figured I better do some type of WOD before I become known as the slack-master!

Tabata push-ups: 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 5, 5

I kept form very strict, touching chest to the floor and locking elbows out completely in order for the rep to count. Doing only 10 for the first few sets allowed me some extra rest time, which obviously didn't help me those last two sets. I really struggled and had to break them down to singles to get 5. I'll try and use this as one of my hotel WODs and see if the numbers can increase. Consistency is the key!

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Rack Pulls

Feeling a little better today than the last few days. Still not 100% but enough to get a WOD in without feeling a near death experience. Since it's Saturday, rack pulls!

mobility

cfwu x 1

rack pulls
1 x 3 x 135
1 x 3 x 225
1 x 3 x 315
1 x 3 x 405
5 x 3 x 495

cfwu x 1

This will be my last set with 3 boxes (12" off the ground). Next time this comes up I'll lower the boxes (which increases my range of motion) and drop the weight back down before building it back up. Will be interesting to see how it goes.