Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Bike + PullPush - Aug 30

AM
To Darrell's turnaround and back. The new slick on the front wheel makes a difference. Started off with 14 mph average, and just don't have the discipline to ride easy.
10.88 miles, 16 MPH.

PM
Simplicity pulls and press machines, 6 rounds each.
Pull: 15x8,16x7,17x5,17x5,16x8,15x8
Press: 12-13-14-14-13-12 - 6's mostly.

8.5 hours, 2200-0630 /12 hours. 41 + 15 mins total, PE: 7. 212/14.

Monday, August 29, 2011

LP - Aug 29

Squat 135/8 - 185/5 - 225/5 - 245/5x4
RD 135/10 - D 225/5-245/5 - RD 155/7-/8
Free Bench 155/8 - 205/8 - 245/5 - 250/5-/3-/5

Squats didn't feel heavy, it's just mental. Deadlifts need work. And, the irony continues as the bench is still heavier than them both. Only managed three on the second work set only because I wasn't ready. For all that, it's good to be going heavy again. I'm built for it.

Cash out:
4x20 to 12 Seated Calves @ 70

10.5 - 2 hours, 2030-0700 /72 hours. 50 mins total, PE: 7. 210/14.
63/12/64, 31 C-63 P, 1252 cals.

Friday, August 26, 2011

LP - Whatever the Fock - Aug 26

So, two days of cortisol, worry, and appointments. Training can supplant real life, but we're training to blunt the effects of real life's bruises, right?

AM
Couldn't sleep. Got on the MTB, but my legs were so hollow, I shut it down at Yokuts and did pull ups in my bike shoes and helmet.
8 rounds max reps in 30 on 1.15 of chins, neutral grips and some pulls

PM
1x10 press @ #115/5x135 x 4 rounds
1x5 squat cleans @ #115/5x5 @ #135

Anytime Shafter sucks shite so badly, it's just a tortuous hell to get what I got today. There's one bar and nothing else. Afterwards, tried to forget it at Lengthwise.

7.5 hours, 2130-0500 /12 hours. 28 + 13 mins total, PE: 6. 211/14.
28/20/52, 102 C-287 P, 2814 cals.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

MTB - Aug 23

What's up with 205# this morning? Today was a 15 year BW low.

AM
Jewetta turnaround this dirty-air morning, in the weeds on the singletracks - taking it easy but pushing circles down on the aerobars when back on the asphalt. Picked up a crawdad trying to crawl across the bike path on the way back and took 'm home.
Used Runkeeper this time, it continues to log when stopped, so the moving average is dicked up.
15.18 miles - 4:28 min/mi.

Three weeks ago I did this on the pavement all the way in 59. Four weeks ago on the pavement in 61. Next time no stops for crayfish, and we'll see if I can't break an hour on the dirt.

PM
8xmax pulls in 30, on 1:30 on the Simplicity machine @ 14x12/15x10/16/17x5/17x5/16/15/14x12. Scap pulls after I couldn't rep out, usually set the grips "down" after 20 secs as the grip went.
12 mins.

8.5 hours, 2130-0600 /12 hours. 67 + 12 mins total, PE: 8. 205/12.
29/30/41, 163 C-227 P, 2178 cals.

LP - Aug 22

Ov Squat 45x10, 65x10, Back Squat 205x5, 225x5, 235x5 for 4
Romanian Dead 135x10, Dead 205x5, 235x5 for 2
Bench (Smith) 135x10, 225x5, 240x5/x5/x6.
37 mins.
Squats felt good, Deads felt bad, Bench felt light.

Cash out:
A-frame singles x8 @3, seated @ 45 x12 for 2
4 mins.

8.5 hours, 2200-0630 /24 hours. 41 mins total, PE: 8. 212/12.
37/18/45, 83C-209P, 1969cals. Today was a good day.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

S Run + Pulls - Aug 21

Run to Yokuts - 16.20.

7 sets of strict chins, 30 on, 45 off, falling into the 3 - 8 rep range.

11 rounds of 5 box jumps and hill sprints, in 18, on 53.

Home in 14.10. Grabbed a couple of rocks on the way back.

Side note: running continues to dick up my left achilles. I was hoping that subbing all the biking for the running these last couple of weeks would have made some sort of difference, but it's throbbing as I type this, so. Fock running for a while.

8.5 hours, 2200-0630 /12 hours. 55 mins total, PE: 8. 212/12.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

AR - Death by Push Press - Aug 20

Buy in:
4 rounds Ab Wheel rollouts/Power wheel pumps

Death by Push Press
9 rounds @ 123#
Testing the shoulder, felt fine. Strict pushes, mostly. Didn't hammer out max rounds, just easy.

Cash out:
3x20 KB swings @ 1.5 pood

8.5 hours, 2200-0630 /60 hours. 25 mins total, PE: 6. 212/12.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

MTB Hills - Aug 18

Cracked 207 today, just when I was wondering if 209 was a set point.

Up Alta Vista to do Alfred Harrell twice, then back the same way, through the Circle. Not much remarkable today, save for the fact that I felt stronger on the second rep than I did on the first.

8 hours, 2200-0600 /36 hours. 65 mins total, PE: 8. 206/14 post work and eats.

Ca - Simplicity LP-ish - Aug 17

Going heavy with the dopey Simplicity machines at Anytime.
5 roundsx5 min: 40 on, 55 off with 5 extra warning.

Pull @ 16, 5 + 5 scap pulls
Press @ 10 round 1, then 13 - Isos in up position
Bench @ 11 round 1, then 14 - Isos same

Turned my right shoulder into hamburger doing the isos. Try 'em low next time. Or, next time, maybe the stupid box will have some free weights.

9 hours, 2200-0700 /20 hours. 26 mins total, PE: 8. 209/11.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

LP - Aug 16

Bit of a rush today, skanked a bit on the Bench press, but since I did it on the Smith machine last time, I was approaching this tentatively.

Squat: 45x10, 65x10 (ov) - 185x5, 205x5, 215x5 x3 rds
Dead: 45x10, 135x10, 225x5
Bench (free): 135x10, 205x5, 225x5, 245x3 (fail), 235x5, 245x5 (win)

Says something about my training history that I can walk in pretty cold to the bench after not really having done it for - what? - 10 years and go heavier than both Squat or Dead. Without a spotter. This will change, though. I predict the bench will get stuck very soon, while the Squat and Deads won't until winter. Fingers crossed. Although the squat does feel good. Not light, but good. Especially as it's pushing on my left shoulder when my arm's crimped back.

9 + 2 hours, 2200-0700 /36 hours. 31 mins total, PE: 7. 212/16.

Monday, August 15, 2011

MTB Brick - Aug 15

Steady state on the MTB to River Walk. 27 there, 26 back.
6 repeats up the West side of the ampitheater hill. 8 mins.

6 +2 hours, 030-0615 /18 hours. 67 mins total, PE: 8. 210/11.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Ca - 100 Tabata Pulls - Aug 14

100 pulls on the Carp beach bar. The best bar around, bar none! Tabata count, 5 reps per round, 20 rounds. On pull number 92, the skin on my right hand popped. Gonna lose that callous, but for now it's just sliced and burns.

Last time I did Angie, it took a lot longer to do 1oo. Using a tabata timer, it's a pretty good way to get to 100 in 10 mins.

9 -1 hours, 2230-0730 /24 hours. 10 mins total, PE: 9. 215/9 PM.

AR - Hotel Modicum - Aug 13

Thursday and Friday night's sleep was pretty terrible, tent camping with the JH group at San Simeon. Bad food, just laying around, no stretching... both days were just off days, which I think I needed. I needed this short, high-intensity work too. Seemed just right for the day.

Tabata -
10 rounds, 30# DB thrusters (10-7) each.
9 rounds, back flyes on the pec dec. These burned more than you know.

9 -1 hours, 2130-0630 /48 hours. 10 mins total, PE: 9.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Ca - Where It Don't Hurt - Aug 11

AM
Legs were too wasted to get up and ride hills today. The better part of valor?

Dropped in the gym, since I'm outta town for the next couple, and even though I'm a bit overtrained, I can't just let this go. So, doing in what's not sore.

PM
Buy in:
5x Romanian Deads @ 95x10/x10/115x8/x10/x12
4x10 Seated Calves @ 70
18 mins.

Main set:
10! Hourglassed Chins/Bar dips on 1.20
Did everything unbroken but the final 9 and 10 dips - that last 10 went in twos... when it gave out, the wheels just flat fell off. Best to start with the 10 dips and one pull up, if I remember next time.
13 mins.

9 -1 hours, 2130-0630 /27 hours. 31 mins total, PE: 7. 209/15.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

LP - Aug 10

This feels easy, since it's not so dense. Still, kept the pace up with 1.30 RI. Still trying to balance going heavy with going fast. Maybe there will be something to all of this - easy days are too hard and hard days are too easy. Here, the heavy days have been too light, and the metcon days have been too slow.

Squat: 45x10/65x10 (both OV)/135x8/185x5/205x5 four rounds
Press: 135x5/155x3/145x5/x4/x5
Power Clean-Clean: 135x4/x5/x5/x5 (sq clean)

I'm going to do full squat cleans from here on out. There's no reason for me to cheeze on theeze.

7.5 hours, 2200-0530 /18 hours. 41 mins total, PE: 7. 210/13.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

M Bike + LP - Aug 9

AM
Dew pulled me to the RR bridge near Enos and back on a gorgeous morning. 17.4 mph average, but I spent most all of it in the pocket, just trying to hang on. Aero bars make a difference though! Gonna get a slick and throw it on the front wheel at least, since I don't have anything but the becoming-a-cross MTB to ride.

PM
Day one of week one as I start LP.
Bench (shitty Smith Machine ... beggars) 135x10/185x10/205x10/225x8/235x6/245x5
Squat 45x10/65x10 Ov/95x10/135x8/155x8/185x5
Dead 135x10/205x5

7.5 hours, 2130-0545 /24 hours. 90 + 35 mins total, PE: 9.

Monday, August 08, 2011

S run - Mile Test - Aug 8

I ran this three months ago in 7.23. Today, 7.30. I've dropped 9 pounds - was at 218 then - but I do remember selling out on that run. Today I was trying to find my stride the whole way, and really giving 85%. Guess that's how I've been training - kinda easy.

Anyway, I was thinking that I'd beat my last time even in cruise mode. I just need to lay down a base, which I will do on the bike here over the next phase of linear progression. Then we'll see about adding speed.

73 degrees today and pretty thick air.

7 hours, 2300-0600 /24 hours. 27 mins total, PE: 9.

WoD - Push, Pull, Tug & Tow - Aug 7

4x10
Press @ 120#/Pull up/KB Swing 1.5 pood
400 m run

rd 1: 5.04; 2: 6.00 (had to wait for the dog); 3: 5.29; 4: 5.08.

Cash out:
4x10 ab wheel rollouts & power wheel pumps.

7 + 2.5 hours, 2300-0600 /24 hours. 21 mins total, PE: 9. 209/13.

Saturday, August 06, 2011

MTB - Round Mt - Aug 6

Took an AR day yesterday, two bouts with the ab rollouts and power wheel.

Got up early today and solo'ed Round Mt road. Took it pretty easy - 85% effort on the North side climb - and generally 80% throughout. They're tearing up the road in the Poso area, good day to ride the MTB through there. Felt sorry for the roadies.
56 mins to Ambermill up Chester, 27 to the climb, 24 up, 27 to the old (now defunct) water by Okihi, 43 home. Finished in just under 3 hours. 85 degrees today.

7.5 hours, 2230-0600 /36 hours. 177 mins total, PE: 8. 210/13.

Thursday, August 04, 2011

MTB Hills + Wa - Shot in the Dark - Aug 4

I need to start tagging these logs with nutritional information. Adding the bed/wake times is a telling factor. I'd like to mention cals/dehydration/PCF% consumed ... and some other things from Dan John's recovery scale. Just not today.

AM
Two repeats up Alfred Harrell on the MTB. 22 to get there, 6/5.30 to climb the bluff each time. Hammered on the second one, and boogied home down Panorama. Note that when they warm up the horses on the north side of Calvary Bible, it really makes that section at the base of Manor a dusty, nasty mess to breathe.

PM
Buy in:
4x10 Ov Squats @ 45/65/95/115
Left glute still feels a bit torn.

5x8
SDHP @ 95 (1st)/105(4) - Incline DB press @ 70's - Cable row @ 100
30 secs RI between items (not rounds)
This was a good rest interval. I was a bit gassed, but I'm going to grow into it. 70's don't feel heavy, just have trouble cleaning them up off the floor.

Hey, maybe I'll work on cleans.

8.5 hours, 2130-0600 /18 hours. 60 + 31 mins total, PE: 8. 210/13.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Cl - The Minimum - Aug 3

No, it's not a WoD, although I wish it were. Then I'd have something to crow about today.
Instead, I squeezed in what I could during lunch hour between morning and evening meetings.

4x max reps (10's)
Simplicity Lunge with ROM (3/6/8/8)/Ext @ 205/Seated curl @ 130/145/Simplicity calf @ 16
One more lunge just to say F.O. World.

I thought the Anytime Fitness in Shafter was going to be my savior. It just sucks.

7 hours, 2230-0545 /24 hours. 18 mins total, PE: 6. 210.

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

MTB + Ca - Aug 2

AM:
Steady-state MTB to the Jewetta turnaround. .5 mi/mile one-gear accelerations, but nothing grueling. 59 mins.

Noon:
5x max reps circuit on the Simplicity machines at Shafter Anytime.
lat @ 12/13/14/15/16; shoulder (singles) @ 10/11/12/12/12; bench @ 12/13/13/13/13.
Bench can use a little work, methinks.
45 on, 55 off each. 24 mins.

7.5 hours, 2230-0600 /24 hours. 84 mins total, PE: 7. 209/13-11.

Monday, August 01, 2011

Mixed Run - Aug 1

Easy dog trot over and back to Yokuts. Ankles were crunchy, but they felt better afterward. 15 over, 15 back.

There, 5x max rep chins with scap swings in 45 on 2.00.

8 hours, 2230-0630 /24 hours. 40 mins total, PE: 7.

Enjoyable as Fuck.

One: doesn't look like truth in advertising to me.

Two: if it's true, then you don't really need the shirt to tell everyone, right? They should just know.

Three: you're mixing your metaphors. Can't you be Hard as Nails? Nails are hard, aren't they? Hard as Rock. Hard as Steel. Hard as a Rogue Beater Bar.
Or did you just want to use the F-word? If so, shouldn't you be Sticky as Fuck? Intimate as Fuck. Fertile as Fuck.
I'd say Wet as Fuck, but you're not even sweating.

Crossfit, I love you. But when you let stuff like this go without challenging it, I hate you. Allowing wimps to posture makes all of Crossfit look dumb as fuck.