2014 MAY 10 : SATURDAY

30 min to find 1RM clean

3 rounds of 1 min each:
row (meters)
KB Swings 53#/35#
push-ups

Rest 2 minutes between rounds.

Max Clean 165 (whiteboard was inaccurate)

875/35/54

I almost got 185 a couple of times. My back felt a little funny and I am still cognizant that the one time I injured myself was attempting a clean. I was getting the bar high enough but wasn’t getting under quick enough. It is all psychological.

The METCON was fun. I enjoyed the 1 minute of rowing as it is not long enough for me to get all that tired. I probably should have worked even harder. The rowing definitely gassed me during the KB swings, though. They were the american version, too, which I am not all that fond of.

2014 MAY 13 : TUESDAY

max rep push-ups : 21
max rep strict pull-ups : 6
3 attempts each

5 Rounds of:
run 400m
10x box jump 24/20
10x KB snatch R 44/26 (35#)
10x KB snatch L 44/26 (35#)

23:32

I think I could have squeezed another pull-up out. I also probably could have done a few more push-ups. There were three attempts, but as expected the first one for both was the best. I only managed 1 pull-up and 5 push-ups on the second attempts. I did better on the third, but not all that close to the first.

I wasn’t feeling it on the KB snatches, so I dropped down to the 35# KB. I probably should have just kept using the 44# one; it probably would have added a few minutes to the time. As usual, I was very fast on the first tow rounds, but I slowed down considerably on the last three. Most of the slow down was during the running, though. I had thought I was getting stronger running, but perhaps I should have eaten more the night before as I was definitely not feeling energetic.

Here is a bonus action shot from the morning. Notice how everyone else is working hard while it looks like I am merely thinking about exercising.