lunch at Wabi-Sabi
Workout 20141106 – Open Gym
I was at open gym with J. That made it a big challenging to consistently work out. I wanted to do the listed workout, which was basically snatches then a EMOTM with snatches and burpess, but that was not going to happen with a toddler rampaging about.
I ended up doing random stuff… 20rep sets of 75# hang cleans, squats, hang snatches, presses, etc. I also did static hangs from the bar. I tried to do an AMRAP of box jumps and 50# slam balls, but that was regularly interrupted by parenting, so I ended up just doing a bunch of rounds of box jump/slam ball.
It was still tiring. I am actually a bit sore, I think from the 20 rep sets of things. The weight wasn’t all that much, but that rep scheme and exercise progression was not something I usually would do. I should do more of that if I go to open gym.
Workout 20141103 – The Chief
The Chief
5 Rounds
3x Power Clean 135/95
6x Hand Release Push-Up
9x Squat
1 minute rest
297 Rx
Trainer: Me
Time: 11am
I coached the class before and did the Chief during Open Gym. The class also had tempo back squats as a strength component, but I had to skip that as I was short on time.
The Chief went well. I am all for things that are short and fast. I almost got 4 sets the first round, but managed to do at least three set the rest of the time. Although the last one was close. The cleans did a number on my legs as the squats later were painful which is funny since there was only nine of them. Also as expected, I cranked through the first set of every round, then noticeably faded after that. Eh, my gas tank was always bad, but at least my recovery is good.
I did the Chief last December and I did more total reps this time at Rx instead of 75# or 95# (not clear what I did). Crazy. Even though it was a year ago, I am not sure why I was doing that little for cleans, but maybe I was feeling off that day.
Workout 20141102 – TGU, Wall Balls, Slam Balls
Max Turkish Get-Ups
53# Right / 44# Left
AMRAP 10 Minutes
10x Wall Ball 20/14
10X Slam Ball 40/30
6+4
Trainer: Amanda
There was a crazy amount of people at the 8am class (23 including me), so I opted to help Amanda coach the class and do the workout at 9am.
TGU were the usual for me. My maxes have not changed in over a year it seems like. I clearly need to work on shoulder strength and stability. And upper body strength in general.
I did not do as well as I thought in the AMRAP. I was feeling pretty wasted at that point since I had been up since before 6am and had not eaten anything; I imagine I would have done better if I had done the workout an hour earlier as orginally planned. Regardless, it was fun as I am a big fan of slam balls. Not so much wall balls, but at 10 reps they were fine. I have been considering always using the 50# slam ball for things now, but since I was feeling non-energetic I thought the 50# would adversely affect my work rate a bit too much as I still wanted a good cardio workout.
sushi
The rest of the family was out of town for the weekend a some cabin north of Seattle. I stayed home to work on SDK’s thesis stuff.
I did go out to dinner at Wabi Sabi for some sushi.
I was mysteriously comped one of their special rolls ($13)… perhaps because the sushi chef was new and had to ask how to make it? It was very tasty (“A New Nightmare” was its name… basically a very spicy tuna roll), but perhaps I’ll get it again to see if it was different.