Ronski's Training Log

Warm Up
5min DU practice
10 Inch Worms
10 squats (5 sec hold at the bottom)
10 Glute Bridges
10 hip extensions
10 Bird Dog
Hip Mobility
Shoulder Mobility
Ankle Mobility

Strength
1RM Deadlift Testing
Warm Up
Bar x 15
60kg x 8
100kg x5

Test Reps
130kg - ok
145kg - ok
155kg - ok
165kg - ok (PB)
175kg - fail
175kg - belt on and a long pull but up it went - PB

Here is the lift on my instagram feed - https://instagram.com/p/z_r-T_IOvN/

So a 15kg PB and only 6kg shy of the 400lb mark that has been a long term goal

WoD
4 Rounds for Time
Bridge Run (basically run outside the gym and up over and back across the motorway foot brige, total of about 400m)
15 x Overhead Squat @40kg

Time = 22min 12secs

What a grinder of a workout - the first time I ever OHS 40kg and in trainers. Was breaking them into sets of between 5 and 8.

So this gives me a new power lifting total of
Squat - 142.5kg
Bench - 110kg
Deadlift - 175kg
Total = 427.5kg (a 27.5kg increase since Jan) - next stop 440kg+
 
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Warm Up
5min DU practice
10 Inch Worms
10 squats (5 sec hold at the bottom)
10 Glute Bridges
10 hip extensions
10 Bird Dog
Hip Mobility
Shoulder Mobility
Ankle Mobility

Strength

Push Press 5 x5 @52.5kg (smooth)
Z Press 3 x 12 @20kg

WoD
For time
21 - 15 - 9
Burpees
Thrusters @40kg
Calories on the rower

Result = 15min25secs

ok - so that was really hard. This was the first time I complete a workout with 40kg thrusters and I had to break them down into small sets of between 2 - 5. Still it's the "benchmark" weight to do thrusters at in the CrossFit world, so at least I can attempt more workouts Rx (as prescribed) and honestly I would rather be doing burpees than 40kg thrusters (they really suck)
 
Back to the gym this evening to start on another 531 cycle for bench press

Warm up
Bar x 20
40kg x 5
47.5kg x 5
55kg x 3

Working Sets
60kg x 5
70kg x 5
80kg x 10 - was a grind after all the pressing work earlier today - was hoping for 12 reps but still good enough

Slingshot on:
100kg x 3
110kg x 2
120kg fail - good to feel the weight on my arms and then down onto my chest

Boring but big assistance work
60kg x 10 x 5 sets - smooth
 
Warm Up

Bridge Run
10 Straight Leg Swings
10 Side Leg Swings
10 Wall Balls
10 Hand Stand Kick Ups
10 Hip Extensions
Hip Mobility
Shoulder Mobility

Strength
10 x 4 - Front Rack Walk Lunges @20kg
10 x 3 - Shoot Throughs

WoD
It was a classic "chipper" this morning, which is good after all the pressing yesterday - so for time
50 Alternating Dumbbell Snatch @35lbs
40 Hand Release Push Ups
30 Med Ball Cleans @20lbs
20 Toes to Bars/Knees to Elbows (I did K2E)
10 Burpee to Dumbbell Press @35lbs

Result - 8min 37secs

The coaches said it was a decent time - short, sweet and hard work. That's four days in a row now and time for a couple of days off while I travel for business.
 
went to the gym this morning to have a go at the open 15.3 scaled workout.

After 30 mins of mobilizing and warm up it was 15.3 time

AMRAP 14mins
50 Wall Balls @20lbs to 9ft
200 Single unders

Result = 2 rounds and 26 wall balls

Was really disappointed as I had aimed to at least complete 3 sets of wall balls. Paid the price of setting off to fast (first 50 wall balls in 2 min 30sec) this just gassed me too much for the rest of the workout. So lesson learned, I will give it another crack tomorrow morning.

After 20 mins rest

Pull ups

5 x 3
4 x 5 - negatives
 
back to class this morning

Warm up
Row 500m
15 Glute Bridges
15 Air Squats
15 Kettlebell Swings @16kg
15 Push Ups
15 Hip Extensions
10 Bird Dog
10 Inch Worms
Hip Mobility
Shoulder Mobility

Strength
Front Squat

Warm Up
Bar x 10
50kg x 8

Working Sets
6sets x 3reps @85kg - all smooth, last couple of reps in set 6 a bit of a grind but ok

WoD:

Disappointed with yesterday open 15.3 workout I elected to repeat it - so rested 20mins and did the following

AMRAP 14mins
50 Wall Balls @20lbs to 9ft
200 Single unders

Result = 2 rounds and 50 wall balls and 23 single unders

That is an increase of 47reps over yesterday - so well worth repeating but another 14mins of metabolic pain. I broke up the wall balls in round 1 into 15, 15, 10, 10 and then 10s then 5s in round 3.

I was in a word finished. The actual WoD for today was:

21 - 15 - 9
Wall balls
Power Cleans @50kg

Which would have been far more preferable!
 
Early morning class
Warm Up
3min Double Under Practive
20 Walking Lunges
15 Air Squats
15 Kettlebell Swings
15 Push Ups
15 Hip Extensions
10 GHD Situps
10 Inch worms
Hip Mobility
Shoulder Mobility

Strength/Skill - bit of a gymnastics theme today
6 x Max Effort L-sit hold (I did tuck hold) - times were from 28 - 31secs per round
Practice Frog Stand
Practice Head Stand

WoD
10min AMRAP
10 Knees to Elbow
20 Air Squats
30 Double under (x3 for singles)

Result - 7 full rounds / 420 reps

More skipping and squatting my quads are going to be sore beyond belief. I am gong to have a rest day tomorrow coupled with some maintenance work from my locals sports osteopath
 
Bit of a frustrating day at the office - so decided only one thing can fix that. Time to get some bench press going.

Week 2 of 531 cycle - 3s

Warm Up
Shoulder mobility
Bar x 20
40kg x 5
47.5kg x 5
57.5kg x 3

Working Sets
65kg x 3 - smooth
75kg x 3 - bit of a wobble on rep 3, but ok
85kg x 10 - PB! last time I pushed 85kg for max reps I got to 6. So great to see this result after a less than stellar result last week on the plus set

Encouraged by this - slingshot on
100kg x 3 - easy
110kg x 2 - smooth
115kg x 1 - got it - I failed this lift last week

Big but boring - decided to up the weight by 5kg
65kg x 10reps x 5 sets

Honestly a bit of a grind on the last 2 reps of each set but got all reps and was happy to have gotten through it.

After a bit of recovery time. I decided I would do one of the benchmarks they have on the board in the gym. Very simple - 1000m Skierg for time.

On my last test back in December I did 4min 5 secs.

So I pulled for all I was worth and finished 3min 42 secs! Again really happy to have smashed my PB (after I had finished lying on the floor for 2mins)

Rest day tomorrow.
 
Warm Up
3min Double Under Practive
20 Walking Lunges
12 Air Squats
12 Turkish Get Ups @15lbs
12 GHD Situps
12 Hip Extensions
12 Inch worms
Hip Mobility
Shoulder Mobility

Push Press
Warm Up
Bar x 10
40kg x 8
Working Sets
5 x 5 @57.5kg - all reps done no misses

WoD
8min AMRAP
10 Power Snatch @30kg
15 Double Unders

Result = 100reps RX (4 full rounds) - a shoulder burner!

Went back for another little blast later in the afternoon:

4 rounds for time
10 Deadlifts @80kg
15 GHD Situps
20 Cals on the rower

Time = 16min 34secs that was again a tough workout. No worries on the rowing or deadlifts the GHD are a struggle after round 1 and had to break them down into small sets
 
After a rest day yesterday it was time for the second to last Open workout.

Warm up
Row 500m
12 Air Squats
24 Walking Lunges
24 Side Steps (with band)
hip Mobility
shoulder mobility
5 x power clean at 40kg
5 x power clean at 40kg
5 x push press bar
5 x push press @30kg

Crossfit Open WoD 15.4 scaled

AMRAP 8 mins
10 Push Press @43kg
10 Cleans (from the floor) @52kg

Result = 93 reps

The most brutal of the open workouts so far - by the end of round 2 it was a fight and the last 10 push presses were a real struggle. My goals was 100 reps or 5 full rounds and I fell short by 7 reps but for sure it was not lack of effort. The push presses became very hard in rounds 4 and 5. Going to be interesting to repeat this workout in 4 weeks or so once my current push press strength cycle has finished (not that I am looking forward to repeat this workout)
 
You see, this is another reason why I struggle with Crossfit...:(

Doing push-press to - effectively - failure is potentially quite problematic for your shoulders and some rather interesting muscles that most people have never heard of. Just be very, very careful: there's a reason PP is an expression of strength/power as opposed to a cardio/metcon one.
 
Well nothing untoward happened during after the workout other than it being a tough workout. I looked back at my workout logs and it was certainly the highest volume of push presses at that weight.

Anyway back to normal service this morning:

Warm up
3min Double Under practice
20 Air Squats

20 Kettle Bell Swings @16kg
10 Wall balls @14lbs
20 Hip Extensions
10 GHD Situps
20 Shoulder Passes
Shoulder Mobility
Hip Mobility

Front Squat
6 sets x 4 squats @85kg

Tough but ok - last rep on last set had a 4 sec pause on the bottom - that was fun :)

WoD:

1k Skierg for time

Result - 3min 43.9 secs

That was exactly 1sec off my PB that I set last week - which is not bad considering the squat volume immediately before hand

Cooldown
500m row
couch stretch
 
Volume is always good - no doubt. My point is you are a strong guy and Crossfit has got you as far as it has, but you could be a lot more, depending on what you chose to train for. ;)

Anyway - I won't mention it again! :D

Nice front squatting... :cool:
 
Thanks mate :) The improvements over the last few months have been significant and for sure a more specific program could well give further gains. Having said that learning new skills and improving my cardio endurance and capacity have also been welcome additions.

Popped back to the gym this evening to get my weekly benchpress in. This week it is 531

Warm up
Bar x 20
40kg x 5
47.5kg x5
57.5kg x 3

Working Sets
70kg x 5 - ok
80kg x 3 - ok
90kg x 6 - a PB at this weight - can't be too unhappy, 8 reps would have been ideal but it wasn't happening today

Then tried a "heavy single":

100kg x 1 - a struggle but I got it. Pleased with that considering the previous 1+ set was tough

Slingshot on:

110kg x 3 - smooth
120kg x 1 - fail. Interesting to balance this weight above my chest for the first time. Went down and off my chest but unable to lock out.

Then big but boring

5 sets x 65kg - like last week. Tough but completed it.

After I had finished the evening crossfit class was going on -and I ended up trying the 1k skierg for time again with the evening crew.

Result - 3min 42.3 secs - a PB by 0.6secs and I was just doing it for fun. Started out at a slightly more steady pace and when I got to 250m left I could see a PB was on so pulled for all I as worth.

Time to get some food and rest.
 
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