Training Today:
Bottom Up Press:
40kg x 1/1 x 2
36kg x 1/1 x 5
Cossack Squat w/ 8kg in rack x 5/5 x 7 +hip flexor stretch

Renegade Row
100lb x 8/8 x 4
Wall Slide x 10 x 4
SLDL 24kg in opposite hand x 6/6 x 4


"Cardio"
Battling Ropes x 1:00
Burpee + tuck jump x 10
4 rounds

Yesterday's Training:
Ring Muscle Ups +20lbs:
Superset with Airborne Lunge (single leg squat) +20lbs:
17 Muscle Ups and 40 AL's on each leg in 15:00

Superset
Pullup +30lbs: 12,9,7,6
Plyo Pushup +30lbs: 10, 8, 6, 6 (could have done more but wanted to be more explosive)

Finished with some med ball work and Jump rope.

Later did a bunch of swings.
Today: Long cycle with a pair of 24's for 20:00 with breaks, no counting.

Bottoms up!

This week is like a play week--still going to focus on moving better, but my mind needs a break from hard training.
Monday:
Bottom Up Press:
32kg x 3/3 x 5
32kg x 1/1 x about 10

Bottom Up Carry 50ft
20kg
24kg
32kg
40kg
48kg (only made it about 15 ft with this one)

Gripper closes: #2 for a bunch of singles on each side and a 10 second hold on the right--grip was very strong today and I also climbed the rope a few times.

Later that evening I did a bunch of snatches with a slick handle and no chalk and some medicine ball throws. Worked up a good sweat and went home. I'll probably do some get-ups today (tuesday).

Training from the last few days

Jiu Jitsu has been going well, rolled with a lot of brown and black belts past few days who were heavier than I and I did well so I am going to put some more focus in my jiu jitsu skills over the next few months--while trying to maintain everything else--which is a lot.

Wednesday:
Ring Muscle Up +20lbs
17 in 15:00min
Cossack Squat:
20/side in 15:00 +20lbs (done as active rest for muscle ups)

Pullup: 20lbs x 12,11,10,7
Plyo Pushup: 20lbs x 10,10,10,10

Thursday and Friday:
Lots of get-ups and windmills with a 16kg--seriously, it wasn't much and I rolled a lot of jiu jitsu and hit the heavy bag.
Will do something fun tomorrow.

Hill Sprints!

So, hill sprints completely rock. I hit about 15 hill sprints on a 75m steep hill. In terms of effectiveness for being "in shape," this is probably better than what 95% of the U.S. does in a given week.
Sad but true. Sprinting up a hill is good for you. Here is the secret hill sprint workout program:

Find Hill
Step 1: Sprint Up Hill
Step 2: Walk down hill (saunter, even)
Repeat until strong, fast, and "in shape."

My recent training log is going to be sporadic and incomplete. On purpose. I am working on something big and I am not finished experimenting. When I finish the experiment I will publish what I have done and what the results were, until then, I will keep you abreast of 80% of my training.

Warm up with Z, foam roll, windmill, get-ups, and Olympic Lifts

SLDL: 80kg x 6/6 x 4
BUP:
24kg x 5/5
32kg x 3/3 x 4 (Not used to doing more than one rep so this was good.)

Handstand Pushup x 5 x 5
Renegade Row: 100lbs x 8/8 x 5

32kg swing x 10/10 x 4

RKC Snatch Test-Revisited.

There are a number of reasons I don't like to do the snatch test. Ok well maybe just one: It's hard. 100 reps with a 55lber in 5:00 is a good measure of fitness. I didn't feel like running sprints today or having to drive just to get a workout. So I came back to my nemesis. I keep a pair of 24kg KB's at home for instances were I don't feel like going out, and believe me, a pair of 24kg bells is plenty for ANYONE to get a good workout. Of course just getting a good workout is not the main goal, but you can accomplish a lot with just that pair of bells. I needed conditioning work, so, enter the snatch test.

The past times I've done it to re-certify and there was no real pressure, I can finish at a slow pace and still make 100 reps in 5:00. Today I wanted to instead see just how fast I could make my 100 reps. So I went as fast as I possibly could.
So I almost killed myself without slowing down and finished in about 3:30. Which, let me tell you, is fast.

The point is, practice is important, but being a well rounded athlete with a complete program will really give you an edge no matter WHAT your endeavor happens to be. I attribute this fast time to my training which is well rounded giving me the strength to move the 24kg quickly, and the conditioning to do so at a constant (fast) pace.
What does your training do for you?

Training update for the week.

Tuesday I hit some sprints and a lot of agility training. Changing direction at speed, and being able to move freely is a very undervalued skill today but is great for overall "fitness."

Wednesday was supposed to be a pretty heavy training day, but that didn't happen. I ended up doing a lot of get-ups, windmills, hip complexes, stretching, z drills, handstands and swings. Hit the heavy bag afterward for a while. This is a great example of listening to your body. This isn't carte blanche to start slacking off and being a sissy, but you should try to train smart. I decided it was a good idea to push the training back a day rather than push my body to do something it wasn't readily willing to do.

Today:
Double Snatch+Press: 32kg x 5+3 x 5 (snatches were easy, presses were more challenging, possibly from the handstands yesterday)

Pullup: 20lbs x 10 x 5
Cossack Squat: 60lbs x 5/5 x 5

Ring Pushup: 20lbs x 15 x 3
Sled Power Pull: 200lbs x 10 pulls x 3 sets

Aaaaaand Done!

Training today was slow to start. But in my experience you can't force it, or you'll just end up hurting yourself...

Extra z and foam rolling

Power clean: 225x1x3

Sldl. 130lbsx8/8x4
Press 88lbsx4/4x4

Lots of ring work
Renegade rows
Ab wheel
Call it a day. Feeling good.

It should be noted that I did a bunch of getups and windmills during my warm up, as I usually do.

Training Update:

Wednesday I didn't do a lot of training, mostly bodyweight and rehab stuff.
Pullups: 3 x10 @ 40lbs
Front Squat: 48kg x 10 x 3

Sled Push/Drag for 10:00

Thursday: Turkey Day Mental Toughness Workout
Long Cycle Clean and Jerk: Double 24kgs x 220 reps. Brutal.

Friday: Rolled Jiu Jitsu with a 240lb brown belt for 1 hour 1-on-1.

Saturday (Today): Bodyweight sandbag clean and Push Press x 100 reps.
This was really hard, my forearms exploded about halfway through and it took me about an hour but I can't be too sure. Very tough. Finished with some sled drags.

I'm going to do a bunch of restorative training for 1-2 weeks until I feel good enough to start deadlifting heavy again--it's psychological but I'm going to work hard on unilateral exercises for the most part. That being said...

Power Clean:
225 x 1 x 5
Front Squat:
225 x 3 (I just did this on my last power clean to get a groove)

Superset
Bottom Up Press: 32kg x 3 x 5
Single Leg Deadlift: 100lbs x 8/8 x 5

One arm Military Press: 80lbs x 5/5 x 5
Bodyweight Row + 20lbs x 12, 12, 12, 10, 10

One arm Swing VO2 style
32kg bell
:15/:15 @ 10 reps per set
10:00 = 200 swings

Training update

Last week was a deload week and it felt great to lift easy weights, I bent a lot of steel and tore a couple phone books and hit the heavy bag a lot, but nothing to write home about.
This week I am supposed to have a muay thai fight on friday so I am still going to cut back on the training:
Yesterday I did a lot of Get-Ups and double snatches. Finished with some Long Cycle with a pair of 32's for 15 sets of 5, with 1:00 rest between sets.

More heavy bag today, nothing heavy this week.

Front squat
275x4
Sldl
48kgs x 8/8xe
Bodyweight row
+20lbs x 12x3

Another day, another rep PR5

Great training today, I noticed that I was very calm throughout--not psyched up at all, just calm.
Pullup:
4 chains + 15lbs x 5
4 chains +25lbs x 3
4 chains + 35lbs x 7
4 chains + 35lbs x 5

Ring Pushup
60lbs x 10
70lbs + Purple JS band x 5
85lbs + Purple JS band x 6, 5
Supersetted Pushups with
Double Snatch
32kg x 5,5,5,5,8

Pinch Grip lifting
70lbs on a 4" block x 1/1 x 3

Feeling really strong this week

Sweet PR today

Hit a nice rep PR in the deadlift today.
Warmed up with Power Snatches and Overhead squats

Deadlift:
395 x 5
415 x 3
460 x 5 *PR

Bulg Split Squat
95 x 8/8 x 3
Bodyweight row on rings
+40lbs x 8 x 3

Played around with some one arm snatches and windmills with 95, 115, and 135. Which after all that was probably not a good idea but I managed to nail a 1 arm snatch with 135 and then grab a 32kg bell 2 hands anyhow style.

Finished with a smoker and then heavy bag
1:00 battling ropes
10 burpees
5 rounds

Deadlifts felt so money, I will hit triple bodyweight this year.

Training from Friday:

Front Squat:
185 x 3
205 x 3
225 x 10

Back Squat (focused on speed):
225 x 10
185 x 5
135 x 5 x 3

Band Swing:
48kg + Green JS x 10 x 5
Renegade Row: 32kg x 8/8 x 5

I also worked on a Ton of Power Snatches and overhead squats both friday and saturday--technique is feeling very solid.
Apart from that I just recently built myself a loading pin so I'm going to be working on some more grip stuff as well.

Training from yesterday
Warmed up with barbell power snatches and overhead squats.
Also did some high box jumps and pistols.

Pullup
20lbs x 5
40lbs x 3
50lbs x 3
65lbs x 7,4

Ring Pushup
40lbs x 10
60lbs x 10
60lbs + Purple JS x 8, 8, 7

Double Snatch
32kg x 5 x 5

Squat Jump for max height x 10
Battling Ropes x 45 seconds
x 5 rounds

Felt awesome. Really happy with pullups and pushups.

Deadlift:
355 x 3
385 x 3
420 x 7

One arm row: 48kg x 10/10 x 3
SLDL: 48kg x 8/8 x 3
Short rest periods during that superset

Later on did 10 pullups followed by a 400m run, 3 times
then did 5 x 50m sprints.
Done and Done-kept one in the tank on deadlifts.

More training updates:
Continued to do my power snatches and overhead squats as a warm up and it felt good going up to 60kgs.

Front Squat:
135x5
155x5
165x5
175x5
185x10
Haven't front squatted in quite a while so I was happy with this.

Single leg Deadlifts 2x24kgs x 6/6 x 3
Ring Row: 15x3

Finished with some fun single leg bodyweight stuff.

Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai both that day so training volume went down.

Saturday:
Shadow boxing x 1 minute x 15 rounds
Mobility work

Litvinov (sort of)
10 Squat jumps for max height followed by a 75m uphill sprint x 5 rounds (which was plenty!)
done, stretch, back on monday.

Day 2 of this training block went like this:
Note: Before each training session I will be doing a combination of Power snatches and overhead squats with a bar going up to 70-80kgs depending on how I feel.

Pullup:
10lbs x 5
20lbs x 5
30lbs x 5
40lbs x 5
45lbs x 10
(I didn't think I would get nearly that many reps as I haven't trained weighted pullups for a while, but, then again, the TSC results were a nice surprise too)

Ring Pushup
20lbs x 10
40lbs x 10
40lbs + Purple JS Band x 10 x 2 (Brutal!)
After each set of push ups I knocked off 10 double swings with a pair of 40s to head height.

Finished with some 48kg one arm swings supersetted with burpees
Another good day, still a bit sore from monday deadlifts.