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07:23 pm
[Link] | Warm-up: 10 squats; 10 sit-ups; 10 dumbbell rows @ 20, each arm; 10 knee push-ups.
front squat: 3 @ 45, 3 @ 95, 3 @ 95, 3 @ 95, 3 @ 95
The ones at 95 felt pretty heavy, and I could feel my leg infrastructure crackling and popping, but they all came up nicely.
Tags: kool-aid
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04:20 pm
[Link] | Warm-up: 10 squats, various stretching, carrying weights up from the basement, one practice deadlift.
For time:
deadlift: 15 @ 135
run 620 m
deadlift: 12 @ 135
run 620 m
deadlift: 9 @ 135
run 620 m
19:31.
The deadlifts were fine, but the running was no good. I probably walked half of each of the last two runs. My legs felt heavy and slow.
Tags: kool-aid
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10:19 pm
[Link] | Warm-up: 10 squats, 10 knee push-ups, 10 sit-ups, 10 supermen.
Karen: for time: 100 dumbbell thrusters @ 10 pounds per hand.
10:39. Tens.
Tags: karen, kool-aid
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09:02 pm
[Link] | BW 200ish.
Warm-up: 10 squats, 10 sit-ups, 10 back extensions over medicine ball, 10 knee push-ups, 10 pull-ups @ 85, 10 dips @ 85, 10 squats, 10 sit-ups, a couple of push-presses.
For time:
row 500 m
push press: 21 @ 15
row 500 m
push press: 18 @ 15
row 500 m
push press: 15 @ 15
row 500 m
push press: 12 @ 15
15:18.
Tags: kool-aid
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10:56 am
[Link] | Tabata squats: 13, 12, 11, 10, 10, 10, 9, 10
Tabata push-ups: 10, 10, 10, 10, 8
Tags: tabata
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10:57 pm
[Link] | Warm-up: squats, jumping jacks, pull-ups @ 100, sit-ups.
Three rounds for time:
row 500 m
hang power snatch: 15 @ 45
12:12.
The first row was 1:56; the rest, who knows. The last set of snatches was unbroken, with difficulty.
Tags: kool-aid
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11:00 pm
[Link] | Warm-up: squats, knee push-ups, sit-ups, some overhead squats and burpees.
Jeremy: 21-15-9:
overhead squat @ 19
burpees
8:48.
Tags: jeremy, kool-aid
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12:32 am
[Link] | Fight Gone Bad lite!
Three rounds of one minute each:
wall-ball @ 8 (for reps)
sumo deadlift high pull @ 19 (for reps)
box jump @ 12" box (for reps)
push press @ 19 (for reps)
row (for calories)
rest 1 2 3
wall-ball 24 17 15 = 56
SDHP 28 22 20 = 70
box jump 24 19 19 = 62
push press 38 21 24 = 83
row 9 5 9 = 23
= 294Dang.
Tags: fight gone bad, kool-aid
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02:57 pm
[Link] | squat: 10 @ 45, 5 @ 95, 5 @ 115, 5 @ 135, 5 @ 155
press: 5 @ 45, 5 @ 65, 5 @ 75, f @ 85
pull-up: 1
push press: 5 @ 85
deadlift: 5 @ 135, 5 @ 185, 5 @ 205
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09:14 pm
[Link] | BW 210.8.
Warm-up: 10 squats, 10 sit-ups, 10 push-ups.
Fight Gone Bad!
Three rounds of one minute each:
wall-ball @ 12 (for reps)
sumo deadlift high pull @ 55 (for reps)
box jump @ 18" box (for reps)
push press @ 55 (for reps)
row (for calories)
rest 1 2 3
wall-ball 22 14 11 = 47
SDHP 20 14 14 = 48
box jump 17 22 13 = 52
push press 12 10 13 = 35
row 12 7 11 = 30
= 212Only -4 from last time, not bad considering the past few weeks' sloth, not having an exhorter, and getting interrupted for a handshake during the third round. Excuses, excuses.
Everything felt normal except the push presses, which felt heavy. In reality, wall-ball and push press got worse, SDHP and box jumps got better, and the rows got stronger but less consistent. Moral fiber was really the issue here, as always.
Tags: fight gone bad, kool-aid
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08:01 pm
[Link] | BW 210.8.
CFWU, no dips, pull-ups @ 60 (all tens).
Linda!
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1:
deadlift @ 185
bench press @ 115, 105
clean @ 65
1:05:24: PR, if not for the bench presses.
After the round of 9, I took the bench press down to 105 from 115. My bench pressing feels rusty and unsteady.
The cleans were mostly power cleans immediately followed by a front squat. Just didn't have the snap to get under it fast.
I felt pretty terrible throughout, especially during the first couple of rounds. My guts felt ominous.
Tags: kool-aid, linda
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03:47 pm
[Link] | BW 209.5.
push jerk: 5 @ 45, 5 @ 65, 3 @ 95, 3 @ 105, 3 @ 115, 3 @ 110, 3 @ 95
pull-up: 1
back squat: 3 @ 135, 3 @ 155, 3 @ 165, 3 @ 175, 3 @ 185
The jerks at 115 were pretty bad, pressed out or almost lost at the top. At 110 they were almost as bad. I did the last set from the back; the bar felt light, but the press-out was egregious; maybe the unfamiliar position made it harder to drop down far enough.
One kip on the pull-up.
Legs felt unused, but all the squats came up.
Tags: kool-aid
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10:59 pm
[Link] | Warm-up: jogged maybe three blocks.
Tabata run
rest ad libitum
Tabata-minus-one sit-ups
rest ad libitum
Tabata knee push-ups
603 meters (around the Point), 62 sit-ups, 70 knee push-ups.
The sit-ups are a little stronger (considering I miscounted and skipped the last interval) and the knee push-ups much stronger since the last time I did something like this.
Some digestive uncertainty beforehand; pretty bad abdominal distress following the run. Dinner had been beer, bar food, beer, and milk. Urgh. Limiting factor for both sit-ups and push-ups was muscular fatigue.
I haven't done jack since the 16th, so no wonder this felt so bad.
Tags: kool-aid
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01:43 pm
[Link] | 5.5 miles, home to campus.
Tags: velocipede
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09:59 pm
[Link] | 5.5 miles, home from campus.
Tags: velocipede
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09:58 pm
[Link] | 13 miles, Hyde Park to Monroe Harbor and back. Much strenuous Jet-Skiing.
Tags: velocipede
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09:56 pm
[Link] | 5.5 miles, home to campus.
Tags: velocipede
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11:52 pm
[Link] | 13 miles, home to campus and back via the Skylark.
Tags: velocipede
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10:44 pm
[Link] | 24 miles, home to campus, then up to XCS via the inner route, then over to Earwax, then home.
Tags: velocipede
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06:56 pm
[Link] | 11 miles, home to campus and back.
Tags: velocipede
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05:53 pm
[Link] | BW 209.5.
deadlift: 5 @ 135, 2 x 5 @ 185, 3 @ 225, 1 @ 275, f @ 285, 1 @ 275, f @ 280, f @ 265, 1 @ 245, 1 @ 225
pull-ups: 1, 3 x f
The right lower back felt tight or tweaked during the warm-up, but it didn't get worse. That triple at 225 felt oddly light. I almost quit after failing at 265; I felt lopsided and exhausted.
That first pull-up was the easiest yet: one strong kip and a quick pull. The first failure was a dead-hang; the second was kipped, and I almost got it.
Tags: kool-aid
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11:28 pm
[Link] | 11 miles, to Goose Island and back.
Tags: velocipede
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01:24 am
[Link] | For time:
40 jumping pull-ups
40 bench dips
30 jumping pull-ups
30 bench dips
20 jumping pull-ups
20 bench dips
10 jumping pull-ups
10 bench dips
11:57. The pull-ups were from the lowest edge of the highest circular swiveling thing in the playground across the park across the street. The dips were from the adjacent platform, with feet on the ground.
I felt pretty awful throughout, but then it's past my bedtime and post a certain amount of beer. Both sets of muscles feel numb, even though the pull-ups were mostly leg by the end, and the feet migrated inward on the dips.
Tags: kool-aid
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10:24 pm
[Link] | 17.5 miles, Hyde Park to XCS and back to Bridgeport.
Tags: velocipede
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05:44 pm
[Link] | BW 209.6.
warm-up: 3 rounds: 10 squats, 5 GHD sit-ups, 5 back extensions, 10 jumping pull-ups, 5 push-ups.
Three rounds for time:
25 tuck jumps
25 back extensions
25 GHD sit-ups
The clock said 8:34 with 10 sit-ups to go, and then it said 8:36 when I was done, so something went wrong. Let's call it 8:50.
Last time I did GHD sit-ups, in April, they hurt my lower back, but not today, hooray.
Tags: kool-aid
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11:43 am
[Link] | 5.5 miles, home to campus.
Tags: velocipede
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12:56 am
[Link] | 12.5 miles, home to campus and back via the lake.
Tags: velocipede
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05:49 pm
[Link] | BW 210.25.
CFT!
squat: 10 @ 0, 5 @ 135, 2 @ 185, 1 @ 205, 1 @ 225, 1 @ 235
press: 5 @ 45, 1 @ 85, 2 x f @ 95, 2 x f @ 90
deadlift: 1 @ 225, 1 @ 285, f @ 295, f @ 290
Total: 235 + 85 + 285 = 605. Squat +20, press +10, deadlift +0 from last time; tied PR.
After the two squats at 185 I had a slight weird feeling in the lower back, but it didn't get worse. The squat at 235 stalled interminably in the middle, but it came up. I got a headache on the first failed press at 90. On the deadlift at 295, I had a very tight belt; the bar got up to mid-shin, slowed down, and stopped; I felt the back starting to give and folded. At 290, I loosened the belt a notch to get some more air, and again I got up to midshin, but couldn't get any farther. Those failures both felt better than my usual failure mode on the deadlift, which is getting about two inches and stopping dead.
Tags: cft, kool-aid
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11:59 pm
[Link] | 15.25 miles, home to campus, up to Reggie's, and home via McCormick Place and the lake.
Tags: velocipede
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06:44 pm
[Link] | BW 210.
Warm-up:
hang power clean: 5 @ 45, @ 65
front squat: 5 @ 45
towel body rows: 3 x 3 (bar racked at 11)
hang clean: 5 @ 65
Five rounds for time:
hang squat clean: 5 @ 85
towel pull-ups: 15
The pull-ups of the first two rounds were body rows, bar racked at 11, feet on the floor; thereafter, jumping pull-ups. I used two towels instead of one, which helped.
13:08.
I missed a couple of the cleans in the hole, but mostly did a good job getting under the bar. Must remember that the pull doesn't have to be maximal if the weight isn't.
Cooled it with the friendly roller.
Tags: kool-aid
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01:56 am
[Link] | 5.5 miles, home from campus.
Tags: velocipede
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08:31 pm
[Link] | BW 209.
CFWU, no dips, jumping pull-ups.
For time:
sit-ups: 10
back extensions: 10
thrusters: 20 @ 45
jumping pull-ups: 30
sit-ups: 20
back extensions: 20
thrusters: 15 @ 45
jumping pull-ups: 20
sit-ups: 30
back extensions: 30
thrusters: 10 @ 45
jumping pull-ups: 10
15:08. There were supposed to be 15 jumping pull-ups at the end, so I did five more after lying down for a minute or so.
Broke a sweat, breathed hard, and could hear my heart after the warm-up. Then felt sleepy and weak during the thing. The sit-ups and back extensions were a nice break, but I hate thrusters.
Cooled it with the friendly roller.
Tags: kool-aid
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01:58 pm
[Link] | 7 miles, home to east Hyde Park.
Tags: velocipede
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11:57 pm
[Link] | 38 miles, from Bridgeport to Evanston and back, by way of the lake, then Clark to downtown, Halsted to the Skylark, back up to Van Buren, and back to Bridgeport.
Tags: velocipede
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11:59 pm
[Link] | 26 miles, home to campus, up to River East, over to Goose Island and around, up to Clybourn and Sheffield, and home again.
Tags: velocipede
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10:28 pm
[Link] | 13.5 miles, home to campus and back.
Tags: velocipede
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07:47 pm
[Link] | 5.5 miles, home from campus.
Tags: velocipede
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06:43 pm
[Link] | BW 209.4.
10 squats, 10 sit-ups, 10 push-ups
dumbbell squat snatch, 1 each arm @ 30 and at 25
For time:
dumbbell squat snatch, left arm: 15 @ 25
dumbbell squat snatch, left arm: 15 @ 25
jumping pull-ups: 30
dumbbell squat snatch, left arm: 12 @ 25
dumbbell squat snatch, right arm: 12 @ 25
jumping pull-ups: 24
dumbbell squat snatch, left arm: 9 @ 25
dumbbell squat snatch, right arm: 9 @ 25
jumping pull-ups: 18
20:43.
I expected the dumbbell squat snatches to be fun, but in fact they sucked. I did them in reluctant, often broken threes. Had trouble keeping the elbow locked and the shoulder elevated; lost it out the front twice or three times.
Tags: kool-aid
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07:47 pm
[Link] | 6 miles, home to Chez Velvet.
Tags: velocipede
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07:57 pm
[Link] | BW 209.
CFWU, no pull-ups, dips @ 50 in unbroken fives.
Helen: three rounds:
run 400 m
dumbbell swings: 21 @ 30
pull-ups: 12 @ 60
21:01 (5:06 faster than last time).
My back felt sore from yesterday's deadlifts, but it was fine once I got going.
I wanted to get under 15 minutes, but not today. In the first round, I waited 30 seconds for the pull-up device. The first run was at 7.4 mph, the second took 2:18 (so about 6.5 mph average), and the third was maybe half and half 5.5 and 6 mph. The last two runs felt just deadly. The swings were unbroken, and the pull-ups were all 6/5/1.
Tags: helen, kool-aid
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06:09 pm
[Link] | BW 208.
CFT!
back squat: 10 @ 45, 3 @ 95, 3 @ 135, 1 @ 185, 1 @ 205, 1 @ 215, f @ 225
press: 3 @ 65, 3 x f @ 95, 2 x f @ 85, 1 @ 75
deadlift: 3 @ 135, 1 @ 225, 1 @ 275, 1 @ 285, f @ 295
Somewhere in there: 1 pull-up (triple kip)
Total: 215 + 75 + 285 = 575. Squat -10, press -20, deadlift +10 from last time; total 30 off PR.
The squat at 215 was ground out, but felt pretty good. My right elbow hurt occasionally, and my right arm felt weaker in the presses. There was a brief glowing PDLF following the deadlift at 275; the one at 285 was slow but good.
Tags: cft, kool-aid
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11:59 pm
[Link] | 12 miles, Bridgeport to River East and back.
Tags: velocipede
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06:03 pm
[Link] | BW 208.
Warm-up: 10 squats, 10 sit-ups, 10 supermen.
Michael: three rounds for time:
run 800 m
35 supermen
35 sit-ups
26:38 (7:28 faster than ever).
I was feeling some DOMS beforehand in the legs, especially the quadriceps, and my guts felt slightly unsettled. Ran on a treadmill, so transitions were fast. The first round took 8:20, running at 6 mph; the second run went from 5.4 on up to 6 mph; the third run was 6 to 6.4 mph. The J.P. pulled me through the last run.
Up to the full fifty next time, now that I'm under 30 minutes.
Cooled it with the friendly roller.
Tags: kool-aid, michael
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05:59 pm
[Link] | BW 210.
CFWU, one round, pull-ups 5 @ 35, dips 5 x 1 @ 35.
overhead squats: 10 @ towel
Jeremy: 21-15-9:
overhead squat @ 45
burpees
11:09.
I did the first 15 overhead squats straight through, and the last set of burpees without stopping.
Tags: jeremy, kool-aid
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07:24 pm
[Link] | CFWU, no dips, no pull-ups; a few experimental thrusters and jumping pull-ups.
Fran: 21-15-9:
thrusters @ 45
jumping pull-ups (bar racked at 14)
4:45!
I kept things super light so I could finally get inside five minutes. I did the first set of thrusters unbroken, but paused a couple of times after that. This felt pretty horrible, but at least it was over fast.
Tags: fran, kool-aid
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11:39 am
[Link] | 5.5 miles, home to campus.
Tags: velocipede
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06:31 pm
[Link] | BW 206.8.
5 @ 45 each: press, front squat, hang power clean, push press.
push jerk: 5 @ 45, 5 @ 65, 3 @ 95, 3 @ 115, 2 @ 125, 1 @ 120, 3 @ 95, 3 @ 105
high-bar back squat, push press, overhead squat: 95
The second jerk at 125 and the one at 120 included egregious press-outs, so I backed off. The second three at 95 felt good, with nice loose arms; the set at 105 was almost as good.
The overhead squat felt easy! I might have tweaked my right elbow as I was putting it down, though.
Tags: kool-aid
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06:17 pm
[Link] | BW 206.8.
Warm-up: rowed a nice slow 1 km in 4:33, damper set at 4, thinking about form and power.
Then: rowed 2 km in 7:53.6 (damper 5).
I hoped for eight minutes, but thought that might be too ambitious. Haha! My cadence stayed around 28-30; the slightly higher gear helped me get the most out of each stroke, so I didn't have to hurry. I don't think my pace ever went above 2:02/500m; it mostly stayed under two minutes. In the last 200 meters I got it down to 1:54 or so, but I think I could have hit it harder, both in the final sprint and all along. My inexperience with rowing makes me cautious.
Tags: kool-aid
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01:43 pm
[Link] | BW 207.
The Threatening Thirty-Five:
35 box jumps, 18" box
35 pull-ups @ 112
35 dumbbell swings @ 25
35 steps walking lunge
35 knees to chest on captain's chair
35 push press @ 45
35 supermen
35 wall-ball shots @ 8-pound ball
35 burpees
35 tuck jumps
29:29 (6:04 faster than last time). Win! Up to the full fifty next time (ouch).
By the time I got to the push presses I was covered in sweat. By wall-ball o'clock I was cravenly bargaining with myself ("do five more and you can lie down for a second"). I started the burpees around 22:30 and did them in fives, separated by intervals supine and panting. The tuck jumps were mostly tens; they probably could have been higher, but I could barely stand up by then.
Tags: filthy fifty, kool-aid
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02:47 pm
[Link] | 11 miles, home to campus and back.
Tags: velocipede
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