Tuesday, January 31, 2012
CFFB 013012
ASWOD
3x5 press @ 120 (fail: 3-4-3, last two sets @ 115)
3x5 squat @ 225 (fail: 3-5-5, last two sets @ 205)
Fucking pissed, skipped the DWOD. Also I may have mono (shhh, don't tell my housemates). Blood test pending.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Down with SS. Yay for TM!
monday
2x
10 squats
10 pushups
10 jumping jacks
10 V-ups
1RM - Squat Clean
115-135-155-165~
(just barely failed at 165)
On the minute, for 10 minutes
14 lbs wall balls
Then,
5 rounds for time:
10 KB Swings (40 lbs)
5 Lateral Jumping Burpees
Time: 4:33
Competition
15 Unbroken HSPUs [16 or 17/20]
355# Back Squat [~290/355]
425# Deadlift [375/395]
185# Snatch [155-160/170]
235# Clean & Jerk [215/235]
6:50 2K Row [~8:20?/7:45]
6:45 “Karen” [(150 wall balls for time) no clue, probably around 7-7:30, I should try this soon/6:45]
3:30 “Fran” [~4:00? should do this again soon too/3:30]
12 Rounds, 10-Minute “Cindy” [13+/14]
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Getting antzy...

I lol'd. But its true...
Friday, January 27, 2012
Oldie
Thursday, January 26, 2012
2012 Mid Atlantic Open
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
jackie x 3
5-4-3-2-1
Worked up to 175lbs
Jackie x 3
6 rounds for time:
500m Row
25 Thrusters Rx - 45# (scaled to 35 lbs(
15 Pullups (lots and lots of bands)
Time: 38:40
This was ridiculous. I finished dead last, after some newbs and after some bigger dudes. It was an exercise in humiliation, and it was good for my soul. I think someone Rx'd around 28mins or so, but my class was weak overall. Interested to see the leaderboard tomorrow.
Gymnasts Are Jacked Central
Monday, January 23, 2012
light grace
30 reps of clean and jerk at 135 (scaled to 85)
time: 3:20
strength--
back squat, only went up to 135
kept things very light today. i really don't want to get injured on my 2nd week back. grace is a great benchmark wod; i probably could have handled another 20 lbs but i was still dead by the end.
De-load Phase
Gonna eat right, mobilize, grab some new MWODs, try to kick this cold in the nuts, and reevaluate on Thursday.
Flight Simulator
Unbroken Double Unders or Lateral Bar Jumps. There must be a pause between each set.
Scaled to 5 through 40. Recommend having something to punch nearby as this one can get pretty frustrating when youre on the set of 35 and only string 33 together a few times in a row.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Sunday Funday
Saturday, January 21, 2012
random saturday
feeling pretty sore from my first week back. my lower back is sore from the sumo deadlift hiighpulls. Did I do something wrong or is that normal?
CFFB 012112: Football Gone Bad
3 one minute rounds for time:
1. DB Thrusters 45 lbs (scaled to 1 pd KBs)
2. Box Jumps 20" box
3. Push Ups
4. Double Unders
5. Calorie Row
*Rest 1 minute between rounds
215. Satisfied, but could have done better. My DUs need some serious improvement. Some asshole posted a 477.
Here's a good read, outlining the programming "formula" for CFFB:
Crossfit Football for Crossfitters
Oh man, just discovered Stumbleupon has a couple Crossfit interests. This is gonna eat up a lot of time...
Mobility Warmup
Friday, January 20, 2012
CFFB 012012
ASWOD
5x3 power clean @ 170 (PR)
Right arm felt like it was gonna fall off when I was done. Elbow mostly, but shoulder hurt too. I need to come visit you JC and get lessons, my form is silly. Gonna ice/compress like a million times today. At this point I thought I'd have to skip the DWOD so I did another 2000m row. 9:06. Arm felt OK after so I went ahead with the DWOD.
DWOD
Complete 5 rounds:
1 Minute of Max Reps with Two Arm KB Push Press - 1.5 pood in each hand (scaled to 1 pd)
1 Minute of GHD Back Extension Isometric Hold
Thought my erectors were gonna pop out of my back and run away crying. I probably got 45+ seconds of every minute for the static hold once you take into account transition times and taking a few seconds break here and there, which is better than I thought I'd do. 52 reps with the push press.
Tyler
Front Squat
2-2-2-2-2
95-115-135-135-145
Metcon---
"Tyler"
5 rounds of:
7 Muscle Ups (substituted 14 pullups + 14 dips with bands)
21 Sumo Deadlift High Pull 95/65 (substituted 75)
Time: 20:14
Thursday, January 19, 2012
CFFB 011912
ASWOD
3x5 bench press @ 165 (fail: 5-4-7@135)
DWOD
Complete 5 rounds:
2 Squats @ 133% of body weight (used 225/137% of BW)
Sprint 30 yards
*Rest 60-120 seconds
Didn't see the rest part. 7:25
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
cold as a witch's teet
Elevated split squat: 5 sets x 10 each leg
5 rounds for time of:
10 pistols
10 ring pushups
10 kte
time: 11:04
Couldn't do legit pistols on left leg cause of ankle. Had to scale ring pushups and kte once I got tired. It's been awhile, but it felt good.
Di-Fran
21-15-9
Deadlift 225#
Pull ups
4:39
Notes: wanted to go unbroken on this one, got through the 21 deads but had to stop halfway through the pullups to chalk up, yeah, lame excuse. Deads towards the end got rough, didnt go touch and go all the way through but kept my hands on the bar for all 3 sets.
Graham's strategy
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Getting Swoll
6 min AMRAP
1 ground to overhead 135#
5 burpees
2 ground to overhead
5 burpees
3 ground...
7 rounds + 5 ground to overhead, kind of...
Notes: pretty happy with the 218 FS, never done a 5RM before. I need to film more WODs. Probably the best way to get feedback other than having a coach watching all of your reps. The range of motion on my jerks was complete crap. It looks like I fully locked out maybe one rep. So I really probably did 1 round. Pretty pissed with the range of motion, but glad I know what I have to work on.
CFFB 011612/011712
3x5 squat @ 230
1x5 deadlift @ 335 (fail)
Got 3 decent reps, any more and my back would have been rounded in an unacceptable fashion
DWODs
Complete 5 rounds for time:
1 Press 90% of 1 RM
1 Strict Pull Up
1 Press 90% of 1 RM
3 Strict Pull Ups
1 Press 90% of 1 RM
5 Strict Pull Ups
Used 120#. Should have gone heavier. Got all the PUs strict though.
On the minute
Complete one 1/2 gasser on the minute for 8 minutes.
then...
100 Evil Wheels
Subbed 15s sprint on the spin bike with the resistance jacked up for the half gasser. Shitty sub, but it was better than nothing. Wasn't at my normal gym or I would have done 150m sprint row, which apparently is the accepted sub for 1/2 gasser. Subbed calling it quits for the evil wheels because I'm a little bitch.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Thanks MLK
No work means I can spend all day getting jacked central. Spent an hour and a half on the oly lifts today, have some serious flaws I need to address. Your time would be much better spent watching this video than the one below.
WOD
10 min AMRAP
5 power snatch 95#
10 HR push up
15 lateral bar jumps
11 rounds + 1 snatch
20 year old machine: 13 + change
Notes: lateral bar jumps are my jam. HR push ups slowed me down a bit. Did all the snatches without taking my hands off the bar. Shooting for unbroken snatches next time I guess.
1st time breathing hard since early December
followed by:
5 rounds for time:
10 pushups
10 situps
10 airsquats
time: 5:57
struggled on the pushups on rounds 4 and 5. i am so out of shape. feels good to get the heart rate up, though. i missed it.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
The Seven
Killed in the attack were CIA officers Jennifer Lynne Matthews, 45; Scott Michael Roberson, 39; Harold E. Brown Jr., 37; Darren LaBonte, 35; Elizabeth Hanson, 30; and security contractors Jeremy Jason Wise, 35, and Dane Clark Paresi, 46.
Seven rounds for time of:
7 Handstand push-ups
135 pound Thruster, 7 reps
7 Knees to elbows
245 pound Deadlift, 7 reps
7 Burpees
7 Kettlebell swings, 2 pood
7 Pull-ups
Time: 35:39
Mikko Salo 19:19
Chris Spealler 20:56
Graham Holmberg 24:37
Notes: Did this almost exactly a year ago (17 Jan 2011), only made it through 5 rounds in 29:24 and scaled thrusters to 115#, deads to 225#, and kb to 60#. HSPU: unbroken except the last set which I did 4-3 or 3-4. Thruster: first set unbroken, 4-3 for the remainder. KTE, deadlifts, burpees, pullups all unbroken. Pretty happy I got the deads unbroken. No chalk either.
Going to a churrascaria tonight (read: unlimited meat consumption). Weighed in at 155:8 after the WOD, shooting for 160 when I come home tonight.
gotta earn those tailgatin' drinks
2x250m sprints in there
got a painful hotspot on one of my heels, thats a first. perhaps this pair of chucks is on its last legs or i should start wearing socks.
BW: 165.6#
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Wtf? Air squat BJs?
CFFB 011412
rest day
DWOD
Complete:
Walk 2 miles with a 40-60 lbs weight vest, sand bag or plate.
Loaded up a backpack with 40lbs.
~37:00
Friday, January 13, 2012
Legs
3RM back squat worked up to 255 then hit 275 at 2RM. Pretty happy with this since the last time I maxed out my back squat (Oct 2010) I was at 265. If I'm lucky my 1RM should be around 285 no?
WOD
3 rounds for time
Run 500m
30 box jumps 24"
10:50
Notes: I suck at running. And box jumps. Best time on the day was just under 9 mins. Legit.
CFFB 011312
3RM power clean @ 175 (PR I guess)
I was shooting for 190 which was my 1RM from mid december. Couldn't even get that for a single once I warmed up. Chalking it up to fatigue from yesterday.
DWOD
On the minute
Complete 2 Power Cleans and 5 Chin Ups on the minute for 15 minutes.
*Use 75%-80% of 3 RM for this workout
Used 135#. Pussed out and did 10 minutes, then 3x5 chinups while a buddy did the wod, then did the other 5 minutes. Weak.
Ate good when I got home.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
CFFB 011212
ASWOD
3x5 bench press @ 160 (PR)
DWOD
21, 15, 9 reps of:
Squat 225 lbs
Ring Dips
Scaled to 135#. Subbed bar dips for ring dips. Shoes made a world of difference. Felt like I was super glued to the floor in the
10:48
Rowed 1000m for cool down. Currently revamping my diet with a fine tooth comb and a lot of excel number crunching. Using this as a general template:
http://talktomejohnnie.com/diet/leaning-out
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Cooking OIls
Cluster F
8 rounds + 8 reps
WOD:
30-20-10-5
kb step up (24" box, 32kg kb)
pullups
10:32
Notes: pretty sure I high scored the clusters today by a few reps. WOD was deceptively tough, holding 70+ lb awkwardly while stepping onto a box sucks. Most unbroken pullups I did was 10 which was kind of lame. My gym rival smoked my with something under 9 minutes.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
A little different
WOD:
21-15-9
plyo push ups 45# bumper plates (see video)
row for calories
5:45
CFFB 011012
ASWOD
1x5 deadlift @ 325 (PR)
DWOD
Every 30 seconds
Complete one 60 yard sprint every 30 seconds for 6 mins.
then..
For time:
100 Toes to Bar
Toes to bar were frustrating because the bar is so close to the wall that you can't kip. Got 50 from more or less a dead hang each time. 6:20
Assistance Work
3x5 bench press @ 160 (fail: 5-5-3...got reps i missed with assistance of a spotter)
BW: 169.0#
Monday, January 9, 2012
2011 Crossfit Games Open WOD 5
I made a tab for 2012 goals
CFFB 010912
3x5 squat @ 225
3x5 press @ 120 (fail: 5-4-3; push pressed the reps i missed)
Fractional plates are on my shopping list. 5# is a rough increment for the press.
DWOD
Complete 7 rounds:
7 Ball Slams 40 lbs
Max Reps Towel Pull Ups
Subbed 14 ball slams @ 20#. Got 33 towel pullups total. Something like 7-6-5-4-4-4-4.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
DCF Level III WOD
Dae Han
Three rounds for time of:
Run 800 meters with a 45 pound barbell
15 foot Rope climb, 3 ascents
135 pound Thruster, 12 reps
Time: 24:54
Chris Spealler: 17:46
Notes: 50 degree weather in Jan helps. Running with a barbell sucks. Pretty happy with the rope climbs and thrusters though. Did the first set of thrusters 6-6, then 4-4-4, would like to be able to do 3 rounds of 6-6 in the future. Need to work on the running, obvi. Gotta imagine Chris Spealler did the thrusters unbroken.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
CFFB 010712
3x5 bench press @ 155 (PR)
Had a partner with me today and with his help realized I've been taking much too close a grip on bench. I believe this should help me move my bench along, in addition to improvements in technique.
DWOD
Tabata Sledgehammer Strikes
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Burpees
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Sledgehammer Strikes
Subbed 20# ball slams for sledgehammers. Total reps: 238, 45ish of which were from the burpees. I have a spot of numbness on one of my index fingers since finishing the workout last night. I'm guessing I pinched a nerve slightly grinding out some of those deadlifts...gonna have to do some research and massage...
Friday, January 6, 2012
CFFB 010612
3x5 power clean @ 165 (PR)
Then climbed for 2 hours. Got ~8 good climbs in, 5.7-5.9s.
DWOD
Complete 7 rounds for time:
7 Deadlifts - 315 lbs
5 Lateral Burpees
1 Full Gasser
Scaled DLs to 225, swapped 20 DUs for the gasser (obviously not an adequate scale, saw some people swapped 40 DUs). 28:30, but i could have shaved a few minutes off that since I was doing the circuit with someone else who also sucked at DUs like me. Really liked this one. I am spent, but after an hour of rest on the drive home, I feel like I might be able to tackle the DWOD tomorrow...we'll see.
Fri
WOD:
3 rounds for time
20 pullups
20 overhead lunges 45# plate
4:05
Notes: destroyed this WOD but would have liked to break 4:00, did first round of pullups unbroken, second round pseudo unbroken in that I didn't drop from the bar, last round I dropped once or twice I think. Lunges were all unbroken, essentially rest. Would like to get to the point of being able to do 3x20 pullups unbroken, but that requires practice. Next closest time was ~4:30
Weds
1RM jerk: 205#
DCF free class WOD
3 rounds for total reps
1 min wall balls 20#
1 min burpees
1 min box jumps
1 min rest
Total: 182
Notes: not a good day, took 3 attempts to get the 205 jerk and the third was horrendous. Should have been able to hit 215 with no problem. Crap day carried over into the WOD, should have hit around 200 reps, one girl destroyed everyone else and racked up 140something. When I did the free class I hit around 305 but was using a 15# ball and 20" box so not a fair comparison. I think on a good day I should have been able to hit 220 or 230. 240 is pretty sick.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
CFFB 010512
3x5 squat @ 245 (fail: 4-2-5@225)
resetting back to 230#...sigh
DWOD
Complete 5 rounds:
Max Rep Bench Press - body weight
Max Rep Pull Ups
subbed pushups for the bench press and switched to kipping pullups starting in 3rd set. rested 2-3 min in between rounds. went something like this: 28/10, 20/7, 17/15, 17/10, 15/7. Totals: 97 pushups, 17 strict pullups, 32 kipping pullups. not my best showing, spent much of my rest time realizing that my pullup capacity has become drastically outmatched by the extra 20+ lbs of legs and gut i'm lugging around. pullups and chins need to become a staple of my strength training...lesson learned.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Half azed tues
5 burpees
10 box jumps 20"
15 squats
mainsite WOD from last week, aggressively scaled:
5 rounds, 95# across the board (scaled from 135#)
9 snatch grip deadlift
6 hang power snatch
3 OHS
6:23
also did 3x3 bench today, felt a lot more powerful after watching a CFJ video about proper technique, namely pinching the shoulderblades together and getting the shoulders externally rotated.
SS month 9
CFFB 010212/010312
ASWODs
3x5 squat @ 245 (fail: 5-2-5, last set @ 225)
3x5 press @ 115 (PR+5)
1x5 DL @ 315 (PR+20)
I won't even say that I did the DWODs because I chopped them up so bad:
8x3 power clean @ 155
3x max rep chins
missing that squat PR has me irked, had it all planned out...title of my post was gonna be TriPRecta. Dialing back on the GOMAD, not gonna purposely eat to excess for awhile, maybe just a week and throw in some rowing to see what happens.