Wednesday, May 3, 2017

5/3/17 Wednesday May 3, 2017 (28kg PR ladders, 28kg 2H SW)

6:50am - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, lacrosse ball release, hamstring work  - 15 minutes

7:05am - Kettlebell warm up

1/2K halos - 8kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
1/2K halos - 12kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
Arm bar 16kg, 1+1
Crooked Arm bar 16kg with 3 presses and rotations, 1/1

7:20am- Training session - 28kg PR ladders, 28kg 2H SW

2x:
16kg BU TGU  x 1/1
48kg DL x 8
one arm one leg plank hold 1/1

Ladder
3x:
28kg PR x 1/1, 2/2, 3/3 (set the bell down between hands)

18 PR per arm

10 minutes on the minute:
28kg 2H SW x 15

Got 150 total swings

Band wrist extensions, 10 x 2 sets per hand
6lb sledgehammer hammer rotations, 10/10
6lb sledgehammer finger walks, 1/1, x 2

8:00am - Complete

Notes - Excellent session, this was easy, felt great.  Continue to work on the clean, no twist or muscling the bell into the rack, using the hips.  Things are going well.

Monday, May 1, 2017

5/1/17 Monday May 1, 2017 (32kg C&P ladders, 2H SW ladder)

6:50am - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, lacrosse ball release, hamstring work  - 15 minutes

7:05am - Kettlebell warm up

1/2K halos - 8kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
1/2K halos - 12kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
Arm bar 16kg, 1+1
Crooked Arm bar 16kg with 3 presses and rotations, 1/1

7:20am- Training session - 32kg C&P ladders, 2H SW ladder

2x:
20kg TGU+windmill  x 1/1
20kg GSq x 5
one arm one leg plank hold 1/1

24kg PR x 5/5

Ladder
2x:
32kg C&P x 1/1, 2/2, 3/3 (set the bell down between hands)

12 C&P per arm

3x:
32kg 2H SW x 10
28kg 2H SW x 10
24kg 2H SW x 10

Got 90 total swings

Band wrist extensions, 10 x 2 sets per hand
6lb sledgehammer hammer rotations, 10/10
6lb sledgehammer finger walks, 1/1, x 2

8:00am - Complete

Notes - An outstanding press session, really pleased with this.  I think I have started to fix the clean/rack issue on the R side by getting my hips into the clean, and not twisting and muscling the clean.  This is very good. Bell was moving nicely today.  Body feels significantly better compared to a week or so ago.

Sunday, April 30, 2017

4/29/17 Saturday April 29, 2017 (DB 24kgs KB aerobics)

7:00am - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, lacrosse ball release, hamstring work  - 15 minutes

7:15am - Kettlebell warm up

1/2K halos - 8kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
1/2K halos - 12kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
Arm bar 16kg, 1+1
Crooked Arm bar 16kg with 3 presses and rotations, 1/1

7:30am- Training session - DB 24kg KB aerobics

3x:
24kg TGU  x 1/1
24kg 2H SW x 20

20 minutes DB 24kgs KB aerobics

DB 24kgs CL x 5 SS PR x 3 FSQ x 2

Think I got 11 rounds done

24kg 2H SW x 10

Band wrist extensions, 10 x 2 sets per hand
6lb sledgehammer hammer rotations, 10/10
6lb sledgehammer finger walks, 1/1, x 2

8:10am - Complete

Notes - This was fantastic, got up early on Saturday and banged this out.  A lot of work in just 20 minutes. Really enjoyed again the double cleans, that is a great movement and I love doing those for multiple reps.  Big pump on the arms, feels really good.

4/28/17 Friday April 28, 2017 (training with Kevin )

6:15am - Training with Kevin

Good training session.  We worked on some breathing practice, which will be good for me.  Some belly breathing, but also an exercise where you lay on your side and focus on opening up the thoracic area.  We also did some push-up plank work, which will be useful in firing up muscles that are used in pressing (high tension exercise).  A nice complement to pressing. Did some TGUs, some swings, pressed the 32kg and identified an issue with my R side clean, which I was kind of aware of, where I was getting a little twist into the clean and "muscling" it on the R side, rather than getting into my glutes and having a nice even hinge, using the hips to guide up the bell.  Some of this is a result I think that my R hip flexor is often "off" with the R pec muscle too "on" so some of the warm-up breathing and focused work on the R hip flexor (and L pec) will be good to get things firing correctly.  We fixed that clean issue and it was good to identify that.  We also did a "breathing snatch ladder" which was 2/2 4/4 6/6 8/8 10/10 reps with the same number of belly breaths between each set.

For training going forward we are going to work some military pressing with the 28/32 and clean and press with the 32/36, and move off of singles with the 40 for now.  Build up volume, bigger base, fix some tension holes with some of the supplementary body work training, and fill in a bit with some more conditioning too, like the double bell complexes that we introduced this week.  I think all of this plans makes a lot of sense for many reasons.  I think I can through a few cycles of this and come back in a better spot to really try and own the 40kg, which I did not accomplish yet though was making some progress.  My body also feels a lot better this week, so the backoff week came right when needed as it usually does.

7:30am - Complete

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

4/26/17 Wednesday April 26, 2017 (DB 24kgs KB aerobics)

7:00am - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, lacrosse ball release, hamstring work  - 15 minutes

7:15am - Kettlebell warm up

1/2K halos - 8kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
1/2K halos - 12kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
Arm bar 16kg, 1+1
Crooked Arm bar 16kg with 3 presses and rotations, 1/1

7:30am- Training session - DB 24kg KB aerobics

3x:
24kg TGU  x 1/1
24kg 2H SW x 20

20 minutes DB 24kgs KB aerobics

DB 24kgs CL x 3 SS PR x 2 FSQ x 1

Think I got 12 or 13 rounds done

24kg 2H SW x 10

Band wrist extensions, 10 x 2 sets per hand
6lb sledgehammer hammer rotations, 10/10
6lb sledgehammer finger walks, 1/1, x 2

8:10am - Complete

Notes - This was really good and I enjoyed it a lot.  Especially doing double cleans, I want to get back to those.  I like that snappy feeling, keeping the elbows tight, and opening up the hands at the top of each rep.  Great stuff.  Body feeling a little bit better and better.

Monday, April 24, 2017

4/24/17 Monday April 24, 2017 (28kg C&P ladders, 28kg 2H SW)

6:20am - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, lacrosse ball release, hamstring work  - 15 minutes

6:35am - Kettlebell warm up

1/2K halos - 8kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
1/2K halos - 12kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
Arm bar 16kg, 1+1
Crooked Arm bar 16kg with 3 presses and rotations, 1/1

6:50am- Training session - 28kg C&P ladders, 28kg 2H SW

20kg TGU  x 1/1
48kg DL x 5
24kg TGU  x 1/1
48kg DL x 5
28kg TGU  x 1/1
48kg DL x 5

Ladder
2x:
28kg C&P x 1/1, 2/2, 3/3, 4/4, 5/5 (set the bell down between hands)

30 C&P per arm

10 minutes:
28kg 2H SW x 20 x 2
28kg 2H SW x 15 x 6

Got 130 total swings

Band wrist extensions, 10 x 2 sets per hand
6lb sledgehammer hammer rotations, 10/10
6lb sledgehammer finger walks, 1/1, x 2

7:30am - Complete

Notes - What the hell is better than a good clean and press session?  This was great and just what I needed.  I dominated this weight pretty well and was able to use this for technique focus, including really loading up the lat and pressing from the lat, and an active negative.  Lot of things I can focus on an improve.  The swings also felt really good with this weight.  That used to be pretty heavy for me!!

Saturday, April 22, 2017

4/22/17 Saturday April 22, 2017 (24kg KB aerobics)

From Spokane

9;20am - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, lacrosse ball release, hamstring work  - 15 minutes

9:35am - Kettlebell warm up

Arm bar 16kg, 1+1
Crooked Arm bar 16kg with 3 presses and rotations, 1/1
Arm bar 24kg, 1+1

9:50am- Training session - 24kg KB aerobics

2x:
24kg TGU + windmill, 1/1
24kg GSq, 5
DB 16kgs batwings x 5

20 minutes KB aerobics:
24kg 1H SW 5 x SN 4 x FSQ 3 switch hands, 1 set

Got 9 sets

short rest after each set

24kg 2H SW x 10

Band wrist extensions, 10 x 2 sets per hand


10:20am - Complete

Notes - This felt very good.  Tired, but good.