I lied:
5 x 15 swings (24kg)
Press:
60kg singles every 10s for however long I had left. ~25 reps, Prilepins chart for the win.
W3D3 of couch to 5k on the way to pick up little ones. Includes extra walking at the end, because that’s how far away the nursery is.
That is a lot of heavy presses - 10s pauses or not.
Did you get your car sorted? (hopefully not too expensive?)
I was slightly taken aback by how quickly I could rattle through these and keep going, to be honest. Wasn’t really struggling or grinding any of these reps.
And no, sadly the car is a lost cause. Took it in with an engine warning light on Tuesday, got the call later that it was a timing chain replacement which was a 2 week wait and best part of £1k with potential extra time and money if they discovered more engine damage once it was opened. Made for a tricky decision whether to knuckle up and do it or scrap and replace. Luckily that was solved for me a few hours later when they were moving it to the forecourt and the whole engine tore itself apart. Repair job would have more than the value of the car as a minimum, so that makes that decision easy. Now I just have to pony up and replace as quickly as possible.
Bummer about the car.
Sounds like it was fine until they drove it… Sue them! My cars trying to die and kill me at the same time (cuts out, no brakes or power steering) taken it to the garage and it won’t do it for them, leaving it there until sorted, cars suck.
Great work on the 20 rep squat I think that was what I hit at the end of BtM and you just hit it on a whim, without safeties! Ego for the win.
Sorry to hear it. But at least the choice was obvious then - no second guessing 
Press: Hmm… perhaps I should try something like that some time. Do you have a rack that places the bar at shoulder height?
@ChickenLittle yeah, going to make life a little difficult for a bit, but hey: I get a new car. It’s not all bad.
@alex_uk cars really, really do suck. If I didn’t need it for work, I’d be seriously considering just sacking it off and not replacing it. I seem to get never ending problems with them.
And thanks, those squats were awful. But sometimes I like to rest myself with stuff like that.
@doomyguy I can’t stress enough how much of the decision making process for that workout was “I’ve got 10 minutes and the bars already loaded to 60kg”. I don’t know that its necessarily a smart way to train. I lift out of an old bargain basement squat stand that’s set to about shoulder height.
You should do WOD Grace if you only have 10 minutes and 60kg loaded on the bar.
or AMRAP 10 min of 10 cleans+10burpees
No.
The reason I suggested Grace is because it is effectively a strength building workout for 99% of the populace, and you can get it done in less than 10 minutes.
It’s awesome as long as you’re comfortable with your form.
What you described is training to get tired. I don’t see the point in that.
Not sure either - probably not. But sounds like fun - kinda.
For the press, I would say it is a great idea.
Work for today, scattered throughout the day, and relying on hazy memory:
5 x 15 swings (24kg)
30 x Clean and Press (60kg)
30 x Squat Clean and Press (60kg)
~1 mile run x 2
1 mile loaded carry (1/2 childs bunkbed)
Been a busy day, so haven’t been logging as I go. This was all squeezed into gaps in other jobs or built into school runs etc.
Work for today:
Press: 8 x 3 @ 60kg
Rows: 5 x 10 @ 60kg
5 x 15 swings (24kg)
Quick session after work. Check in to follow
Transformation challenge week 5:
Weigh in at 188.4lbs, which (if accurate), would be a 11lbs loss in a week. I’m pretty confident that isn’t accurate, because that would be crazy. Diet has definitely been up and down this week. A few different things have added up to make this week quite chaotic and both diet and training have suffered. I checked the “I’m not compliant” button on CarbobDiet this week, so this week is essentially a rerun. I expect chaos to continue to an extent for the first part of the week, at least, but hopefully normal service will be resumed towards the end and I still expect to hit dietary targets this week.
Training wise:
Also a bit of a mess: 1 full session, 1 run and some “other stuff”. Even swings weren’t 100% this week. Need to make sure it’s just the result of a chaotic week, not a longterm trend.
Some is better than none, amigo. You’re still working towards a better you, even if it’s a crawl at times.
You got this!
Work for today:
Jumps: 3 x 5
Trap Bar press (ss. 15 x kb swings):
5 x 30kg
5 x 40kg
5 x 45kg
5 x 50kg
5 x 52.5kg
Push press:
5 x 60kg
10 x 60kg
5 x 60kg
Giant set (3 rounds):
10 x TBDL (120kg)
10 x dips
10 x rows (60kg)
Notes:
If I were you and you had time for 2 sessions a week, I’d hit bench & squat one day and deads & ohp another, using standard 531, throw in assistance as much or as little as you have time for and basically tick over until time pressures are better. Also keep the daily swings if possible.
Just remembered you don’t have a bench floor press or buy a cheap one!
I’m thinking similar. Probably something like full body full boring but with press instead of bench. Add assistance to fit time and energy levels and knowing me, occasional widowmakers or the like when I feel I can.
What about Morning Star? No benching in that one either, and it could easily be rolled over to a 2x/week thing.
