Got some good news that I’ll have full gym access for my end of June trip. Should be able to hit up Deep Water without pause, just some stupidly early training, but that’s ok. Will also have a microwave, and I could do some charcoal grilling if I were so inclined.
As for my upcoming end of May trip to the in-laws, I’m planning on packing my 45lb kettlebell and 80lb weight vest. Maybe a jump rope too. Low space/high effect sorta stuff. Kinda thinking about my 90lb adjustable DBs, but that’s a lotta extra weight to throw into the truck for a road trip.
Food is gonna be down for that one, but just means I can rebound hard afterwards.
thats a decent height should make the conditioning work interesting. it is forest up there ? Any opportunity to find some interesting rocks or logs to lift ?
Notes: 3:15 between sets. Got in some daily work as well with ab wheel, dips and pushdowns. Getting back into the groove with the bent over rows and the clean pulls: remembering lessons learned from previous times. Threw in extra work to make it a full on back day. Also hit a fasted 100 1 armed kettlebell swings before all of this, which helped open up the hips some.
LUNCHTIME WORKOUT
Juarez Valley front squats 275 w/5 six count burpees between sets
8
1
7*
2
6*
3
5*
4
Time: 17:39
Belt squat stripset
32x150
Reps of 125, 100, 75, 50, 25 and axle
Notes: I hit the absolute cleanest and deepest set of 8 on 275 on the front squat I’d ever done in my life. It was beautiful, and totally unexpected. Put asterisks because I had to rack the bar before the final rep of all those other sets: had issues with it falling forward coming out of the hole. Went so much better than expected: growth has just been insane. I’m now a full 90lbs above where I started this experiment which, for you metric folks, is a big plate per side (20kg/45lbs). Always a great milestone. I’m gonna break my arm patting myself on the back for “discovering” this, but I guess I should really give credit to Josh Bryant and Jailhouse Strong. It’s why I read so much: even in the awful books, there’s bound to be some sort of nugget.
I need to add something to my breakfast: I finished the whole thing this morning and was still hungry. I’m thinking a slice of toast. I’ve taken to putting the nut butter directly into the burrito, which is delicious, but has robbed me an opportunity for calories. Another option might be some chicken or other white meat. I’ve got some chicken sausages that might answer the mail.
Notes: First of 2 intended workouts today to get me “ahead” of my time off. 136 may have been a touch light, but the final 2 reps of the last set were a decent enough struggle. Will see what the shorter rests do. Part of me is thinking about calling these 2 weeks a break-in and restarting the training cycle on my return, but with my summer schedule I think that’s a non-starter. Got in some daily work between sets and started the day with 50 fasted chins. On the road tomorrow: making sure to pack what I need.
20 seconds on/10 seconds off
Round 1: DB thrusters w/20lb DBs
Round 2: Alternating 1 arm KB snatches w/45lb bell
Round 3: Burpees
Repeat for a total of 12 rounds
Notes: 3:15 rests between sets of benching, 2:00 between sets of dips and push ups. After the final set of dips, I went directly into the first set of push ups, and after the final set of push ups I went immediately into 25 band pressdowns. Feeling absolutely annihilated after cramming 2 weeks of Deep Water into 8 days with a bunch of conditioning and totally forgot I also have Tang Soo Do tonight. A week of good eating and a bunch of WODs is going to be pretty awesome.
I gotta say, there’s something going on with the barbell incline benching. I struggled so hard with 185, whereas I can press 90lb DBs for about 12-14 reps. I wonder if it just puts my shoulder in an awful position for pressing. I DID use to use the swiss bar for this: might be worth considering again.
First 20 rounds were done wearing 80lb vest, next 28 done without vest, final 8 rounds were just burpees and snatches, as they were higher impact and sucked the most. This was solid.
Chins ups off an I-beam alternating w/10 alternating KB swings (50 total reps of chins over several sets)
50 average band pull aparts
4 minute tabata
Odd minute: alternating KB snatches
Even minute: burpees
10 second rests: 1 armed KB swings
Notes: Just something to get the heart rate up this morning since I was the only one awake. Got Jack in the Box on the lunch menu today, so that’s pretty awesome. Otherwise, eating is taking a bit of a nose dive calorie wise, but just gives me something to rebound to when I get back.
Notes: Really liking what I came up with here. With the vest on, I need those easier “buffer” movements, as I tried to just go straight burpees and snatches and it was a no-sale. Once I shake the vest I can put it into overdrive. I was sucking wind at the end and moving around like a dude in a wild west barfight. Always cool to see what I come up with when I have limited equipment.
