Dear Lord, my memory is shit lately.
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Youāre in good company my dude. I have to set SO many alarms on my phone or Iāll forget to do something.
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The calendar on my phone is becoming unreadable some days for exactly this reason.
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Got in an hour of mowing after work. Plan is the Kalsu WOD in the AM.
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AM WORKOUT (0300 wake up via alarm)
KALSU WOD
Got it done in 39 rounds
Finished up with daily work
Notes: I ran this once before using 95lbs. Surprise: running it with 135 is a total gamechanger. Started off with 6 thrusters, then 5 on the next round, then 4, then settled in for a series of 3s, with occasional 4s thrown in to make whole 10s out of a set. Had a few rounds where I just plain didnāt do any thrusters and just had to recover. And when it was done, I had to lay down on the floor. This really blew me away: helluva way to start the day.
No buy in necessary on the daily work today: my heart already felt like it was going to explode.
Working a 12 today. Debating between starting week 2 of my program tomorrow or just done another conditioning workout. Weāll see.
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Thatās something else, man. I did this with 95# years ago and still remember how much of a ball-buster it was. 135 is a whole different ball game. Awesome job.
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Thanks man! Had to tell myself a LOT of lies to get me there, haha. First it was that I would stop at 50 reps. Then it was that Iād strip off the weights at 50 and finish it with 95. Then it was that Iād stop at 30 rounds. Hitting this in the garage during the heat wave, it was like I went swimming when it was over.
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AM WORKOUT (0300 wake up via alarm)
āThe Hills Have Eyesā
25 rounds of
10 40kg KB swings
10 20lb per hand devilās presses
30 seconds rest between rounds
Completed in 48:40
Daily work to finish
Notes: Came up with a cute name here. This was riffed originally off of āMeat Eater IIā from Tactical Barbell, which is 10 KB swings w/52lb bell and 10 burpees for 10 rounds with 60 seconds rest between rounds. When I swapped the burpees for Devilās presses and upped the KB weight, I took to calling this āCannibal Meat Eaterā. Now itās The Hills Have Eyes: if you turn your back on it, itāll eat you, and you never have enough time to catch your breath.
This wasnāt as much of a nutkick as Kalsu or Tower of Babel, but was still pretty solid. I needed something with simple set up and execution and minimal load on my body. I can probably trim the rest times even shorter if I do it again.
Sweat was running in my eyes pretty bad at the end: did a lot of āeyes closedā presses. Good for body awareness I suppose.
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25 rounder
The only way
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Weāre all slaves to a base 10 system, haha.
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Some of us used to be my man
Until we levelled up 
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AM WORKOUT (0545 wake up via alarm, 0700 workout)
25 chins
GIANT SETS (press-chin-pull apart)
Axle clean and strict press away
5xAxle
5x136
5x156
5x176
18+5+5x136 (DC rest pause)
Chins (various grips)
6x6
Band pull aparts
6x20
(4) High incline DB press w/90lbs
11+5+4(+5 w/Metal Catapult) DC rest pause
Dips
8xBW
8x30
8x55
8x80
6+3+3x130 DC rest pause w/immediate stripset of
2x105
3x80
3x55
5x30
6xBW
+25 band pushdown
Meadows row
10x25lbs
10x50
10x75
23x100
Poundstone curls
172xAxle
Notes: Found that gear I was looking for. Was able to push hard on this workout and dig in. Came out with a very solid pump. Going to be traveling at the end of the month, so things are a little loosey goosey, especially with competitions up in the air, so Iām just throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks. Been awesome rediscovering meadows rows: they really just hammer my back. Heavy dips are always a pleaser.
Came into this pretty out of my head and dizzy. Working 32 of the last 72 hours most likely had me dehydrated and poorly balanced as far as electrolytes go.
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PM WORKOUT (1430)
52 minute weighted vest walk w/80lbs
Getting my blood lipids tomorrow, so gotta fast in the evening until the morning. Will pivot training to reflect.
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Good luck, dude. Hoping you get the results youāre after.
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@SvenG Thanks dude! Was a typical goat rope. Fasted for 12 hours, showed up, labs werenāt ordered, had to go pound down on the docs door to get them to do their goddamn job, making me 13 hours fasted when I finally get the draw on. Topped out with going to BK to get some breakfast for the Mrs while I was near where she worked and me having to remind the person working there that I need straws to drink my soda with. Having to do everyoneās job today, haha.
AM WORKOUT (1000)
GIANT SETS (jump-squat-row) plate change rest
Box jumps
3x4
Buffalo bar squat
5xBar
5x140
5x230
5x300
5x345
5x395
25x300
T-bar rows
10x100
4x10x150
GIANT SET CIRCUIT (hyper-abs-dips-belt squat) (no rest)
Reverse hyper 360
4x11
Standing ab wheel
4x5
Dips
2x13
2x12
Belt squats
3x15x200
STRIPSET
27x200
Reps of 175, 150, 125, 100, 75, 50, 25 and Axle, no lockout
Notes: Really finding what I need now. Good to dig in deep. Right call to move the widowmaker toward the middle of the workout, as I can give those belt squats hell too. Going to do something with the stone later.
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You seem to use base 100 these days
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lol. Insanity.
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Baseball cap to keep the warmth in ā¦ lolz?.. is it still stinking hot in the US atm?
So good, and the time to get these reps inā¦ smashed it in under 2mins.
(also found the blog, some good downtime reading for me to be had there, ta)
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@boilerman Thanks man! Means a lot from you.
@raven78 It just keeps the sweat out of my eyes. It is a balancing act, because sometimes itās too damn hot to wear it, but itās nice not to get distracted during squats. Glad youāre enjoying the blog dude!
LUNCHTIME WORKOUT
Mowed the lawn for 40 minutes, then did
20 seconds on/10 seconds
Round 1: Stone of steel to shoulder
Round 2: Chins
For 10 rounds
Notes: SoS shoulder just keeps being awesome. The chins got tough at the end, with all the pressure put on the bicep.
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It also channels the inner Brian Alsruhe, which we could all use a little more of.
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