Cutting The Fat

Ouch.  That’s all I got to say at the moment.  This was a mostly upper body and body weight workout.  I’m just getting in touch with my upper body so this was really hard for me.
Rx’d Workout:

21-15-9 reps of

handstand push-up, ring dips, push-ups

For time

What I did

21-15-9

db shoulder press (started with 35s, dropped to 30s during [...]

I am loving my workouts this week.  I’m not sure why, but out of the blue I am feeling much stronger than I have in a while.  Perhaps a little fall off the wagon was good for me.  Last week I worked out 6 of the 7 days of the week so maybe being a [...]

Warmup

1 minute double-under jump rope
10 pushups
10 pass throughs

Frelen

21-15-9

Thrusters (95/65)
KB Swings (55/35)
Pullups
Run 400 meters
Time- 25:19

The numbers in the parenthesis are the men/women prescribed weights.  I did my first set at the men’s then dropped to the women’s as I’m just not strong enough yet to do all of these.  Going to talk to the coaches about [...]

Today’s workout was

Warmup – pass throughs with PVC pipe, 15 v-ups, 15 supermans, 15 overhead squats with PVC pipe
21-15-9 reps of 55# power snatches, burpees
Time: 10:35

Overall felt pretty good.  No asthma or breathing issues. It was also nice to be using a weighted bar again after hurting my back two weeks ago and having taken [...]

We learned cleans last night with 20 lbs medicine balls. It was the last part of our squat, push jerk, overhead squat, and front squat progression.  We  focused on front squatting and cleaning the ball for form.  The movement is much harder with a huge medicine ball than a barbell but it’s good to take [...]