Programming, Strength Cycle 2017, Training

Strength Cycle: Week 2

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  • BS
    • 10 @ 50% / 238#
    • 10 @ 55% / 262#
    • 10 @ 60% / 286#
    • 10 @ 70% / 333#
    • 10 @ 75% / 357#
  • Push Press
    • 5 @ 40% 95#
    • 5 @ 50% 115#
    • 3 @ 60% 135#
    • 3 @ 70% 158#
    • 3 @ 80% 185#
    • 3 @ 90%+ 205 (Got 6 reps here)
    • 2×10 @ 35% 85
  • Accessory:
    • Cliffhangers 3 x :30 + 10 side crunches ea. side
    • GM 3x10x120
  • Paced 10 minute row (2524m)

Today felt pretty good.  The last set of 10 on the BS was freaking tough!  It was a really long set with lots of heavy breathing on the last 3 reps.  Ha!  I was pretty happy to get 6 reps at 205 on the push press and fairly certain that was a PR.  After making some tweaks to my macros, I decided to start adding in a little cardio here and there, just to get my heart rate up a little.  I thought about doing 20 minutes today but after I got through all of the accessory work, I was pretty tired.  So I grabbed the rower with the plan on getting 15 minutes at a slow but steady pace.  After 5 minutes, I wanted to get off and was gassed.  So I went for 10 and called it a day.

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  • Deadlift: 8×3 @ 80% (4×155, 4×245, 3×287, 3×355, 8x3x405)
  • RDL: 4×8 (1x8x155, 3x8x205)
  • Accessory:
    • Push-ups: 4×12
    • DB curls: 4×15 / 25#
  • Cash-out Assault Bike: 15 minutes paced (153 calories)

Still feeling pretty good.  The deadlifts got a little heavy on the last few sets and looking at some of the video I am shooting my butt up more than I should be, placing a little more load on my lower back than I would like.  But overall happy with how things went.

Calling an audible on the programming for Wednesdays.  Normally I have pull-ups programmed in, but with all the heavy deads, the pull-ups are just a little too much pulling, so I did push-ups instead and will move the pull-ups to another day.

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  • Rower program: Work/Rest 1:1 (1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1) followed by a paced cool down.  Finished with 5000m.
  • Accessory:
    • Pull-ups: 3×10
    • Pallof press: 3×10 ea side

Wrote up more about this here.

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  • FS
    • 10 @ 50% / 198#
    • 10 @ 55% / 217#
    • 10 @ 60% / 237#
    • 10 @ 70% / 277#
    • 10 @ 75% / 297# (Only got 8 here)
  • Banded KB Press
    • 1×8 (Axle bar) / 35#
    • 3×8 (Axle bar) / 44#
  • Accessory:
    • GHD 4×15
    • KB Bat wing rows with :02 pause at the top 3×10
    • DB curls 4×15 / 25#

Decent day.  Only hit 8 of the FS @ 75% and was a little bummed about that.  According to Wodify, that was still about a 20lb PR for a set of 8 so I shouldn’t be too upset.  I got to the 7th rep and knew I probably wasn’t going to hit 10.  On the 8th rep, the weight came down my chest a little and standing up I tried to lean back to get it in a better front rack position.  When I stood up straight, I just had no gas left in the tank and dumped it.  Also didn’t do any extra cardio today.  No real reason other than I just felt like skipping it.

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  • DL Rack Pulls: 4×3 @ 90% / 455 (3×155, 3×265, 3×355, 3×405, 4x3x456) – Did these superset with 10 banded GMs
  • Power Clean
    • 3 @ 50% / 138#
    • 2 @ 60% / 165#
    • 2 @ 70% / 193#
    • 1 @ 80% / 220#
    • 10×1 @ 85% / 236# (Did these EMOM)
    • 5×2 @ 75% / 207# (Did these EMOM)
  • Accessory:
    • Skipped the push-ups and reverse-hypers and made the decision to join in on a workout that two of my friends were doing.  It was 40-30-20-10 of deadlifts (135#) and AB calories.  Finished in 13:46.  Had that Fran cough after.  I was actually really surprised at how I was able to somewhat keep up.  I was only 2 minutes off from the fastest guy.

Pretty amazing at how a short metcon impacts your body compared to an EMOM of only lifting.  I feel like I could do an EMOM of CJs at 85%+ forever, but the workout I jumped into this morning had an entirely different feeling.

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  • FS with :03 Pause
    • 3 @ 50% / 198#
    • 3 @ 65% / 257#
    • 3 @ 75% / 297#
    • 3×2 @ 80% / 317#
  • BTN Press
    • 1×10 @ 35% / 80#
    • 2×8 @ 45% / 105#
    • 1×5 @ 55% / 135# (Should have been 125 but miscounted and made a larger jump that I realized until after I was done)
  • Accessory:
    • 20 minutes stretching & mobility
    • 4×15 DB curls / 25#
    • 5×1:00 plank

Today felt really good and really strong.  These FS with a pause would have buried me months ago but I felt like I could hit these forever.  My back feels awesome as well.  I am not destroyed from the metcon.  Just overall feeling strong and healthy.

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