Fitness: 4 ascending Warm-Up Sets then your first 3×5 LBBSQ exposure. Bar speed should remain quick as you’ll be adding to this start weight for the next 5 weeks.
Performance: 4-5 ascending Warm-Ups sets then some heavy 3×5 Work Sets across. Leave a little room to add weight next week as you’ll be seeing one more exposure of 3×5 before we move to triples.
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LBBSQ e1/6
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With a partner, perform about 4 Rounds or 20 minutes of:
Fitness:
3 Wall Walks with a :10 Hold at the top (alternate people)
8e Weighted Reverse Lunges
1:00-2:00 Plank or weighted plank
Performance:
3 Headstands on AbMat. Hold the top for :05-:10
8e Weighted Reverse Lunges
2:00 Plank or weighted plank on your forearms
Headstand Video 1
Headstand Video 2
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8am class with MeLo and DO, still on the morning schedule from earlier in the week so I figured why not.
Squats with Ryan, 200x5x3 was plenty heavy:
45×5, 115×5, 145×5, 175×5, 200x5x3
And then a drop set of 115×5 with a pause at the bottom, focus on driving knees out and keeping outsides of feet in contact with the ground. Talked about my left groin/psoas issue with David, forgot to get a demo of the frog stretch but I think I have the idea from looking around online, I'll give it a shot tomorrow. (Alex also showed me the "happy baby" yoga pose which I'll work on too).
WOD with Alex, 3 rounds of:
:15 headstand (still can't push up from here, feels more like a balance issue)
8e Reverse Lunge holding 20# DBs
1:30 plank with 25# plate, then 2:00 unweighted (and broken up a bit) for #2 and #3
I'm in Virginia for labor day too!
Worked out at George Mason U in Fairfax.
Handstand skill work.
Low bar back squat, 3x5x165.
Shoulder press, 3x5x105.
Chins, chest to bar 10-10-8.
Plan to practice more headstands, handstands, and tumbling at a barbecue later.
205. Felt heavy getting back to squats after awhile. I keep saying that. I need to find a way to squat more consistently.
Those videos are fantastic.
Big 8am with MeLo and DO. First Saturday class in some time.
DROMs/squat warm-up, followed by LBBS with Todd.
[45×5, 115×5, 145×4, 175×3] 200x3x5
Looking forward to this cycle, my third full one. I started heavier and will probably make smaller jumps than I have previously as I start to head close to where my maxes are. I ended the box squat cycle that started in June at 195 for 3×8, so figured 200 was appropriate for today. First time with 200lbs on the back, and got to bodyweight for reps, so feeling good!
Fun atmosphere for the accessory work. 4 rounds of:
3 walll-walk ups, :10 hold. Got the belly to the wall on some of these.
8e reverse lunges [+45 plate, +55, +55, +55]. Always tougher than they sound.
Plank, all unbroken: [1:15 @ BW, 1:00 @ +25lbs, 1:00 @ +35lbs, 1:21 @ +45lbs]. Good times. Weight definitely forces proper form. Will continue to work on these weighted.
Post-WOD cool down of farmer's walk with grocery bags back to the apartment.
210. Felt a fairly heavy, but not maxed out. I had hit 3×5 @ 205 last week on my own. I think I can do 215 next week.
The accessory stuff was fun, playing around with the head stands was cool.
12pm Noon Class after teaching all morning
Squats
(45×8, 135×5, 185×3, 210×2)
225x5x3
Did the headstands with a few sets of HSPU 5s thrown in there
Did the Lunges with a 55lb plate held overhead
Did the Planks with a 55lb plate on my back for 1:00e
I agree, those PBS videos are great
205. Paired with PR – good times!
3rd and 4th reps of third set were apparently a little shallow. Will watch out for that next week.
Fun time with Scott Lundhagen, the original CFSBK firebreather as my partner.
Squats at 250#, felt pretty good and organized, glad to have gotten over some hurdles and be solidly owning the mid-200 area weight, hope to make some big jumps this cycle.
I suck at headstands, which is odd, because my head is very big and has no hair. Nonetheless I'm pretty bad. The consolation is that I'm much worse at planks, which I suspect has something to do with my "extra abs," that also prevent me from doing situps very well.
Fun coaching the 10, 11, and 12p classes with the Mrs. Been a long time since we worked classes together!
Lifted after and tied a Snatch PR at 75kg, which is light and also felt disorganized…damn snatch. But, also hit a C&J PR at 100kg that has more room in the tank, woot! All power versions today.
BSQ at 122kgx5x2 feels immensely heavy. I look forward to low barring again some day.