Primary Session
Mobility & Activation
Choose any drill from this article that will help you prepare for your Front Rack position
and then …
Two sets of:
Assault Bike x 60 seconds
Hawaiian Squats x 5 reps per side
Over/Under Drill x 10 reps (5 each direction)
A.
Six sets of:
2 Clean Lift-Offs + 1 Clean & Jerk
Rest 2 minutes
For each lift off, pause for a count of “one one-thousand” at the mid-patella before returning the weight to the floor. Build over the course of the six sets to today’s heavy.
Followed by…
Every 90 seconds, for 6 minutes (4 sets):
Clean & Jerk x 1 rep
Perform these with the same weight you finished with on the lift-offs.
B.
Six rounds for time of:
5 Devil’s Presses (50/35 lbs)
15 Toes to Bar
Athlete Notes:
Today’s short and sweet conditioning piece will be dominated by athletes who are most efficient on their toes to bar. Focus on moving efficiently and staying calm. Ripping the dumbbells off the ground for the devil’s presses, paired with holding on for 90 toes to bar is going to create a massive forearm pump. Most athletes will want to move deliberately and smoothly on the dumbbells and save their higher efforts for the toes to bar and quick transitions.
The devil’s press is a movement that does not promote fantastic spinal mechanics. Pay attention to your positioning on these if you are struggling with a lower back issue; or if you’re not comfortable with them slow them down so that you can ensure good quality movement at a load you can handle safely.
Goal Time: 8 minutes
C.
Every 2 minutes, for 18 minutes (3 sets):
Station 1 – Alternating Arm Dumbbell Bench Press x 6 reps each arm @ 30X1
(non-working arm is fully extended supporting DB over chest; working arm performs a 3-second eccentric and then drives up to full extension)
Station 2 – Side Plank x 45 seconds each side
Station 3 – Strict Ring Pull-Ups (Neutral Grip) x 6-8 reps @ 2111
Warm up done
A. 105–> 165#; 165#
B. 11:45 RX (shoulders cooked faster than my grip today?!)
C. Done w/ 35# DB, all pull ups split 4.2. @ Tempo
*whoop indicated recovery was very poor today 28%; Shoulders fatigues quickly but other than that I didn’t notice too much
Warmup done
A: 170
B: my hands were shot took me a very long time to avoid ripping more than twice goal
C: 35# DBs
A1. 115/135/145/165175/185
A2. 185
B. 5rds 5dp@40s+10ttb(odd)10ttrig(even) 9:30
C. 2rds done
A) Up to 235#
B) 4 reps with 25kg DB
9:50
C. done
A. Up to 215
B. Did 2 rounds then dropped due to back pain
C. Done
A1. 165, 185, 205, 225, 245, 255
A2. 245 – chose a way that knew I could hit 4x
B 9:05 – reduced TTB to 10 be close to goal
C. Done
Mobility & warmup ✅
A. Got to 225, tried 245 but didn’t happen
B. 13:05… finally have dumbbells and remembered why I hate devils presses
C. Done
hahaha you’ll learn to love them…????????
A. Complex up to 255
C+J @ 255
B. 7:57rx 3 sec shy of the goal 😉
C. Complete
Haha! Just!
A) Built to 295. Only did 2 sets on the C&J. Strained my quad on a clean catch. Still assessing how serious it is. Gonna play it safe the next few days.
B) 6:25 Rx Unbroken first set of T2B then 10/5, 5/5/5, 5/5/5, 5/5/5, 9/6
C) Done
Quad didn’t cause you any issues on the conditioning. Hope you’re ok dude! Be safe and smart over the next couple of days!
A) up to 175
Then 4@ 175. These felt really strong today
B)6:24 this one was FUN. UB on TTB- they hurt today.
C) done
Thanks Tino! Hope your day was awesome
???? days work!
Thanks Tino!
A. Built to 275 then 275×4
B. 7:34 Rx unbroken
C. ✅
Nice work! Now to push the transitions and go sub 7!
A. Up to 102Kg; then 4x102Kg
B. 6:57 Rx
DP – :20-:25 each rnd
T2B – 1-3 UB/ 4-6 10.5; On a good day the T2B are all UB and this will be down in low 6.
Loved this one. A bit tired from all the T2B recently.
C. Done
Fresh you’ll be sub 6. Goal is to hold sub 60 rounds! Solid work after a tough Monday session!
Totally right sub 6. First three rnds today were :51-:59. The moment I broke on the T2B I slowed. I was slow getting to the bar after the DP and then slow back on the bar after the break. Amazing how much time gets chewed up when not UB.
A. up to 245. Felt clean
B. 11:40
C. Done
A) up to 275
B) @275 across
C) 7:51 rx… 1st 2 sets of T2B unbroken, then 9/6 for 3 sets, last set fell apart. Did 8 then 3 then singles.
D) Done
Those ttb got ????????
A: 95, 125, 145, 165, 185, 205
B: 205x1x4
C: 7:56. Holy forearms!!!!! Did dumbbell snatches instead. Last time I did devil presses I messed up my back.
D: Skipped. Didn’t have time today
Glad you were smart and made sure you feel good going into tomorrow!
Mobility & Activation Done
A1. 35/ 40/ 43/ 45/ 47/ 50 kg
A2. Done with 50 kg
B. Six rounds for time of:
5 Single Arm Devil’s Presses (35 lbs)
15 Toes to Bar
9:15
C. Done
Looks like another solid day!
Mobility and warmup done
A. Lift off + c&j 135/155/170/185/200/205
C&j 205/215/220/220
B. 6 rds done at 9:53 rx
C. Done
Good stuff Chris!
Another day from the home gym!
Variation of warm up done
A. Couldn’t do this
B. No overhead space or pull up bar yet so did:
6 Rounds
5 Devil’s Power Clean (55#)
15 Calorie Row
7:47
Devils power clean = burpee + DB power clean
C. Done with dumbbell rows
????????
Tomorrow we’re back to our regularly scheduled programming!!
yes!!
A) Up to 235 (86%), still going based off feel
B) Wasn’t into doing devils press in the snow so did:
6 rounds:
10 box jump overs (24”)
15 T2B
8:20
C) Done
It would have been an added challenge 🙂
#charachterbuilding
A.
Complex up to 105kg
Back off at 105kg
Happy with some good reps today
B. 7:50
Dragon Flags instead of T2B
C. 15k C2 Bike, need to collect some distance for Our box challenge 😀
Now some mobility
How far do you need to total in the challenge?
As far as possible
Our group is currently in second place of 7 total with a few weeks to go. We’ll see 😀