Primary Training Session
Empty Barbell Movement Primer
Three sets of:
Overhead Squat x 5 reps
(use a progressively narrower grip for every set)
Rest as needed
Followed by…
Two sets of:
Front squat x 5 reps @ 2210
Rest as needed
Followed by…
Two sets of:
1+1/4 Front Squat x 5 reps
Rest as needed
A.
Every 2 minutes, for 20 minutes (10 sets) of:
Power Clean + Hang Clean + High Hang Clean
*Sets 1-3 – 55-60%
*Sets 4-6 – 60-65%
*Sets 7-8 – 65-70%
*Sets 9-10 – 70-75%
B.
Accumulate 20 reps of practicing your footwork without a barbell.
Here is a great article on “How to Perfect Your Jerk”
then….
Three sets of:
Tall Jerk x 5 reps
Rest as needed
C.
Every 2 minutes, for 12 minutes (6 sets) of:
Power Jerk x 6 reps @ 60-70% of 1-RM Jerk*
*Pause 1 full second overhead every rep
Check out this post from Invictus Weightlifting Coach Jared Enderton on key power jerk tips
.
D.
Three rounds for time of:
100 Double-Unders
20 Alternating Dumbbell Snatches (70/50 lbs)
100 Foot Sandbag Carry (150/100 lbs)
*If you do not have access to a sandbag perform with heavy dumbbells or kettlebells held in the front rack position.
E.
Three sets of:
Dumbbell Seesaw Press x 8-10 reps each arm @ 2111
Rest 90 seconds
Incline Dumbbell Tate Press x 12-15 reps
Rest as needed
Optional Additional Work Sessions
*Please choose to perform only those sessions that are most focused on your weaknesses, and only perform as much of the additional work as you can recover from successfully before your next training session.
Strongman Accessory Option
A.
Three sets of:
100-Foot Hand Over Hand Rope Pulls
Rest 2-3 minutes
B.
Three sets of:
100-Foot Reverse Sled Drag
(as heavy as possible – no more than one stop per length)
Rest 2 minutes
C.
Four rounds for total time of:
20/15 Calorie Assault Bike
20 GHD Sit-Ups
6 D-Ball or Sandbag Cleans (150/100 lbs)
200-Foot Shouldered Sandbag Carry
Rest 60 seconds
D.
For time:
200 Meter Sled Push
Simple rule…no stopping or walking. Load the sled light and commit to moving it without stopping.
Running Endurance Option
Four sets of:
Run 1600 Meters
Rest 3 minutes
Run each set at ascending percentages: 75, 80, 85, 90%
Aerobic Capacity Accessory Option
Against a 4-minute running clock:
20/15 Calorie Row or Ski-Erg
20/15 Calorie Assault Bike of Bike Erg
20/15 Calorie Assault Runner or Row
Max Burpee Over the Erg in remaining time
Rest 2 minutes, then repeat for a total of FOUR sets.
Cleans 130-175#
Jerks 126-145 (paused in the catch?) wasn’t sure which overhead position you were wanting the pause. Glad we are doing some pressing work!
PC; 12:55 that 50# is still tough for me to cycle, dubs were crap on the last round and I had to Wait like 15-20 seconds for my bag (sharing).
Seesaw- 30-30-35
Tate- 10-15-15
Aerobic Conditioning
“Ski”- a. bike – row
15 burpees -12-15-12
Subbed two bands for a “ski” erg kind of motion instead of rowing twice. lol. Wasn’t too shabby. Did 25-30 “strokes” each set.
Yup, pause in your catch position overhead.
Love the Ski variation! You’ll need to share some video! Greta work Kisha!
AM
Aerobic Accessory
Ski – AB – Row
Burpees – 9/13/14/15
B) Hand over Hand Rope Pulls – 4 Wheels
PM
A) All Powers – 175. Finish 235
B) Done
C) 185
D) 9:29 rx. Low Back Fuego. Bottom of feet cramp. High volume du ruin me
The sandbag will definitely blow up your back but just remember that’s normal.
Solid work today Nicholas!
Does it get any better tho ? haha. Thanks Tino
Unfortunately not as the better you get the faster you have to go 🙂
haha fair enough! are there any exercises I can do to at least delay the back bump? 70lb dumbell is easy to move for me. but the hinge pain is real once that pump sets in. Or just have to keep grinding through
You need to differentiate between pain and discomfort. You don’t want pain but you need to be comfortable being uncomfortable.
I have no problem being uncomfortable. This is straight back seized right up, to the point it takes 20 min to even walk after. I will just keep working on building up my hinging capacity. thanks tino
Last final was done this morning so I celebrated with some training after. Primary lifting Used an empty bar for the primer, front squats, and all the jerk work. A. Cleans 3×200/2×220/2×240 + 1×250/2×255. Messed up the sets so had a extra heavy set. No misses and legs felt good. B. Used a bar on this.. oops C. Power jerks at 220 all from the floor. The jerk work prior really helped with the movement pattern. Evening session Aerobic conditioning work but used double unders instead because it’s a weakness under fatigue/high heart rate. Ski Erg Biker Erg Row D/U… Read more »
That’s a solid way to celebrate! Haha
Congrats on getting through them. I hope your hard work pays off!!
PM Strongman went much better than the AM:
Sled work done. Took my time and went heavy. Went really well and felt good.
AB/GHDs/Sandbag Cleans done. Warmed up with the shouldered sandbag carry and could immediately feel it in the shoulder that was bothering me from last week, so pulled that out and just hauled ass on the rest. Some of my best assault biking in weeks.
Time for dinner.
Double session!! She’s back on it!
A.
155-185-195-205-215-225-235-245-265-265
B. Tall jerks at 135
C. Done at 215-225
D. No 70lb DB, has to use a 75lb ?
Did 70lb kbs in front rack.
Everything UB
8:15
Class wod:
25 Wbs
25 C2B
50 dubs
50 Cal Row
50 dubs
25 C2B
25 Wbs
6:51
A. Did squat cleans with the 55-60% but stuck with powers the rest of the way to make sure I’m easing squats back in slowly with the hip! 1-3: 95-105 4-6: 105-115 7-8: 120,125 9-10: 125,130 B. Tall jerks with BB or 55# to practice technique C. 95, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125 – the pause was a great challenge, forced me to actually keep my core engaged! ? D. 14:58 RX – first time DB snatching 50# so all things considered, went pretty well. Was able to keep the 2nd and 3rd round to sets of 4-6 for the… Read more »
Another step in the right direction! Great to see Holly!
A. 125/135/145/155# felt good
B. tall jerks at 85#
C. 135/140/145/150/155/160#
D. 7:41 unbroken everything a little slow at picking up the dumbell need to trust myself and just go
E. 30# press 20# tate press
Strongman:
A. 135# on sled
B. 225# on sled
C. 3:47/4:00/3:51/3:54
Carrying that sandbag on your shoulder is way worse i think than doing a bear hug…
D. done
Back at it! Great to see Jessica!
Thanks Tino!
Primary
A) 165/180/195/210
B) 95
C) 180×3/195×3 but forgot to pause at top
D) 9:29 (50# DB)
5k cognitive memory run for work this morning at a slow pace
Cognitive memory run?
A run in the woods and along the way are signs (10-15 total) with a picture and a bunch of information about that person on it (simulating a meeting we might have with said individual) and at the end of the run there is a test to see how much you remember ?
Damn! That sounds interesting!
#brainpower ?
A) 1-3 @ 85kg, 4-6 @ 92.5kg, 7-8 @ 100kg, 9-10 @ 110kg. Felt easy, could have gone more. ?♂️
C). 2 sets at 100kg, 2 sets at 110kg. 1 set at 115kg. 1 set at 120kg. These were pretty challenging but no misses. Need to work on shoulder mobility as I playing back videos I couldn’t get my head through my shoulders.
D) 8:37. Used a heavy rope (train with heavy rope, compete with lighter ropes). 1st round of DUs was 60+40. 2nd and 3rd round was 4 sets of 25. Snatches were unbroken, weight was easy.
Lots of great blog articles on the blog for thoracic mobility. Here are a few of my favourites.
https://invictusfitness.com/blog/3-mobility-drills-remember-thoracic-september/
https://invictusfitness.com/blog/mobilize-thoracic-hamstrings-one/
https://invictusfitness.com/blog/t-spine-mobility-tools/
A. 140/145/150/155/155/160/165/175/185/190
B. Done
C. 145/145/145/155/160/160…wow these were hard
D. 9:28…..had to use a 55# DB and had to break them up a lot. 10/10 then 9/6/5/ then 5s..I really didn’t think 5# heavier would’ve made that big of a difference but it crushed me. Dubs were unbroken.
E. Done
RX+! ?
Yeah bad idea lol question..was the pause for the jerks when you were locked out overhead or in the catch?
When the bars overhead
Primer done
A. 77.5-100kg
B. 20-40kg
C. 90-97.5kg
D. 11:34 with 32kg kettlebell
E. 2 x 20kg seesaw press
2 x 12.5kg tate press
A.150-175-185-205
B. 95-115-115
C.135 all the way through.
D. 11:25, DUs are a work in progress, in retrospect could have gone unbroken on the snatches, decided before hand to break them into two sets, now I know.
E. 45# for 8 ea. arm, and 30# for 12.
Aerobic work tonight.
Good learning today in the conditioning. Now it’s time to trust your fitness more!
A. 185-195-205-215-225-235-245-245-255-255
B. Done
C. 135-135-185-185
D. 7:45, 1 trip on each DU set, UB on snatch
Running
8:28-7:57, only time for 2 sets
Running…
1. Warm-Up
2. For time
More or less. Still around the percentages given. Did an 8-9RPE last week at 7:00 to finish a session.
A. 155/155/155/165/165/165/175/185/195/205#
B. Done, tall jerks at 65#
C. 165# for all sets
D. 18:59 Rx I got to 92 unbroken DUs on sets 1and 3, unbroken on set 2. The DB snatches we’re hard for me after the DUs. I felt sluggish on the movement.
E. 25# DBs for sets of 10
20# DBs for sets of 15
Hey Thomas! Nice work grinding through this workout. Today was meant to be pretty fast and aggressive so please make sure you adjust accordingly to get the desired stimulus. Still a solid session!
Tino
Are there and videos or tips to catching the jerk once completed
Multiple jerks wreck me if I don’t drop on a box
Looking for any tips for re catching at the bottom
Thanks !
As in when you receive the bar overhead? or back in the rack position?
Here’s how to rerack.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxtQVU_gZ-h/
Thanks that’s what I was for
Warmup done
A) 195×3/205×3/225×2/235×2
B) Done, tall jerks at 115
C) 215×2/225×2/235×2, these got tough towards the end
D) 7:24 with a 190# SB – one trip on dubs, snatches were ub
E) 40# DBs for the presses (10/arm), 30s for the tate presses (3×15)
Strongman
A) 135 on a small sled – had to do these inside because the parking lot was soaked, so it was probably closer to 80′
B) 225 on a small sled, turned around at 50′ each time
C) Short on time so just did 2 sets without the bike
Lots of good work today buddy. You upped the volume a little!
Yesterday’s work
A. 165# Drop snatches were close on a few reps
B. 250
C. 245
D. 8:27/8:42 pace burpees a little too much on first round of set 1 but happen how second set went. Bike just sucked after for 10 cals
In short #HTFU 🙂
Nice work Jessie!
Power Cleans + Hang Clean + High Hang Clean:
138, 145, 150, 155, 160, 165, 170, 175, 183, 188. Solid and smooth. No belt needed.
Conditioning: 9:35… finishes the first two rounds UB in 5:20. Then the third set of DUs came. And it took until 9:35 to finish. Questioned the cramps in my feet, wondered if I was dehydrated, needed new shoes or maybe I should’ve warmed up more, UB DB Snatches at 50lbs and SB Carries at 100lbs.
Accessory work done. Going to try to come back this afternoon for Strongman work.
Lets get you performing to the best of your capabilities and not have to worry about cramping. Sort those shoes out and/or stay hydrated!
Solid day…well apart from the cramps 🙂
Strength with Hunter done
PRd my bench ! #170 all time pr at a lower BW
D. 7:17
50lb DB UB and 100lb bag, DUBs tripped once every set
Tried 70lb DB but I’m still not strong enough, same with 150 bag but no go
We’re getting there slowly
Congrats on the bench PR!!
Hi Tino, I am thinking of doing both the strongman option and the running in the afternoon, would you say that is too much?
Depends on a number of factors…how you feel, how much time you have between sessions, what’s your priority…etc As a general rule perform what’s going to benefit you the most based on the time you have available. More isn’t necessarily better.
https://invictusfitness.com/blog/training-plan-quality-quantity/
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