October 7, 2019 – Invictus Athlete

Primary Training Session
A.
Two sets of:
25/18 Calorie Assault Bike
300 Meter Ski Erg or Row
Rest 60 seconds
300 Meter Ski Erg or Row
25/18 Calorie Assault Bike
Rest 3 minutes

Challenge…breathe exclusively through your nose throughout this entire portion. If you find that your mouth drops open, you’re going too hard. Slow your pace and resume breathing only through your nose.

B.
Six sets of:
Front Squat + Split Jerk
(pause at receiving position of split jerk for 1-2 seconds before recovering)
Rest 60-90 seconds

*Sets 1-2 – 60-70% of 1-RM Clean & Jerk
*Sets 3-4 – 70-75%
*Sets 5-6 – 75-80%

C.
Every 3 minutes, for 18 minutes (6 sets) for times:
12/8 Calories of Assault Bike
6 Burpee Box Jump-Overs (24″/20″)
3 Ground to Overhead

Suggested loading per set:
*Set 1 – 185/135 lbs
*Set 2 – 205/145 lbs
*Set 3 – 225/155 lbs
*Set 4 – 245/165 lbs
*Set 5 – 225/155 lbs
*Set 6 – 205/145 lbs

The goal of this portion is power output. If sets are taking you longer than 90 seconds, please adjust the loading.

D.
Three sets of:
60-second Wall Sit (Add load to front rack if needed)
12 Tempo Double Kettlebell Front Squat @ 30X2
Rest 2 minutes

E.
Two sets of:
40 Banded Hamstring Curls
20 Banded Good Mornings
Rest 60 seconds

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.

Strength Accessory Option
Every 8 minutes, for 24 minutes (3 sets) for times:
800 Meter Run
60 Double-Unders
20 Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups
10 Strict Handstand Push-Ups to 4″/2″ Deficit

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Running Endurance Option
A.
Two sets of:
400 Meter Run @ 80%
Rest 3-4 minutes

B.
Five sets of:
100 Meter Run @ 95%
Rest 90 seconds

C.
Two sets of:
400 Meter Run @ 95-97%
Rest 90 seconds

Rowing Endurance Option

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Twenty sets of:
Row 250 meters @ 2000 meter PR pace.
Rest 30 seconds

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Marko Cantero
Marko Cantero
October 7, 2019 7:30 pm

Fun day on a new cycle!
A) done, I didn’t time this but I felt like I was able to push a bit harder while only nose breathing.
B)fs+jerk 2@165, 2@175, 2@185
C) 135(1:12) 145(1:11) 155(1:16) 165(1:26) 155(1:15) 145(1:02)
D)done
E)done
Rowing endurance: maintained :58 for all 20 rounds
Strength accessory: 5:32, 5:24, 5:28. All gymnastics unbroken

tino
tino
October 8, 2019 3:26 am
Reply to  Marko Cantero

Solid days work!

Royal Addis
Royal Addis
October 7, 2019 7:05 pm

A. Done, That was a first… crazy sensation only breathing thru nose for 17min!
B. 145/165/170/175/185/195
C. 165 (1:27) / 185 (1:35) / 205 (1:45ish) / 215 (2:00) / 205 (1:50ish) / 185 (1:33). AB was b/w 35-45s every time :/ Need to work on that…
D. Done
E. Done

tino
tino
October 7, 2019 7:25 pm
Reply to  Royal Addis

Welcome to nose only breathing! Don’t worry, youll get better, but that means you just go faster so it’s not necessarily easier:)

Grant Belrose
Grant Belrose
October 7, 2019 4:38 pm

Front squat + Jerk
205/225/235/245/260/275

Conditioning:
Slowest 1:18
Fastest :52

tino
tino
October 7, 2019 5:42 pm
Reply to  Grant Belrose

???

Lucas Dozzi
Lucas Dozzi
October 7, 2019 4:05 pm

PM Session: Four sets of: Power Snatch x 1 reps @ 75-80% – 175 Rest as needed Followed by… Three sets of: Snatch x 1 rep @ 90% – 195 Rest as needed Every 3 minutes, for 15 minutes (5 sets), for times: 5 Squat Snatches @ 70-75% 10/7 Calorie Assault Bike 15 Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups 1 – 1:16 2 – 1:21 3 – 1:32 4 – 1:38 5 – 2:00 *Snatches at 155 lbs (72%) – tried something new and went touch n go for all sets *Bike slowed down as I moved through the rounds – that’s where I… Read more »

tino
tino
October 7, 2019 5:41 pm
Reply to  Lucas Dozzi

Love the push today on those gymnastic and barbell intervals. Great to see you experimenting and pushing the pace!

Bryan Chu
Bryan Chu
October 7, 2019 3:11 pm

Im back AM. Strength Accessory A. 6:16, 5:30, 5:25 One trip on my first set of DU, on my 3rd rep (haha… *rolls eyes*), otherwise UB All C2B UB SHSPU 5-3-2, 3-3-2-2, 5-3-2 Really fun AM piece PM. Primary Training A. Done. I liked this warm up. I pushed myself hard enough to *almost* open my mouth but didn’t. I was able to push the pace on both modalities pretty well. B. 165-190-205-215-225-235 C. Got a little lost here, but finally was able to RX these weights. I couldn’t do that last year 1. 1:25 2. 1:31 3. 1:40 4.… Read more »

tino
tino
October 7, 2019 3:50 pm
Reply to  Bryan Chu

Welcome back! Where have you been?!?!

Bryan Chu
Bryan Chu
October 7, 2019 4:15 pm
Reply to  tino

I’ve been following along and putting in work but I’m just making more time to post my results 🙂

tino
tino
October 7, 2019 5:38 pm
Reply to  Bryan Chu

?

Jesse Teixeira
Jesse Teixeira
October 7, 2019 1:12 pm

A.
6:10/6:30
B.
185/205/225/235/245/255
C.
1:03/1:11/1:22/1:26/1:22/1:24 (went tng on last just to see if I could)

That’s it for today as I’m trying to get back into with limited time

tino
tino
October 7, 2019 1:18 pm
Reply to  Jesse Teixeira

Great work pushing touch and go! Hope things are well with you the gym and your family!

Jesse Teixeira
Jesse Teixeira
October 7, 2019 3:51 pm
Reply to  tino

All is good Tino. Thanks. In the process of transitioning back to LA so things have been rough with training. Felt good to hit a solid sesh today

tino
tino
October 7, 2019 4:17 pm
Reply to  Jesse Teixeira

You’re in LA?!?

Jesse Teixeira
Jesse Teixeira
October 7, 2019 7:08 pm
Reply to  tino

At the moment no but I will be permanently in a few weeks. Tough transition with a 1 year old son but I’m working through it.

Sean Carey
Sean Carey
October 7, 2019 10:46 am

A. Done
B. Done off 140kg
C. 57 / 1:10 / 1:25 / 1:43 / 1:32 / 1:12 RX
D. Done 24kg

Tom Watson
Tom Watson
October 7, 2019 8:37 am

AM Groundhog Day with Assault Bike as I had FOMO (30/40/50 Cals)
PM
A. Done
B. Done off 140kg
C. Don’t remember times but dropped the hammer and felt good, all round less than 90s.
D. 24kg
E. Done

tino
tino
October 7, 2019 1:18 pm
Reply to  Tom Watson

Damn! That’s a big days work! Plenty of extra rest and recovery tonight!

Alexandra Kolla
Alexandra Kolla
October 7, 2019 7:49 am

Is the front squat in the strength portion from the floor or rack?

tino
tino
October 7, 2019 8:35 am

From the rack

Brendan Caslin
Brendan Caslin
October 7, 2019 7:45 am

A) Done – 16ish minutes, took a while to find a good rhythm on the ski erg
B) 225×2/235×2/255×2
C) :58/1:00/1:06/1:20/1:08/1:05
D) Done, 26# kbs for the wall sit, 53s for the squats
E) Done

Sigurdur Hafsteinn Jonsson
Sigurdur Hafsteinn Jonsson
October 7, 2019 8:35 am
Reply to  Brendan Caslin

Taped the mouth ?

Brendan Caslin
Brendan Caslin
October 7, 2019 9:40 am

Absolutely not

Jesse Teixeira
Jesse Teixeira
October 7, 2019 11:22 am
Reply to  Brendan Caslin

??

Sigurdur Hafsteinn Jonsson
Sigurdur Hafsteinn Jonsson
October 7, 2019 12:15 pm
Reply to  Brendan Caslin

Then you have most likely open your mouth at some point ?.

Lucas Dozzi
Lucas Dozzi
October 7, 2019 6:35 am

AM Session: At 70-75% effort complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 12 minutes of: 15/12 Calorie Row 12 Double Dumbell Deadlifts (50/35 lbs – touch one head of DBs to floor) 9 Double Dumbbell Thrusters Did this with 35’s to focus on breathing. Every 2 minutes, for 16 minutes (8 sets): Back Squat *Set 1 – 5 reps @ 55% – 205 *Set 2 – 5 reps @ 65% – 245 *Set 3 – 3 reps @ 75% – 275 *Set 4 – 2 reps @ 85% – 315 *Set 5 – 2 reps @ 90% –… Read more »

tino
tino
October 7, 2019 7:51 am
Reply to  Lucas Dozzi

It’s a start. I’ll expect to see these sub 1:50 pace next time 🙂

Petr Krejci
Petr Krejci
October 7, 2019 6:17 am

A. 6:34, 6:26
B. Lower %
80-90-100kg
C. Scaled down by 10kg
70kg 1:02
80kg 1:07
90kg 1:17
100kg 1:27
90kg 1:23
80kg 1:17
D. Done used 2 x 16kb for squats
E. Done
Back is feeling pretty good but will make adjustments and scale the weights to ease myself in and get my confidence back. Did lot of biking and gymnastics last week.

tino
tino
October 7, 2019 7:48 am
Reply to  Petr Krejci

Good to see your back is feeling better. I hope to see you back to full health for 19.1.1

Michele Gabba
Michele Gabba
October 7, 2019 3:51 am

A.
Done +- 15:20 ( no easy only nose)
B.
80-….-100 kg
C.
80 kg 1’16”— 90 kg 1’23”— 100 kg1’52”
110 kg 2’44”—100 kg 2’22”—90 kg 1’50”
D. E.
Done

In the afternoon Row

tino
tino
October 7, 2019 3:55 am
Reply to  Michele Gabba

Nose breathing will definitely be good for you!

Sigurdur Hafsteinn Jonsson
Sigurdur Hafsteinn Jonsson
October 7, 2019 7:12 am
Reply to  tino

I was 16 something with nose breath.
Taped the mouth doesn’t count if you don’t tape. Haha

tino
tino
October 7, 2019 7:49 am

Haha I like it! Just don’t pass out!

Sigurdur Hafsteinn Jonsson
Sigurdur Hafsteinn Jonsson
October 7, 2019 8:34 am
Reply to  tino

Then you went to fast.
From 16 sept. Me
Like in step over. I needed to stop. After 11 reps haha rest like 60 sec to get the breathing wanted to rip it of. And in the run slow haha.

Theodoros Georgiou
Theodoros Georgiou
October 7, 2019 3:24 am

A. Done
B. Done at 70, 75 and 80% 63Kg 67kg 72Kg
C. Done with 12cal and 24 inch box but woman’s RX weight
1.18, 1.10, 1.09, 1.20, 1.17, 1.07
D. Done
E. Done

Afternoon running option.

tino
tino
October 7, 2019 3:54 am

Solid start to the week!

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