Malingering’s World

21-15-9
box jumps 32″
dead hang pull-ups
weighted sit-ups 20#
200m partner carry (partner #1=165lbs, partner #2=125#)

27:03

3 rounds
800m run
30 good mornings 45#
30 knees-to-elbows

27:50

My shoulders really hurt. Maybe from the cleans yesterday, I’m not sure. And now my forearms are seizing up. Thank you, knees to elbows.

I can’t figure out how to hold 100lbs and then be explosive. There’s something rather counter-intuitive there and it’s not getting through my thick skull. Anyway. My old PR here was 85# so at least I’m improving.

3x 42#
3x 62#
3x 72#
2x 82#
1x 92#
1x 97#
1x 102#

Tried 112# (wanted to go over bodyweight) but missed. I’m not quick enough. If I actually cared enough I would go to a weightlifting seminar or something to figure this out because I feel like I have a huge mental block when it comes to cleans. And cleaning. As evidenced by my apartment.

2.8 rounds
28 dumbbell deadlifts 30# dumbbells
28 sit-ups
28 kettlebell swings 16kg
28 push-ups boobs-to-floor
28 squats to Ollieball

19:35

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
push press 72#
front squat 72#

11:46

5 pull-ups
10 push-ups
15 squats
every minute on the minute until you can’t keep up
then AMRAP in the remaining 30 minutes

score: 16 + 10
total 26 rounds in 30 minutes (which is 130 pull-ups, 260 push-ups and 390 squats. Geez that’s a lot. I’m tired)

*note: at 20 minutes I had finished 18 rounds, which beat my previous Cindy score of 16. Yay*

15-10-5
dumbbell thrusters #15
squats
burpees
3:59

Yeah, not even close to my usual. I mean, I do 20 pull-ups at the END of every single workout just for practice and that’s not usually very hard. Unfortunately my left wrist has really been bothering me and I just couldn’t keep my grip on the pull-ups. We did max sit-ups 2 min on Monday and I got 87 and I wasn’t exactly thrilled with that either so getting 75 today was like being kicked when I was already down. I’m just not in it these days.

5x 45
4x 65
3x 95
2x 115
1x 135
1x 155
1x 165 miss
1x 160

Complete 150 push-ups for time. Chest to ball, on toes.
Any time you drop to your knees, or shift into a position that allows you to rest, run 400m.

17:29

The push-up sets went like this:
34/27/24/19/26/20

which meant I had 5 400m runs. I wanted to keep it to 4 runs, since I’m a terrible runner, but I just couldn’t keep it up. In the end I was happy with this. I did every push-up from my toes with my chest to the racquetball and I beat a lot of the really strong boys who normally kick my ass.

Fight Gone Bad

In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute. This is a five-minute round from which a one-minute break is allowed before repeating. This event calls for 3 rounds. The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. On call of ‘rotate,’ the athlete/s must move to next station immediately for good score. One point is given for each rep, except on the rower where each calorie is one point. The stations are:

1. Wall-ball, 10 ft target (Reps) 14# ball
2. Deadlift high-pull (Reps) 55# barbell
3. Box jump (Reps) 20″
4. Push-press (Reps) 55# barbell

5. Row (Calories)

My score: 245

wall ball: 12/10/9
SDLHP: 18/15/17
box jump: 35/25/25
push press: 20/20/15
row: 8/8/8

I’m doing the Athletes For A Cure fundraiser again this year to raise some money for prostate cancer research. The finals are September 27, so today we did a prelim/practice session to see how much we can improve in 6 weeks. Also how much money we can raise. This workout is really rough for short people, I have to say, but I’m happy with my score.

I really need to work on the wall ball. Heaving that thing up is near impossible. The official website says the target is 8 feet, which I can do, but I guess we’re doing 10 feet at my gym which blows. Ten feet is literally twice my height and it’s really rough. I have to do a jump shot to get the ball up and even then I’m barely skimming the bottom of the target. I am considering skipping that portion altogether and just resting for a minute, because it’s near impossible when you’re tired.