What training are you doing/have you done today? (Vol.3)

[Halb]

Jamie VTS said:

Oddly I don't find the gym a useful place to be when I'm stressed. Instead I like to arrive happy, ready to work. I play some music, have a coffee, a nap or whatever it might be to make sure I arrive at my 'happy' place, happy!

Speaking of which, 5pm class tonight... best get ready!

Ho does a class work? they choose a wod and you do it?

[Jamie VTS]

Halb said:

Ho does a class work? they choose a wod and you do it?

The week is programmed by someone who knows a lot more than me.

There’s a strength section and a work out. Here’s two examples from this week.

E(2)MOM

10-8-6-4-2-1 deadlift
(50-60-70-80-90-100+%)

5x 200m row sprint (2 min rest)

Session 2

Clean and jerk 6x2 @ 80%

AMRAP (6)

A) 15 cal row
8 burpee
8 Box jump

B) 12 wall balls
12 hollow rock
12 kettle bell swing

C) 50m farmer carry
7 pull ups
30 double unders

[smiffy180]

250kg squat single from tonight: https://youtu.be/yetBB70Vx40
Fell forward from lack of bracing (no wrist wraps on and getting wrist pain trying to brace).
I saw stars after and they wouldn't go so put it back, think it's my quickest albeit ugly to date.

[didelydoo]

Push day- lots of push.

Up all last night, daughter being sick..... so it would appear I probably had a sick bug earlier this week, which I just trained through.....oh well, better, if not a bit tired now

[ORD]

Quick upper body workout at home.

DB bench press: 40kg x 8,6,5
S/S with DB rows: 40kg x 8,8,12

Some band pull aparts and band flies to finish.

I really struggle with the 40kg DBs for bench press set up (partly because they are huge).

Not sure whether to get a heavier DB for rows. I can do 12 pretty damn strict reps with the 40s but have plateaud for while. Problem is that heavier DBs make it very hard for me to keep strict form.

[Burwood]

didelydoo said:

Push day- lots of push.

Up all last night, daughter being sick..... so it would appear I probably had a sick bug earlier this week, which I just trained through.....oh well, better, if not a bit tired now

My daughter had it last week. Liquid paracetamol kept it in check

[steve_bmw]

Sumo deadlifts.
Just started adding these into my leg day.

Form needs a little work but feeling good, 145 kilo PB.

[steve_bmw]

Sumo deadlifts.
Just started adding these into my leg day.

Form needs a little work but feeling good, 145 kilo PB.

[smiffy180]

Anyone go to Britain's strongest man yesterday?
Was decent competition between top 5!

[Halb]

where was it?

[smiffy180]

Halb said:

where was it?

Sheffield arena

[V8mate]

ORD said:

Halb said:

https://wodwell.com/wod/dt/

Orthopaedic surgeons meet up to watch this stuff over beers. Programming it ain’t.

I hear a lot of noise aimed at the cross-fit community. Maybe some of it is deserved; may some of it isn't.

What I do know, from watching the demo video on that link, and having watched (probably) hundreds of hours of cross-fitter vs power-lifter vs bodybuilder type challenges on YT over the years, is that if I had my time again, and took proactive steps to addressing my fitness from my late teens, rather than my mid-40s, that I would definitely choose cross-fit.

As far as I'm concerned, from a purely amateur, keep-fit perspective (specialists and sportspeople are beyond this conversation) the ability to mix cardio, stamina and strength training makes these guys superheroes.

I would say that I have a 'strength' physique somewhere between the two chaps in that demo video. And I'm around twice as old as them.
I gave that exercise a go yesterday. Not with 70kg bar though... nah... I thought I'd 'take a stroll' with 40kg.

By the third set I was starting to fall apart in a big way. Strangely it was the middle, hang power clean which caused the most grief.

And this isn't the first time that I have tried to emulate CF routines (with similar, pitiful outcomes)

So, whatever the 'my sport is better than your sport' accusations, for me, they're my heroes.



And these too... which probably doesn't help

[TheJimi]

It's fashionable to be seen to sneer at CrossFit, in my experience.

[Burwood]

TheJimi said:

It's fashionable to be seen to sneer at CrossFit, in my experience.

There is no denying that Elite Crossfit such as Matthew Fraser are freaks of nature. Not only super fit, pound for pound would out lift anyone on here.

[smiffy180]

Burwood said:

There is no denying that Elite Crossfit such as Matthew Fraser are freaks of nature. Not only super fit, pound for pound would out lift anyone on here.

Pound for pound I'm faster though

[Halb]

Jamie VTS said:

By cycle the bar I mean linking reps together efficiently.
When I did it I did;
11 deadlifts
Rest
1 deadlifts 8 hang cleans
Rest
1 deadlift, 1 hangclean and 6 push jerks
Rest
Each round.
Well done for doing it! No such thing as an embarrassing time!

Well I did it, and then did Cindy afterwards just to ensure I felt like it was a large workout.
Ome thoughts;
Got it down to 14, which I feel is acceptable for my second go
I know my weaknesses, my lungs just aren't up to it, and my grip actually went at some point in one of the later clean rounds
I think tightening up my clean technique will help, I did try hook grip for cleans at one point
In fact my grip was so wonky I shifted to alternate grip for my last round of deads, which I hate doing for reps
I attempted to do it with just chalk, but the second round of cleans started to rip skin off, so I put on my circuit gloves
I need to learn how to push jerk, I push press everything
but the hardest bit is controlling the bar coming down

I would expecthope that as my lungs improve and my grip, my time will trickle down, I'd like 10 minutes, not sure if that's possible. I won't be doing DT again now for 5 weeks as I have my strength circuit, elimination, circus maximus and the bear rostered next, so we'll see in 5.


edit
this is mat fraser snatching 143kgs,
https://youtu.be/FBV-Xw640vQ
seems he comes from a weightlifting background. Sheeeeet, wish I'd gotten into weightlifting when I was young.

Edited by Halb on Sunday 28th January 19:53

[ORD]

TheJimi said:

It's fashionable to be seen to sneer at CrossFit, in my experience.

Very fashionable. But also entirely justified. It takes a very sensible idea (rounded fitness goals) and pursues it by irresponsible and ill-considered programming. We only get one spine and one set of shoulders. It is rank irresponsible to have Average Joe doing killing pull ups and chasing a 1RM deadlift.

I’ll say this for CF, though - it’s very efficient in terms of covering a lot of bases in a short time. And the competitive element is great. It’s an excellent idea that goes wrong in the execution because those at the top aren’t the smartest.

Back on topic - quick squat workout yesterday:

Squats: 9 x 120kg (PR)
Bulgarian split squat: 10 x 16kg DBs (each leg)

My back is still sore from those 20kg x 20 super strict DB rows. I was very surprised how tough that was given that I can do 12 x 40kg pretty strict.

[Animal]

ORD said:

TheJimi said:

It's fashionable to be seen to sneer at CrossFit, in my experience.

Very fashionable. But also entirely justified. It takes a very sensible idea (rounded fitness goals) and pursues it by irresponsible and ill-considered programming. We only get one spine and one set of shoulders. It is rank irresponsible to have Average Joe doing killing pull ups and chasing a 1RM deadlift.

This is my main gripe with CrossFit: the idea that one should perform multiple reps of technical exercises against the clock. As soon as you start to race, form is going to go out of the window. Just not worth it. I like some of the workouts, but I'd prefer to maintain the quality of each rep instead of chasing a time to beat.

[didelydoo]

Crossfit is great! I'd do it if I didn't do what I do. It's a great combo of strength, power, agility and cardio/conditioning.

I'd bet putting someone on 1 year of cross fit versus a year of starting strength, the crossfitter will look better, be fitter and match the other in all respects.

Strongman is pretty much an extremely heavy version of crossfit- and you don't see folk berating it because its dangerous- and it is, more so than crossfit- limit lifting or max lifting against the clock, questionable technique- but the poundages and potential for damage at higher.

Anyway, for me this morning>

Pull day, pull stuff. It was good and hard, though uneventful exercise wise.

Forgot to mentioned I trained legs a bit at the weekend, first time in 5 weeks. DOMS is kicking my ass today- quads particularly

[Halb]

Strongman could be called Death Crossfit.

interesting lil vid that popped up on my feed

Government-Approved Workouts? The Fight Against Fitness Licensing

https://youtu.be/1lFwAp8f5kU