Monday, October 12, 2009

A New Experiment: Week 3

The Mountain Athlete experiment continues. Week 3 wore me down.

Monday:
Warm up: 5 Rounds
Mini Leg Blaster
Rope Climb

Training:
(1) 5 Rounds
10x Front Squat @ 95#
2 minute step up to 20" box, unloaded
30 seconds rest

(2) 5 Rounds
10x Power Clean @ 95#
Run 400m
30 seconds rest
(Looks easy right? It wasn't.)

Wednesday:
Loooooong night at the firm = no morning trip to the gym. I took a couple days off.

Friday:
Warm up: 4x Barbell Complex + HAM - Hip Mobility Drill

Training:
(1) Work up to 1RM Push Press (160 PR)

(2) 6 Rounds
2x Push Press @ 135
3x Hip Swivel - (Lay on your back arms spread wide, palms pressed into floor, knees up and vertical, feet raised off the floor your lower legs are parallel to the floor. Swivel your hips so your knee touches the floor, keeping your palms pressed flat, then swivel to the other side. This is 1 rep.)

(3) 5 Rounds
5x Mr. Spectacular
Tire Drag
5x Horizontal Pull up (Hang horizontal from a barbell or rings, feet on floor or box, and pull your chest to the bar)
Effing tire drags!! So hard.

Saturday: I needed to make up Wednesday's misery, so I headed to the gym . . .
Warm Up:
4x Medicine Ball Complex with HUG stretch between each round

Training:
(1) 5 Rounds for Reps
60 seconds 25m sprint
60 seconds rest
42 (Phew. One more than last time.)

**** rest 5 minutes ****

(2) 10 minute sandbag get up for reps (80lbs).
37 (Seven more than last time. Moving in the right direction.)

**** rest 5 minutes ****

(3) 10 Rounds
5x Pull ups
10x Dips
15x Push ups
(I quit after five rounds. I'm a loser . . .)

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