Intro

Eat Real Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants

Strong People are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general. - Mark Rippetoe

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Track Workout - Open Water Swim

Monday, June 24, 2025

D'Evelyn High School Track

1200

Track Workout

1 mile easy - 12 min

4x200

Run 200, walk back to start point

0:59
1:00
1:00
1:04

Bear Creek Lake Park

1800

Open Water Swim

850 yards in 25 minutes

3 x Out and Back resting 75 seconds between efforts

Sunday, June 22, 2025

Metcon

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Westbound CrossFit (Coach Ryley)

1730

Warm Up

Jogging
Ring Rows
Wall Balls

Conditioning

Conditioning:
 Every 5:00 x 4 Rounds
 32 Wall Balls (20/14)
 16 Pull-Ups
 12 Box Jump Overs (24/20)

Score each round. Work time should be ~2:00-2:30 per effort. If you're over 3:00, reduce reps.

I scaled this to
15 WBS (14#)
9 Jumping Pull-Ups
8 Box Jump Overs (20")

2:03
2:05
2:13
2:18

I felt like I was moving well and should have came out with 18 or 21 WBS and this would have been a perfect workout


Nationals Prep

Sunday, June 22, 2025

Home Gym

1830

Bench Press

12x105
12x105
10x105

Planning on 3x12, but was not feeling it today

Dinnie Trainer

4 picks at 250
4 picks at 275
4 picks at 300

Felt fine, but my technique certainly leaves something to be desired.  I am either doing a partial deadlift or squat.  I am trying to keep my torso upright.  

Need to figure out a better pin solution.  I am not loving the Clevis and Cotter Pin.  Best solution may be to get some small rare earth magnets and glue them to the pins.  Nobody makes mag pins a 0.45 inch diameter and 2.5 inches long.  Another solution is detent pins (7/16").

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Metcon

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Westbound CrossFit

1200

Warm Up

Run
Jumping Jacks
Sit-ups
DB Deadlift
DB Hang Snatch
DB Push Press
T2B warm up

Conditioning

 30-Minute AMRAP:
 200m Run
 16 Alternating DB Hang Snatch (50/35lb.) - scaled to 20
 12 DB Box Step Overs (24/20) - scaled to 20 inch box
 9 Toes to Bar - scaled to hanging knee raise
 8 DB Push Press (50/35) *Each arm - scaled to 20

I finished 5 rounds + 30 reps (did not start HKR) and felt like I was moving well.

Community Cup Retrospective

I was in the Rookie Division based on my Open performance

Event 1 - 777th (20 min AMRAP, box step over, DB snatches, HRPU) 218
Event 2 - 649th (interval with Row, OH Squat, Ring Row, Sit-ups) 118
Event 3 - 377th (max Hang Power Clean and Front Squat) 370

Overall 689th out of 1000 who entered and 857 who submitted scores.

My long time domain conditioning was certainly my weakest link.  The movements were actually good for me

#1 Rookie - 500, 226, 550
#100 Rookie - 323, 176, 500
#200 Rookie - 369, 190, 330


Open Water Swim - Nationals Prep

Monday, June 17, 2025

Bear Creek Lake Park

1700

Open Water Swim

850 yard swim in about 25 minutes
300
300
125
125

Sleeveless wetsuit, single cap and silicon ear plugs.  Comfortable.  Estimate water temp in mid to high 60s

Nationals Prep

Hackenschmidt Floor Press

5x135
3x155
2x175
1x185
failed 195

Saxon Deadlift

45
65
75
85
failed 95
90

Monday, June 16, 2025

Deadlift

Monday, June 16, 2025

Westbound CrossFit

1200

Warm Up

Jog
Good Mornings
Glute Bridge
Single Leg RDL with hip opener
Deadlift movement prep

Deadlift

Build to Heavy

5x135
5x185
3x225
3x265
1x295
1x315
1x335
1x345 PR!

345 felt great and I considered jumping up another 10 pounds.  In retrospect, sticking with 345 was a good call.  My posterior chain knows it worked today.

Burner

1:00 max Row
:30 Rest
1:00 max Row

507 meters including ghost meters

Cool Down

 :30 Seated Hamstring Stretch
 :30 Side Lying Thoracic Opener (per side)
 10x Banded Hamstring Flosses

Flosses were weird.  Lie on back grab hamstring and extend leg, as you bend leg, raise head, then extend leg and lower head.  I am not sure if I was doing it right.