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Routine of the Day – Pullups, Deadlifts and HSPU
Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Routines on January 11, 2012
Routine of the Day – Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of
- 10 Pullups
- 5 Deadlifts, 135lbs
- 8 Handstand Pushups
12 rounds completed.
Routine of the Day – Row, blah, blah, Row
Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Routines on January 10, 2012
Its been a while since I have done a routine that took over 30 minutes to complete. Today seemed like a good day for a beatdown.
Routine of the Day – Complete for time
- Row 2 miles
- Rest 1 minute
- 20 Ring Dips
- 20 Box Jumps, 20″
- 20 Walking Lunges, 25lbs plate held overhead
- 20 Box Jumps, 20″
- 20 Ring Dips
- Rest 1 minute
- Row 2 miles
Total time (including rest) – 40:17. Rowing took 35:20 for the 4 miles.
Routine of the Day – Crossfit “Cindy”
Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Routines on January 6, 2012
Warm Up – 5 Minutes of Handstand to forward rolls
Focused more on the exit roll then holding the handstand.
Routine of the Day – Crossfit’s “Cindy”
Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of
- 5 Pullups
- 10 Pushups
- 15 Squats
Done with 18lbs training vest. Managed 22 rounds and 4 Squats.
Crossfit gives the choice of Cindy or Mary (5 HSPU, 10 Pistol Squats, 15 Pullups). I prefer Mary as its much funner and more challenging (no need for the vest), but my left knee is really bothering me so pistols would not have been a good idea.
Routine of the Day – Row, Pushups, Hanging Power Cleans
Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Routines on January 4, 2012
Routine of the Day – 2 Rounds for time
- Row 1KM (0.6miles)
- 100 Pushups, w/ 18lbs training vest
- 10 Hanging Power Clean, 105lbs
Time for both rounds – 8:50, 10:00 (total time 18:50, no rest)
Routine of the Day – Row, Push Press and HPC, Pullups
Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Routines on January 3, 2012
Routine #1 - Complete for time
- Row 325m (0.2miles)
- 20 Push Press, 105lbs
- Row 325m
- 15 Push Press, 105lbs
- Row 325m
- 10 Push Press, 105lbs
- Row 325m
- 5 Push Press, 105lbs
Time – 11:47
Routine #2 – Complete 21-15-9 for time of
- Hanging Power Clean, 105lbs
- Pullups
Time -7:06
Year in Review (in English)
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Fitness, Hobbies, Home Brewing, Japanese Language, Misc on December 31, 2011
Time to say goodbye to 2011. Bye 2011!
This year was one where I broke some long standing personal records and achieved some challenging goals. For strength related personal records: I made a PR for Bench Press, an exercise I sucked at pretty bad, pressing 215lbs once (30% over my body weight). I set a PR for deadlifts just last weekend, lifting 265lbs once. I did a hanging clean of 145lbs once yesterday as well, another PR. For calisthenic related goals, I did my first Muscle Up early this year, followed up by reaching a PR 7 consecutive last month. I completed the 100 Days of Burpees Challenge and managed to make 75 Pullups in under 5 minutes. I also did a lot of running to train for the 5KM Run for the Cure, which I did while wearing a 20lbs training vest in just under 25 minutes total time.
This year was also very beer heavy. I believe I made over 20 beers this year, plus a couple ciders and wines. I made the switch from extract brewing to all grain this summer and began to produce vastly better beers. My last 12 or so batches have all been from grain to glass and I have no intention of switching back to extract. Ever. Through time saving brewing techniques such as no-chilling and BIAB I have cut my brew day time down to under 4 hours. I also tried a few money saving techniques such as yeast harvesting, yeast washing and bulk buying grain (which I believe I still have around 100lbs of in my basement…). Don’t even ask me how much of that beer I drank.
As for my Japanese study… Well… I could have done a lot more this year. I studied quite a bit of low level kanji and can recognize around 200+ characters now (well if I reviewed them again over a week). I know my vocabulary has gotten a smidge larger and my ability to write (on a computer… I can barely write in English on paper anymore) has improved. Overall though I don’t think I made very much headway in the area of Japanese in 2011.
I do not know what 2012 will bring, but something tells me its going to be a very amazing year.
Routine of the Day – Row, Pushups
Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Routines on December 29, 2011
Wednesday (Gym Day) —
Routine #1 – 5 Minutes per station of Super Sets for max reps each
- Bench Press, 185lbs and Pullups
- Deadlifts, 185lbs and Handstand Pushups
- Squats, 185lbs and Sots Press, 45lbs Olympic Bar
Routine #2 – Complete 21-15-9 for Time of
- Kettlebell Swings, 1.5 pood
- Pullups
Time – 4:03
Thursday (Today) —
Routine of the Day – Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes of
- 0.2 mile Row/0.1 mile Row (alternating, equals 500m per 0.3 miles)
- 25 Pushups
Managed 10 Rounds + 0.2 mile (total 1.7 miles rowed over 13:20, and 250 pushups)
I split the rowing up into 0.2 miles and 0.1 miles because I wanted to do 250m (0.15 miles) a round as per the Crossfit.com routine, but unfortunately the rower I own only does increments of 0.1 miles. Splitting it up between 0.1miles/165m and 0.2miles/325m per round seemed to strike a nice balance… But maybe I over complicated the workout? Either way a really fun and sweat inducing workout.