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11222018 – CrossFit and Climbing

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Happy Thanksgiving!!  The climbing gym was open this morning so I saw that as a good time to finish out testing my Fall Challenge lifts.  We ended up going as a family so I climbed a few routes afterwards too.  The family climbed around and did some cool climbs through hula-hoops!

My last two lifts were Snatch and Shoulder Press.

I had pretty much done 0 shoulder presses throughout the cycle.  I really wanted to improve my deadlift so I made sure to make those lifts up as needed.  But not so much the other two and it showed!  My pre-test came in at 95# which is actually where I ended today as well. After hitting 95 I tried once at 105 and once at 100.  I was able to get both just barely out of front rack but no where else.  I really wanted to dip and drive to get it up, but I held back!

I took a little break and watched the kids so my wife could climb a little bit before coming back for the snatch. I drilled a little bit before adding some weight and snatching away!  In the pre-test I ended up with 95#.  Today I was able to get more and hit 105# which is just under my lifetime max.  I tried 2x’s to get 110 up but couldn’t get under the bar!!

Based on these lifts here is my Fall Challenge 2018 data:

Lift Beginning Ending Improvement
Solcana Total 435 500 65
Deadlift 245 300 55
Snatch 95 105 10
Shoulder Press 95 95 0
Jackie 13:45 12:06 1:39

We will have to wait and see what the final results show!!

09172018 – CrossFit

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I’m not sure if I mentioned that my new work schedule will make it almost impossible to do my 5:30 am routine any more. I’m bummed about that but have been optimistic about going to Solcana in the afternoon/evening for a class. I took last week off to recover from the marathon, so this was my first week trying to get back at it. It also happens to be the first week of the Fall Challenge, so it’s also pre-testing the lifts and workout in the challenge. (The Fall Challenge link includes a pic of me on the rower!)

The challenge is two parts. The lift is what is being called the Solcana Total and includes the Deadlift, Shoulder Press, and Snatch. And the workout is Jackie. Jackie is 1000m row, 50 thrusters at 45#, and 30 pullups for time. Yea…

I originally had signed up for the 4:30pm class and thought I could just be a little late for my 5:30 engagement, but then realizing that swapping the kids would make everything too stressful I decided to go to the bouldering gym after my engagement and do the lifts there.

Definitely not as fun and I know I still really benefit from coaching cues, but I’m still happy and impressed with my lifts. The plan was 1RM for both Deadlift and Shoulder Press. I warmed up and watched the CrossFit YouTube videos for each lift to remind myself of proper form and technique.

For the Deadlift I was able to build up to 245 pounds which is just 20 under my all time 1RM so that great.

The Shoulder Press I struggle with the initial lift getting off my shoulder and often try to sneak a dip and drive into it. I was successfully able to get 95 pounds up and failed 2xs at 100. 95 is just 10 under my all time 1RM so that’s great too.

After the 2 lifts I did an easy 5 minutes on the spin bike just to loosen things up a minute.