January 11, 2016 – First Accessory day!

After a gluttonous glorious rest day yesterday, I hit the gym hard today. I have decided to try and add at least 30 minutes of accessory work during my lunch time at work. I am new at it, and am programming it myself so it is going to take some trial and error. If you...

January 4th, 2016 – Deadlifts and Shoulder Press Test

Strength: Find 1RM shoulder press (military press) Deadlift WOD: 3 Rounds For Time 12 Deadlifts (Body weight) – Today it is 180lbs 21 Box Jumps (30/24) Extra Work: 500m row for time Previous attempts at increasing my shoulder press numbers have failed miserably....
Workout 13.2..rest and repeat!

Workout 13.2..rest and repeat!

  After completing 13.2 once on Thursday I was not pleased with my performance so I set plans to repeat on Sunday.  I reset my goal to 7 complete rounds and went in with a decent strategy. At first I had planned to only step up the first 3 then jump then step up...
Pace yourself! And Other Notes from 13.2

Pace yourself! And Other Notes from 13.2

13.2 Part One is in the books. Before I tell you about my score, let me tell you a story. I have a good friend who at one time was a borderline world class runner.  He won his age group at the Vermont Marathon with a time of 2 hours 32 minutes 57 seconds, which, to...