Deadlifts, snatches, chemistry, and the best Civil War Moustache since 1863!

I got up really early so that I could get a good workout in before I started to study for my chemistry test today. The test was brutal. Even now all I can see when I close my eyes are carboxylic acids, lipids, and amino acids. Anyway, the workout before the test was great.

Deadlift Warmup: 135x5, 225x3, 275x2
Deadlift Workset: 325x3x1
Pullup Ladders: 1,2,3 x 5
24kg KB Snatches: 64 in 3 minutes

I took it pretty easy on the snatches since my low back was a little tender from the deads and probably the swings a couple days ago. I kept my breathing under control and performed every rep in strict form. Felt really good. I'm still about 5 weeks out from the TSC and already feel like my conditioning is better than it was at the october TSC.

Oh, and I shaved my beard tonight after work into the most incredible Civil War Moustache that has been seen in over a century. It truly is a sight to see. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain would be very proud. Lindsey hates it.

More swings and such

Halos: 3 sets of 10
Pushups: 3 sets of 25
24kg KB Windmills: 3 sets of 5/side
24kg KB Deck Squat: 2 sets of 5
24kg KB 1hand Swings: 137 in 5 minutes

Everything felt really good today. I've neglected swings for a long time. I wish I hadn't now. They are awesome.

Timed swings

I woke up late this morning and couldn't face the gym today. This time of morning it would have been crowded and I just couldn't handle that today. Good thing I don't need to go to the gym to get a workout.

24kg KB C&P Ladders: 1,2,3 x 3 (I really focused on performing the reps like the W.S.L. showed me this weekend).
32kg KB 2handed Swings: 146 in 7 minutes
Planks: min on/min off for 5 minutes (3 minutes of planks total)

Everything felt really good. My conditioning is coming right along I think.

Deadlift and 24kg Snatch

Deadlift Warmup: 135x5, 225x2, 275x2
Deadlift Worksets: 315x3x2
Pullup Ladder: 1,2,3,4,5 x 3
24kg KB Snatch: 65 in 3 minutes

Judging from todays snatches, I think my conditioning is coming along okay. I think it has been helping to do them at the end of my workouts instead of the beginning (where it is a lot easier).

Misc. Kettlebell Day

Deadlifts and my second snatch session of the week are both tommorrow so I didn't want do anything too taxing, so I just did a few things to get my heart rate up a little.

24kg KB C&P Ladder: 1,2,3,4,5/arm x 2
24kg KB Russian Twist: 30 count x 2
24 kg KB Swings: 20x3
24kg KB Overhead Hold (2 of them): 1.5 minutes

The overhead hold kicked my butt. I thought I could do it for longer than that. Turns out I couldn't. My arms got really shaky at about the 1 minute mark. I held out as long as I felt it safe...

Light Core

Warm-up: 5 one-hand swing, 5 high pull, 5 C&P/arm x 2
Halos: 10x3
24kg KB Windmill: 5x3/side
24kg KB Deck Squat: 5x2
24kg Russian Twist: 30x3

32kg KB Day

Light Squat: 155x5x3
Pullup Ladders: 1,2,3,4,5 x 2 and 1,2,3 x 1
32kg KB Snatch: 40 total
32kg KB 1-arm Swing: 60 in 3 minutes

The gym was nearly empty today. There was only three other people. They kept walking around and in front of me. It got really annoying.

Deadlifts and such

Deadlift Warm-up: 135x3, 225x3, 275x2
Deadlift work set: 305x3
24kg KB C&P + Pullup Ladders: 3 of 1,2,3
24kg KB Snatch: R/12 L/12, R/12 L/12, R/10 L/10 = 68

Misc light day

16kg KB C&P Ladder: 1 ladder of 1,2,3,4,5
24kg KB Swings: 3 sets of 20 (really concentrating on throwing it down at the top)
Planks: 30 seconds on/ 10 seconds off for 5 rounds
24 kg KB Russian Twist (planted): 3 sets of 30 count
V-Ups: 36

Core

24kg KB Double Windmill: 2 sets of 5/side
16kg KB Deck Squat: 3 sets of 5
24kg KB Halo: 3 sets of 8/direction
16kg KB Russian Twist: 3 sets of 40 count
Reverse Crunch: 36

32kg KB Snatch and stuff

Light Squats: 155x5x3 with a 2 second pause at the bottom
Pullups: BW + 45 x 3,3,3,2,1
Dips: BW + 25x7x3
On the Minute Snatch w/ 32kg KB: 5/5 for 5 rounds(50 total)

The snatches were tough. My form broke down quickly during the 5th round. I want to do a lot of snatch work with the 32 in the hopes that the 24 will feel easier by comparison. They kicked my butt though, no doubt about it.

I'm not going work on squats until after the TSC. I'll just do light sets like I did today once a week or so to kind of maintain.

Deadlift etc

Deadlift: 300x3x2
Speed Deads: 225x4x3
Pullup ladders: 3 of 1,2,3 @ BW+35
2 24kg KB Situps: 3 sets of 5
Russian Twist w/ 16kg KB: 3 sets of 40 count

I felt good this morning. The 300 seemed about as heavy as it should have.

On the Minute Snatches

24kg KB Snatch on the minute: 6/6 for 10 rounds = 120
24kg KB Press + Pullup ladder: 4 x 1,2,3

The snatches felt good. My hands held up really well and so did my cardio. Some little jack-ass kept looking and me and smirking though. I just looked back at him until he went back to his kick-backs. Little prick.

Light-ish KB workout

A series of unfortunate events has made it hard to get a workout in this week. I didn't want to over-do it tonight since I will be doing snatches in the morning, so I just did what I thought would be a light workout. It turned out to be kinda tough.

Circuit: 5/arm 32kg KB Cleans, 15 pushups, 20 32kg KB swings with 1 minute rest period between circuits x 5 rounds.

Russian Twists: 3 sets of a count of 40 with 15kg KB