Monday, Mar 30th workout of the day

for loads/reps:
build to a tough 1 in the snatch balance
(take as much time and rest b/t sets as needed)
rest 5 min
AMRAP chin ups - 1 set/attempt
rest 5 min
1 set of "the bear" - once you choose the weight, you have to make it...if you fail in set, you have to drop weight by 25# on the next attempted set...and no less...if you miss that set, you have to drop the weight by 50# from the 1st attempted weight and make that
(the bear is power clean, front squat, push press overhead then to back of neck, back squat, push press overhead then to front rack, then touch and go power clean again to start next set - barbell CANNOT rest on ground in set; perform that 7 times around for 1 set only!)
rest 5 min
AMRAP chin ups - 1 set/attempt

total score = snatch balance in kg + chin ups + bear in kg + chin ups
(i.e. 80 + 50 + 100 + 50 = 280 as score)

post score to comments as well as your nutritional strategies for the workout today for pre and post fuelling as well as comments on what you have been doing to ensure recovery b/t doubles over the past few weeks...

35 comments:

  1. Wow, that's nice and early. The next four WODs I do will be at the fire training academy here in Calgary so I'm hopin' I can do most of them. Tomorrow's looks doable! Hopefully the sheer, mind-numbing drudgery of EMR training doesn't dull my mind too much.

    Good luck to Brett Marshall on his officer's exam. You're too skinny to be a Lieutenant.

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  2. Does the 1 attempt at the bear preclude any warm-up sets?

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  3. Balance: 175
    AMRAP PU: 29
    Bear: 125
    AMRAP PU: 35

    364

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  4. balance - 125kg
    PU1 - 30
    bear - 75kg
    PU2 - 23
    Score = 253

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  5. snatch balance- 105
    chins -35
    bear @ 95 (was going to use this as a warmup set-but had to fight at round 4 and just held on for the 7 rounds)
    chin-31

    Body would just not wake up this morning.

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  6. score 156

    previous post were in pounds

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  7. I'm heading down to Mexico untill the 14th of April. I have an At home and away program that I'll be following for the next two weeks. I may do some exploration and see if there is a facility that I can use for my WODs, other than thats it's the beach for me. =)

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  8. Whats up Guys,

    I've been following the website for quite some time and had a question that I couldn't find the answer to by searching through old posts/comments. I apologize if I just missed it somewhere.

    Anyway, what does the PFC meal that's been referenced to consist of? If I had to guess, I'd say it stands for a Protein, Fat, Carb meal but again that's just a guess.

    Thanks in advance,

    Mike Molloy

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  9. That would be correct Mike and have fun with the wods

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  10. Snatch Balance: 120 KG
    AMRAP PU: 42 (PR)
    Bear: 91 KG
    AMRAP PU: 25

    Total: 278

    I spent the last three days on the road seeing family and friends, so my recovery and nutrition have been crap. Poor planning on my part affected my performance today. I warmed up with a 225lb snatch single and it felt like crap. I the snatch balance lighter and I also failed at the 100kg bear, which I could have gotten.

    On high volume days I sleep an extra hour and I make sure to get in the post WOD meals. I also take in triple fat blocks instead of double fat blocks.
    I have been watching Kelly Starret's presentation on PNF Streching and have been trying to incorporate that into my recovery process.

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  11. Power Snatch: 60 kg
    Chin-ups: 21 reps
    The Bear: 50 kg
    Chin-ups: 22 reps

    Score: 153

    Pre-WOD nutrition today: Empty stomach, PFC meal 2 hours earlier. Salad with vinaigrette, eggs, sunflower seeds.

    Post-WOD nutrition today: 40 protein/40 carb/½ tablespoon flaxseed oil and ½ tablespoon sunflower seeds for a few essential fatty acids.

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  12. Holy Canoli, you boys and girls train hard. I love checking out these WoDs from afar (outside of Boston, to be exact).

    Cheers and keep up the hard work,
    Justin

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  13. 68+31+61+31=190

    Just going to eat as normal today so I don't O.D. on whey and maltodextrin. Lots of eating and resting on 2-a-days. Sleep is huge these days plus tons of fats with regular meals.

    Feeling banged up today, didn't push the weight too hard. Shoulder talking to me a bit...

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  14. Snatch Balance - 52.27kg
    AMRAP Chinups - 50
    "Bear" Complex - 29.55kg
    AMRAP Chinups - 39
    TOTAL = 170.82

    I've never done the bear complex before, so had no idea what weight I should use. Figured I should use a light weight so I didn't have to be the first one to lower the weight. It got pretty tough on the shoulders really fast. Maybe could have fought with an extra 5 or 10#, but the next set of chinups would have suffered.

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  15. kept the weight light today as
    I have a bball game at night

    snatch balance and bear at 43.2kg, SB still feels awkward.
    pullups 34(PR) and 31

    total= 151.4

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  16. Snatch balance = 77.27kg PR by 15#
    AMRAP PU's = 40 slipped off the bar
    Bear Complex = 54.54kg PR by 5#
    AMRAP PU's = 40 better grip after I cleaned off the bar.
    TOTAL = 211.81

    Knee felt better today! I had more pull-ups in me for 1st AMRAP.

    Pre nutrition:
    2hrs before,
    1 organic Spartan apple
    4 tablespoons sweet potato
    wanted to have a piece of jerky, but clients came in and I forgot. This seemed to work because I had good energy for entire WOD

    Post nutrition:
    asap,
    2 scoops Recoverite
    1 banana
    2 tablespoons sweet potato
    3 pieces of jerky
    B Complex
    Niacin
    Vit E
    Bioflavinoids
    Vit C
    Pantothenic Acid

    I will eat 60min for now PCF

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  17. Forgot the huge tablespoon of Nut Butter in my Pre nutrition meal.

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  18. Elbow giving me a little grief today so after a few snatch balance at 28kg I packed it in and worked on some power cleans and clean pulls for a bit.

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  19. 59.5kg snatch balance
    36 chins(pb)
    57kg bear (missed at 151 lbs.)
    25 chins

    total: 177.5

    post workout 30/30 shake whey/malto

    45-60 min later PFC meal

    on two a days, increased grains buy one portion, followed post-workout recommendations, and ate as normal...tried to include a twenty minute nap between workouts...

    recovery was not optimal...may be undereating..heres a sample of my diet...


    todays nutrition:

    meal 1(6:30)

    2 scoops whey protein
    1 slice pumpkin seed sliced grain bread.
    2 tbsp. natural PB
    1 grapefruit

    snack(9:30)

    1 red delicous apple
    1/4 avacado
    2 stalks celery
    2 whole eggs

    pre-workout( 11:30)

    1 vega bar
    2 scoops BCAA's
    3 scoops electrolyte/glycerol blend

    workout 1:00

    post workout shake 2:00

    30/30
    2 scoops BCAA's

    Meal:3:00

    4 chicken thighs
    2 cups mixed veggies
    2 tbs. salsa
    2 tbs. hummus
    1/4 cup mixed nuts


    snack: 5:00

    1/4 avacado
    2 stalks celery
    2 whole eggs


    dinner: 8:00

    1/2-3/4 lb. beef
    sauted onions, garlic, green pepers
    spinach
    2 tbsp. olive oil/balsamic

    pre-bed
    1 scoop casein shake
    2 tbs. natural pb

    I weigh approx 178-180
    at around 9-10 percent BF

    any recommendations welcomed, thanks

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  20. SB: 62
    CU: 35
    Bear: 48 (should have gone heavier)
    CU: 32

    177

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  21. Rory good point on the PNF stretching, everyone should do it and I've been finding it helps a lot.

    My fat blocks are off the charts these days and I'm still lighter and leaner than I was at the Games last year. Sheesh.

    SeanG you may want to up the fats these days if you are training hard.

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  22. DJ & Rory,
    Huge numbers on the snatch balance & Bear complex.
    Katrina, nice work!!

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  23. 61 + 28 + 57 + 24 = 170

    Been feeling flat today. Probably the five slices of pizza last night and the Ritz crackers today. I had been eating great up til then. Also felt the angry shoulders Geoff seemed to be experiencing too.

    I figured today would be a 30/20 for the 8-12% crowd followed 90 later by PFC.

    I've been experimenting this last cycle with caffeine pre workout. Doesn't really seem to do anything for me. However, after a week of eating clean I felt really great about my performance yesterday AM.

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  24. Snatch Balance - 61.4kg
    Pull-ups - 42
    Bear - 54.5kg
    Pull-Ups - 32

    Total - 189.9

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  25. thanks Geoff,

    I was wondering if maybe I needed a few more carbohydrates pre-post, but I due tend to react to fats better than slamming any extra carbs...

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  26. Balance: 85kg
    AMRAP PU: 40
    Bear: 60kg
    AMRAP PU: 35

    Total: 220

    My goal tonight was 200. I followed Geoff on the Bear workout and I'm glad I didn't attempt more. It was pretty tough on me. My 80kg balance was the best of all my SB's.

    General eating habits are as follows:

    Generic & Snacks:
    - 80-100oz's of water daily
    - Cup of joe in the morning and drink 1-2 hot teas throughout the day.
    - Dehydrated cherries, pistachios, raisons, almonds, cashews as regular snack.

    Dont's:
    Soda is out
    Honey over sugar in my coffee

    Breakfast:
    Whole wheat english muffin, turkey bacon, eggs and cheese, and yogart.

    Lunch:
    - 2 Chipotle steak tacos easy on the rice, veggies.

    Dinner:
    - Low fat baked turkey slices from Costco, applesauce, lowfat cottage cheese.

    Pre-Workout: Fruit blend 1.5 hours or so before just to take the edge off the stomach.

    Post-workout: Muscle milk 10g C/ 20g P on the go shake. I then follow that up with a home made shake consisting of whey, UDO's 3/6/9 blend, peanut butter, strawberries or wild berry frozen fruit, ice, milk, flax seed.

    Preparation for multiple workouts in a day and to help maximize recovery:
    - Plenty of sleep, water, and no yard work between workouts on days.

    Questions: If anyone has any suggestions on a pre-workout or post workout suggestions to help naturally better prepare me for workouts, please let me know. I don't have eating down to a science but I do try to eat healthy and stay away from sugar as a general rule of thumb.

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  27. Brent, what's with the low-fat s#$t? That ain't even in the vocab, buddy! Start eatin' like Paleo Man, you'll be scary.

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  28. Thanks Geoff! I'm going to take that to heart and give it a try. Stay tuned!

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  29. At OPT with Mike
    SB 110# need to drop faster
    KCU @ 49
    Bear 120#
    ran out of time for second KCU
    will record some recovery food & supplements another time. Too late now.

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  30. A bit of a mental breakdown today.
    I'm feeling a bit wiped out from yesterday & I feel a cold coming on to.
    I should've taken the day off, but I tried the WOD with less than desired results.

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  31. - 65.9 kg Snatch Balance
    - 40 chins
    - 61.4 kg for the bear completed
    - 23 chins

    = 190.3

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  32. 70.4
    52(pr)
    52.3(pr)
    32
    total=206.7

    I was 40lbs off my pr for snatch balance, I was not aggressive at all, back was real tight from yesterday, and not a good warmup.
    I was happy with my pullup pr, i def had juice left but my right hand was slipping off.
    The bear felt ok, i still had lactic acid in my arms flowing from the pullups.

    fuel today- 30gp, 35gc

    On doubles I eat the prescribed fuel then pfc meal 1 hour after then 30 min after if i am not working i take a 1 hour nap. Wake up and eat a TBL nut butter 45 min prior to working out again. Lots of foam rolling, 9 hours of sleep and some PNF.

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