Wednesday's Workout: Take a Hike

Completely slammed with work, which explains my conspicuous absence from Twitter lately. (No, blogging is not my day job.)

Today’s workout in a nutshell:

Strength Skill:

• Front Squats (2 sets of 5, 3 sets of 3)

Notes:

• Love ‘em. They make me feel strong.

• Tried to focus on technique today, so I didn’t even try to match my previous PR.

• But I want to hit a new PR by the end of this cycle.

Metcon:

For time:

• 10 -> 1 pull-ups

• 1 -> 10 overhead kettlebell swings (70 lbs / 53 lbs)

Notes:

• In case you're counting, that's 55 pull-ups and 55 swings.

• 70-pound swings = not easy. Took lots of breaks, especially towards the end. Glad I went heavy, though. Felt better than last time.

• Before I get too full of myself: The Terminator also used a 70-pound kettlebell. And he's still nursing an injured arm.

• Also, at one point, as I hiked the kettlebell back between my legs, it slipped out of my grasp and shot several meters behind me, hitting the wall. (Yeah, I'm kind of a disaster.)

• Did all the pull-ups unbroken, except when I lost my grip during my round of 5 reps. They felt good and fast.

• Hello, blisters.

Result:

• 8:37 as RXed.

Okay -- back to work.