Training Log – Feb 8 2010

by sixpackjourney on February 8, 2010

No promises on daily posts; however, I would like to maintain a more robust digital log of my journey.  I have lots of paper logs filled out at home as I’ve been working out and progressing.  Anyhow, here’s to getting the online journal back in shape.

Today’s workout:

Art of Strength Providence DVD – 16kg KB used throughout

I completed all of the rounds with the 16 kg bell and finished 80 snatches during the 3 minute challenge after the workout.  The Providence DVD isn’t getting easy with the 16kg bell, but it isn’t nearly as difficult as it was when I started it a few weeks ago.  My plan is to continue with two 16kg workouts and one 24kg workout a week until I am able to complete 60 tactical lunges in the 16kg workout.

The tactical lunges just kill me.  I can hammer out the clean and press with no problem, fully getting through one round of 5-4-3-2-1’s and finishing another set of 5’s for a total of 40 C&P’s in just two minutes.  The tactical lunge is my barometer for now.  Once I get through the 60 barrier, I may ditch the 16kg bell for this workout completely and do it with the 24kg and possibly even the 32kg.

In a few weeks I will also be transitioning to the Strength in Motion, or the Newport workout from Art of Strength. If I don’t hit the 60 tactical lunge mark before then, I’ll re-evaluate after going through a cycle with SIM or Newport.

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Ropes Gone Wild

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Today I got a chance to play with my latest toy, a 30 foot, 2 inch rope from the Art of Strength Ropes Gone Wild collection.  This thing was a blast!  I started out the morning by heading out for a 4.75 mile snowy run with my little guy.  He was all bundled up in [...]

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40 Pounds.

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I’ll soon be adding Ropes Gone Wild to my toolbox for some seriously high [...]

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Art of Strength Providence – 2nd Time Around

January 20, 2010

Rocking workout this morning!  This is my second time through the Art of Strength Providence DVD and it is a killer.
I hammered through all 14 rounds and then the 3 minute snatch test.  There was a moment during the clean and press round that I wanted to puke (I was pushing it – hard) but [...]

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AOS ETK – Check that one off the list, for now.

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Last Friday I finished my first go around of the Art of Strength Enter the Kettlebell workbook.  This was an AWESOME program, I highly recommend it to anyone getting start with Kettlebells.
The simplicity of the program is the key.  You do 4 kb lifts through the entire thing with a pull of your choice:

Swings
Get ups
Clean [...]

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It’s Christmas week and I’m working out like a crazy man.  It’s been about two weeks since my last post, so it is definitely time for an update.
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It’s been a while, but I haven’t been on the couch :)

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My six day workout schedule is working great, 3 days of KB’s and 3 days running.  My runs are at the 30 minute mark during the [...]

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Another rocking week in the books

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This was a great workout week for me.  I’m in the fifth week of the Art of Strength: Enter the Kettlebell program.  It’s the first week of clean and press ladders and it is quite fun!
This week I had six solid workouts:

Monday – AOS ETK, 16kg KB used throughout, “light day”
Tuesday – 25 Minute Jog
Wednesday [...]

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Let the training begin!

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I’m four weeks into my routine and loving it.  P90X was a great journey, one that I didn’t finish horribly strong, but I did finish.  My posts towards the end started to get neglected, but hey such is life!
After doing P90X, I foolishly took a bit of time off to “recover”.  Ha!  Well recovery turned [...]

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A few more days – P90X

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Yikes!  I fell off the wagon a bit with lots of company and a few trips!  over the last two weeks I’ve hit about 1/2 of the worksouts… Not a very good showing at all.
Today I hopped back on and hit Chest Shoulders and Triceps hard.  This was a killer workout after two weeks of [...]

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