Couple of workouts

I never got around to blogging yesterday but I did workout. I did AMRAP 20-
10 snatches 45#
10 ring dips (modified- heels on the floor in front of me)
10 knees to elbows

The above workout was a hand-killer. Oh my word. Our new bar is really rough so the snatches hurt. The ring dips were okay but we need to retape them so they do rub more than they should near your thumb. And then the knees to elbows was hard on my palms. By the time the 20 minutes was up, I had at least 5 blisters on each hand forming. It was not fun... oh wait, actually it was fun :)

I completed 4 rounds + 6 snatches so 46 snatches at 45#, 40 ring dips, and 40 knees to elbows. I'm really proud of that workout.

Then tonight I did 7 x 1 rep of back squat. Gosh, I can't remember the last time I did a back squat but according to my blog, it was July 24th. That's over almost 5 full months! It's no wonder that tonight I wasn't able to put up the same weight as I did at that time. I've done back squats with 95# on the bar, but that's the heaviest in all that time- no real "strength" efforts.

In July, I did 160#. I was really trying to hit 165# but I faulted. I backed off 5# and attempted 160# and faulted again. My max for the day was 155#. There are a few reasons for this-
1. See above- not practicing any substantial weight in that length of time isn't exactly a good plan.
2. My quads are sore from all the squat snatches yesterday. I've been commenting all day about how sore they were then I tried to do max out my back squat. Again, not exactly a good plan.
3. We had 2 guys over tonight working out with us. I love this, seriously I do. But when I'd get past parallel, they'd start yelling "Up! Up! Up!" While they all seemed to love this motivation, to me it just distracted me and any focus I had was lost. I'm just not used to it but I'm sure I'll get used to it.
4. I was leaning too far forward. Not sure if this was because I was losing my focus (see #3) or because my quads were sore (see #2) or plain weakness and something I need to work on. I'll be careful of this going forward to make sure it doesn't go on too long this way.

After the squats we took a short break then did the following workout-
400m run
20 burpees
400m run
15 burpees
400m run
10 burpees
400m run
5 burpees

Time = 12:56

I was the slowest tonight but only 10 seconds slower than one guy and 20 seconds slower than the other. Michael finished a whole minute faster than all of us but I'm still proud of my time. Working out with others is certainly a big motivator to keep pushing.

They were a couple of great workouts!