20 Snatches @ 83%

20 Snatches @ 75kg which is 83%, for time. Not the easiest wod I have done :) Took me just under 14 minutes. Tried to do one rep every 30sec but that turned out to be too hard for me. Still a pretty good wod.

These 20 singles wod's are absolutely great for power and technique. I remember that when I started cleaning 20*1*90 kg was something that helped me progress 10kilos really fast. Not excpecting that progress here this time though, that would quite a lot in my snatch :)

To finish the session I did DeFrancos shoulder series 6 times. 10 front raises with 10kg plate, 8 lateral raises with 5kg dumbells and 5-6 strict cuban presses with shrug. Also added 4*25 band pullaparts. Shoulders blasted is what I am feeling right now. Now it is time to let them rest a while because I have done shoulder excercises for quite a while now. A week without anything but band pull aparts should do the trick. Let's see if the patience is within me :)

Good Evenin'

DT-like action again. And some.

1: DT
5 rounds
12 Deadlift
9   Hang Power Clean
6   Push Press

1rd @50kg
2nd @60kg
3-5th @70kg

2a: Bicep curl 30kg 5*9
2b: Plyo push up / 5*10

3a: Kettlebell swing 6*25 @32kg
3b: Band pull aparts 6*25

Stretching static and dynamic in the end. Lovin' it!!!

Snatch PB

Abnormally late time for gym seems to work for me, did my snatch pb after nine pm :) usually almost ready for bed at that time.

Snatch 2*3*50, 2*2*60, 1*70, 1*75, 1*80, 1*85, 1*90, 1*92.5(fail)

Hang Power Clean 8*50, 4*60, 4*70, 4*3*80

KB Swing @32kg *60,50,40

Swings were pretty easy, well perhaps more suitable expression would be not too hard. Snatch record is awesome, broke the 90kg mental barrier. Read an article from t-nation were Thibs said that crossfitters have no mental barriers in olympic lifting, they want to achieve higher weights without thinking how hard it is. This remind me of my swimming times, one barrier was minute in 100m freestyle. Staid over for a year and when finally broke it, time was under 59 seconds. The mind is a mysterious thing.

Life after swinging

Took one day off and felt pretty tired today. First decided to take two days off, but then I remembered how short my summer holiday is so better take full advantage of the situation :)

1 power snatch 3*40, 3*50, 2*60, 5*2*70
2 DT @50kg 5*(12*DL + 9*Clean + 6*Push Press) every set on the minute except last round without dropping the barbell. Did also one extra round with 70kg
3 Kettlebell swing 50*32kg

Done deal

Well it took me ten whole days but now it is done. 10 days and 10,000 swings with 24kg kettlebell. Mental battle describes this joirney the best. Some physical challenges during the road also but mainly this was a matter of will. THIS is Sparta!

Highest amoint of reps per session was 1,100 and highest number of reps per one set was 175. That was the last set and it happened only because of my girlfriend who came in and asked how many left? Once I replied "175" she said "you know you can do it one set, right?" :DDDD

After that line there really ain't any other choice but to do it :) like I said earlier, this is purely mental stuff. People usually set boundaries somewhere far away their real capabilities. This 10,000 swings challenge was a real eye opener for me, or rather a reminder of something I thought I had already lost. Meaning that I am able to go much deeper than what my thoughts are. It is really nice to end this challenge feeling like this! SPARTA!!!

Days 6-9

6th day was a hectic day since Virpi's sisters children were staying with us cause their parents had a wedding visit. Had no time in the morning or day to train so I had only evenong session.

What a great session it was, managed to do 1,100 reps, 20*30 + 20*25. What a painful session it turned out to be. Afterwards that is, during swings felt like a beast but next morning the first thought was I am not gonna complete this challenge. Hamstrings tight and lower back pain so that carrying our baby boy was tough as hell. Had to take some relaxant pills and decided to eaze a bit, after all I was ahead by 1,000 swings.

Next day was 500 unbeliavably hard swings, no power in the abs to keep core tight so that was the most painful session so far. The day after that did also only 500 so it meant that two days out I was right on track. Easier days did help a lot even though I still have some lower back pain issues but nothing too severe. Have to keep the core right at all times :) those tiny deep abdominal muscles have really gotten a shock during this challenge.

Today which is day number 8 I did 500 swings both in the morning session and evening session. Hold on, I did make the last set id the day 120 instead of 20 so it makes 600 swings for the evening session :) In the morning I did also 5*3-2-1 *40kg strict press. Decided to press slightly lighter weight in order to not stress the core too much.

So here we are all but finished. Last day ahead and 900 swings to do and 9,100 already done during last 9 days. What a lovely mental and physical challenge this is. At this moment there is no doubt that I will complete this but quite different were thoughts at 7,000 swings after that monster session :)

5th Mornin'

Basic routine, walk with my boy for an hour and head to the gym. The walk works wonders as a recovery method and warmup to swings.

25*20 swings
25*2*50 kg military press

This is a mental challenge for sure. After training I feel like a machine, before training I feel like a broken machine. Still, it is weird to be "in the zone", , every cell in my body is screaming THIS IS SPARTA!!! and I know I will complete this challenge. What a good feeling to have :)

4th Evening

Felt super tired before starting swings. Immediately got in groove though and completed 800 swings. Managed also to get blister count to 7 so far :) this might be painful soon...

35*20
Last set 100 swings :)

4th morning

Reached 4,000 swings ahead of schedule by completing 637 reps. First set 37 followed by 17 sets of 30 and last but no way least set of 90 reps :) Messed up hands with this one, a few blisters more now in hands. Should stick to shorter sets but it is harf since they are suprisingly hard mentally. Longer are physically harder but more enjoyable mentally.

3rd Evening Swings

Plan was to do 400 but did a few more cause it felt easy. Which is quite funny since I am acheing  all over my body now :) after first set of fifty I was warmed up and thereafter it was eazypeaz.

Sets:
50-50-40-40-30-30-20-30-11 (mum called) 30-50-50-50-30-30-30-30-30-30-30-39-33

Should be total 763, even though I aimed for 733 which would have made total 3,333 reps. Well now it is 3,363 reps. This time I used system where I just did a set and did not count progress until I started to feel tired. This really works, much easier for the mind and u accumulate suprisingly many reps without realising it.

10 000 swings

Holiday = 10 000 swings @24kg :)

In the morning 500, in the evening 500. That is what I call a plan!

Tue morning:
5*20, 2*5 military press @50kg
10*10, 10*1 mp
4*25, 4*3 mp
10*10, 10*1 mp
5*20, 5*2 mp

Evening:
25*20

Wed morning
5*20,10*10,5*30,5*10,5*20
Hand stand position between series

Evening
25*20

Thu morning
5*20, 5*2 mp @50kg
10*10, 10*1 mp
5*20, 5*2 mp
10*10, 10*1 mp
5*20, 5*2 mp
2*50, 1*5mp