mikhou's training log

[mikhou]

Yesterday - Rest day

Today - HIC #1. Connaught Range 10 to 1s

I love the intensity (and brevity) of this HIC session!

[J-Madd]

How are you doing your farmer's walks?

I'm doing them like J-Madd suggested in AA. At the end of a Max Strength session, I'll do 100 yards out with a dumbbell in each hand. Rest 2 minutes and then come back, and that's it. What I've noticed so far is that it's very taxing on my grip. At the end of the second round, my forearms are smoked. I only started doing them a few weeks ago, and so I started light at 16kg. Every time that I do them I add 1kg/hand so today I was up to 20kg/hand. When I get to where I can't complete them, I'll take the top weight and knock off 10% and then work up slowly again by adding .5kg per hand.

I am currently doing Max Strength 3x/week, and I tack on either KB swings (working up to 100 continuous swings) or Farmer's walks at the end of each session so it looks like this on a 2 week basis:

MS-KB swings
MS-Farmer's walks
MS-KB swings

MS-Farmer's walks
MS-KB swings
MS-Farmer's walks

I'm considering at some point doing 1-armed farmer's walks to do more oblique work. In that case, I would do 100 yards out with one hand and come back with the other hand. Rest 2 minutes and repeat.

For kicks sometime, trying doing your carries forwards and backwards. 50 yard out going forward, and then walk backwards (CAREFULLY!) to the start line. Game changer!

[mikhou]

For kicks sometime, trying doing your carries forwards and backwards. 50 yard out going forward, and then walk backwards (CAREFULLY!) to the start line. Game changer!

My first thought was, "Wow, great idea!" My second thought was, "J-Madd is an evil man!"

[mikhou]

Max Strength Day - BP/WCU/SQ/Farmer's walks

[J-Madd]

For kicks sometime, trying doing your carries forwards and backwards. 50 yard out going forward, and then walk backwards (CAREFULLY!) to the start line. Game changer!

My first thought was, "Wow, great idea!" My second thought was, "J-Madd is an evil man!"

Now you sound like my students. Though I bet they are hardly so polite.

[mikhou]

Fun Run - 1 hour. Every 6 minutes alternate between A/B:
A - 20 squats / 20 push-ups
B - 10 pull-ups / 20 sit-ups

[mikhou]

Yesterday - Rest day

Today - Max Strength Day (OHP/Barbell rows/SQ/KB swings)

[mikhou]

HIC #3. 600 Meter Resets

[mikhou]

Max Strength Day - BP/WCU/DL/Farmer's walks

[mikhou]

Yesterday - Rest day

Today - HIC #7. Black on Oxygen (BOO)