In sight...

Talking bout that finish line, only a week and a half left in the Academy, test tomorrow, not worried. 

No class PT today so I headed over to the LTA Gym (Medina) for some work.

2000m row 8:18.8 (weak sauce)

I remember when I hit the 7:50, I'll get there again with some dedication to rowing.

Warmed up with HPC @ 135# - 155# x 5



There's nothing wrong with a good snatch(pull)



Snatch Pull Triples up to 245



Messed around in the "lifting" area on the incline doin 135 5x5 (for no real reason other than I didn't feel like leaving and the rack was full of assholes reverse curling)

I seriously detest curling in the rack.

My post-workout meal, AKA dinner, was less than ideal.  Cabana bowl (no shell/rice/bean) with Fajita beef, lettuce, pico, cheese, and Sour cream.  I also stopped by the DFAC for some extra chicken breast to bump up the protein count for the day.  Could have made a wiser choice and just got a shake, they were probably the worst cooked chicken breasts in history, like jerky.  I busted out the fancy salami from Trader Joes just to add some moisture to the chicken so it could be eaten.  Needless to say I can't wait to be home and be able to cook again.

Dirty Thirty - Their Way

Todays WOD - AMRAP 15 Min

Squat x30
Push up x30
Mountain Climber x30 (each leg)
Situp x30
Lunge x30 (each leg)
Burp x30
Squat Thrust x30

Result: 1 round plus 30 squats.

Pushups are my weakness when they are Chest2Floor so it was slow getting through those and slow through the "Burps" (Push up/Thrust combo)

At least I didn't have to put the blue suit back on after sweating like a champ...

I do make that shit look good though...could use a haircut...

The class calls these my Ninja Turtle shoes.

Why not.

As in why not do everything.
Bench 3x5 @190#
Squat 6x2 @ 275#
Dead lift 405# x1
Hang Power Clean 5x4 @ 135#

Energy was low as I didn't have breakfast, not for lack of trying. But I made up for it at lunch with some Smash Burger Paleo-ish Smash Hash.

Ive been tracking food on My Fitness Pal lately.  Its decent, although I'm not a huge fan of it not counting strength as burning calories...  Tracks my macros either way.

Tabata Fridays

Yesterdays workout included Tabata Squats, Pushups, Situps and Squat Thrusts.  8 Rounds each.

Very painful.

Thursday was 21-15-9 Burps (bottom half of a burpee)-Situps-Squats, 400m run before each round, and at the end of the last round (17min?)

Tomorrow its all about goin heavy, and I cant wait.  I also decided to jump back on MyFitnessPal to track what I eat, especially concerning Macros, and try to keep me on the "eating clean" bandwagon ESPECIALLY now that my wife is thinking about Paleo diet.

I should also note that I've had almost an entire gallon of water today and still aint pissing clear, which leds me to deduce that I wasn't doing my due diligence at drinking my water.

My Legs are Gonna be HURTING Tomorrow

Todays WOD, brought to you by the wonderful guys at the Non Commisioned Officer's Academy,

400m
25 lunges per leg (in place)

Made 4 rounds and half a lap.  That a mile and some change with 100 lunges per leg...its gonna be a big bag of suck tomorrow!

Snatch Pulls/Deadlifts

5:00 row/PC Warmup

Snatch Pulls x3 up to 235# for 2 sets followed by 3-3-3-3  Deadlifts at 315#

OHP 115 3x5, cleaned from the floor.
Push Press 5x3, cleaned

That gym is legit.  I'd love to type a bunch more shit but I gots papers to write SON!

Pyramid for Time and Lumberjack 20

11/24/13

Pyramid for Time

400m run
Squat-Pushup-Situp
5-5-5
10-10-10
15-15-15
20-20-20
15-15-15
10-10-10
5-5-5
400m run

18 min cap - completed in 13, repeated WOD until 18 min expires

11/25/13

Lumberjack 20

400m
Mountain Climber x 20(p/leg)
400m
Burp x 20
400m
Squat Thrust x 20
400m
Situp x 20
400m
Burpee x 20

Should have a 20 min cap but instructer dropped ball and stopped at 18, got to the 12th burpee, expressed my dissatisfaction in my special way.

Took Saturday off to write another paper, do some strength work tomorrow along with 2 more papers...

I feel like I need a paper writing recovery day.

Tabata Ichi

Yea, Tabata Ichi is what they called it..

Tabata CTF Push ups
Tabata Mountain Climbers
Tabata Sit ups
Tabata Squat Thrusts

8 rounds each, probably about 20-30 sec rest between exercises.  I probably would have kept my score if I want preventing imminent death, but I know the low score for push ups was like 2, yea...2 you try Tabata Chest to Floor Push ups and tell me how it is...

1000m row, 4:05

Note: Gateway gym on Lackland is basically useless, unless you only want to row, or do bodyweight stuff. THERE ARE NO BARBELLS IN THIS SO CALLED "GYM"!

Just saying.

Squats/Pulls

Out at Medina Gym today.

Power Cleans/Snatch Pulls up to 225# x 2 x 3
Front Squats 5x2 @ 225# (1 min rest)
Back Squats 5x2 @ 275# (1 min rest)

Tomorrow would be pressing but don't be shocked if I end up squatting anyway.

Keeping up.

So as  you can tell, I'm not very good at keeping up with my blog.  I'll have to work on that.

I've spent the last two weeks back in the place where my career was born, Lackland AFB, Texas.  I'm here attending the Non-Commisioned Officers Academy, one of the PME requirements we must complete on our path to greatnest ing the Air Force.  What does this have to do with my blog, well, I'll tell you.

Among many of the complaints you may have heard me have in the past is that the military, as a whole, just gets it wrong when it comes to unit physical training.  you know how it goes:  Show up, stretch, 3x20 push ups, 3x20 situps, flutter kicks...2 mile run.  Same old shit, M-W-F. 

Well, I got to the NCO Academy and during the in-brief one student stands up and asks the Commandant (CMSgt in charge of the Academy), about PT.  He states he heard NCOA is moving towards a more CrossFit style program.  The Commandant responds with "going?? we're already there!".

The NCOA refers to there program as Human Performance lessons, which covers workouts, that follow CF metcon-style programming. Obviously the logistics that would involve including weightlifting in a NCOA enviroment is cost-prohibitive.  And a nutritional aspect is added, although, it is not-so CF style.  50% carbohydrate macro's is definitely not CF and not something you'll find me buying into anytime soon.

Which brings me to my log:

Yesterdays WOD:

400m sprint
40 Squat
30 Butterfly situps
20 Pushups - chest touching floor
10 Squat Thrusts
400m sprint

Time 6:53

Todays WOD
AMRAP 20min
20 squat
15 situps
10 pushups CTF
5 squat thrust

8 rds + 48 reps (2 reps shy of 9rds)

Obviously I'll have to keep up with my own strength training, and I found the bomb gym to do it...Medina Annex fitness center.  Might have to drive to the other side of the 410 but as far as AF base gyms go, this one is legit. (excluding bases that have CF Affiliates or CF style gyms)

More to come....I promise this time.