TRAINING WITH THE 5TH FITTEST MAN!

STRENGTH:    3X5 DEADLIFT (75%,80%,85%)
                         3X5 PRESS

WOD: 20 BURPEE WALL HOPS FOR TIME
           THEN 3 SETS OF TOE TO BAR AND SOME GLIDE KIP PRACTICE


HAD A GREAT SESSION TODAY!..BLAIR MORRISON, THE WORLDS 5TH FITTEST MAN, CAME DOWN FROM FOLSOM FOR SOME DEADS AND BURPEE SPRINTS.  EARLIER THIS WEEK MY TRAINING PARTNERS, VINCE, X, AND ZACK STARTED THE WINDLER 5 3 1 PROGRAM, WITH SQUATS AND BENCH ON MONDAYS, AND DEADLIFTS AND PRESS ON FRIDAYS. THE PROGRAM SAYS TO TAKE 90% OF YOUR MAX AND BASE YOUR WORKING SET PERCENATGES OFF OF THAT, THESE NUMBERS SEEMED A LITTLE LIGHT SO I WENT WITH AROUND 95%, USING 365,385,405 FOR THE DEADS, AND 130,140 150 FOR THE PRESSES.  DEADS FELT VERY LIGHT CONSIDERING I HAVENT DONE THEM HEAVY SINCE THE GAMES IN JULY. LAST SET OF THIS PROGRTAM CALLS FOR MAX REPS, WHICH IS EASY ON SQUAT, BENCH, AND PRESS SINCE I CAN JUST GO TIL FAILURE, BUT WITH DEADLIFTS ITS NOT  THAT THE WEIGHT BECOMES UNLIFTABLE, YOUR FORM AND LOW BACK JUST GO TO SHIT! SO I CHECKED MY EGO AND DROPPED THE BAR AT THE FIRST FEEL OF A ROUNDED LOW BACK, WHICH HAPPEN ON MY 6TH REP. MY OLD SELF WOULD HAVE HAMMERED OUT ANOTHER 5 OR 6 AND JUST WALKED AROUND CRIPPLED FOR THE NEXT WEEK BUT IM TRYING TO TRAIN A LITTLE SMARTER THIS YEAR SO I WAS HAPPY WITH THE 6 REPS. NEXT WAS THE PRESS WHICH IS A HUGE WEAKNESS OF MINE, AND SOMETHING I HAVENT BEEN SPENDING MUCH TIME ON. I WAS ABLE TO GET 8 REPS AT 150 WITH A LITTLE MOTIVATION FROM THE OTHER GUYS SCREAMING IN MY EAR. WOULD HAVE LIKE TO RIP OUT 3-4 MORE BUT STRICT OVERHEAD MOVEMENTS JUST DONT SEEM TO LIKE ME VERY MUCH. JUST GOTTA KEEP WORKING AT THEM!

FOR CONDITIONING WE RACED 2 AT A TIME ON 20 BURPEE WALL HOPS OVER A 6FT WALL. THIS TURNED OUT TO BE A PRETTY AWESOME MAX EFFORT LITTLE SPRINT. VINCE AND ZACK WENT HEAD TO HEAD FIRST, VINCE GETTING 1:22 AND ZACK CRUSHING IT AT 1:15. NEXT, BLAIR AND I WENT HEAD TO HEAD. AS USUAL WHEN WE TRAIN TOGETHER WE WENT STRIKE FOR STRIKE UNTIL THE LAST WALL JUMP I COULD BARLEY GET MY FATASS OVER! TIME TO GET RID OF THIS EXTRA BULKMODE BODYWEIGHT! BLAIR FINISHED IN 1:18 AND ME IN 1:19.  MY LEGS, SHOULDERS AND LUNGS WERE ON FIRE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER! KINDA GAVE ME THAT 1ST TIME FRAN FEELING IN MY LUNGS WHERE IT HURTS TO BREATH, AWESOME STUFF! WE FINISHED UP WITH 3 SETS OF TOES TO BARS, I WENT 20,30,17 AND THEN PRACTICED SOME GLIDE KIPS. BLAIR WAS DEFINITELY GETTING THE HANG OF IT, AND X AND I HAD A FEW THE FELT PRETTY GOOD, JUST ANOTHER SKILL TO WORK ON. ALWAY FUN TO TRAIN WITH BLAIR, PICK HIS MIND A LITTLE, AND GO HARD, TIL NEXT TIME!