9/27
Warm Up

Deadlift
135x5
225x5
315x3
365x3
385x3
405x3
415x3

415 is a 5 lb PR for a triple, but it was tough. These felt heavy through out so I decided to take the PR and cut things even though I technically still had a set remaining.

Weighted Pull Up
25x5
25x5
25x7

These were alright, would have liked to have gotten up to around 9 or so for the AMRAP set.

Ring Dips
12, 12, 8

Would have had 12 again on the last set, but I had decided to do a muscle up into the higher rings on the last one and I got swinging back and forth too much.

9/28
Warm Up

Press
45x10
105x5
120x5
135x9

Starting second cycle of Wendler here. Would have liked to get 10 on the last set just because its a nice round number, but I can't be too unhappy with this.

AMRAP 15
10 Wall Balls
10 Toes to Bar
10 Box Jumps 24"

9 Rounds + 1 Toe to Bar

Very happy with this, especially with the fact that toes to bar were in the workout.

Flew through the wall balls and box jumps unbroken and fast every round. Toes to bar were just a battle from round 2 onward.

9/29
Warm Up

Back Squat
45x10
135x10
230x5
265x5
300x7

More Wendler. Should have had 8 or 9 on the AMRAP but legs are still sore from the deadlifts on Tuesday.

AMRAP 15
Row 250 m
25 Push Ups

7 Rounds

Did this back in January. If I recall correctly (need to look at my book) I was just shy of 7 rounds then so this was a minor PR.

10/1
Warm Up

Clean and Jerk
115x2x3
135x2
165x1
185x1
205x1
225x1
245x1
260x0x0x1
270x0x0x0x0x0x0

Played around with some form tweaks today while the weight was light. Absolutely crushed the rep that I made at 260. Practically power cleaned it. Had the second attempt at 270 racked, but was too far forward and lost it. Had the fifth attempt at 270 racked but I didn't catch a bounce and it pinned me at the bottom which given the fact that my 1RM front squat is 330 should never ever happen.

Not a great day, but not a day I'm going to be disappointed about either. As nice as it was earlier in the summer to seemingly hit a new PR every time I did this lift I know that isn't how it works.

"Elizabeth"
21/15/9
Clean @135
Ring Dips

9:50

Still not a great time, but its a PR by about 1:30 from when I did it back this winter.

Did a much better job this time of stringing cleans together. Ring dips weren't what I hoped they'd be, but triceps are still a little blown up from the push ups on Thursday.

10/2
Warm Up

Snatch
95x2x3
135x2
155x1
170x1
180x0 (Left this way out in front)
185x1
190x1 (Best rep of the day)
195x0
195x1
200x0x3

Just didn't have it here today.

5 RFT
Run 400 meters
7 Thrusters @135

14:12

I'm alright with this. Rounds 1-4 of the thrusters were unbroken, failed on the last round with 2 reps left because I was rushing to try and go sub 14:00.

Runs were as quick as I could make them without leaving myself burnt out coming in for the barbell.

10/3
Warm Up

Front Squat
45x10
135x5
225x5
255x3
275x2
300x3

Pressed for time so just ran up to something heavy pretty quick. Decided to do front squats instead of Wendler because I'm still kind of annoyed at not being able to stand up with the 270 clean on Saturday.

Press
45x10
95x5
115x3
130x3
145x7

Second week of Wendler here, goal was 6 on the AMRAP set so I was very happy about this.

10/5
Warm Up

Muscle Snatch
95x1
115x1
125x1
135x1
145x1

Didn't really like these. Don't know if I was doing them wrong, but I felt like I was just pulling with my arms and that runs completely counter intuitive to the technique that I've been drilling myself with since last winter.

Power Snatch
135x3
145x3
155x3
160x3
165x2

These were OK. Figured I'd put my biggest number up here and I did in matching my 3RM from the hang. Banged the heck out of my hip crease attempting a third rep with 165. That didn't feel good.

Snatch
135x5
145x5
150x5
155x5

Got what I wanted here. Was just all about holding the hook grip.

Was an interesting stimulus overall today. Very different from the just singles that I've been doing for the past six months or so.

10/6
Warm Up

AMRAP 10
15 Burpees
15 Sit Ups

6 Rounds + 4 Sit Ups

Just shy of the 7 rounds that I was shooting for here. Absolutely flying when I started off but things slowed down quite a bit. I still really suck at doing sit ups fast.

Spent 15-20 minutes before the workout got going playing around with rope climbs, pistols, double unders, ring dips, and L-Sits.

10/8

DE Affiliate Challenge

WOD 1
21/15/9
Deadlift @225
Box Jump @24" (Games Standard)

3:17

Knew this was going to be a good workout for me as soon as it was released, wound up finishing 5th overall here.

Other than a no rep on my last deadlift for dropping from the top and hesitating a few times in my first round of box jumps everything was unbroken and quick. Goal coming in was sub 3:30.

WOD 2 (15:00 Cap)
5 Rounds
5 Squat Clean Thrusters @95
10 Burpees over Bar

AMRAP rest of time
Overhead Squat @95 (5 burpees each time you drop the bar)

57 Overhead Squats

This was tough, much tougher than I thought it was going to be, finished 5th here as well though.

Goal was to do the first 5 rounds in about 7:00 and I hit that goal to almost the second. Rolling through those overhead squats though was just tough. Goal was to get to 60 and had a shot but was rushing at the end and dropped the bar with about :15 to go.

All in all today was a lot of fun, third one of these that I've competed in. The two 5th place finishes left me in a three way tie for 4th overall. Key is going to be building off this to where I'm able to compete well in events that contain things that don't favor me as much as the workouts today did.