Ben Plotnicki

For time
5 legless rope climbs
3:45

Goal was to do a rep every 45s. The rope descent was not very good, just need to keep doing work on that. Was afraid of blowing up.

(rest 1 min)
For time
5 regular rope climbs

2:00

Descent was much better here. I’m consistently 2 ½ pulls – right now I refuse to overpull with my bi’s from what i’ve seen happen in the past to the elbow and blowing up the bi’s
(rest 1 min)
For time
Row 500m
30 alternating pistols
30 chest to bar pullups
5:25

Tried to go conservative on the row, didn’t want to overpull, held right around 1:50. Pistols were slow and didn’t feel efficient, legs felt a little tired. C2B -> 20/10 – started out and didn’t really have a plan but I knew I wanted to hit a big number, right around 18 I thought about going for it, and at 20 i thought it was better to stop there then do a few more and finish.

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15 min easy bike cooldown

done
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Ido squat routine in full

done

4 sets
600m run, directly into
18-15-12 reps each
Row
Ski
AB
rest 5 min bt sets each
9:23

9:25

9:02

8:45

Had a pretty good warm up going into today so that’s not the reason for the improving times. Also, I had 2 really good meals before training today, it has been a long day since I have done that and tried some different nutritional things, might be onto something that really made the body feel good.

3rd set – decided to try and trust myself and see what happend so went for keeping my row above 1300 and 1400 cal/hr, ski about 1100 and tried to stay around upper 300’s on bike. I was happy and just trusted that I could keep it and I was fine. Set 4 about the same numbers but a little bit higher on row, and pushed the bike just a bit more, but those paces might not have been as sustainable had there been one more set after.

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Face up GHD plank hold 25 sec on, 1:35 rest x 4

done

A1 – 1-arm DB strict press x 4 @ best weight from last week + 6-8 TNG push presses, rest 30 sec bt arms

4+8 x 4 sets
A2 – Plate pinch carry 50ft, break at 25ft turnaround point, rest 90 sec x 3-4 sets

45 lb – and the 25ft turnaround was just the right amount
B – BB push press cluster x 2.2.2 @ 6RM, 4 sec hold overhead each rep, rest 20 sec bt clusters and 3 min bt sets x 4 sets

185 – and these got way better as they went
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AMRAP 12 min
Ski erg 12 cals
Dbl DB devils press x 6 @ 50/hand
Heavy rope DU’s x 12

5+16

I had 2 goals in this, one was that the ski was never allowed to go under 1100 cal/hr (was successful for a good chunk of the 12 min)

Other goal was as soon as I started the devil press I did not allow myself to take my hands off the db’s at all. Felt I did a good job of trying to keep on moving, even if I moved a little slower I wanted to keep on moving
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C1 – Single arm DB tricep kickbacks x 10/arm
C2 – Double arm banded tricep pulldowns x 15, rest as needed x 3 sets
D – Prone scap swimmers from GHD sorenson hold x 5 SLOW reps, rest as needed x 3 sets

Had to knock these two out later on in the day

A – Front squat waveload – 6,4,2,6,4,2. rest 3 min bt sets, get heavier with each step in the wave and then corresponding sets for each wave.
215-245-275-235-265-315

B – Rear foot elevated split squats with back rack x 8/side, rest 60 sec bt legs x 3 sets each

95-115-125 –

really miss the single leg lunge and split squat work
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For time:
20 HPC @ 115
20 STOH @ 115
20 TTB
40 HPC @ 115
40 STOH @ 115
40 TTB

13:55

I was super conservative on the front end, because I feel my current efficiency capacity of ttb is around 50-60 reps fresh. First set I did 5 sets of 4, everything else was just calculated with good breaks to maximize ttb on the back end. On the back end I might have been a bit too aggressive on the sto. My original plan on ttb was to go all sets of 5 with quick breaks, instead I did 6’s. When I got to 30, I don’t know if I got in my own head or if fatigue kicked in and efficiency went out the door. But what I did quickly adjust to was sets of 2’s and singles with quick drop and right back up.

We can add building up the ttb capacity as something I really want to keep our eye on in aims of needed to improve that. But I imagine just paying attention to volume and the other gymnastics work we are going to do it will work itself out.

EMOM x 10
Odd min – Paused squat snatch x 1
Even min – Squat snatch x 2
(paused rep = 2 sec pause below knee. use same load for both parts, not maximal, tech work)
155 – these felt pretty solid today

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EMOM x 8
Odd min – PC/PJ x 4 singles
Even min – 4 squat clean thrusters (doesnt have to be singles)
(use same load for both parts, not maximal but make this challenging)
When warming up I was having some front rack issues, so even though loading wasn’t super tough, I was having some issue transitioning the barbell into better positions in the rack. With that being said, I chose 165, I was able to do some tng on the thruster – but it was tough enough that I felt I was working pretty hard

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EMOM x 6
Row 20 cals
the rower did not save my data so I will give general guestimations, however the noticeable drop off happened from #4-5

47-47-49-53-55-57

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EMOM x 4
Bar facing burpees x 14

43 – 52 – 1:03 (sat out the rest of the next minute and started back at the top) – 53

I appreciate the vote of confidence that I could get all sets in in time
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KB banded wrist flex/ext x 3 reps each way, rest as needed

Done

Today just felt better with a refocused vision. It was tough training but I feel like a learned a lot of where I need to get my mind back focused and everything else

2 min window:
12 Thrusters @ 135lbs
6 Power Snatch @ 135lbs
AMRAP BMU
*1 min rest
2 min window:
12 Thrusters @ 135lbs
6 Power snatch @ 135lbs
AMRAP BFB
*1 min rest
X2

6-3-1-dnf

This workout kicked me square in the balls.

The thruster was fine, however, it took so much energy from my leg drive that I wasn’t very powerful or quick cycle time at all on the snatch at all.
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15 min easy bike cooldown
done

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Ido squat routine in full
Done

4 sets
400m run, directly into
18-15-12 reps each
Row
Ski
AB
rest 5 min bt sets each
9:02

8:44 – pushed the bike a little harder and tried to tighten up transitions

8:47

8:44

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Face up GHD plank hold 20 sec on, 1:10 rest x 4

here’s another one that was way harder than I expected

A – 1-arm DB strict press – find an 8RM for each arm from standing
left arm = 55 x 8, 50 x 4

Right arm = 65 x 8, 70 x 5

B – BB push press – find a 6RM with a 2 sec hold overhead each rep
185

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For time
5 strict supinated pullups @ 53lbs
15 strict supinated bodyweight pullups
30 band assisted strict supinated bodyweight pullups (must control eccentric on each to count)
6:47

When looking at this on paper I thought it would be about 6 minutes, after doing the first 20 reps I thought no way it takes that long, and then the banded pull ups became the hard part. Smh….the supinated grip definitely felt uncomfortable on my wrist, that comes from good shoulder position?

5 wtd ub

6/5/3/1

5/5/5/5/5/3/2

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C1 – Single arm DB tricep kickbacks x 8/arm

15-20-20
C2 – Double arm banded tricep pulldowns x 12, rest as needed x 3 sets

done
D – Prone scap swimmers from GHD sorenson hold x 4 SLOW reps, rest as needed x 3 sets

Underestimated this. I should know better

A – Plyo/Bracing Warm-Up: Do a mix of some reverse throws, rotational throws, hardstyle planks, A/B Sprints, and some broad/box jumps
B1 – Crossover Stride Jumps: 3-5 reps/side, rest 30 sec
B2 – Double Scissor Jumps: 3-5 reps/side, rest 30 sec
B3 – SL Bounding: 5 reps/side – not alternating, rest 1 min x 3-4 sets

Felt a little special the first time through when coordination was required for a few of these. Loved this for movement prep today though
C – Squat clean – find a 1RM

280

Missed 285 as I made a jump from 275 to 285, I rested too long bt attempts, but even at the miss I knew the long rest was a big factor, instead of making another attempt there went for a little lighter. I was actually really happy with this, I don’t feel we touched much strength-speed work with the clean so being able to hit this was a big ego boost. The pull felt slow, and felt slow for a lot of the higher end loads, but as long as I received the bar over my feet the squat was pretty easy
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For time
10 back squats @ 255lbs
15 front squats @ 205lbs
20 OHS @ 155lbs
30 wallballs @ 30lbs
40 wallballs @ 20lbs

10:02

Kind of surprised myself here to be honest. Took a slightly different approach to this today. As soon as plate change was made I immediately transitioned into the next movement, not having a plan, not caring how many reps I got but just starting the next. Back squat unbroken, front squat was the hardest. Did 3 immediately, did 7 more as I didn’t think I could do 12 ub. OHS was 7/13 – really thought about going for it here. 1/16/13 @ 30lb ball. I think I finished with 13/27. This was fun, couldn’t walk down the stairs comfortably for a while.

Light 400m jog, directly into
15-12-9 cals each
Row
Ski
AB
rest 5 min x 3 sets
6:15(???)

6:39

6:37
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Sled drag 1000m (sled + 90lbs) – walking effort, constant movement
Had to do this in 2 sessions, didn’t have the proper attire to be outside in the cold for that long today, so took a sled home and walked there