Tuesday, Nov 20th

I was joined for today's workout by my favorite Tomcat:

He really wanted to Bench Press, but I told him it wasn't in the cards today!

A. Barbell Rear Foot Elevated Split Squat @ 3011; 6-8/leg x 4 sets; rest 90 sec b/t legs

B1. wtd chin up - 1 heavy rep; rest 10 sec

B2. amrap strict chin ups @ 1010; rest 10 sec

B3. amrap clap push ups; rest 2 min x 3

C. 75 toes to bar for time - compare to here - NO less than 5 reps/sets

NOTES: - last 2 sets of RFESS should be spicy; report notes to scoring on chin up improvements; how many clap push ups can YOU do?

A. #65 x 8 for all
B1. #35, #40, #40(Fail)
B2. 8, 5, 5
B3. 8, 10, 8
C. 6:39

This workout kicked my ass! I decided to stick with the same weight/reps for all of the split squats because I had never done this movement before. This weight was already tough for a set of 8, and I had some trouble with balance. Here's a vid of part of my third set (only one leg shown):

The pullups I did all mixed grip. I barely failed the last rep at #40. Couldn't quite get my chin over the bar! Was disappointed in my strict pull up numbers and my clapping push ups, but fairly happy with the TTB in part C. I did 12-9-9 reps then the rest in sets of 5. Most of the sets of five I lost my kip on the 4th or 5th rep and struggled to figure out how to keep it going. Tried kicking harder and that seemed to work the best until my grip gave out!