Category Archives: Heavy Weights

Front Squats and Cleans

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Warm up with 2 rounds of

  • 5 x Front Squat @ empty bar
  • 10 x Muscle Clean @ empty bar

3 rounds, resting 2 minutes between rounds

  • 6 x Front Squats @ 75-80% of 1RM

Then every 2 minutes for 10 minutes working up to a heavy Squat Clean complex

  • 1 x High hang from waist
  • 1 x Hang from above knee
  • 1 x Low hang from below knee
  • 1 x Clean from floor.

Then EMOM for 6 minutes

  • 1 x Clean @ max weight from above

Then 4 rounds of

  • 10 x Pike Lift over Kettlebell
  • 10 x Pike Lift Pulses
  • Rest 30 seconds

Results: Used 165lbs for the Front Squats. Complex 95-110-120-130-135lbs/61kg. Used 135lbs for the Cleans.

Back Squat then Step Ups and Devil Press

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5 rounds

  • 5 x Back Squat @ 55%
  • 3 x Back Squat @ 65%
  • 2 x Back Squat @ 75%
  • 2 x Back Squat @ 85%
  • 1 x Back Squat @ 95%

Then 3 rounds of

  • 1 x Back Squat @ 95%+

Then every 3 minute for 9 minutes

  • 6 x Back Squats @ 80% from max above

Then Street Parking Vault WOD Jotunheim, For time, 6 rounds of

  • 10 x DB Step Ups @ 16kg
  • 10 x Devil Press @ 16kg
  • 10 x DB Step Ups @ 16kg
  • Rest 1 minute

Results: Back Squat got up to 245lbs/111kg. Beat my old 1RM by 10lbs! Used 205lbs for the sets of 6. Metcon 19:52 (including the rest). Only got through 5 rounds of the Metcon, one of my weights broke :-(.

Core Work then 300 Kettlebell Swings and some Deadlift

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3 rounds

  • 10 x Pike Lift over Medicine Ball (r+l=1 rep)
  • 15 x Straight Leg Situps
  • 25 x Mountain Climbers with Hands on Medicine Ball (r+l=1 rep)

Then 3 rounds for time

  • 10 x Kettlebell Swings @ 24kg
  • 3 x Deadlift @ 255lbs/115kg
  • 15 x Kettlebell Swings
  • 3 x Deadlift
  • 25 x Kettlebell Swings
  • 3 x Deadlift
  • 50 x Kettlebell Swings
  • Rest 3 minutes

Results: Metcon 7:12-9:36-10:05. Purposely chose a heavy Deadlift weight due to low reps. Reset between each lift with 5 second pause to try not to break form. Other options which I used instead of Deadlifts in the past, were Dips, Body Weight Bench Press or Handstand Pushups, but then I did 5 rounds.

Rowing Lumberjack 20 with Dumbbells

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The standard Lumberjack 20 calls for a 400m run instead of rowing and uses a bar for the Deadlifts and Squats. Since there are only 20 reps, going heavy on the Dumbbells :-)…

For time:

  • 20 x Dumbell Deadlifts @ 20kg per hand
  • Row 400 meters
  • 20 x Kettlebell Swings @ 32kg
  • Row 400 meters
  • 20 x Dumbbell Front Squats @ 20kg per hand
  • Row 400 meters
  • 20 x Burpees
  • Row 400 meters
  • 20 x Dumbbell Push Press @ 20kg per hand
  • Row 400 meters
  • 20 x Box Jumps
  • Row 400 meters
  • 20 x Dumbbell Squat Cleans @ 20kg per hand
  • Row 400 meters

Results: 26:02

TGUs then Strict Press and Hip Thrusts

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Then 3 rounds of

  • 5 x Turkish Getups per side @ 14kg

Then every 3 mintues for 12 minutes

  • 5 x Strict Press @ 75-80% of 1RM

Then every 3 minutes for 12 minutes work up to a heavy

  • 5 x Hip Thrusters

Results: Used 120lbs for the Strict Press. Hip Thrusters 95-125-135-155lbs.