Category Archives: Light Weights

Bodyweight EMOM, 3 Ways

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EMOM perform 6 rounds of the following sets (one round is all three sets for a total of 18 sets/18 minutes).

First minute (4th minute, 7th minute, etc.) –

  • 3 x Deadlifts @ Bodyweight (70kg)
  • 9 x Kettelbell Swings @ 24kg

Second minute (5th minute, 8th minute, etc.) –

  • 3 x Toes to Bar
  • 9 x Burpees

Third minute (6th minute, 9th minute, etc.) –

  • 3 x Handstand Pushups
  • 9 x Pushups

Repeat for the 6 rounds…

Results:  Made this one up on my own and it seems like it worked really well.  Got the last pushup in the last round with 3 seconds to go, had to even breakup the handstand pushups.  Be careful and try and use more core with the burpees and less arm or your pushups will be really hard.  Right combination of keeping good controlled form since you have a whole minute, but also a good metcon because the volumes are high enough to get the blood pumping.

Snatches, Toes to Bar and Thrusters

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Not for time perform 5 rounds of:

  • 5 x Heavy Dumbbell Snatches per Hand

Then for time perform a reverse ladder (10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1) of the following:

  • Toes to Bar
  • Dumbell Thrusters @ 14kg per hand

Results:  For snatches, used 28kg dumbbell.  For the metcon around 8:30.

 

Deadlifts and Jackie

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Not for time do the following 9 sets of Deadlifts.  Rest as needed between sets.

  • 5 x 60kg
  • 5 x 90kg
  • 3 x 110kg
  • 3 x 110kg
  • 2 x 120kg
  • 2 x 120kg
  • 1 x 125kg
  • 1 x 125kg
  • 5 x 110kg

Then do Jackie:

  • Row 1000m
  • 50 x Thrusters @ 20kg
  • 30 x Pullups

Results:  125kg was a new 1RM.  Not far from my goal of 2 x BW.  For Jackie:  9:52. In April 2014 did it in 9:58.

Complex Ladder plus 60/60 Metcons

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Part A – Complex ladder, 5 rounds, rest 2 minutes between rounds:

  • 3 x Hanging Cleans
  • 3 x Push Presses
  • 3 x Front Squats

Part B1 – For max reps alternating work 60 seconds / rest 60 seconds do 3 rounds of:

  • 60 seconds of KB swings
  • 60 seconds of rest
  • 60 seconds of Hand Release Pushups
  • 60 seconds rest

Part B2 – In the same format do:

  • Wall Balls
  • Situps or Knee Raises or Toes to Bar

Results:  Part A – weights used were 50kg, 50kg, 50kg, 50kg, 55kg.  Part B – 185 reps.  Part C: 45 reps (10kg thrusters since i have no wall or ball) and knee raises.