Todays training

Sled + #45 runs forward & backward 200 feet 4 x 1

Hurdle jumps 26" x 10 33" 3 x 6

Explosive/plyo pushups 4 x 10

Catch up time

I am not going to offer any excuses but do apoligize for not being on my blog for a bit.

Updates:

LaJolla Seminar was awesome. It was a small but great group of people. Thank you to all that attended and for the positive feedback. Thanks Franz & Yoana it was great working with you both and I look forward to doing another seminar with you again. Thanks for letting me stay at your new home. Stay Tuned;)

Was in Arizona over the weekend to finish up the z-health cert. There has been a bit more talk about zhealth in various places. The way I see it: It is a great moblity system and has to be done precisely. Like all systems it is not standalone. I am looking forward to implementing the concepts into my training style.

A real highlight of the weekend was visiting Josh 'Sandman' Henkin's gym. Got to play around with the atlas stones for the first time! Great fun and so different, unique and fun. Flipped the #900 tire for 4 singles but they were not pretty;) Josh had a #1200 but I will have to think about it another time. It was great meeting Josh and his wife and they very kindly let me stay at their home. I really want to thank them for their kind hospitality. I am looking forward to working with him in the future. Stay tuned for that also. http://www.ifsstrength.com/

My training/life has been doing a lot of labor work in the garden still. Trying to find the balance between that and work doesn't leave the time or energy to 'workout'. Not really missing it that much though. It is great to be working/exercising and achieving something beyond the physical and mental. I am going to the Federenko cert in April so I will have to pull my finger out so to speak.

3 day hike

I was talking to my dad yesterday after they got back from a 3 day hike. He said it was only about 30 or 35 kilometers but it's not the distance it's the terrain. Food for thought there.

Off to LaJolla tommorow to do a Seminar with Franz & Yoanna of Revolution. It is a tough job but someones gotta do it;)

Sac Chainsaw Masacre

There is so much more involved in a tree growing than chopping one down.

Been doing more gardening. Chopped down 3 trees and it was hard work but great fun. Climbing, dragging, chopping, lifting....No reps, No sets just good hard labor intensive work:)

Tommy Kono lecture/ instruction on Olympic Lifting Part 1

Tommy Kono lecture/ instruction on Olympic Lifting Part 2

It ain't pretty but

it gets the job done. Anyway who wants to be pretty!

Rolling thunder on blocks* #100 5 x 3

TNT Band presses 3 yellow 3 x 3

Ring chins 3 x 3

*The extra foot in the range of motion feels awesome.

Todays training

Beach Boys cruising day.

Club #15 Pendulums 10 x 2
Shield cast 10 x 2

#10 sledge front levers 2 x 2

Sled drag #100 + sled Press x 10 & forward drag 100 feet
Row x 10 & back drag 100 feet

Punchbag light & short

Planks 30 secs x 2

Saturdays & today

Sat was a fun day at the park. Couple of different circuits.

Swings as warm up

#1 (3 times through)
Double KB cleans #36's x 10
1 hand Swings #50 x 5/arm
run approx 400 feet

#2 (3 times)
BW squat x 5
Jumps
cone runs
run approx 200 feet
Jumping lunges x 5/leg
Jumps
cone runs
run approx 200 feet
Push ups x 5
Jumps
cone runs
run approx 200 feet

#3 using #36 KB
Snatch x 5
jump runs same as above
Snatch x 7
jumps runs
Snatch x 9
jumps runs
snatch x 5
jumps runs
snatch x 7
jumps runs
snatch x 5
jumps runs
snatch x 5
jumps runs

#4 (2 times)
Lateral jumps x 3
Forward jumps x 3
run approx 200 feet
Med ball #60 shouldering from zercher position x 5/side

Jogged 4/6 of a mile

Power wheel approx 100 feet forward & then backwards

*Jumps were done over either a 3 foot or 2 foot hurdle

Today

Skip as warm up

Double clean KB #50's 5 x 3
Med ball push press #100 5 x 3

Plank on hands 2 mins
on elbows 2 mins

Dan John Video

Dan John' site

Todays training

Tools

Cut down a tree

Did some sandbag zercher squats, shouldering and shouldered squats. It is great being outdoors and working hard! The best!

Monday training

D/L #255 4 x 2
#385 3 x 3

weighted Chins on rings #50 2, 3 x 2

Not really sure if I am enjoying deadlifting again or not. Will see.
Bought some sand so will be making some heavier sandbags:)

Saturday training

Rolling thunder #100 x 5
125 x 3
145 x 2

Cleans
#70 x 5
#88 x 5
#106 5 x 3
supersetted with chins 5 x 5

Sandbag zercher squats 10 x 3

Flippin' fun

Joe Sarti from San Jose dropped by with a couple of his fighters yesterday(Dave and Jeff). Both very strong guuys in their own right!

Great to have visitors drop by. Played around with a few different things but the tire was the hit. Fat bar deads, rolling thunder, sledge levering, rope climbs and tire beating with sledge.

Deadlifts and swings

Deadlift (reg. diam bar)
#205 x 5
#255x 5
#355 x 3
#375 x 2
#395 x 1

KB swings #50 2 hand 50 x 1
1 hand 25/arm x 1

TNT cables

Great compliment for overhead pressing.

2 yellow & 1 magenta 5 x 6 sets

Done explosively.

Check them out here: Lifeline USA

Wed & Thurs training

Wed
Tire Flips 5 x 5

Thurs
2 handed KB Swings #108 10 x 2

Double KB front Squats #88's 3,4,5

Zhealth on both days. GTG on Wed & R-pahse today.

Kettlebell Slam

Training updates

A lot of my training at the moment is revolving around zhealth. Fairly boring read but life isn't always rainbows and unicorns;)

Also I have been doing a lot of garden/labor work. I have really enjoyed being outdoors and the change in the fitness protocol. It is all too easy for me to train too much/hard too often so this is a nice change of pace. I really enjoy being outdoors and working hard. Too few people are doing it these days. One of the reasons I train the way I do is that I don't want to be tied down to training. Freedom and variety in training is important to me. This of cousre has pitfalls(mentioned above) that I have to be very conscious of. I live and learn and this is an important part of growing and life.

Here is a quick rundown on the last few workouts:

Sunday
Band presses 2 yellow + 1 magenta 5 x 6
Very explosive and felt great!

Today
Was going to get the tire out but it has been raining up this way. Soggy!
KB Front squats #50 5 x 5

Tire will be out tommorow:)

Todays training

Been doing z health in some form everyday and making good progress with it.

Rolling thunder #100 10 x 3

Dbl KB Front squat #70's 5 x 3