July 21,2022
/Great start to day 2 of Icast with a new deck of cards
Push-ups
Flutter kicks x 2
Arm haulers
Mtn climbers x2
Joker 1 run
Joker 2 max burpees 3 min
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The Training blog of Tom Rowland. Father, Husband, Son, Professional fisherman, Television host, Television producer, Athlete, living life with passion. Mental and physical training through SealFit, Goruck Selection and CrossFit.
Great start to day 2 of Icast with a new deck of cards
Push-ups
Flutter kicks x 2
Arm haulers
Mtn climbers x2
Joker 1 run
Joker 2 max burpees 3 min
Amazing start to the week
Kyle, Josh, Alan, Rusty + Ellie, Me + Moose
This one looked easy on paper…
Front squat 8,8,5,5 @ 155, 165, 175, 175
then
Power Clean + Split Jerk 5 ( 2+1) 145-165
then
EMOM 9
1-3 2 Pocket Power Snatch 95-105
4-6 2 High Hang Snatch 105-115
7-9 Power Snatch 135
Then
8 x 1 min on 1 min off
35 double unders
Max Fan bike cal in remaining time
My score was 118 for the whole workout
Then
Tabata Hollow Rocks
8 x 20 seconds on 10 seconds off
Stats:
Great sleep over the weekend
Weight: 170
Nutrition: Shake + Vitamins + Alpha Brain
Coffee: Chemex
Long drive today to Orlando
Tomorrow and the rest of the week will be on the road. If you are in Orlando and want to workout Ill post the details here or on @tom_rowland Instagram
Good group today
Rusty + Ellie, Me + Moose, Josh, March, Jody, Justin
Clean and Jerk 135 EMOM for 6 min
Deadlift 5,3,1 225-305
Then
40 minutes of work in a slightly different format
Alt EMOM 10
Ski 12 Calories
5 Sandbag Cleans to Shoulder @ 100 lbs
Then
Alt EMOM 10 min
Row 12 Calories
10 Pullups
Then repeat both again for a total of 40 minutes of work
Good group this morning: Justin, Jose, Josh, Robert, Kyle, March, Michael, Rusty + Ellie, Me + Moose
Total Bike Day
Warm up
1:00@ 60% of 20 min max wattage test
:30 @ 100-115%
:30 @ 60%
x 3 rounds
then
1:15 @ 110%
1:15 @ 90%
:30 @ 60%
Rest :30
x 8 rounds
Then
EMOM 12
:40 Plank on Rings
20 Plank hip touch R
20 Plank Hip touch L
Then
Shoot 20 Arrows @ 60 yards
Today Stats
Weight: 170.4
Sleep: 7 hours
Nutrition : Pre - 1 LMNT + 2400 mg Beta Alanine + 10 gr carbs (apple Juice) + 10 gr Protein
Shake: 523 cal, 42 P, 81c, 2.8F Opti Greens, Phormula One, Ignition, Bananas, Alpha Brain, Creatine
Vitamins: 1St Phorm Micro Factor (Free Shipping) Turmeric,
Only Josh, Rusty and me on July 12. No problem. We got it done!
Strict Press
Max reps at 120 lbs
then 2 sets at 100 to match the max reps
then
Row
500, 750, 1000, 750, 500
1 min rest between
then
2/2/2/2 on / 1 min off
10 burpees over box 20”
15 cal bike
Max rep thruster in remaining time @ 95 lbs
July 13,
Overhead Squat 5,5,5,5,3, 111-135 lbs
Run
400 m x 6
1 min break
then
Metcon
50-40-30-20 calories on bike
5-4-3-2 rounds of Cindy
1 round of Cindy = 5 pullups, 10 pushups, 15 squats
Jose, Josh, Robert, March, Kim, Kyle, Rusty + Ellie, Me + Moose
Great start to a Monday
Front squat 6,6,3,2 167-215
Power Snatch 2,2,2,2,1,1 120-135
Power Clean + Jerk 3 x (3+1), 3+1, 2+1
Then
24 cal bike
16 GHD situps
40 Double Unders
x 6 rounds
Then
20 vups
20 candlestick toe touches
x 3 rest as needed
Then
Shoot Bow
Certainly feeling more confident with the bow at 60 yards. I will be getting my sight tape soon which will allow me to shoot 70,80,90 and even 100 yards. Hopefully I can get dialed in at 80 and be confident.
Drew, Kyle, Jose, Josh, Kim, Rusty + Ellie, Me + Moose
Back Squat 5,5,5
Bench Press 3,3,3
MetCon
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Devils Press @ 50/35
Dumbbell box step over @ 20 inches
I did this at 50 and it was surprisingly hard. I had expected the Devils Press to be the most difficult but I found out that the box step overs were no joke on the 1st round of 10.
This was a tough combination that was very grip intensive. I had a tough time holding on to the dumbbells after a while and had to break the sets. It was a mental win when I did 10 straight, then 9, then 4/4. I was able to hold the 4 for the rest of the workout which was a big win in my head. so I went 4/3,4/2,4/1,4/3/2/1
I love/dislike this format. It is beautifully simple yet surprisingly difficult. Doing no more than 10 reps allows for something pretty heavy or for a skill movement like a muscle up to be added to it.
This one took most people about 10-12 minutes. With the 50s I finished in 18:57
Sweat index - 9. I might as well have jumped in the pool. My socks and shoes were dripping. Good day for LMNT
Weight - 171
Sleep - 8 hours
Workout start 4:40 am
Stretch, warm up then go.
Slim crowd the last 2 days. Yesterday only 3 and today only 4. Rusty + Ellie, Jose and Matt Lawson, Me + Moose
Today was
bike
40 cal slow and steady
10 cal sprint
Amrap 30 min
Then
Sled pushes/Pulls
Then
Ruck 1 mile w 60 lbs in new boots
Then
Shoot 30 arrows at varying distance
Preworkout - Relate Preworkout + 1/2 cup apple juice + 10 gr Phormula 1 protein
During workout - Drink 1/2 gallon water
Post workout -
Morning shake
2 scoops Phormula 1 - 40 g protein
2 banannas
1 scoop Ignition
1 scoop Creatine
1 scoop Glutamine
2 scoops Opti Greens
1 Alpha Brain Instant
Then Vitamins
1 pack Micro Factor - 1st Phorm
2 fish oil
2 Turmeric
3 MasterBrain - 1st Phorm
Then
Coffee
Weight today 171 —-down from 191 on March 10
Sleep, 8 hours
Total workout time this morning - 3 hours 15 minutes
4th of July started with a Deck of cards by the lake
Pushups, Burpees, squats, situps
Jokers = 200 yard open water swim
4 Jokers in this deck
Today
Overhead Squat
5,5,5,5,5
Run intervals
400 fast, 300 slow
1:30 rest
x 4
Then
Run 600
75 air squats
50 pushups
x 2 rounds
Started the day with a full Hippensteel stretch.
Then, my shake that I brought with me
Swim 4 x 200 yards
Hang out, swim tread water the rest of the day…a little water wrestling too
Active recovery today. Spending the weekend with family at a lake.
Took this opportunity to swim distance
5 x 600 yards = 3000 yards =
Tomorrow I am going to swim 2 miles
Enjoy the 4th!
Finishing out the week strong with Josh, Mathew and Drew and Me + Moose
Started with some Bamboo Bar press
3x10
Then Glute Bridge 3x10 @135
Then
2,2,2,2 with 1 min rest
2 rope climbs
15 cal row
Max GHD situps in time remaining
Then
400 m Row @ 1:49
400 m Row recovery
x 4
Then
Shoot Bow 15 arrows @ 30 yards
Another awesome morning at the RRL.
Warm up followed by
Front squat
8,6,4,4,3
Clean lift off
5,5,5
Then
AMRAP 20
Bike 30 cal
Suitcase deadlifts @70 10/10
50 Double Unders
20 Vups
We finished up with 15 arrows on the bow with Mathew
I weighed in today at 171.8. On March 10 I started my plan to drop 20 lbs and Im almost there. Earlier in the year I also planned to pay closer attention to supplementation. I read several books including WIN and The Mineral Fix and The Sodium Fix by Dr James DiNicolantonio. These books have helped me to understand a few things going on with my body and give it what it needs to perform and recover better than ever before. I wish I had known this stuff 40 years ago!
I have used the Carbon Diet Coach to get my macronutrients in check and have seen that I did not need as much food as I previously thought I did. 20 pounds fell off and Im setting PRs. Of course the weight loss is a major contributing factor but I believe that the diet and supplementation are also key elements to this success.
Key things I have done
AM
1st Phorm Micro Factor every day
Creatine
Glutamine
Much more sodium pre workout and through the day through Re-lytes and LMNT
Beta Alanine
PM
Glycine
Magnessium
Inositol
Magnesium Threonate
L-Theannine
Apigen
I feel like I am sleeping more soundly and recovering better. I am going to continue to try to improve the sleep even further by looking into Vitamin D, B and K supplementation and blood testing which comes from Dr Stasha Gominak and her research that she has done to create the RightSleep program.
Here is a shot from post workout today at 171.8 lbs
Fantastic way to start the day with Josh, Justin, Mathew, Drew, Robert, Matt, Jimmy, Rusty + Ellie and Me + Moose
Warm up followed by
Clean and Jerk 1x5
Deadlift 5x5
EMOM 12
Bike 15 cal
Burpee box jump over
EMOM 12
Ski 11
1 legless rope climb + 1 Rope Climb
EMOM 12
Row 12
Sandbag squats (bear hug) 100 lbs 10
No rest between sets
Drew puked which was cool. Now he won’t be afraid of that anymore
This morning was what it is all about!
Josh, Jose, Mathew, Rusty, Kyle, March, Ellie and Moose
We started with
Back squat
1x5 @ 177
3 x5 @ 205
then
Bench Press
5x 135
5x 155
5x175
Then
100 Double Unders
60 Wall balls
30 Chest to Bar pullups
100 Double Unders
60 Wall Balls
30 Chest to Bar pullups
100 Wall Balls
This was a race with Josh. I hit 99 DU unbroken to take the lead and we alternated the lead most of the workout. I pulled ahead on the last set of Pullups and started DU earlier than Josh. He did 70 unbroken and we were tied at 70. One miss allowed him to pull ahead and win by 1 second.
Great race, great push, great effort by both of us.
Great way to start the day with a great workout, great camaraderie, intense competition
I shot 10 arrows at 30 yards to finish…just 40 more today at various distances
A morning off the weights does not mean it is going to be easy.
Today was a bike focused workout.
Warmup
1 min @ 60% of 20 min Max
:30 @ 110%
:30 @ 90
x3
Then
1:00 @115%
1:00 @ 90%
1:00 @ 60%
:30 rest
x 9 rounds
Then
EMOM 12
:40 Chinese Plank
:40 Side Plank
:40 Side Plank
Fight Gone Bad with Rusty + Ellie, Josh, Matt Lawson, March, Jose, Braden and Me + Moose
My all time PR was 385. I was trying hard to beat it but came up 3 reps short of that score today with 382. Ill take it.
Ive been doing that workout since 2008 and this is my second best score ever.
Feeling good and trim. Weighed in today at 172 which is 19 lbs down. What a difference!
Great start to the day today!
After Eva yesterday I am sure that people were sore and tired. We lost a few this morning. Rusty + Ellie, Kim, Jody, Mathew, March, Drew, Me + Moose
Today we went back to HWPO program and resumed where we left off
Overhead Squat 5,5,5,5,5 115-135, 115
Metcon
50’ Front Rack Walking Lunge with 50s in each hand
15 T2B
50’ Handstand Walk
x 5
Then
Running
400 x 6 with 1 min rest between
Things have been going great!
I have been throwing in workouts that we have done previously to test the results and see how Im doing. 3 workouts down and 3 PRs at age 53. There are a few things that are going on to contribute to this performance. Sleep, Nutrition, vitamins, and the fact that I have lost 20 lbs recently.
On today’s workout, I scored 16 reps higher than I did 2 years ago.This was such a boost in motivation!
Ill keep putting them in and testing for the next month or so.
This is what Im looking like at 173 lbs
Great morning at the RRL.
Split Jerk 2,2,1,1,1 192-205
Every 1:30 x 8 sets
:40 cardio machine (bike)
:30 skill movement (Handstand Walk 10 yards)
then
Metcon
30 cal bike
25 Jumping Air Squat
20 2 “ deficit pushups
x4 rounds
TODAY
Clean and Jerk
1,1,1,1,1 175-205
We replaced the Metcon today with Jake to begin our testing phase. We have been on this program for 248 days. I want to know if it is working! We will redo most of the classic CrossFit Girl workouts because we have a pretty well documented history of these particular workouts and they are all effective.
Today we started with
Jackie
Row 1000 m
50 Thrusters @45 lbs
30 pullups
For time
My previous best ever…since 2008 was 6:36. I have 7 workouts recorded staring in 2009. Some were during the Goruck and SealFit training days so I may have been wearing a ruck or at least boots and pants. The ones I was looking for were the ones done at my house. 6:36 was my best time on this one previously.
Today I beat it!
Felt great today! HWPO is working. Best time ever. everything unbroken. Not sure there is much time to save on pullups as I was doing them unbroken butterfly and as fast as I could. Thrusters were fast and unbroken, row was 1:48 first 400 then crept to 1:52 and by the end was close to 2:00. I could earn some time there. Transitions could be a little better maybe. Extremely happy with this result
It is such an incredible feeling to know that at 53 years old I am still getting better and fitter. Losing 20 lbs recently has really helped and I will keep it off to continue this performance trend. I also got to ring the bell this morning for an ALL TIME PR!
Tomorrow we will try another one of the girls. Probably Helen.
The blog of Tom Rowland. Father, Husband, Son, Professional fisherman, Saltwater Experience Television host, Television producer, Athlete, living life with passion. Mental and physical training through SealFit, Unbeatable Mind, Goruck Selection and CrossFit.
Stats: 53 year old Male, Husband, Father of 3, 5'8, 170 lbs, SealFit Kokoro 30 graduate Class 30, Goruck Selection Class 15 top 10 but DNF, GRT, lots of runs, obstacle races, CrossFit stuff. Professional TV Host, Fishing Guide, Tom Rowland Podcast
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Age: 53
Deadlift: 355
Back Squat: 365
Front Squat:285
Clean and Jerk: 245
Snatch: 175
5 mile run: 36:47
12 mile ruck @ 55 lbs: 2:57:59
100 burpees: 4:27
Max Pullups: 53
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FISHING, Elk Hunting, CrossFit Games Age Group, Goruck Selection, SealFit, Olympic lifting, Endurance, Life in general
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