May 12, 2022

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May 12, 2022

after being away on a work trip for a while it was great to be back in the garage with the guys.

when I returned yesterday I got out of the truck after a 7 hour drive and stretched. There was a workout written in chalk on the driveway so I gave it a shot

AMRAP 20 min

7 KB swings

12 pushups

15 situps

The benchmark for my group was 19 rounds by Kyle. I set it up for the minimum transition time and got after it.
I ended up with 20 rounds +7 + 6 and felt good about it

today

we hit Romanian Deadlifts 4x8

then

bench press 3x1

then

28 minute EMOM

bike 15 cal

20 double Unders + 10 T2B

bike 13 cal

rest

it was tougher than expected

here are some pics from my trip

May 8, 2022

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We have been filming Saltwater Experience in the Keys. I have been getting in the workout daily.

I make sure to stretch before fishing every day and then try to get a Dek of Cards or EMOM 30 at least.

Fishing has been good with the highlight being that we had Jamey Caldwell on the show who brought night vision goggles with him. We fished Tarpon at night under NODS and it was incredible.

Did a deck of cards today that had 7 Jokers in it!

April 27, 2022

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Great to be back in the garage with a fantastic group. Steen and June, Rusty and Ellie and me and Moose made up the Man/Dog portion while Justin, Trey, Kyle, Josh, Card and Alan were without dogs.

There has been a significant amount of weight loss this spring as Kyle looks to be about 12 pounds down, Will Hunt is 12 pounds down and I am also 12 pounds down. Looking and feeling good.




Auburn,AL

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On a visit to visit my daughter and found a fantastic CrossFit Gym.
Yesterday, Hanna’s friend and I did the 6 am class and it was good

warm up

Weighted pull up 5-5-5-5

then

EMOM 15

12 cal bike

max strict pull ups

max hand release push-up

today, I asked if I could do my own workout and they were very accommodating

We hit a Fraser Workout

push press 5x4 build to @175

split jerk 5x3 @ 155

then

:40 cardio (row)

:30 ring dips

x8 rounds

then

20 min Amrap

20 cal ski

20 pushups

10 goblet lunge 35 pounds

20 vups

April 11, 2022

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I was traveling and missed posting here for a bit. Filming Saltwater Experience does not allow me to do the type of workouts that I do when I am home, but I try to make sure to get something in everyday.

For a year and a half, I have been using Joe Hippensteel program, Ultimate Human Performance to try ot regain mobility in my calves…at least that is the way it started. I have achieved flexibility that I have NEVER had in some areas. Others, well, Im still working on it. My calves gave me significant and continuous trouble when it came to running. Despite being able to run a 3:13:00 marathon at one time, I found myself having trouble running 1/2 mile without injuring my calf. When it happened, there was no warning and the torn soleus muscle would make it difficult to walk for a few days and running was out of the question. I became gun shy and took almost 2 years off running so that I would be able to continue to do everything else.

Now, after significant work on my calves and the rest of my body, I am easing back into running and have run the last 6 days in a row. I am going to go slowly and hopefully Ill be able to run distance again.

I did a deck of cards with a short run for Jokers most days but also showed my friend the EMOM style where we picked 4 exercises and chose a time frame to complete. I usually use 2 cardio and 2 strength. A sample day looked like this

Run - 40 seconds

30 pushups

Moutnain climbers - 40 seconds

Handstand walk -30 seconds

This was good and my friend liked the format as well.

Today was the first day back in the garage and we were straight back to HWPO Mat Frasers program.

April 1, 2022

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No April fools jokes this morning. Missed opportunity.

We had a good bike/run workout. HWPO has brought in swimming to the workout and we don’t have a place right now. We will incorporate it into the workout in the summer.

We substituted the swim for a 1 mile run on Minnekahda. Josh ran 5:50 and has the 5:37 record in his sights. Our mile run is on a big and steep hill so times are not accurate to what he could run a mile on flat track. It is slow going up but fast going down.

I was very happy to get back to the running today and felt fine. No strains or injuries. Of course a mile is not very far but my calf has presented problems on even a 400 m run. I think that the stretching has me where I can run again. I hope so because I do miss running.

Im headed out of town and the guys will continue while Im gone. I will incorporate more running into the workouts while Im gone and see if I can get some miles.

Also I missed yesterdays post so here is what we did yesterday. Power clean + Jerk. 5x 2+2 @150 lbs

My burpees were 15, 16, 16, 15, 16.

March 28, 2022

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A great weekend with the workout crew in Venice, LA. It was the first, but not the last RRL fishing trip. While there we caught plenty of fish and had a great workout at Fort Jackson on the Mississippi River.

Back in the garage:

Today:


March 24, 2022

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Great day at the RRL with more muscle ups than we have seen from our group in a while

Josh, Jose, Lucas, Card, Rusty, Alan, Michael, Steen

Started with Squat Snatch - I felt rusty and immobile today. 135 was challenging. Mobility in my left shoulder was not as good as it can be and also my mid back. Seems like the stretching should be helping but I seemed tight.

Then a strange workout from Fraser -

5 Muscle ups

10 shoulder to overhead w 135

15 cal on bike

x 3 rounds but rest 1 min after first round, 2 min after second round and 3 min after 3rd and then repeat the workout again with the same rest times

My first try was better than my second try even though all the movements felt a little better on the 2nd…just slower.

Today is the day we leave for the 1st annual RRL fishing trip. Headed to Louisiana for many guys first experience at something like this. It should be fun. 9 of us going including my dad. I have prizes for most, biggest, most sunburned and most likely to return

March 23, 2022

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At 4:45 the rain woke me up. I usually get out of bed at 5:02 but I just got up this morning. I could use some extra stretching and probably a few minutes to see how we might customize today’s workout into something we can do in the rain.

It started with a good 20 min stretch and when I felt like I was ready, I moved to the first movement of the day. Clean and Jerk 5x3x2 @ 155

On round 3 I was pretty sure that today would be the day that the streak was broken. I started this garage gym in 2008 or 9, I cant remember. But ever since the first day, at least one person has come to workout with me. I have never been completely stood up. After the 3rd clean and jerk this morning I was pretty sure that today was the day, but I saw headlights and then Justin Arnold rounded the corner!

Justin hit his clean and jerks and I finished mine and then we moved to the next round of the workout which worked perfectly for only 2 of us in the rain.

10 Bench Press

10 Sandball Shoulder @ 120lbs

5 Bench Press

5 Sandball shoulder @ 120

Hit this every 5 minutes x 3 rounds

then

Bike

25 cal

Rest :30

10 cal

rest :30

10 cal

rest :30

10 cal

rest 2:00

do this x3

Great start to the day. Thank you Justin for saving me this morning!

March 21, 2022

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Good group today. Robert, Kim, Card, Will Ensign, Jose, Gage, Josh, Rusty, Alan, Me

Front Squat, Back Squat, Snatch/Row emom followed by bar Muscle up/Devil press and then a 16 min core emom

I read the book Salt Fix yesterday and tried some things I learned. Instead of the 20 gr of carbs coming from Apple juice mixed w 10 gr protein powder I exchanged the apple juice for tailwind that has 330 gr sodium in it. I added a little salt on top of it. Mixed the protein powder in it and did not take Beta Alanine this morning. I felt pretty good and managed 6 bar muscle ups in a row. Maybe I felt a little stronger? I will see if the afternoon nap hits as hard today and I am also going to watch my calves to see if they are twitching as much.

I did not sweat that much this morning. Certainly not like the summer time but I will sauna this afternoon.

Hopefully I can get the balance right.

March 18, 2022

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Finished the week with Deadlifts and a 40 min EMOM

Deads

The EMOM was good. Had a good group: Lucas, Jody, Josh, Jose, Steen, Will Ensign, Card, Rusty, Mathew, Me, Alan.

The Squat Clean Dumbbell was supposed to be at 95. We don’t have a 95 lb db and Im not sure anyone can even do that. We do have a 75 and I managed to work my way up to that for a few rounds. Lucas did too with surprisingly good form. Looked really good. Mine probably didnt look very good

After the workout and to celebrate Moose’s return we went into the basement and had a Black Rifle Coffee Party. Good times