Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Day 1 on Optimum Performance Training

I was tired of being fatter than I ever been. Tired of having the bad habit of not working out. I've been mostly off physical training since my knee injury.

Today I did the Optimum Performance Training WOD :

A1. mixed grip chin ups @ 31X0; 4 x 4; rest 90 sec
pull to supinated hand
A2. 1 1/4 back squat @ 4010; 6-8 x 4; rest 90 sec (did 95#x2, 115#, 135#)
full depth, come up to parallel, back to full depth, then up

B1. lean away supinated chin ups unweighted @ 4111; 4 x 3; rest 75 sec
pull straight up, lean away as far as you can on lowering
B2. db forward lunges @ 10X0; 8/leg x 3; rest 75 sec
drive through heel on return
---- did those with a 1.5 pood Kettlebell since I don't have DBs

C1. powell raises @ 3010; 8-10/arm x 3; rest 60 sec ---Did 5/arm KB Windmills
C2. anchored sit ups; 35 reps x 3; rest 60 sec --- Unbroken.

Overall my back squats were the toughest. I was losing my lumbar curve while going back down a second time so I had to reset it at the bottom of the squat, losing all elastic power from my Hamstrings. I also don't have a squat rack so I had to clean and jerk the bar then position it on my back so it was a pain in the a$$.

Chin ups were amazingly not too bad. I expected to be able to do only 3-4 in a row on the first sets then 3-2-1, but I kept the 4 reps each time. 4 reps were an comfortable 'AMRAP' cuz I didn't want ot push the envelope too much for my 1st day.

Did post WOD drink of 40g prot - 10g Carbs then balanced PCF meal 1h30 after the WOD.

FEEL GREAT SO FAR !

I was 178lbs last week. Now I'm 173lbs. Go figure.

My goal : 165lbs in a month. This fat shouldn't be too hard to lose !?