Wednesday, November 28, 2007

My Forearms are on Fire, and my Shoulders feel like Mush

Warm Up:
Reverse Tabata L-sits

8 minutes AMRAP
3 Turkish Get Ups Left - 35lb kb
3 Turkish Get Ups Right - 35lb kb
12 Push Ups
18 Situps
Total: 2.5

Workout:
20 minutes AMRAP

30 squats
10 chins
15 Barbell Push Presses - 65lbs
20 Kettle Bell Swings - 45lb kb
Total: 4.5

I enjoyed today. I loved the warmup, but I got a fun little surprise when I went to do my pushups after the TGUs. I went pretty heavy on them, so by the time I got to the pushups my shoulds were fried. I think I did only 2.5 rounds of these, with poor pushup form.

Liked the workout.
Squats: I started with squats, because the pullup bars for short people were full
Chin-ups: Good
Push Presses: 65lbs was heavy to push press in the midst of all of the other exercises. I could bang 10 out in a row, but then I had to rest to finish off the final 5. For each round.
KB swings: Blew. 45lb KB swings are really heavy. They make my forearms burn like the sun burns my skin. The pullups only compounded this pain.

I also did a little muscle up work today before class. I am working getting up on the rings. I don't have any problems pressing from the dip position once I am there. My sticking point is transferring from under the ring to on top of the rings. I started out today doing jumping muscle ups. I can do those fine. I tried then only jumping from one foot. I was fine with doing that too. I am thinking I may try the transition without doing the kip but hanging with my elbows bent at a 90 degree angle. I'll try that tomorrow after working one or two jumping muscle ups. I have been trying the new grip on my pullups, so my palms are facing me. I don't know if it's making a difference, but I miss my old grip.

3 comments:

Cara said...

Damn - with your shoulders fried, you were doing great on the one-armed snatches today!

Jerry Hill said...

perhaps raising the rings for the jumping muscle-up will help in your quest...remember to keep the rings in and think "fast hands".

Adrienne said...

I've tried raising the rings and lowering them. I'll keep them higher from now on. I know I work harder with higher rings.