Last week in the 4 week group training…


Today’s group training workout at Plumbline was the last week of the 4 week session. So that mean’s weigh in PLUS body fat measurement. I stayed the same weight however I was down half a percentage (.5%)  in body fat.  MT said that if I lose another 1% he is going to throw a Plumbline Party. Not sure what kind of party that is, but chances are it involves push-ups!

We did straddle jumps, straddle Kick ball crunch, and fast jumps on the BOSU for 3 rounds.
Core training was stability ball mania: ball exchange, scissor twists, and crunches & ended with Supermans and hip missions.  Hip missions are kind of like an abductor exercise but you lie on your stomach and slowly move your legs out while in the Superman position.

Oh and not to forget the push ups – for some of us MT makes us do extra ones before the rest of the group starts. It  used to be 5 extra, then 10 extra, then 15 came and went and now he expects 20 extra push ups in addition to the group doing 30.

Then we started the 2 round workout: AMRepsAP

hang cleans 65lbs – full disclosure:  If you remember last week I had issues with 85lbs. Well I am still having those issues, so I stuck with the 65lbs which was no issue. It’s got to be my form!
overhead squats 75lbs (10)
bench press 100lbs  (first round 10, 2nd round 8)
stability ball exchange
one arm hang cleans 35lbs

PT Station was 25lb dumbbell push press squats, and then jump rope (your weight) 15, 12, 9 reps for time. My time was over a minute better and my rope broke midway. I was doing the push press squats wrong the previous weeks! I was doing a hang clean, push press squat which takes considerable more effort than just a push press squat. So although my times were sucky in the weeks’ past, I was getting more of a workout than intended.
So, what did you do?

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One response to “Last week in the 4 week group training…”

  1. I got yelled at for being MIA on Steph’s blog, so here ya Steph! I did the same workout w/slightly dif weights. I’ve been dealing w/a left shoulder injury that seems to not like certain movements. So OH squats and bench press cause considerable pain. I was able to do better in every category this week except the power toss, I tried 45lbs but the sandbag is awkward so I switched back to 35lbs. I improved my PT time by like 40 seconds this week, finishing just over 6 min. For some reason, after doing the push press squat plus jumprope creates cramping in my hands…thank goodness it doesn’t start until after I’m done. Looking forward to Friday PT.