Dan John Rapid Ascent

Power Cleans
95-115
Press
75-95
Front Squat
115-135

Getting easier = getting stronger? Will try three weights for each
lift when I have more time. This one only took 25-min...

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100 Perfect Push ups (10:33)

Perform as many perfect push ups (chest to deck) that you can in a row. You can only pause in the front lean and rest position (plank position). If you rest for more than two seconds, you have to jump up and run 400 meters. Do push ups again to "failure" and then run another 400 meters. Continue until you get to 100 perfect push ups.

10:33

Push ups:
22-21-20-19-19 (101)

400s:
1:47-1:55-1:58-1:58

Need to get on the push ups and get this down to four sets of 25. Got 10:10 last time. Probably should have had some dinner last night...

CWCF Benchmark

FRIDAY 081024

Run 800m
40 squats
30 sit ups
20 push ups
10 pull ups*** (dead hang; no bands!!!)

6:48/3:15 - (800)

Team Challange

Broke my students down into two groups of 7 this morning and tackled a bunch of calisthenics.

Team workout:
200 pull ups
300 sit ups
400 push ups
500 squats

Both teams knocked it out in just under 15 minutes. Going to have to make this one harder next time... "Burpees anyone?"

No running today, I can barely walk and I'm not looking forward to more stairs... My calves are still trashed two days after the Vibram Five Fingers 5k experiment. Going to have to run some more to get used to that. Really felt like I could've run faster but I didn't want to gork my form and REALLY hurt my feet, ankles, calves, etc...

I'm kinda excited to get faster and run by people in my crazy shoes... going to have to add some Long Slow Distance back into the repitoire...

5k Run (24:33)

Combat Medic Run

7:53
8:05
8:33

First "long" run in my vibram five fingers. Feet and calves were
barking but I think I could go faster next time as long as they
continue to hold up okay...

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CF Radio*

Run 400m
20 push ups
Run 400m
20 push ups
30 sit ups
Run 400m
20 push ups
30 sit ups
40 squats
Run 400m
20 push ups
30 sit ups
40 squats
50 pull ups (with Lg IronWoody band)

(17:59)

400s
1:30
1:43
1:49
1:44

Forgot to add the final 400m run at the end...ouch.

Might try this one again with 10-15-20-25-20-15-10 and a few more 400s...

Double ouch...

Dan John's Rapid Ascent Program

CFWU (3 x 5/6/7)

8/6/4 (30-sec rest btw sets)

Power clean (75/95/105)
Press (65/75/85)
Front squat (115/125)

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100 Push up Challenge (12/86)

Week 3 - Day 1

25-17-17-15-Max

(12/86)

This was assuming a max of 30+. Starting over on this challenge since
my APFT push ups didn't really improve. I'm thinking that 100 PU in a
row will help me on the upper body strength for pull ups, etc...

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Blood Chemistry

Got the blood drawn yesterday to do some labs to see where my health is at as we start into this Paleo clean-eating thing. Mostly so we can see how much improvement our health will make in a few short months.

Got some not to startling news back as the first labs were tested and posted to my medical records. My kidney function is looking a little suspect (maybe to increased protein intake this past week???) and my white blood cell count is way down like I fighting an immuno-suppressing illness of some kind. I'll have a doc look at it more closely next week but what it confirms for me is that I have been over training in preparation for this week's APFT.

I feel okay but I've been pretty run down, tired alot, having trouble sleeping all the way through the night and just borderline exhausted. I guess I was riding that fine line a little closer than I anticipated. That's all good to know though, that you just need to listen to your body when it's trying to tell you to take it easy for a week or two to get back on track.

Drastically changing the eating habits will take some time to get used to as well, so I'm going to be taking it easy for a month or so and really see how much of my fat loss is diet related and not exercise related. It amazes me how much we've all been brain-washed into believing as long as your just workout a little bit more, you can burn off all that crap we like to eat all day long. Too bad it doesn't work that way. No amount of exercise, no matter how intense, is going to off set stuffing all that crap down your pie hole.

Sorry for the rant, but I don't want to forget this lesson anytime soon.

APFT Prep

WEDNESDAY 081008

Five rounds for time of:
135 pound Deadlift, 15 reps
135 pound Hang power clean, 12 reps
135 pound Front squat, 9 reps
135 pound Push Jerk, 6 reps

22:01

Started with 115 pounds for first round and quickly scaled down to 95. CF always does that to me. Always looks easier on paper. Damnit...LOL.

TUESDAY 081007

Record APFT
2-min max push ups
2-min max sit ups
2-mile run

65-80-14:34-283

Push ups were better but much weaker. Got 61 last time with chest to ground on every rep. Need more work on max sets. Sit ups were easy as usual, coulda got 82 but don't like the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg since I'm a former 101st guy and I'm not getting 101 sit ups... Run broke it off in my ass, first two 800s were great, was on pace for 13:30ish and was ahead of Jim Perkins but I ran out of gas.

I hope this Paleo eating will get my body weight down to something more manageable and I'm going to hit the running hard twice a week versus once or twice a week. Probably need more hill sprints as well. Also, going to cut back on my training load until I feel better and/or start getting more sleep/recovery. I think I burned myself out getting ready for this stupid APFT. At least I got at least 90 in each event for the PT patch.

MONDAY 081006

800-50-50

3 rounds for time of:
Run 800 meters
50 push ups
50 sit ups

17:30

Scaled to 800-25-25 and took it easy the day before the APFT. (Should have taken the day off after warming up, maybe hit one set of push ups and a sprint or two to loosen up)

SUNDAY 081005

Tabata Something Else-ish
Tabata Push ups
Tabata Sit ups
Tabata Sprints

Did 6 sets of push ups and sit ups, did all 8 sets of the sprints. What a smoker. The 20 seconds gets me about a full football field, guess I'm not headed to the NFL any time soon...LOL

FRIDAY 081003

Tabata Something Else-ish
Tabata Squats 15-16-15-15-15-15-15-15
Tabata Push ups 15-10-10-7-7-6-6-5
Tabata Sit ups 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11
Tabata Sprints

Smoker

Front Squats 3-3-3-3-3 (195)

3-3-3-3-3

155-185-185-185-195

PR