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Kettlebell Long Cycle

I decided I need to couple some more kettlebell work into my training. Balancing heavy barbell wotk with lighter unilateral movements will hopefuly correct some bodily imbalance issues that have developed from doing mostly bilateral movements. There is something that is often off in my hips or back. My assumptions. I am recruiting improper muscles. I have a limb length difference. That's it. One or a compination of those is causing some problems.

Today I planned on going a 10 min clean and jerk kettlebell test...I decided just to go longer. I did 10 minutes on my right hand then 10 minutes on my left. I did set the bell down for less than 5 seconds at a time. But I was pretty consistent with the movements themselves.

35# Clean and jerk/press
107
114

Total : 221

~40 ring push ups

Mobolity work with jump stretch band (upper and lower body)

6 rounds (no time):
70#
(6)-behind the neck jerk
(6)-overhead squats
(6)-snatch balance
(6)-hang squat snatch

(70#)split squats each leg forward
(10) -back
(10)-front

box squat
10 @ 70#
6, 6 @ 160#

seated good mornings
10 @ 10#

good mornings
10 @ 70# normal stance
10@ 70 # wide stance
16 @ 70# alternating staggered

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Army's new fitness tests add taste of battlefield

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_army_new_fitness_test

By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER, Associated Press Susanne M. Schafer, Associated Press – Tue Mar 1, 8:54 pm ET

FORT JACKSON, S.C. – Sit-ups don't make a soldier, the Army has decided. So its 30-year-old fitness requirements are getting a battlefield-inspired makeover.

Soon every soldier will have to run on a balance beam with two 30-pound canisters of ammunition, drag a sled weighted with 180 pounds of sandbags and vault over obstacles while carrying a rifle. Those were just some of the tests the Army unveiled Tuesday as it moves toward making its physical training look more like combat.

Right now soldiers have to complete sit-ups, push-ups and a two-mile run twice a year within times that vary by age and gender. Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, the general in charge of the Army's initial military training, said he has been working to change that test for years.

Hertling said the current test "does not adequately measure components of strength, endurance, or mobility," or predict how well a soldier would do under fire.

A new annual "combat readiness" test includes running 400 meters — about a quarter of a mile — with a rifle, moving through an obstacle course in full combat gear, and crawling and vaulting over obstacles while aiming a rifle. Soldiers also will have to run on a balance beam while carrying 30-pound ammo boxes and do an agility sprint around a course field of cones.

Soldiers also will have to drag sleds weighted with sandbags to test their ability to pull a fallen comrade from the battlefield. The combat test might be given before deployments as well as annually, but that has not been decided.

The Army will keep elements of its old assessment in a "physical readiness" test, which adds such things as a 60-yard shuttle run and a standing long jump to one minute of push-ups and a 1.5-mile timed run. This might be given every six months, said Frank Palkoska, head of the Army's Fitness School at Fort Jackson.
Hertling said trials of the new program are starting this month at eight bases and the plan could be adopted Army-wide after reviews later this year.

Soldiers who ran the proposed "combat readiness" portion of the test Tuesday told reporters the exercises were tough, even for combat veterans.

Wearing a battle helmet and carrying a rifle, Staff Sgt. Timothy Shoenfelt teetered as he trod the balance beam, holding ammo tins in each hand. His pace slowed a bit as he dragged the green sled behind him, then held his M-4 steady as he strode sideways through the "point-move-aim" portion of the test.

"My quads are on fire!" the 31-year-old from Indiana, Pa., said afterward. "It really made me breathe hard and challenged a lot of muscle groups."

 Wheeled vehicle mechanic and Sgt. 1st Class Cornelius Trammell, 33, of Eufaula, Ala., said it will be important for all soldiers to go through tests, even if their jobs are behind desks. He laughed when reporters commented on his sweaty face.

"You never know when you might need it, whether you are in the infantry or if you're a mechanic," said Trammell, who's been deployed three times.

The tests will be given to all soldiers and officers, including Army Reserves and National Guard, even those recalled soldiers who are now over 60, officials said. Specific gender and age standards are still being worked out, Palkoska said.

The shift follows other Army efforts to overhaul training, improve diets and help older soldiers keep fit. Hertling said the Army is trying to better prepare soldiers for the 40 to 70 pounds of weapons and body armor many of them need to carry in Afghanistan and Iraq.

"Soldiers like to be challenged. This will definitely challenge them," Hertling said.

The Army also is hoping to reduce injuries — both in the field and from repetitive exercises.

"This is about training smarter, not just training more," Hertling said.

Staff Sgt. Danica Foster, 28, of Brooklyn, N.Y., who pumped through a shuttle run and did push-ups for the "physical readiness" section, said the new tests will require soldiers to work on their upper body strength.

Female soldiers will have to work to get them done, she said.

"I honestly believe, though, that if I can do this, anybody can," she said with a laugh.

Besides Fort Jackson, the program will be tested at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.; Fort Benning, Ga.; Fort Sill, Okla.; Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Lewis, Wash.; and at the Army's military academy at West Point.

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'Fight Gone Bad'

SDLHP
Box Jump
Push Press
Row for Cal
Wall ball

292.

I started with SDLHP again. Really wanted to start with wallball. I am pretty sure that this is an improvement from the last time. I thin I am 267 last time. Don't know what happen to my old record though.

There are some really good people at CFAH.

The simple program for strength gains?

So I read this article from T-nation by Dan John. I can't find it now, but this is just what it is:

deadlift 2 x 5
shoulder press 2 x 5
biceps curl 2 x 5 (yes curls. Dan John recommended it!)
snatch 1 x 20-50
abs (i have been doing ab wheel)

I think he borrowed elements of Pavels programming for this one. It is a 40 day program done everyday. The 'science' behind it, is basic. Just do it everyday without groaning and grunting and let your strength develop naturally.

The first two weeks were pretty light, now finishing my third. I like it. It is pretty simple and easy to follow.

Week 1:
135 # thick hex bar deadlift
70# thick bar shoulder press
70# thick bar curl
80# snatch
ab wheel

On friday @ CrossFit AH:
5-5-5-3-3-3 Floor Press (135-210#)
For time:
row 1000 then,
5 rounds of:
40# DB Complex
DL
Hang Power Clean
Thrusters
Row 1000

Week 2:
135 # thick hex bar deadlift
70# thick bar shoulder press
70# thick bar curl
80# snatch
ab wheel

On friday @ CrossFit AH:
3-3-3-1-1-1 Floor Press (185-215#)
For time:
20 double unders, 18. 16, etc. descending ladder
1 burpee, 2, 3, 4 etc. ascending ladder

Week 3:
185 # thick hex bar deadlift
90# thick bar shoulder press
70# thick bar curl
80# snatch
ab wheel

On friday @ CrossFit AH:
255# DL One on the min for ten min

For time:
15 DL (155#)
Row 300m
15 DL
Row 300m
15 DL
4:24

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14

"DT" @ Dominik's

135# @ 15:31

I need to work on my receiving at the power position. I tend to not stick my butt back as far as I should.

15' rope climb (1) - no legs

13

Sitting at the bottom with 30# and 50#.

12

20 min AMRAP

7 pull up
7 ring dips
14 dumbbell lunges (20#)

12 rounds

11

Nancy

5 rounds for time of:

400m run
15 overhead squats @ 95#

10

Push Press
10 @ 45#
10 @ 88#
8 @ 108#
4 @ 154#
3 @ 164#
2 @ 169#
1 @ 174#
1 @ 179#
1 @ 184#
1 @ 184 # (PR)

Deadlift
5 @ 220#
1 @ 298#
1 @ 318#

9

20 min AMRAP

10 back extensions or reverse hyperextensions
6 reverse burpees
8 dumbbell lunges

11 rounds

8

5 rounds @ 80#

10 RDL
10 Bent Row
10 Front Squat
10 dips

7

40-45min of madness

10 min treadmill incline 25# DB walking /running (no weight)

5 rounds of:
20 dips
20 air squats

10 Bulgarian split squats (each leg)
10 Bulgarian split squats with 25# DB at side

5 Overhead DB presses split stance
5 front rack split squats with 25#
5 overhead split squats with 25# DB
5 split stance thrusters with 25# DB
(on both legs)

5 @ 95# bent over rows
5 @ 95# snatch grip deadlifts
5 @ 95# overhead presses

~15 GHD sit ups
~20 pilates ball sit ups
~3 minutes of flutter kicks and goof morning darlings

6

Deadlift
10 @ 45# x 2
10 @ 88#
6 @ 124#
6 @ 80kg
3 @ 110kg
3 @ 110kg +10#
3 @ 110kg +20#
3 @ 110kg +20#
3 @ 110kg +30#

5

20 min AMRAP
6 @ 30# thrusters (alternating arms each round)
6 burpees

19 rounds