GOMAD Day 12

Bench Press:
WU: 30kg x 5, 50kg x 5
Work: 64kg x 5, 5,5

GOMAD Day 11

Low Bar Back Squat:
Warm-up: 50kg x 5, 70kg x5
Work: 102kg x 5,5,5
3 min rest intervals

GOMAD Day 10

Low Bar Back Squat:
Warm-up: 50kg x 5, 70kg x5
Work: 100kg x 5,5,5
3 min rest intervals

Military Press:

44kg x 5,5,5

Power Clean

62kg x 3 sets x 3 reps

GOMAD Day 9

Low Bar Back Squat:
Warm-up: 50kg x 5, 70kg x5
Work: 98kg x 5,5,5
3 min rest intervals

Bench Press:
WU: 30kg x 5, 50kg x 5
Work: 60kg x 5, 5, 5

GOMAD Day 8

Low Bar Back Squat:
Warm-up: 50kg x 5, 70kg x5
Work: 94kg x 5,5,5
3 min rest intervals

Military Press:

43kg x 5,5,5

GOMAD Day 7

Low Bar Back Squat:
Warm-up: 50kg x 5, 70kg x5
Work: 92kg x 5,5,5
3 min rest intervals

Bench Press:
WU: 30kg x 5, 50kg x 5
Work: 58kg x 5, 5, 5

Power Clean: 60kg x 5 sets x 3 reps

GOMAD Day 6

Low Bar Back Squat:
Warm-up: 50kg x 5, 70kg x5
Work: 90kg x 5,5,5
3 min rest intervals

Military Press:
42kgx 5, 5, 5

GOMAD Day 5

Low Bar Back Squat:
Warm-up: 50kg x 5, 70kg x5
Work: 88kg x 5,5,5
3 min rest intervals

Bench Press:
WU: 30kg x 5, 50kg x 5
Work: 56kg x 5, 5, 5

Gomad Day 4

Low Bar Back Squat:
Warm-up: 50kg x 5, 70kg x5
Work: 86kg x 5,5,5
3 min rest intervals

Military Press:
40kg x 5,5,5

Power Clean:
50kg x 3
56kg x 3 reps x 5 sets

GOMAD Day 3

Switching to the Starting Strength program, with calls for 3 sets of 5 on most exercises. When I complete the required amount of sets and reps, I increase the weight by 5 pounds.

Low Bar Back Squat:
Warm-up: 50kg x 5, 70kg x5
Work: 82kg x 5,5,5
3 min rest intervals

Bench Press:
WU: 30kg x 5, 50kg x 5
Work: 58kg x 5, 5, 4

Gomad Day 2

Bench Press:

WU: 30kg x 5, 50kg x 5
Work: 56kg x 5,5, 4, 3, 3

3 minutes rest between sets

GOMAD Day 1

Starting GOMAD (Gallon of Milk a Day) and a modified program.
See the Starting Strength Wiki for more details.

Low Bar Back Squat:
Warm-up: 50kg x 5, 70kg x5
Work: 80kg x 3,5,5,5
3 min rest intervals

Gymnastics + 5x5

10x[6 sec Tuck Front Lever hold
6sec Tuck planche hold
45 sec rest]

Deadlift Warmup: 50kg x 5, 70kg x 5, 90kg x 5

Work: 108kg x 5 x5

Gymnastics

10x[6 sec Tuck Front Lever hold
6sec Tuck planche hold
45 sec rest]

Deadlift Warmup: 50kg x 5, 70kg x 5, 90kg x 5

Work: 104kg x 5 x5

Gymnastics + Deadlift

10x
[6 sec Tuck Front Lever hold
6sec Tuck planche hold
45 sec rest]

5x5x100kg Deadlift

Gymnastics + Back Squats

[6 sec Tuck Front Lever hold
6sec Tuck planche hold
45 sec rest]

5x5x80kg Back squat (olympic shoes)

Gymnastics

Warm-up:

A3. Shoulder ROM and Stabilization routine X 1 set
A4. Ido's Squat Clinic Routine X 1 set
A5. Scapula Mobilization Routine X 1 set

Workout:

G1. The Shrimp/One legged squat (foot+knee or just knee of the back leg touching the ground)
G2. Harop Curl/Natural GHR 5 reps (each leg in the shrimp) / 3 sets / 90 sec between exercises

Back lever tuck x 5 seconds x 5
L-Pull-ups x 5 x 2

Double KB MP & Hack Squats

Double KB MP (Pressing one 24kg while holding a 16kg KB in the rack):

5 sets of :

24kg x 2r
10-15 hack squats w/ 16kg

VO2Max Tuesdays

11 min straight:

15:15

154 reps, 7 reps per set

Followed up by:

KB Military Press: holding one 16kg in the rack while pressing the 24kg:

3s x 2r (2-3 mins rest between sets)

New time, new goals

The past couple of months (let's make that a solid year, shall we ;-) I have not been doing a lot (exercise wise) A lot of real life stuff happened (I got engaged)...
Sometimes one has to set priorities. A lot of logistical stuff had to happen, still of course no reason not to exercise. But, I was quite fatigued as well lately, working an average of 60 hrs of week, even though I got a week of holidays in.
To make a long story short, I decided to get my ass back in the driver's seat and get myself back into shape. Both strength and cardio-wise.

So here are my goals for the next couple of months:

- Alternating MP (with one kettlebell in the rack while pressing the other one) with 2x24kg x 10 or pressing a 32kg x 5 easily.
I can do 3 reps left and right in the rack now. Will work my way up to 6 or 7, then start ETKing.
- Getting in better cardio-wise/better GPP: finishing 80 sets in the described 15:15 protocol by Kenneth Jay.
- Increase Barbell Power Snatch from current max of 56kg to previous max of 70kg.


How will I be implenting this practically ?
- VO2Max Protocol: once a week.
- Heavy Power Snatches: Once a week.
- Military Pressing/Pull-ups as a stand alone or after VO2Max/Power Snatching.
- Add in some hack squats as seen on Steve Maxwell's web site for leg development and knee stability.

In practice, it would look like this:

Tuesday: VO2Max, followed by Military Pressing/Pullups
Thursday: 20/30/40 or 50 swings followed by hack squats w/ 16kg for 1 minute. Followed by MP/Pull-ups.
I would increase swing volume every week
Saturday: Power Snatch singles followed by MP/Pull-ups (or rows)

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Here's what I did today:

VO2Max Protocol
15:15
7 snatches, 18 sets w/16kg kettlebell(only 9 minutes of actual work !)

NOTES:

-Snatches went fine, left arm feels a bit rusty with the snatch groove.
-Felt really good after. Am curious to see how this will affect the other areas of my training.