This is the week! The week our baby turns 1 year old! On Saturday, the 15th, we’re having a small birthday party at our home and then we’re leaving her with G-Ma as we head to a friend’s wedding. Is that wrong of us? Nahhhh.
Last week’s workouts were a repeat of the previous week, just adding weight to most exercises in classic progressive overload fashion. I would normally continue in this pattern for the week ahead, but might need to improvise as we prepare for the big day.
Here’s what I have for last week….
Note: All workouts are in a fasted state. I have a homemade pre-workout mix of beta-alanine, bcaa’s, creatine, and pure caffeine powder and then I’m ready to go within 20 – 30 minutes!
Monday – 11/03
– Back Squat: 4 x 8 x 220lbs
– Straight Leg Dead Lift: 4 x 8 x 210lbs
– Dumbbell Lunges: 3 x 11/side x 45lb/side
Superset w/ Glute-Ham Raise: 3 x 12
– Double Kettlebell Swings: 3 x 31 x 25lb/arm
– 31 1-leg squats and Push-ups
Tuesday – 11/04
– Bench Press: 4 x 8 x 165lbs
Superset w/ Strict Chin-ups: 4 x 7
– Dumbbell Hang Clean & Press: 4 x 11 x 30lb/arm
– 1-arm Dumbbell Rows: 3 x 13 x 45lb
Superset w/ Bodyweight Dips: 3 x 13
– Man-maker Push-ups w/ 30lb Dumbbells: 3 x 11
– Dumbbell Twisting Bicep Curls: 3 x 12 x 20lb
Superset w/ Standing Triceps Dumbbell Kickback: 3 x 10 x 20lb
– 31 1-leg squats and Push-ups
Wednesday – 11/05
– 4 Tabata Rounds: 1. Bike, 2. Burpees, 3. 15lb Ball Slam, 4. Bike
– 31 1-leg squats and Push-ups + run/walk 2.3 miles
Thursday – 11/06
– Front Squat: 4 x 8 x 175lbs
– Dead Lift: 3 x 8 x 235lbs
– Clean: 5 x 5 x 125lbs
– 31 Bulgarian Split Squats w/ 20lb Dumbbells/arm and 31 Push-ups
– Walk/Run with Avery and Abby (our Golden
Friday – 11/06
– Overhead Press: 4 x 8 x 110lbs
– Barbell Bent Row: 4 x 8 x 135lbs
Superset w/ Dumbbell Incline Press: 4 x 11 x 45lb/arm
– Dumbbell Hang Clean & Press: 5 x 6 x 45lb/arm
– 4 Rounds: Close-grip Bench – 10 x 135lbs, Wide-grip Pull ups x 6, Kettlebell Windmill w/ 25lb/side x 10/side, Bike ~30 seconds
– 31 1-leg squats and Push-ups
Saturday – 11/08
– Walk 3+ miles with Kelley while wearing Avery on my back. She had a good nap….
– Quick conditioning workout of countdown/up:
->31, 25, 20….10, 5: Double 25lb Kettlebell Swings
->5, 10, 15…..25, 31: Push-ups
– 31 1-leg squats, burpees, and bodyweight squats
Sunday – 11/09
– Work on rearranging garage to make room for Avery’s play pen gate setup.
– 30 minute cardio/strength routine of 30s on and 30s off with different exercises
– 31 1-leg squats and Push-ups
I need to get Avery’s gate setup since she’s close to walking and I don’t expect she’ll have patience to sit in her jumper once this milestone is achieved.
Hmm, or maybe she’s already lost her patience. What do you think?
When she starts making these faces, it’s either nap time, a poopy diaper, or just plain bored. For the last one, when not finished working out or never having a chance to star, I have a solution…..combine playtime with your workout!
To me, barbell work is king when it comes to strength training, but as parents and really all time-strapped people know, we don’t always have time for or access to a barbell. And if you did, just what, with maybe 10 minutes of time to yourself, would you do anyway?
The answer is a complex where you complete multiple exercise back to back without stopping to rest. A classic example of this is called “The Bear” Complex where you perform a power clean, front squat, push press, back squat, and push press without setting the bar down to make 1 rep. It’s an awesome workout that, when done for 5 rounds of 7 reps at a challenging weight, is a quick, effective routine.
But when there’s no barbell or time to use one, grab the nearest baby/kid/toddler/teenager (preferably your own), and make them the barbell. Here’s a video I put together to show you how.
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Avery enjoys the moves and hopefully your kids will too. You get to bond with your child through “playtime” while fitting in a full body exercise to boot. Not bad! Give it a try and let me know what you think.
Now it’s time to prepare for a fast approaching birthday; Going Mom has off Thursday and Friday to make sure things are setup right since I’m not the best in that area. Have a great week!
Do you have any favorite workouts you’d like to share?
Any tips on how to manage a first birthday party? We have the beer, what else is needed? 🙂
Those are some beast workouts, I use to do Crossfit and Military Athlete. I have yet to get back into a steady routine and it’s starting to show. In Military Athlete we use to do what was called “The Barbell Complex” this consisted of 5 x deadlifts, shrugs, power cleans, front squats, should push press, and back squat. At 95lbs it was killer, perhaps I’ll shoot for 3-4 sets every other day. I have the equipment in my garage, just can’t get motivated to get out there.
I am curious though, have you posted the recipe for your homemade preworkout mix? Whenever I try and get motivated I drink some NO Xplode but that jacks me all up. I’d really like something more natural.
As for the birthday party… BCC – Beer, Cake, Camera those are the essentials.
Thanks man, sounds like you’ve gone through quite a few intense workouts yourself! I really enjoy complexes when looking for a great, short workout that’ll have your muscles and lungs burning! Have you tried the “Curtis P Complex” before? It’s a hang power clean, lunge left, lunge right, and push press for one rep. Many WOD’s have you going for 100 reps without setting the bar down. Haven’t done that yet, but the exercise is good.
For the pre-workout recipe, I haven’t posted one, but here’s what I do:
10 – 11g BCAAs
200mg pure caffeine powder
5g Creatine
4g Beta-Alanine
I just mix these in water and chug. Not very good tasting, but I refuse to use store-bought stuff with all of the artificial sweeteners. They really mess me up inside.
Thanks for the b-day tips, if BCC is all, we’re good to go!
Thanks for the recipe brother. We use to do the Curtis P in Military Athlete, but if I were to try just one workout session today I guarantee it would result in injury.
No problem, let me know how it works if you try. Just get back into it slowly and you’ll be killing it at the gym in no time!