Wednesday 5.12: Deadlift, bench press, two workouts, handstand

Wednesday. First workout: 10-8-6-4-2 deadlift (120kg), bench press (65kg), time 6.30. Second workout: 9-7-5, step-ups (80kg), strict handstand push-ups. Time around 11 min. Handstand skills training.

Today's schedule was a bit different. I skipped traditional strength workout and took two workouts to replace it. The first one was purely strength oriented and the second one didn't let me slack at all. First I combined deadlift and bench, then continued with step-ups and hspu, which are my favorite. I love them and hate them. I'd love to master them and do them unlimitless amounts but I struggle with them.

Workout 1. Time 6.30. Compare to 15th October.

• 10-8-6-4-2
• Deadlift, 120kg
• Bench press, 65kg

I completed this same workout about two months ago, this time I just added a bit to bench. I like this one, these weights are about 70-75% of my maxes. I didn't time this workout last time, I wrote it took about 5-6 minutes. Afterwards I seriously doubt it because I definitely went faster this time =) I was thinking whether to pile 120 or 130kg on the bar for deadlift and 65 or 70kg for the bench. My body wasn't in such a receptive mode so I took coward step and took the lighter ones. I went unbroken each set, both movements. There might have been space to upgrade the weights to 70/130kg and still go unbroken. All in all, the heavier weights could have been a smart move.

Workout 2. Time around 11 min.

• 9-7-5
• Step-ups, 80kg
• Handstand push-ups

What a struggle with the hspu! This was the third time I've ever done step-ups. I've written both earlier times that 60kg I had in the barbell wasn't enough. I upgraded it to 80kg and liked it very much. It was a good move and the instability of the move pleases me. Eighty kilos was good for this amount of repetitions. No problem with them, steady unbroken sets. However, hspu wasn't rolling well today. I just didn't have enough strength to push my body up from the floor. On the first round I banged my head to the floor in sets of 4-3-2. On the second set I had to put a 5kg plate below me. Sets were probably 2-1-1-1, pathetic. Same on the third set. All my strength purely vanished and it was extremely hard to push myself. Maybe it was the bench press prior to this workout or then just lack of practice with hspu. I haven't done this many reps actually at all at once, 21 hspu.

Toni's workouts. Deadlift 3-3-3-3-3 (120, 130, 135, 140, 145kg) and a metcon. Time 15.25.

• 5 rounds of:
• 10 thrusters, 40kg
• 50 double unders
• 1 min rest

Here's the first round of Toni's workout.

In the evening I have floorball training.