Drew Mathews Training

Bench Press 10 x 135, 5 x 165, 185, 3 x 205, 225, 1 x 245, 255 (10 lb PR)  15 minute AMRAP  With a Partner  Row for 20 Calories  20 Push Ups  If you finish before your partner then you get to rest  Here is my 300 lb Overhead Squat • sleep 7 hours  • notes: 3 straight days of PRs! All glory to God! We left today to go skiing in NC for the weekend! 

This past year has been amazing and filled with fun experiences and opportunities.  Some of the High Points of my year in order of how they happened: • got to go down and watch the SE Regionals  • met Noah Ohlsen  • started training with Hudson Fricke  • mission trip to Macedonia  • level 1 certification at Crossfit Mayhem  • met Rich Froning  • started assisting / coaching crossfit  From the beginning of the year to the end of the year I increased my lifts by a significant amount.  • Clean and Jerk - from 225 to 285  • Snatch - from 175 to 235  • Back Squat - from 300 to 365  • Deadlift - from 345 to 435 I have been blessed this past year with amazing support from my family and friends.  Some Goals for 2015:  • Clean and Jerk 335 pounds  • Snatch 285 pounds  • Back Squat 435 pounds  • Deadlift 500 pounds  • Qualify for Junior Nationals  • Qualify for the 2016 Cros...

After a fun day of celebrating Christmas with my family I decided I needed to do something. That something led to the biggest PR of my life.  Overhead Squat 3 x 135, 165, 185, 215, 2 x 235, 1 x 255, 275, 285, 300(f), 300 (45 lb PR)  I will post the video shortly  • sleep 8.5 hours  • notes: some days you feel beat going into a workout, but you end up doing better than normal. Today was one of those days! Great day! 

Strict Shoulder Press 5 x 95, 125, 135, 3 x 145, 155, 2 x 165, 1 x 175, 185(f)  5 sets  5 Strict Shoulder Press (135#)  5 Strict Weighted Pull Ups (50#)  Row 5 x 300 meters (1 minute breaks)  1:00, :59, :59, 1:00, :58  Mobility work for 20 minutes  • sleep 9 hours  • notes: this was a 10 pound PR on strict press. I couldn't get 185 past the sticking point, but I can feel it coming soon. Got my first actual rowing workout in today with the new rower. My legs are feeling better, but still sore. 

Monday 3 Position Snatch (Ground, Knees, Hip) - 95, 135, 155, 175, 185, 195(f)  Every 2 minutes for 12 minutes (6 sets) Back Squat 6 reps at 275  Toes to Bar - 3 x 20  "Squat Clean Elizabeth"  21-15-9 reps for time:  Squat Clean (135)  Ring Dips  Tuesday Power Clean 2 x 135, 155, 185, 205, 225, 245, 1 x 265, 285(f)  Max Effort Muscle Ups - 15 reps  (2 rep PR)  Random Light Rowing (with my new C2 Rower)  Legs are still lit up from yesterday's squating and cleans. Did some mobility and foam rolling this afternoon. 

To start off I will explain what Hell Night consists of for those of you who do not know. Each year my brother and I get some friends together and try to replicate the famous Navy SEAL Hell Week over the course of 36 hours. Obviously we can't do everything that is done in Hell Week, but over the last few years we have figured out some good challenges to do. This year we will be staying up for 36 straight hours working out almost constantly. The first workout will be a heavy workout because we will be fresh and as the day and night continues we will get more and more tired which will give us a greater chance of energy. (Which means we probably should not go heavy later into the challenge).  The first workout will be… "Crossfit Total"  Back Squat 1-1-1 Shoulder Press 1-1-1  Deadlift 1-1-1  If anybody is in the area and wants to hit this workout  up or for that matter the entire Hell Night shoot me an email.  The events after this will be mostly tea...

This past weekend I competed with Harisson at the Santa Series. We got 5th place in the Rx'd division. The workouts went well overall, but there are definitely a few areas that I realized need some work. It was a fun day of competing and I am looking forward to more competitions in the near future.  I get out of school for Christmas break this Friday. We have two weeks off and it's going to be packed with stuff to do. I am going to try and get in some assisting at SRC, my family is going skiing for 4 days (26-29th), I am going to be training with Hudson almost every day, and like always there is the Hell Night.  I will post later about some of the details for this years Hell Night. There are going to be good amount of guys doing it this year. So far we have 7 guys doing it. Some of them for just half of it do to conflicts, but it's still going to be a challenge. It is going to be 36 hours long just like last year.  I am going to stay pretty busy over break and am go...