Drew Mathews Training

This last week I have been slammed with school work, concerts, and baseball and have not had time to get in much training. I did today though; 21-15-9 reps for time;  KB Swings 35 lbs Bar Facing Burpees Push Press 75 lbs My Time: 6:30 This made me feel like I wanted to throw up. Kettlebell swings were light weight. If I had a 53 I would have used it. Run 5k not for time I have lately been looking for some local crossfit competitions to enter; and this is what I'm hoping it will look like. - The I CAN Games - June 15th - Greenville Games - July 13th - Hunger Games - November 10th This is what I'm training for, and I will do everything in my power to make the outcome of these events what I want them to be. Let's go Kill it!! Get Better! DM

Open WOD 13.1  17 minute AMRAP  40 Burpees 75 pound Snatch, 30 reps 30 Burpees 135 pound Snatch, 30 reps 20 Burpees 165 pound Snatch, 30 reps 10 Burpees 210 pound Snatch, as many reps as possible My Score: 126 Reps  I got to 26 reps at 135 pound Snatch.  This was a total beating, i was really hoping to get at least 130.  But I'm not to disappointed because I know I gave it my best. Next time!! This morning I went biking 16 miles downtown with my family, and we passed SRC do I jumped on the outdoor pull up bars and did 2 sets of max bar muscle ups. Bar Muscle Ups   This is 1 of my max sets. Good Day Training! DM

Dynamic Warm Up Split Snatch 3 Reps EMOM at 115 for 10 minutes  Max Double Unders in 2 minutes  Rest 2 Minutes Max Bodyweight Power Cleans in 2 minutes (155)  Rest 2 minutes Repeat for 3 rounds  My Scores: (115 / 16,)  (104 / 18,)  (108 / 20) This was a total beating. My arms were basically shaking when I was done with this. I hit my first home run yesterday at practice, 350 feet, pretty pumped about that. Then today I did; Dynamic Warm Up  3 rounds for time:  10 Power Snatch 95 20 Split Jumps 30 Kettlebell Swings 35 My time: 7:30 2 x 100m Walks with 45 lbs Overhead  This was just flat out painful, I made both trips without dropping the weight though. Get Better! DM

Just received my new Reebok Crossfit Nano 2.0s last night. Dynamic Warm Up 5 rounds for time  7 Deadlifts 185 30 Air Squats 7 Handstand Push Ups My Time: 6:17 This was good, my back was super tight after this. The weakness in this WOD was deffinately the squats. Keep working on this. Today I did the Other Total O/H Squat 1-1-1-1-1  155, 185(f), 185(f), 195, 205(f) Clean 1-1-1-1-1  185, 205, 215(f), 215, 225 Bench Press 1-1-1-1-1 155, 185, 205, 215, 225(f) I went through this workout way to fast. I think that had something to do with my lower numbers plus I felt a little weak this morning. Good Training Week!! DM

Dynamic Warm Up Complete for time  1000m Run 100 Push Ups 10 Snatch 135 My time: 15:28  This was very intense. I need work on push ups. I got to the snatches around 10:05, so it took me 5 minutes to finish the snatch portion of the workout. The reason the snatches took so long was because I was using 90% of my max. Today I did 3 sets of 3 minute AMRAP. Dynamic Warm Up 3 minute AMRAP  3 Squat Clean Thrusters 95 6 Burpees 9 Sit Ups Rest 3 minutes * Repeat for 3 Rounds My Scores:  3 + 1 burpee,  3 + 2 burpees,  3 + 2 burpees This was a great and fun WOD to do this morning. The original workout called for 1 minute rest between rounds, but I wanted to take the extra rest so I could go as hard as possible through all the rounds and sets. Open WOD 13.1 comes out today. Let's get it!! Get Better! DM

Crossfit Total Back Squat 1-1-1-1-1  225, 245, 255, 265, 275 Shoulder Press  125, 135, 145, 150, 155 Deadlift  275, 295, 315, 325, 335 PR'd by 10 lbs on Back Squat and by 15 lbs on Shoulder Press. 5 minutes later I did; "Grace"  30 clean & jerks 115 for time My Time: 2:13  I am pumped to get this time. I took off over a minute from my last time. Getting Better!! DM

This morning I did a quick and light workout. 3 rounds not for time  10 Back Squat 135 10 Good Mornings 135 20 Weighted Sit ups at 25 between rounds 25 Strict C2B Pull Ups (not timed) Then I headed to baseball for a couple hours and hit for a while in the cages. Got back and did; O/H Squat 3-3-3-3-3 ; worked up to 185 and failed the last rep Snatch 3-3-3-3-3 ; 145 new PR Bench Press 3-3-3-3-3 ; 135 up to 185 (took it fairly light weight) Also worked in the yard for a couple hours today. I will post what my schedule looks like for the upcoming month later. DM