Drew Mathews Training

Dynamic Warm Up + Heavy Bag  Minute 1- 1 Clean & Jerk 135 lbs Minute 2- 1 C2B Pull Up, 1 T2B Minute 3- 2 Clean & Jerk 135 lbs Minute 4- 2 C2B Pull Up, 2 T2B Minute 5- 3 Clean & Jerk 135 lbs Minute 6- 3 C2B Pull Up, 3 T2B… go until you can't complete the amount of work in 1 minute, if you miss one exercise, keep going on the other every minute till failure. My Score: got up to 8 C&J, and 6 C2B & T2B That was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be, my hands got sweaty and it was hard to grip the bar. Back Squat 1-2-3 - 2 rounds  235 lbs, 225 lbs, 205 lbs I haven't squated in a long time, I feel like I've lost some leg strength. Need to hit this hard the next few weeks. Agility Ladder & 360 Viper Cord Drills  Leg Extensiobs 3 x 15 at 65 lbs  Leg Curls 3 x 10 at 65 lbs  Active recovery swim in the pool. Did some treading work also. Good Day of Training! DM

20 minute AMRAP  400 Meter Run 30 Wall Balls 16 lbs My Score: 6 rounds + 15 Wall Balls  Im pretty happy with that score, more than I was expecting. I swam for a while in my pool, 62 degree water. DM

Yesterday Complete for time 800 Meter Run 20 HSPU 20 Pull Ups 400 Meter Run 40 Wall Balls 16 lbs 40 Box Jumps 200 Meter Run 60 Kb Swings 35 lbs 60 Push Ups My time: 21:40  I was hoping to be a little faster at this, but just didn't happen. DM

So good to be back at it finally after being sick most of the week this week. Today I had more time than I usually do. Snatch 3 reps on the minute for 13 minutes 115 lbs x 8 minutes, 125 lbs x 5 minutes 3 rounds, 3 minute rest between rounds  Max Thrusters 115 Max Strict Pull Ups My scores: 13 / 15,  12 / 12,  11 /  10  Yeah this left me pretty destroyed. Good day tomorrow hopefully. DM

Over Spring Break I took a mission trip to Ecuador. It was the best experience of my life. I will have a later post with more details. Today; Complete for time:  Run 1 Mile Grace 95 pounds (30 clean & jerks) Run 1 Mile Isabel 95 pounds (30 snatch) Run 1 Mile My time: 32:16 This left me in pain but it was a great WOD. I got in the pool afterwards and swam around for a while. 65 degree water. DM

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