Thursday, December 11, 2025

35lb PR Ruck 3 miles 44:16 15.01 ave pace

 This was awesome. Didn't time the walk to the park so could start a but warmed up.then it was off to the races!

1st mile 15:27

2nd mile 14:50 ( 29.77 two miles!)

3rd 14.39 ( this adds up to 44:16!)


4th 13:40 ? not sure what that is as I stopped the timer exactly at 3 miles but somethng was fast!

This ties the best ave pace I've done at 44:24 for the  3 Oct 30

actually caught a toe on a curb lip and tripped! Did about a 6 step stutter step to catch my balance !Weird but glad I didn't fall and I can still move my feet fast like that

We'll see how I feel tomorrow but I feel GREAT now! Very happy

169.8 5 am

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

175 x 1 x 8 180 x 1 x 2, 16 kg swing vo2 30 x 8, band pushdowns, rev curls

 Not bad but not totally what I expected either. I was slow at the start, I think from unracking too much with my hips and not just my legs

I was driving from my hips first, which I was trying to do but since my hips were in front already it seemed they didnt have anywhere to go

Hence slow bar speed

Once I switched ( set five) to locking out legs first my hip drive was better as was bar speed

Also a bit tired from wt pushups Monday so I'm switching them to wednesdays 




12 noon weight 170.4

Monday, December 08, 2025

205 x 1, 210 x X, 210 x 3/4, 205 x 1, 205 x X, 190 x 1

 Pretty good for gaping on the  technique. Unracked the bar uneven on 195 then overfocused on that, taking too much tension out of my legs, meaning my  hip drive was off

Thinking about it as 'get your hips in FRONT of the bar is better because I can drive my hips thinking I did 'the thing' but not have  my hips in front enough for perfect leverage

On the first 210 I reverted back to pushing on  the bar first and never got the chance to drive hips. the second attempt was better but still unracking with too much load on the upper body

95 x 
115 x 1( first time doing this)
135 x 1
145, 155, 165, 175, 185 x 1
195 x 1  start of early pushing
200 x 1 wonky
205 x 1 actually good best rep of the day
210 x Miss
210 x 3/4
205 x 1 decent too started to think 'hip in front of bar'
205 x miss just  beat now
190 x 1 good teshnik but tired



wt pushps 3 x 8 32lb

laterals rear delts 3 x8 12 lbs

168.8 5 am




Sunday, December 07, 2025

35 lb Ruck 5 miles in 1:17:50

 This was good. Started the clock after the two block walk to the park (.2 ) and things started off fast. At least faster than last week

Nice and frosty out too just how I like it( 46 deg) still in shorts and t shirt. once it drops under 40 time for long pants

Do need gloves though as hand Reynauds looks like it's acting up. No biggie

35 lb

9 laps

5 miles

1:17:50 

15:33 ave mile pace

Splits

1 16:15

2 15:54

3 15:54

4 15:21

5 15:01 !!

ave HR 119

168.8 bw better

Saturday, December 06, 2025

44 kg swings 11 x 5/5 20 min, 44 kg belt squats 4 x 10, press 115 x 1x 8

 This seemed hard. Bell height on video seems about normal but felt harder than expected.

Partly because I'm only 168.4 this morning perhaps. Just slower getting warmed up

Sleep was good actually too


168.4

Wednesday, December 03, 2025

185 x 1 x 9, 16 kg swing vo2 30 x 8, band pushdowns 3 x 12, 1 x 8

 This was good but hard, mainly hard to stay focused. Solo training which was ok but I was tired from not great sleep and just feeling weird. Nothing dramatic  but not right. a little woozinesss when I woke up. Not quite vertigo but in that camp

went away but strange all morning

The presses were all fast and perfect til last set which was ok but not perfect so I did a 9th

Was going  to do 32 sets of vo2 today but decided to stay at thirty and slowly back fill the reps til I get to 10 per 15 sec




168.4

up too much peeing

Monday, December 01, 2025

205 x 1 x 5!! wt parallete pushups 32 lb x 3 x 8, laterals rear delts 12lbs 3 x 8/8

 Man I hit on ALL cylinders today. No idea why but everything worked and everything held. Including my mind ,lol

Really zero'd in on seeing the  X, not just spotting it, really locking the legs and trying to MAINTAIN THAT LEG STIFFNESS as I drive the hips  forward to start the  press

THEN make sure NOT TO LOSE THE X AT THE STICKING POINT

My focus and concentration  were actually decent

135x1
145x1
155x1
165x1
175x1
185x1
195x1
200x1

205 x 1 x 5

I think this tedious warmup sequence is vital. really lets me sync in the teshnik and the timing







 170.4 
5 am

35lb PR Ruck 3 miles 44:16 15.01 ave pace

 This was awesome. Didn't time the walk to the park so could start a but warmed up.then it was off to the races! 1st mile 15:27 2nd mile...