"And in those simple beautiful movements I remembered what was really important in training; that consistency trumps intensity; all the time. That intensity is born from consistency. That one cannot force it, one has to lay in wait for it, patiently, instinctively, calmly and be ready to grab it when Grace lays it down in front of you."
Man this was tough. It got hot again in hurry and it seems I've already lost my heat conditioning! At least mentally
It was mid 80's no clouds and no wind. I felt like I was in an oven with sun lamp on me. Ack. Just wanted to get it over. Speed was decent and legs felt great, actually, Just hot as fuck
45 lb ruck
6 laps
50 min
5th lap = 7:20 (not bad considering)
RPE 9.25
was not fun. was ready to go home after three laps. Just did it for the discipline but I did not want to be there
Solid day and feel much better than Mondays. A lot of business stuff got handled and that's literally a load off my mind. Concentration today much better.
As usual took awhile to get warmed up but once I did things went strongly
1 1/2 press
45 x 5
65 x 3
85 x 3
105 x 1 1/2 x 3 x 10 sets
these felt great. really have to STAY back as I approach lockout, too. found myself shifting forward, just as I do when I miss heavyweights on the warmups! this was a good lession
Was just flat as a board today. Felt decently strong during warmup but just didn't have much to grind all the way when it came to it. That's fine, it's been four strong weeks of super personal bests and todays' misses weren't bad really
As usual when i get to my max weights what's missing is SPEED off the chest. I'm super fast with sub max weights but I really need to focus on SPEED on my max attempts- something I'm not currently doing.
I have to be faster than nomal with these heaviest lifts. I expect the grind too soon. But the positions held well.
Just all this moving stuff and tale end of the cold has finally caught up to the weight and I messed up the warmup. Learn this: JUST DO THE REGULAR JUMPS AND TAKE AN EXTRA REP WITH A MODERATE JUMPS
Not try too big a jump to a max pr
I should know better by now
Press
45 x3
65 x 3
85 x 3
105 x 2
135 x 1
155 x 1
180 x 1 (TOO BIG!)
190 x 0
x 1 ( kind of, a freakin' 5 second minimum isometric fight to 7/8 lockout
x 0 even better attempt, should have made this too just too overall fatigued but speed off chest the best of all attempts, No aggression at all
135 x 10 PR ( old pr was 8) could have had more but didn't care lol
48 kg belt squat
4 sets of 12 taking it easy
these felt great
Finally back to health( 95%) and a full ruck to boot. Seems forever. But the legs were good today and the lungs too. Didn't try to push the speed too much as was tired at the start but soon woke up. Nice and crisp this morning so that helped a lot.
Nice to feel that my leg endurance doesn't take forever to kick in anymore and my legs are generally ready to ruck all the time now. Back feels good and the 45 lbs pretty light
45 lb ruck
12 laps
1:50 min
RPE 8
No timed laps but definitely finished faster than start. Legs and feet fine whole time
This was way freakin' hard. Like queasy and not sure I could finish hard. Physically felt fine but after being sick all week, working double time on this new studio startup, and taking more meds to keep going than I have in years, my cardio system was not happy.
It got done but man it took a lot of mental focus. Had to step outside a few times too, for extra air. But the swings were strong, lol!
One arm swings
16 kg x 5/5 x 2
20 kg x 5/5
24 kg x 5/5
32 kg x 4/4
40 kg x 10/10 x 10
RPE 9+
Kickstands squats
2 sets of 10/10
Box pistol ( assisted lightly)
2 sets of 5 left leg only
Wt pushups, parallel bars
bw x 10
53 x 10 x 3
strong, surprisingly
Laterals
3 x 8/8 with 15
BW 167.8 !!!
BF 13.5
worrying the weight off plus the cold. time to eat for a change.
can't wait to ruck tomorrow! it's so good to feel almost healthy again
Not in the good way, just still have cold symptoms although it's getting better fast I'm still sick. Strange that symptoms disappear when I train :) today the cold was mainly in my sinuses, sneezing, dripping nose, etc. Fun but nothing too bad.
Did not want to push the system though so only did five laps instead of six
Felt right
45 lb ruck
5 laps
50 min ( was slow throughout)
RPE 7 really took it easy
Not bad at all for still being a bit under the weather. Not full blown sick ( yet ) but definitely fighting the stuff that's going around here. Slept well and woke up feeling better than yesterday. Signed the lease on the new spot so tons of pressure is off. that helps!
Speed swings
24 kg ( reps GS bell )
15:15
8 RPA
12 min
240 reps
12,720 lbs
it's always amazing to see just how fast the tonnage adds up doing this type of work. and for so short a time!
these felt very strong after about 3 min as I started with one 16 kg sets warmup. took a bit but once I was loose the move was very powerful and bell height was good. HR was no problem and lungs were good despite the chest stuff
1 1/2 Press 105 bs
10 sets of 3
this was very very good. I could play well with more isometric tension in all the transition position and everything, including overhead feels more solid
