Hottest ruck yet

 Definitely the  hottest ruck yet this summer.

I could have gone at 9 instead but wanted to test myself in the heat. It was a solid performance, especially mentally

Not going to say it wasn't hard but it wasn't horrible

45 lbs

6 laps

56 min !

85 + degrees, no breeze, no clouds almost no shade

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16 kg swings 20 x 10/10, Walkout press 155 x 1 x 6, reverse grip pushdowns

 Well this workout tested my heat training, conditioning and mental strength. About 95 in the garage today and we blew through 400 reps with no problem

Surprised and happy that my conditioning for  this new level of work transferred so well so quickly especially in the heat. haven't done more than 10 reps in forever and that's been only once a month too

Says a lot, too, for the carryover from AXE style training

16 kg swings

20 x 10/10

30 min - 

totally drenched in sweat and onto press

155 x 1 x 6  main key here is locked knees as I walkout. Just like the squat these felt very good just need to progress slowly for my knees hips and back sake

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Well that didn't last long. Walk out press

 Decided to see if walking out the press as I have in the past would help me find the trigger.My legs have definitely gotten weaker under the bar of late and I'm sure that has been part of my press problem

I think this mono lift  press helps in the short run but not in the long

Walking it out is like cleaning it before pressing I think; it help creates tightness

BUT I haven't walked anything out in 5 years so I have to go slow

135
155 x 1
175 x 1
180 x 1 x 6

this also lets me set up with a wider stance which I can definitely feels helps. My older videos show the same thing. I think this definitely helps with the layback arch

clubbell arm cast
15 x 8/8
20  x 8/8  x 4

this was harder than expected. didn't push tho

laterals/rear delts 15s

rev band pushdown  3 x 15 love these

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will still do light  swings first on wed then some very light presses for walkout  form 

Sunday Ruck

 Decent one. Not too hot and slept pretty  well. 

45 lb ruck

9 laps

10,000 steps

1:30 ( including dog talk)

legs and lungs feeling pretty  good

173.6

40 kg swings 25 x 6, pistol practice, pullaparts

 Shoulder still a bit tight wake up but releasing the teres and pec minor do the job, just not sticking that well

strong workout though once I got warmed up and realized the shoulder would hold

then straight to pistol practice

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Thursday hot ruck

 Mentally I was really into it. taking out press and re focusing on endurance work shifted things. I had no problem accepting the heat even though  ( again) I was running on little sleep (  the other dog this time)

Not  great speed but the mental focus was everything. Not having to think about keeping my calories and my weight up is great too. definitely would like to be a bunch leaner and eat less overall

45 lb ruck

6 laps ( cut a but short to avoid a crazy guy)

56 min

6901 steps

3.2 mph

83 degrees and cloudless

Taking the presses out.

 Decided to stop pressing. It's been weighing on me for awhile. I'm tired of trying to figure this out and have been dreading my workouts. Plus I've started accumulating body tweaks from always changing techniques and I don't want to go back to being in pain because I'm chasing some number.

My body has changed these last six months and my stress levels since Oct 7  have been super high.Too high, it seems, to accommodate this level of max efforts

Did light  swings today and it was nice. Light  weight hard effort, lots of sweat in a low skill drill

Just a fucking workout for a change, not a performance and technical test

16 kg  swings 18 sets of 10/10

360 reps

12,960 lbs

floor pushups  3 x 20

taking this easy, shoulders are still achey and pecs too tight

Clubbell casts 15 lbs 3 x 8/8

bodyweight squats  3 x  20

datsit. Feel very good about the decision. back to focus on work capacity, strength  endurance and power training

 

Pin Press first heavy session

 This went ok, despite my right shoulder being fooked til this morning.. Thought it was the pec but the real source was the teres major ( brought on I think from the kb presses). Once I got that relieved the  shoulder felt good

The presses were solid, the key component is how far in front are my feet for the setup and how wide? I need to basically lock out the  knees and hips while under the bar and drive through them to initiate the press from a dead stop

I even experimented with my GoRuck boots for a few sets thinking flatter would be better but it wasn't. Fell backwards

but overall good promise

135 x 1
155 x 1
175 x 1
185 x 1
195 x 1
200 x 1
205 x 1 ( poor lockout)
210 x 1 (balance)
190 x 1 x 5

laterals
rear delts
floor pushups 2 x 20
rev grip band pushdowns 2 x 15

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