Slept ok, not great but I got some good speed early and my legs held. Got to start at 11 instead of noon and that helped. No body issues from yesterday
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"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."
Thursday, August 06, 2026
20 lb CB Casts 5/5, 1/15 with 15#, 20 kg swings 25 x 5 in 20 min, Floor pushups 3 x 20
Decent sleep, sciatica 90%+ gone thank G-d
Arm casts were solid and pushups were fine
166.8 !
11.1
Monday, August 03, 2026
16 kg press 10 x 3/3, 36 kg belt squat 5 x 8, floor pushups 3 x 15 1 x 112 , band tri ext 3 x12
Sleep best in week.Sciatica much better. Right now feel normal
workout felt ok
165.4
11.1
Sunday, August 02, 2026
35 lb ruck 3 miles 1:14:28 14:53 ave pace
This was hard. Sciatic woke me up at 1 am and although I ended up with 6:18 sleep my HRV was 12!!! and I feel it
Tried to use the quicker steps to get some early speed but the first mile sucked 15:36 but then I went back to Lean, Fall, Push and things got better just took me two miles to warmup.
165.0
Saturday, August 01, 2026
32 kg swings 30 x 5 in 30 min, floor pushups 3 x 15 , rev pullaparts 4 x 20
This went way better than expected. slept well last time til sciatica woke me at 1, pretty strong line but that was the first night in 4 with no alleve or ibuprofen just one aspirin
But sleep numbers were good and I felt ok
I think not doing enough hip opening squats was the base of the problem,knee and ankle mobility are good but hips I ignored
A few sets of flat footed, wide stance supported squat stretches seems to have made a big difference
But at least I'm not panicked now and have been able to sit still and relax. First time in awhile not feeling inner torque
Also did the pushups ( partials with power like before) and 8 kg kb press to see
felt ok on both
164.8
Thursday, July 30, 2026
35 LB Ruck 3 miles in 44:58 14:59 ave pace
Realized I didnt know exactly HOW to ruck faster; should I push off harder? Leave my leg extended longer? Faster race but that means what?
Turns out it means faster STEPS PER MIN!
At 15 min/ mile my stride length is 29/30 inches at that equals 121 steps per minute. To Ruck 14:30 I have to take 125 steps per min
Now I have to key in on exactly how many steps per minute I'm taking now
Excited though to finally have the answer; I just didnt ask the right question
166.4
11.1
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
20 lb arm cast 5 x5/5 10 lb shield cast 5 x 5/5
This was solid but not easy. Should not have done the one arm shield casts second, lots or wrist stress
Probably just do two hard work going forward
Sciatica basically gone thank g-d and sleep was solid although not perfect
167.2!!
11.9
sleep helps!
Sunday, July 26, 2026
35 lb 5 mile ruck 1:14:15 14:50 ave pace
This went well despite a slow first mile 15:28
Sleep was decent but sciatica still woke me up hard time unfucking it but so far today it hasnt talked to me even in my nap
35 lb ruck three miles 44:25 14:44 ( second fastest/tie)
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