Training Log: Entry 2419

TODAY

BUILDING THE MONOLITH Week 6, Workout 1

AM WORKOUT (0517 wake up via dog, 0650 workout)

NG chins

4x25

Buffalo Bar squats

5xBar

5x140

5x230

5x335

5x385

5x5x430 (Lifetime 5x5 PR)

Axle strict press

5x151 (clean first rep)

5x171 (clean first rep)

5x191 (from rack)

Dips

200

Band pull aparts

1x34

2x33

Axle strict press from racks 151 w/rest pause

9+3+2

Transition immediately to bodyweight dips

10+10

Transition immediately to 25 band pushdowns

Transition immediately do lateral raises

20x10lbs

20x5

20x2.5

20xEmpty hands

Notes: Knocked the chins out first, before the start of the workout, so I’d fatigue less for the squats. Then did supersets of squat and press until I ran out of presses, then giant sets of squat-pull apart-dip till I ran out of pulls, then squats and dips until squats were done, then pressed and finished. 2.5 minutes between sets. Bar almost rolled off my back after rep 3 on the second set: pretty scary. Otherwise, this was an awesome challenge and really just caps the whole process for me. Just gotta finish things up now.

Pressing was solid: significant improvement from week 3. Zero blackouts and felt strong.

Got into my hotel. No microwave. We adapt. Cooked up a pound of ground beef with a 4" skillet.

Work in progress there. Got some eggs too. My usual fair of grassfed/organic, etc. Making things work.

Going to get in a hotel room workout in a bit and plan to hit something up in the early AM.

EDIT: Hotel workout was a 6 minute plank followed by EMOM 10 burpees for 21 rounds (got beat by the clock).  Elevation is higher here.