Training Log: Entry 2475

DEEP WATER INTERMEDIATE Week 2, Workout 1

AM WORKOUT (0550 wake up via alarm, 0830 workout)

Texas deadlift bar TnG deadlifts
10x10x405 w/4:00 between sets

Box jumps
5x10 w/1:00 between sets

20 standing ab wheels
40 reverse hypers
50 band pull aparts
25 band pushdowns

Notes: This was absolutely some Deep Water.  Deads started out rough and never got better. Settled on the deadlift bar vs the axle because it allowed greater opportunity for hitching, ramping, and grinding, which seemed pretty crucial to the experience.  Let me just take a moment to say that 10x10x405 confirms I am all that is man.  

My box for box jumps is my deadlift mats all stacked together.  I'll keep increasing height as I can.  I'm a terrible jumper, so it doesn't take much.

Gonna get in the squats later, along with Tang Soo Do, and then a night shift.

I got my hotel booked for the comp.  Was going to sign up, but I realized I have no idea what my weight class is.  One of these mornings, I need to weigh myself.

PM WORKOUT (1600)

Buffalo Bar squat 295-chins-dips

10

5

15

Time: 5:38

Tang Soo Do class (1900)

Just learned the new form and some strikes and blocks. Having some ideological differences regarding stances and guard, but I’m here to learn. New belt looks nice on me.

PM WORKOUT II (2100)

100 kb swings w/40kg bell

Time: 2:30

Notes: That squat WOD is legit. I was huffing bad when it was over. TSD class was very easy, which is what I needed after that deadlift workout. Got in the swings just to get the hear rate up before work started.

I went through my log and found out I’m actually moving much more weight this round of Deep Water than last time. I was deadlifting 368lbs (playing around with pounds and kilos) and push pressing 155. Squats were like 290 something. I’d been beating myself up thinking that I was moving less this go round, since I dropped so much bodyweight, but it appears I’ve still grown significantly stronger. I’m “feeling” fatter just from always having a full gut, but still got the markers of a smaller waist size and the belt hole on my power belt. That said, I’m still looking to cut calories at the end of DW intermediate, just becaues my body needs a break. It’ll be 6 months of eating to gain at that point, and I’ve kept it clean the whole time, which presents its own challenges. I’m thinking just a 6 week re-adjustment and evaluate from there. I’ve been talking DoggCrapp, and that might still happen, but I may also get back to SVR II, as that’s served me well a ton of times. Either way, gotta get through these next 5 weeks first.

I AM thinking of doing a legit cheat meal before my next deadlift workout, just because this one completely annihilated me. Had the “deadlift hangover” afterwards, zombied my way around the house for an hour before settling in for my nap before my night shift. I think a carb bump would go far.