Training Log: Entry 2987

AM WORKOUT (0415 natural wake up) FASTED

**PLAGUE OF STRENGTH’S “FAMINE”: “RAGNAROK IS HERE** Week 1, Workout 4: Bench

GIANT SET (bench-press-abs-curls) 60 second rests between sets

Axle Incline Bench
5x135+Chains
2x4x135+Chains
1x4x135+chains w/burnout set w/o chains

Trap bar press
6xAMRAPx85-95lbs w/2second lockout

Hanging leg raise
5xAMRAP

FG DB concentration curl
5x20x10lbs

20 minutes of dips w/Tabata timing

333 total

OFF CAMERA

2 minutes of BW squats (153 total)

BREAKFAST

2 mile walk outside

Notes:

* I’m still not 100%, which reflects in performance here, but I’m in a much better way than I’ve been.  This was a good start to the week: something not terribly strenuous but allows me to push myself.  Plus it’s Monday: international bench press day.

* I’m switching up movements a bunch this run because my body is in a weird place and this is keeping me from trying to compare old and new numbers.  Learned that trick decades ago from Dave Tate and it is still so valuable.

* I have always been awful at incline, so it’s good to emphasize it for a bit.  And since it beats up my shoulders, making the rest of my pressing NG seems smart.  Chains added a nice variable.  

* Time was tight at the end, so just slammed some squats to get ahead of that number.   I’ll work some more later today.  

* Been meaning to log this for a while, but one of the benefits of my “To Valhalla” run is that gravitating toward my strengths and away from my weaknesses really helped me heal.  My right knee FINALLY feels better after Super Squats.  It’s been making all these bodyweight squats and full ROM work so much more manageable.  Wondering if all the time in the bearfoot shoes is helping too.

* Physique has returned to something more recognizable since my illness.  It’s wild how sickness now has a severe physical manifestation in me.

Got in 2+ more mile walk with the kiddo and all the required bodyweight work in the PM