Training Log: Entry 3023

AM WORKOUT (0405 wake up via alarm) FASTED

**MESS (Mass-Easy, Strength Simple)** Workout 21: Easy Strength for Fat Loss Day

Axle continental and press away/weighted chin superset

3x3x166

3x3x42.5

(3) Axle double overhand deficit deadlift

3x3x246+chains

Standing ab wheel

1x10

Loaded carry

100lb keg on back+40lb weight vest for several trips

1 mile weighted vest walk

1 mile run (rain started falling, so abandoned the vest)

Conan Curls

Notes:

* Pretty exhausted from my “day off” yesterday.  Knees, in particular, are beat up, most likely from the run.  But in that regard, it was my first time running at this new bodyweight, and that was an interesting experience.  I definitely “felt” lighter, and moved faster.  

* Really focusing on moving quickly on the first 2 movements of the day here, and on the continental and press in particular trying to speed up that continental.  All the practice has really been a boon.  And now, on my “weak days”, I’m still moving good weight.  Halfway through the program and I’m really digging the results.

* The deadlift was similar today.  I think my grip is finally solid enough that I can really maximize the benefit of this approach to pulling.

* The carry was another moment of “lets try THIS out”, since I’m doing everything I can to not repeat the same workout.  Interestingly taxing.  I prefer shoulder vs on the back, but this still achieved something.

* As you can see from all the lightning crashing, it was stormy weather, and I had a suspicion that I wouldn’t be able to walk my dog this morning, and with Tang Soo Do tonight a post dinner walk wasn’t on the agenda, so I settled on making this a “For Fat Loss” day.  Managed a mile walk before the rain started, and since my vest uses iron plates I didn’t wanna rust it out, so I booked it back to the garage, shed the vest and ran out the rest.

* I plan to do a write-up in the near future, but I wanna log this down here: “Easy Strength” is the solution to the shortcoming of “To Valhalla”.  I noted that the latter wasn’t really building my strength, and I was naturally neglecting my direct ab work.  Given that those workouts tended to run 30-40 minutes and Easy Strength is around 20-25 minutes, opening up a “To Valhalla” workout with an Easy Strength workout would allow for a full 60 minutes of work wherein I get in my strength work at the start and my conditioning at the end.  I can definitely foresee a block of that in the future.