Training Log: Entry 3129

AM WORKOUT (0425 wake up via alarm, good night of sleep)

**CHAOS IS THE PLAN: THE CIMMERIAN CHRONICLE** Week 7, Day 4-“Cimmerian Training Grounds & The Tabata War”

For 40 minutes

* Start each round with burpee chin

* Transition to keg one motion w/100lb keg, 135lb log viper, Double Kettlebell Half Snatch w/20kg bells

* Add a burpee chin each round

After 40 minutes, transition to tabata intervals, drop the burpee chin and go for max rounds of the press medley

16 rounds accomplished in 40 minutes, then 5 rounds accomplished in the tabata interval

17 minutes of Dan John’s ladder (2-3-5-10) for prisoner squats and push ups

BREAKFAST

Walk w/wolf (no vest)

Notes:

* The story: The Cimmerian is trained from birth to be a warrior, because neighboring tribes are always preparing to invade.  The Tabata are on the border and it won’t be long before they strike.  The Cimmerian hones his skills on the training grounds, and with each passing brutal winter the training grows more and more grueling.  Finally, at the age of 16, he is called upon to defend his land against the Tabata.  All the training pays off, as he is able to slaughter 15 of the enemy on his own.

* Each burpee chin represents a year of life.  You wanna get your Cimmerian old enough to be able to fight as a man rather than a boy.  The set-up of the keg medley is to represent a complex training ground with many different approaches to combat, requiring development of many skills.

* I really like how this worked out.  Adding a burpee chin per round has an interesting effect where the pressing muscles get a rest but the whole body accumulates MORE fatigue with each passing round, so I’m recovered enough to go again but under greater fatigue each round.  I came up with the tabata interval at the end in the middle of the workout, and it’s the perfect cherry on top after 40 minutes of work: I was totally wiped out.  This one is definitely a keeper.  

* I had nothing left in me for those squats and push ups.  Took it leisurely and focused on recovering with that bodyweight work.

* Scrapped the weight vest today because I needed to move quickly this morning with a work obligation.