Training Log: Entry 3166

AM WORKOUT (0420 wake up via alarm)

**5/3/1 BUILDING THE MONOLITH** Week 1, Workout 5

GIANT SETS (Press-squat-chin)

Axle clean and strict press away

5x5x123

Buffalo Bar Squat

5xBar

5x195

5x225

5x260

5x290

Weighted NG chins

5x5x30

GIANT SETS (press-shrug-pull)

Axle clean and strict press away

5x5x123

Axle shrug against short average bands

4x25

Band pull aparts

4x25

Buffalo Bar Squat widowmaker

**101**x145lbs

Done in 48 minutes

OFF CAMERA

3 sets of standing ab wheel

40 reps of neck harness

Lateral raise dropset

Notes:

* It’s pretty crazy how fast this one went.  Before the widowmaker, I was at like 36 minutes, and had I run it as a legit 20 rep set, it would have been over in under 40. Really found a working combination, and wanted to have a pretty solid upper back burner with the way I stacked the assistance work at the end.  Weighted chins at that point would have been a better call, but the set-up of the shrugs in the cage limit my ability to do weighted chins in that spot.

* It’s always interesting how the same weight I can squat 5x5 for on Monday feels so heavy on Friday with BtM.  Jim is a programming sorcerer.

* The shrugs against bands are just such a money play.  Much quicker to set up and take down compared to plates, and the burn is real.  

* How about that for a widowmaker?  In truth, I could have kept going, as evident by my rack and not total collapse when it was over, but at one point you just wonder what is the value added.  101 AFTER a full workout is pretty ridiculous.

* In the realm of TMI, it would appear that eating essentially a loaf of sourdough bread on Sunday has had disastrous impacts on my digestive tract.  As in, googling things like “how do you clear a bowel obstruction without surgery” or contemplating just how much blood loss from a hemorrhoid one can experience before they need to get a transfusion.  I am thankfully, as of yesterday, not going to die, but in turn this morning my ability to brace was slightly compromised due to pain.

* Had more Tang Soo Do sparring last night.  I ended up losing in the semi-finals, primarily because kick-checking isn’t a thing in Tang Soo Do and my liberal use of it was considered a point scored by my opponent, but in turn it meant my kid got to advance to the finals and lost by only 1 point, so that was amazing to see.