Training Log: Entry 3192

AM WORKOUT (0425 wake up via alarm)

**5/3/1 BUILDING THE MONOLITH** Week 6, Workout 1

SUPERSETS (press-squat)

Axle clean and strict press away

5x133

5x153

5x168 (continental)

12x133

Buffalo Bar Squat

5xBar

5x195

5x245

5x280

SUPERSETS (Squat-BPA)

Buffalo bar Squat

5x5x315 (1 min rests)

Band pull aparts

5x20

100 dips and 200 chins in sub 18 minutes

END OF REQUIRED WORK

2x10 standing ab wheel

BREAKFAST

Short walk w/dog

Notes:

* I am genuinely delighted I even got this workout in, to say nothing of how I absolutely crushed it.  Stayed out a little later than usual last night chowing down at Texas De Brazil and watching Lewis Black.  I ate well but not like an a-hole and wasn’t feeling overly full from the experience, but through the course of the evening I felt pretty ill and ended up passing some liquid and vomiting slightly.  From what I can see, that stomach bug I picked up on Thurs hasn’t fully resolved, and putting away that much rich food re-triggered it.  That happened around 0130, and when the alarm went off I did some bargaining with myself, saying that I’d just skip the squats, since that seemed the riskiest.  But, when I got into the gym and hit a warm-up, things felt surprisingly solid, so I just rode it out.  So glad I did, because I felt VERY strong through this workout.  Perhaps 300g of protein from a bunch of red meat really IS the solution to pre-training nutrition.

* Happy with the solid clean performance on the sets of 153 for the press.

* Was happy with how tight I could keep the rests period so tight on the squats.  This is the hardest workout of the program and it went so incredibly well.  I really feel like this is my best run of BtM.

* Used the NG on chins the entire time in order to make up some lost time.  Went with 3/6-3/6 per EMOM until about the 11th round, and then had to change things up a little.  In 3 workouts, I was able to get the time down each time, improving density.  If I run this again, that may be how I approach things from now on.

* Squeaked in those sets of ab wheel at the end.

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