Training Log: Entry 3617

AM WORKOUT (0357 natural wake up)

TACTICAL BARBELL MASS PROTOCOL SPECIFICITY BRAVO

Operation MILO Cycle 3, Week 1, Workout 5

MAIN WORK

Chins (various grips)
5x12 (rest pause as needed)

DB rows
5x12x110

Axle curls
5x12x66

GHRs
5x12x30

ASSISTANCE

GHR sit up
3x10

Reverse hyper/band pull apart superset
3x15x340/3x50

Lateral raise dropset
35x10, 35x5, 35x2.5, 35xEmpty hands

Notes:

• Took 1 min rest on everything except for the curls, which were 90 seconds.

• For the chins, I got through the first 2 sets without rest pause, and then rest paused as needed for the remainder, but was able to at least get through 7 reps before needing to break. I’m deciding between add weight and adding reps for the follow on.

• This was a good training day in general. It’s weird not having a “big” lift, but it felt good as far as sparing my body weight. No spinal loading, and no knee flexion work, so my body gets a little break but I still got a pretty solid pump.

• I woke up fantastically sore. Novel stimulus is still working.

• Very decent pump from the chins. Curls were tough. Felt some good hamstring cramping on the GHRs.

• Another low intensity night at Tang Soo Do, but high IQ sorta stuff. It’s fun learning new material with the new belt.

• Keg carry was 231lbs yesterday, and felt much lighter than yesterday’s 230lbs I carry this thing down my driveway and then back up, which means it’s a slight downhill incline down and uphill incline up. I’m feeling that incline a lot more these days…

• Forecasting the future, I have a bridge week and then 3 weeks of Operator coming up, and I think I may actually use those 4 weeks to do the 10k swing challenge as my conditioning work for Operator. It should slot well: just do the swings and bodyweight work for the bridge week, and then do swings and bodyweight work after the lifting of Operator. I can then also do swings and a ruck for conditioning and then some sort of swing based HIC. I’m liking this idea because it reduces decision fatigue, and gives me a chance to actually run the challenge legit for once. We’ll see, but so far it’s where I’m leaning.

• Another decent back shot for the thumbnail. I’ve been eating my face off for 7 weeks and haven’t put on any appreciable bodyfat: that’s pretty awesome.