Training Log: Entry 3635

AM WORKOUT (0400 wake up via alarm)

TACTICAL BARBELL OPERATOR Week 2, Workout 5

MAIN WORK

SSB front squat
5x5x245

ALTERNATE w/

Axle strict press from rack
5x5x168

CONDITIONING

20 round EMOM

• First 5 rounds: 15kb swings w/24kg bell, 10 push ups, 5 chins

• Next 5: 10 swings, 10 push ups, 5 chins

• Next 5: 5 swings, 10 push ups, 5 chins

• Final 5: 4 1 arm swings (2 per arm), 10 push ups, 5 chins

ASSISTANCE

GHR sit ups
3x10

Band pull aparts
3x50

Notes:

• My electrolytes are off: had a real bad case of the head spins in my first set of squats, and my right bicep kept cramping. Making sure to up my intake.

• Aside from that, good training day. My elbows are in pain, and at first I thought it was from the keg carries, but I realize we’ve been drilling staff work hard in Tang Soo Do these past 2 weeks in prep for the tournament, and that always jacks things up for me.

• I like the conditioning workout I’ve come up with. It’s like a version of Cindy without having to squat so much. Add 1 armed swings to the end as a means to continue keeping the heart rate up while maintaining the trend of reducing as time goes on.

• Weighed in at 82.6kg this morning (or .4, I keep forgetting which it was). It’s funny how there is a little bit of a satellite delay when nutrition changes. I was still gaining a little weight when I first dropped my food intake, and I remember at the start of the gaining phase I was dropping bodyweight despite eating more. Just more proof to trust the process.

• Tang Soo Do was moderate activity yesterday: just more drilling to prep for the tournament tomorrow.

• Keg carry yesterday was 275lbs: officially 100lbs heavier than the start of the experiment. This actually felt pretty good until the final 3 steps, where I went sideways and was afraid I was going to dump the keg or rupture my patella tendons. This experiment may come to a halt soon just with me picking up those 12 hour shifts next week, as I don’t intend to carry the keg at 0500 and I’m not sure I’ll be able to carve out the time in the evening after work, but it also IS just 1 quick trip a day, so I can probably make it work. One of the newer variables I’ve had to contend with is that the powder coating on the keg is abrasive enough that it tears open my shin each day. I tried wearing knee sleeves around my shin yesterday and that helped.