Training Log: Entry 3421

AM WORKOUT (0340 wake up via dog, snoozed until 0400)

**OPERATION CONAN** Spec Ops Insertion Phase

*Tactical Barbell Mass Protocol* Specificity Bravo, Cycle 2, Week 2, Workout 1

WARM UP

Roll out on LAX ball

50xBW reverse hypers

Bodyweight jump squats

Squat sets of bar, 85, 175

MAIN WORK

Buffalo bar Squats

5x10x250

Lever belt squats

5x10x210

Axle Strict Press

4x10x111 (rest pause final 2 reps of final set)

Axle Bench Press

4x10x166

(3) Incline DB Bench

5x10x55s

Dips

5x10x20lb

ASSISTANCE

HLR/BPA supersets

3x10/20

BREAKFAST

2 mile walk w/dogs

Notes:

* Strict 1 minute rests, with the exception of the final set of strict press, which was 90 seconds.  

* Squats were quite challenging, and I didn’t want to keep the 1 min rests, but I know that’s what makes me better than my competition.  Body is feeling healed and light in general, which is a positive.  Able to move easy through those squats.

* Really trying to focus on speedy reps on the pressing.  I forgot just how important that was for pressing big weights for me.

* Won’t be able to get in my typical Monday evening walk, because my kiddo has a performance at their show choir this week, so I get to watch that.

* Dog got up at 0340 and didn’t go back to sleep before my alarm went off.  Sucks, but my body is feeling better for the most part.  Guts are in a much better way, and the fact I could crush this workout given what I went through this weekend speaks volumes to how well I’m growing.  On that note, I weighed in at 80.6kg, which shows how much fluid I lost.  I suppose I got a head start on my cruise weight cut.  In truth, I’m focusing on getting my electrolytes re-balanced, and it times out well that tonight is my family meal.  Big thing is to not OVERcorrect.  I clearly demonstrated that my strength hasn’t taken a hit, and my conditioning is in place, I just need to regain some water.