Tuesday, February 25, 2025

 Training Log: Entry 3475

AM WORKOUT (0510 wake up via Valkyrie’s alarm)


**12 LABORS: STEALING THE MARES OF DIOMEDES**


*Tactical Barbell Operator* Cycle 2, Week 2, Workout 2


“OXYGEN DEBT 101”


4 rounds of

200m sprint, rest 30 seconds x 3

3 min rest



Notes:


* Slept in because this workout is short and I like being able to wake up alongside the Valkyrie when I can.  With the rough night of sleep last night, that panned out well.  This workout is also a solid choice as I’m hitting it the morning after my carby meal, making the most of my renewed glycogen stores.  Which, while I’m discussing that: tuna casserole, some leftover Texas Roadhouse rolls, and a cookie flight from the Valkyrie: 5 total, with some raw honey from those stingless bees in Mexico, and a mug of Fairlife skim.  After which, Valkyrie and I got in a pleasant 2.75 mile walk.


* I am a big fan of this workout, and I think I’ve settled into a pretty solid rhythm here as a result.  I definitely want to get in stones and carries each week, which takes care of 1-2 HIC workouts, I want to get in a ruck each week, which is an E workout, and I want to get in some manner of running each week, and with this being a solely running based HIC, it answers the mail.  Since I’m doing swings and a bodyweight circuit at the end of 2 of my lifting workouts, I’m getting in enough kettlebell and bodyweight work, and Tang Soo Do includes some of that as well, so I don’t feel like my HIC workouts need to include those. And then, alongside all that: this one really just hits hard and right.  On some of the other ones, I feel like I’m dogging it toward the end, but this one is short enough on the distance that I feel like I can really give it my all through the workout, and the brief 30 second rests is just enough time to regather for another effort but not enough to actually recover.  It truly lives up to it’s name.  As long as there is no snow, I imagine this will be my way forward, with some occasional deviations toward an indoor based HIC when the time is right.


* I ran into one logistical issue on the very last sprint where someone was walking their dog right on my sprinting path, but at that point I’d accumulated a significant enough oxygen debt.


* I really felt explosive on the first sprint of each group.  Arms were pumping and legs were moving up high.  Lighter bodyweight probably helps too.  I stuck with my bearfoot shoes, based off listening to a podcast with Brad Kearns.  


* STILL dealing with congestion issues.  Honestly feels like I’m regressing in that regard.


* Tang Soo Do tonight.  It’s basics week, which is hit or miss as far as intensity goes, but we’re still doing physical testing requirements, so there’s at least some additional stimulation in my future.

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