Training Log: Entry 3481

AM WORKOUT (0405 wake up via alarm)

**12 LABORS: OBTAINING THE GIRDLE OF HIPPOLYTE** 

*Tactical Barbell Operator* Cycle 2, Week 3, Workout 1

MAIN WORK

SSB front squat

4x3x260

Log clean and strict press away

4x3x180+1 push press rep per set

NG weighted chins

4x3x45

ASSISTANCE

5 round circuit, 30 seconds per round of

24kg KB swings

365lb SSB front rack hold

Dips

HLR

Push ups

BPA

1x80, 1x20

Notes:

* This workout went much better than I anticipated, once again demonstrating that, when I feel awful, I perform well, and when I feel well, I perform…not awful, but just not as good as I perform well.  Here’s my alchemy theory: when sleep is low, fight or flight response is elevated, resulting in improved performance in short burst high strength work and lower quality of life in general.

* Sleep WAS much better last night.  We got the dog bag on a medication that seems to be doing the trick. I think this is just going to be a “for forever” thing for her, which given she turns 15 in May, I’m more than fine with, as long as she can rest comfortably (and, by extension, the rest of the family as well).

* The front squats were the highlight of the workout: they felt the best.  The log wasn’t quite as snappy as it’s been.  Some of the reps drifted out in front, but I’m strong enough that I can correct now.  I was experiencing a little nerve pain in my back/hips yesterday too, which I attributed to general fatigue.  I was also experiencing elevated thirst: consumed a lot of water with electrolytes yesterday.

* I slept in an extra 5 minutes, because I knew the lifting workout was going to be shorter due to the reduced sets and reps, and it also permitted me the opportunity to do 1 more round of the assistance/conditioning workout.  I was definitely dragging on the final round, but it was good for me.  On the swings, around set 3 I really turned a corner.  I’m trying my hardest to visualize throwing the KB on each swing, to get a similar effect for the bag throw.

* I called my shot on the scale this morning: predicted 82.4kg and that’s what I saw.  That’s a .4kg gain from last week, but given that I dropped 1.8kb between that week and the week before it, this is a much better trajectory for weight stabilization/loss.  However, I also am going to take a moment to pat myself on the back that I have such awareness of my body that, without counting, weighing, measuring or tracking, I can know my weight to the decimal.  Similar to how I can have days where I “feel” lighter, and know that the scale will reflect as such.

* Will be getting in a walk this evening while my kid is in music theater practice, and tonight is our family meal.  Tuna casserole, biscuits, snickerdoodle bars, skim milk and honey await me.