Training Log: Entry 3494

AM WORKOUT (0400 wake up via alarm, much better sleep)

**12 LABORS: STEALING THREE OF THE GOLDEN APPLES OF HESPERIDES**

*Tactical Barbell Operator* Cycle 2, Week 5, Workout 3

MAIN WORK

SSB front squat

3x3x245

ALTERNATE w/

Log clean and strict press away

3x3x170+1 push press rep per set

Log clean

3x200

(5) Texas Deadlift Bar Mat Pulls

14+5+5x405

ASSISTANCE

Lateral raise dropset

35x10, 35x5, 35x2.5, 35xEmpty Hands

BPA

100 total reps

Ab circuit

3x20x180 reverse hyper/3x10 standing ab wheel

Axle curls

55 reps

Band pushdowns

1x35

Notes:

* I was dragging this morning.  Just felt stiff, and I got a little light headed warming up on the log.  I’m gonna assume I’m just running things hard while the food intake isn’t matching, but it timed out well for this to be the day that I cut the work sets down in order to be able to get in the cleans and mat pulls.  I dig this structure, and I realize it’s similar to the 3/5/1 approach I was wanting to employ on a weekly basis: just contained within the week’s cycle itself.  The Texas Method used something similar, from what I recall.  This might be a trick I carry forward.

* The 3 cleans of 200 is a recent PR, and upon reflection, I actually think I had a press in me on that first rep as well.  It went up so smooth that I still had plenty of energy.  That’s a good place to be, especially once I throw on my grip shirt.

* The mat pulls continue to improve.  I added a rep while increasing the ROM, and I’m still not pushing to my absolute limit on these sets.  Biggest limiter is my internal pressure: I still feel that heartburn like feeling earlier in the set than I’d care to, so I have to release my brace and re-accomplish.  It’s been a while since I’ve had to employ this skillset: just gotta rebuild it.  On the plus side,  my hips are handling the work much better than before.

* Still got in my daily touch on the sandbag and throwing bag yesterday.  The pick continues to become more mundane.  I’m not moving as fast as I’d like, but maybe it’s time to break out the belt to give that a try.

* Tang Soo Do was a decent workout last night.  Our head instructor is back, still recovering from back surgery, but able to observe classes and provide instruction.  Nice to have that vector again.

* Took photos of breakfast and I’ll post the recap at the end of day, but it’s kept up with my Gaston/Heracles hybrid (Gastonacles? Heracleston?  Someone who is handy with AI please create the hybrid image of the two Disney characters for me) with 1lb of air fried grassfed New Zealand lamb, 3 hard boiled pastured eggs, 4 egg whites mixed with 1 tablespoon of grassfed beef tallow and a strip of beef liver.  This time I had the big brained play to take all the leftover fat than ran off the lamb during the cooking process and pour it all over the plate/eggs to add flavor.