Training Log: Entry 3569

AM WORKOUT (0400 wake up via alarm)

*Tactical Barbell Operator* Cycle 2, Week 4, Workout 5

MAIN WORK

SSB Squat

5x5x365

ALTERNATE w/

Axle strict press from rack

4x5x156

1x3x156

+1 push press rep per set

ASSISTANCE/CONDITIONING

17 rounds in 20 minutes of

* 5 chins

* 10 push ups

* 15 squats

w/20.4lb vest

Notes:

* We ended up skipping Tang Soo Do last night because we had a tornado watch, baseball sized hail and 70-90mph wind gusts forecasted.  In turn, when I went to squat this morning, I felt REALLY good.  Much better than I anticipated.  I thought for sure I’d need to cut the sets short today, but every rep felt incredible, fast and strong.  However, the press was the opposite story: super grindy today, and I cut the last set short because I didn’t see any value in grinding out more reps.  Part of it was being gunshy from my neck: it’s still not quite 100%, and I don’t want to keep re-tweaking it.

* Had to get to work a little early today, so I set a limit of 20 minutes for the Cindy WOD.  I tried an experiment of performing the circuit EMOM, vs just blitzing through, thinking that taking the extra rest at the end of the round would allow me to finish faster than usual.  I found out I was wrong: it still just sucks, and I was on pace to finish the same time as usual if not slower.  Next time, I’ll just blitz though, but I’m glad I gave it a try.

* Will have to skip my lunchtime walk today, but I’ve been getting in a lot of steps this week.

* Got in an interesting mini workout yesterday.  My kid and I are doing a “creativity open hand form” (hyung) for our dojang’s summer hyung challenge.  We named ours “Two dogs in a trenchcoat”, because I put my kid on top of my shoulders like Master Blaster from Mad Max and they do the upper body movements while I do the lower body movements.  It ended up being pretty sweaty work.