Training Log: Entry 3574

AM WORKOUT (0355 wake up via alarm)

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

“GO RUCK YOURSELF”

Treadmill walk w/20.4lb tac vest

* Speed: 3.5

* Distance: 5.25 miles

* Time: 90 minutes

* Incline: 6.0 for the first 2.5 miles, 7.0 for the next 1.5, 8.0 for 1 mile, 15.0 for the final .25 mile

Notes:

* With how brutal training has been, I opted to reduce the vest weight and focus on the incline today.  Figured this would be more restorative.  That final quarter mile at 15 was a fantastic challenge: at the end, my heart rate on my watch was showing 160, which, given than my RHR is 36, that’s quite a jump.

* Weighed in at 79.6kg post workout.  Weight is in a very good place for the competition, and I got 2 ketobricks in the mail, which will most likely be competition fuel, so that bodes well.

* Tang Soo Do was an outstanding workout last night.  We would roll a six sided die, and whatever the number was, we’d do that many forms/hyung/kata, and then we’d draw a card from a pack of exercise cards and perform that movement either for 10x the die roll in seconds or 10x the die role in repetitions.  We rolled a lot of 5s and 6s, and people were making the smart call and picking seconds instead of reps.  It came to me, I rolled a 6, and I drew a card that was effectively half a burpee (start in the push up position, bring your legs to your chest, kick them back out, do a push up, repeat) and I selected repetitions.  60 of those on top of everything else we did was a challenge, and then trying to do hyungs with blown out shoulders was an exercise in overcoming.  We’ve got another class tonight, where I’ll be performing a hyung with my kid on my shoulders, so that should be a pretty solid workout as well.