Training Log: Entry 3744

AM WORKOUT (0510 wake up via Valkyrie’s alarm, very good night of sleep)

TACTICAL BARBELL MASS PROTOCOL GREY MAN Week 5, Workout 2

“Viking Raid”

15 minutes

• 100m row

• 150lb sandbag carry

• Add 100m each round

Notes:

• Was in the middle of the carry on the 6th round when the timer went off. Still can’t beat week 1’s performance, which speaks to the impact of systemic fatigue. But I was definitely putting in effort and feeling the conditioning effect here.

• Body felt better than last week. Elbows and hips played nicer, but part of that was I was a bit less ballistic in the pick up to be a little more gentle on the connective tissues. Once again: it feels good to feel good.

• We did 22 rounds of ABCs last night as part of ABF, and it’s still functioning as an awesome tonic workout for me. However, I’ve noticed that my physique seems to have turned a corner and has returned to being a bit more shapely/bulbous, and it dawned on me that I AM doing a supplemental “bodybuliding” program with my family outside of my own training alongside my (now) 50 chins a day. I’m thinking the little bit of additional submaximal work is paying off.

• Woke up at 83.1kg this morning, which seems to be where I waver. Scale keeps weighing me 6kg less on the first attempt, which means it’s time for new batteries, but is a great “oh sh*t” sorta moment.

• When I have a little more bandwidth, I’m going to try to spitball some ideas for training leading up to the next competition. It’s a ways off, but I’m excited about it, and I’m excited that I’m excited about it. I already ordered my kilt yesterday.

With a name like that, I couldn’t pass it up.