Training Log: Entry 3756

AM WORKOUT (0400 wake up via alarm)

TACTICAL BARBELL MASS PROTOCOL GREY MAN Week 7, Workout 3

Open with 18 chins

MAIN CLUSTER

Axle bench press
4x8x236

(6) Texas Deadlift Bar Mat Pulls
15x455

SUPPLEMENTAL CLUSTER

Lever belt squat
4x12x240

Dips
3x12x62.5
9+3x62.5

Axle curls
2x12x81
2x8x81

ASSISTANCE CIRCUIT

Reverse hyper
3x15x360

Hanging leg raise
2x10

Notes:

• Didn’t struggle to wake up for this one like I have in the previous weeks.

• My new knee sleeves make it that I don’t need to wear the sweats to prevent the bar from catching on my strongman shorts, and it also means I can have knee sleeves on for the deadlift. That may prove valuable. In general, these pulls feel a million times better than they did last time I attempted this weight, point of fact being that I had to abandon that cycle last time because it eventually became too challenging. I’m in a much stronger place this time around. 15 reps wasn’t my max today, but with my hip/back (I think it’s truthfully my SI joint) being the way it is, this was the right call to shut it down when I did.

• Bench press weight is perfectly challenging. Everything else COULD have been accomplished with a little more rest, but I was rushing. With this being mass protocol, the goal of getting in a solid pump and challenging myself was accomplished.

• Tang Soo Do last night included break/roll falls, which actually helped my back a little. I wake up pretty stiff/achy, but after I move around I’m in a good way. Better than I should feel, if nothing else.

• Weighed in at 83.3. A .9kg drop from yesterday, which is exactly what happened last week. I seem to be trending up half a kilo this week in general, with this recomp/reverse diet phase very slowly trickling the weight up.

• I need to make a habit of bringing back daily reverse hypers. That’s how I resolved this issue the last time. I also intend to sleep in tomorrow as well, but next week would like to bring back sled/prowler training to get a little more athletic and prep for the tractor pull.