Training Log: Entry 3762

AM WORKOUT (0430 wake up via alarm)

TACTICAL BARBELL MASS PROTOCOL GREY MAN Week 8, Workout 4

Prowler “sprints”

• 4 rounds of high handle sprints w/90lbs loaded on prowler

Notes:

• Stuck with the plan of actually doing this today. I train in a parking lot closeby my house away from residentials, so that I’m not waking up the world with the sound of metal on asphalt (btw: when it’s dark out, you can actually see the sparks fly off the prowler). I walked the distance I’m pushing, and it’s 110 steps for me (my normal stride, not toe to toe). A fresh “sprint” took about 48 seconds, where I was able to move quick for the first 5/8s of the length or so and then have to resort more to slogging it out at the end. That’s not QUITE the same training effect as an actual traditional sprint, but I feel like it will have some value in prepping for a strongman tractor pull event.

• Rested 4 minutes for the first 3 rounds and 5 minutes for the final. 6 minutes per round would have been more appropriate, employing a 6:1 rest to work ratio, but first time out and wanted to keep honest on time.

• In the future, I intend to use the harness to actually develop the skillset necessary for the event, but for now I’m just trying to rebuild my prowler conditioning in general, because I was definitely feeling the effects of the prowler between rounds, and after the final round I contracted some prowler flu, and when I got back home to put stuff away my legs were like jello.

• The biggest win of this all was meeting intent. I struggled with sprint work in the past because of “opportunity costs”. I couldn’t cope with the idea of spending 30+ minutes of training time to get in 4 minutes of actual training, and I’d always turn these into endurance workouts instead and just miss the point entirely. I kept the weight light enough that I could sprint, despite the blow to my ego only seeing a 45 per side. I kept the rest times long enough that I could recover, instead of trying to force myself to perform while I was gassed. Once again, appreciation to Tactical Barbell here, because every workout has a purpose, instead of every workout trying to be all things at once.

• I will also note that getting to sleep an extra half hour was glorious.

• Tang Soo Do last night was the 90 minute class and a decent enough workout. Since it’s the wildcard week, we went through a wide range of material. Tonight’s class is 60 minutes.

• Weighed 82.6kg this morning. Was looking over my past 8 weeks of weigh ins and this week is trending very similarly to week 1. Been a fascinating experiment.

• This showed up in my facebook feed this morning

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• I’ll be attending that brief. I’m trying to not get too excited, but a boxing match has been on my bucket list since I was in high school. If my schedule can support this, that would be awesome, and Tactical Barbell would be easy to make it all work.