Training Log: Entry 3783

AM WORKOUT (0358 natural wake up)

TACTICAL BARBELL MASS PROTOCOL SPECIFICITY BRAVO Week 3, Workout 3

Texas Deadlift Bar Deadlift
9x455 (+3 rep PR)

DB row
4x8x165

Axle curls
4x8x93

GHR
4x8x75

ASSISTANCE

GHR sit up
20, 15

Reverse hypers
3x15x270

Band pull aparts
3x25

Notes:

• I genuinely have no idea where those deadlifts came from, but I’m thankful for them. Anything above 6 was a PR with this weight. I wanted 10, would be satisfied with 8, wound up at 9. Actually had some difficulty finding the floor on the set: I’d hit one side and then the other. My strap set up had some issues, so I think that was part of it. May have actually had that 10th rep if I wasn’t fighting the bar the entire time. I’m definitely shot to hell from the training and due for that bridge week coming up, but that just makes this even more awesome. And the moonwalk afterwards is always a joy. I also came VERY close to blacking out at rep 7, after managing to hold my breath for that long.

• DB rows felt better than I deserved. Seem to really be responding well to the heavy weight. GHRs were awesome too.

• Dropped the weight on the reverse hypers. Noticed last week that they lit my hips up, and started to wonder if they were yet another contributor to my hip pain. My back is getting enough stimulus between the SSB, deadlifts and stones: this can be more of a rehab effort.

• Tang Soo Do last night was more about precision than anything else. Not too terribly active.

• Weighed in at 83.3kg this morning, 3rd week in a row that I dropped .9kg on Wed. Fun to see the consistency.

• I have the next 2 days off work, and my in-laws are coming into town. Schedule is going to be a little nutty, and I’m already dreading tomorrow’s squat workout, but it’s the last one of the program.

• I realized that we’ve taken a monthlong hiatus from ABF due to various obligations and competitions. Valkyrie has expressed interest in starting it back up again. I’m thinking the reduced pressing volume could actually be a contributor to my axle press not progressing as rapidly as it was previously.