Training Log: Entry 3821

AM WORKOUT (0400 wake up via alarm)

OPERATION CORNHISTERKUR Phase 2

TACTICAL BARBELL OPERATOR PRO Cycle 3, Week 1, Workout 1

PRIMARY MOVEMENT

SSB Front Squat
2x325

SECONDARY MOVEMENTS

Log clean and strict press away
5x5x155

Power keg load to platform
5x5x200

ASSISTANCE (giant set)

SSB front rack hold
3x30 seconds x 325

Hanging leg raise
3x10

Band pull apart
3x25

Notes:

• Wasn't particularly jazzed to get this done this morning. Woke up at 0340 and was able to go completely back to sleep and have some dreams in the 20 minutes before my alarm went off. This being the next phase AND having eaten so well the night before helped convince me to get up and get after it.

• That 2x325 on the front squat is new territory, so PR by default. It was a helluva grinder on the second rep, but it's great that I'm pushing myself into uncomfortable territory.

• Really tried to focus on pressing fast and strong with the low/light reps of this program. Now is the time to really get GOOD at pressing, rather than just strong.

• I'm still pushing the weight on the keg as I continue to progress. It's a great loading implement: really allows me to just dig in.

• My hips/SI joint are feeling awesome. Seems I've gotten a real handle on them. Biggest thing is coming to terms with the reality that Tang Soo Do DOES impose recovery demands on me, and adjusting. I was sleepwalking through it for a long time, but it adds up.

• Weighed in at 82.5 kg. a .8kg drop from where I was last week, and .6kg from 2 weeks ago, making this my lightest Monday weigh in of the training cycle. The system is working. Increase the fasting DAYS while keeping meals the same size, playing around a little with composition (emphasizing protein) and I am seeing small gradual drops in weight/fat while my strength is ticking up.

• On the headspace side of things, I've really come around on rest days. I used to get anxiety over the thought of them, and also find a way to shoehorn in SOME sort of stupid intense workout. Now, it's the opposite: the weekend rolls around and I think "I need to make sure I don't do anything stupid so that I'm in shape enough to get through my training next week" I do feel like age is a part of that equation. When you're younger and can recover from just about anything, you feel like any available recovery is a wasted opportunity. You get older, and you feel like any SPENT recovery wastes FUTURE opportunities.

• Chaos is the plan. We leave for our Tang So Doo tournament on Friday, so I'm going to get my workout done in the morning of travel, then ride in a vehicle for several hours before attempting to do martial arts. I'm not smart.