August 19, 2015 – Week 12, Day 2

Dynamic Warm-ups

12” Log Cleans
90x5
120x5
150x3
180x3
210x1
240x1
265x2
265x2
265x2

Hatfield Overload Squats
170x5
170x5
270x3
270x3
365x1
365x1
455x1
545x2
545x2
545x2

Farmer’s Walk
205xpick
255xpick
300x65’ in 14.16 seconds
300x65’ in 13.73 seconds
300x65’ in 13.92 seconds

Sandbag Carry and Load Over Bar (49”) (turns at 20’)
245x3x40’
245x3x40’
245x3x40’

34 Minutes of Stretching

Comments: Kind of playing things out as they happen. Rain in the forecast so had to take a chance that I could avoid the weather and get all the training in. Cleans with the log to start. I was very sweaty today. Doubles instead of triples. Not worried about injuring the biceps on this so while cautious, I didn’t have the extreme mental hesitation of the past week. Looked awesome on video but it definitely felt tougher than last time. Slow and exaggerated movements (besides the clean itself) is still the safest bet here. I think it helps me to break it down as I do it for my mental health. Maybe I was just tired from the press work yesterday but I definitely was in no frame of mind to even attempt a press once the weight was to the shoulders haha. Hatfield squats were up next on the agenda. A bit odd weight jumps to get to the right working weight. Like log cleans, doubles instead of triples here too. Thankfully, walking out the weight didn’t have me contemplating my own mortality like deload last week haha. A little harder than I would have liked effort wise but it moved well. I guess I’m just expecting this weight to feel “easy” by this point. I forget that this was about the same level of effort I needed for 100lbs less many months ago. Home for event training. It got dark really fast and I was constantly worried it would rain, which would be bad for farmer’s walk but disastrous for sandbag carries. For the farmer’s walks, I got the distance right for this time haha. For this weight, I was happy with how relatively easy the picks were. Speed felt consistent on these and no issues with the knee. I’m finding the best way to chalk up my hands to deal with the humidity and heat and my profuse sweating is putting chalk on side of my hands and a ring around my wrist to keep sweat from getting into my palm. Normally, I have the next event all set but with the threat of rain (I need a sandbag, not a mudbag) night descended by the time I was ready. Wore a reflective vest and put out a flashlight and lamp to light my path. The video of this is mostly darkness. Of course, with a bit more weight, I was worried about my biceps. Was the technique from last time going to work? Got to stop having trust issues with my plan. It worked like a charm. The bag is getting a beating from the asphalt and the weights inside and it is wheezing sand like spice from the worms from Dune, so I may need to get a new one in short order. The only time I really had an issue (other than feeling like death) was the last pick-up of the last set where I had issues getting it to my lap. Stretched and feasted on three recovery burritos.