February 4, 2016 – Week 3, Day 2

I needed the day off. My body was achy and my head was swimming with doubt. Doubt in myself and my abilities. Imposter syndrome. I kept let my guard down or bad thoughts flood in. It was raining the day before so it was sensible to wait until the following day to workout but I still could have. Got a brief massage and made sleep a priority and that seemed to help a lot. I got to keep in mind that with the unique events, my body is being pulled in a lot of directions. Have to be loose for keg tosses but tight for max axle, etc. Enough of that, time to get back up.


Dynamic Warm-ups

Keg Tosses (15’7”)
half kegx6 (7 attempts)
half kegx6 (6 attempts)
half kegx6 (6 attempts)
half kegx6 (6 attempts)

Axle Cleans
116x5
160x3
185x1
210x1
235x3
235x3
235x3

Hatfield Overload Squats
170x5
170x5
270x3
270x3
370x1
370x1
470x1
560x3
560x3
560x3

Sandbag Carry and Load Over Bar (60”) (turns at 20’)
200x3x40’
200x3x40’
200x3x40’

Nordic Leg Curls (5 second negatives)
bwx5
bwx5
bwx5

Kneeling Cable Abs
170x12
170x12
170x12

27 Minutes of Stretching

Comments: The day off seemed to do the trick. My lower back was a little stiff and my shoulders achy but I felt better. Granted, I didn’t feel awesome going into the keg toss. A lot of the snow is gone but the stuff that is left is heavy. Best I’ve done with the keg toss; only missed one attempt. The keg seemed to be intent on destroying the light out front so that is gone haha. The snow definitely made the keg heavier on some tosses. To the gym and on to axle cleans. Little more weight this week. I felt like crap warming up but once I actually got to the working weight, everything clicked. This was the easiest these have felt so far this cycle. No hesitation (other than getting the bouncy weights to settle) and quick movements. Hatfield squats followed. I knew during the warm-ups these would go better. Weight didn’t feel as heavy this time. Speed wasn’t much better than previous weeks but I felt I could do more. Guess it only took two weeks to get ready for the heavy stuff haha. Home for sandbag carries. Increased the load height once more so I had to be ready to really extend to get the darn thing over the bar. Times for the sets were about the same as last week which is good. Still feeling slow while moving but I do have to deal with a turn and the uphill/downhill dynamic (don’t want to slip/trip). Back to the gym to finish things up. Increased the reps on the Nordic leg curls and much the same as previous weeks. Good hamstring work. Abs were the same and I tried to stay upright and strict to really work the abs. It was really late by this point so recovery burritos were on the menu.