June 13, 2018 – Week 6, Day 2

5 Minutes Expresso Interactive Upright Exercise Bike

Leaning Calf Raises
BWx30

16” Goblet Box Squats
20x25

Shoestring Romanian Deadlifts
45x20

Band Rows
MMBx20

Push-ups
BWx15

Bodyweight Plank
20 Seconds

Biceps Stretches
20 Seconds
20 Seconds

Front to Back Hip Swings
BWx10/10

Side to Side Hip Swings
BWx10/10

Deadlifts
135x5
205x5
Added Suit/Straps
275x3
336x3
397x3
458x3
519x3

Smith Machine Weighted Planks
BW+155x30 seconds
BW+155x30 seconds

Side Plank
BWx60/60 seconds

Stretching

Comments: Moved this day up to accommodate for social engagements. Right knee is still buggy. Wore a copper knee sleeve for the workout. Warmed up on the fancy bike again. 140bpm highest reading this time. I picked a different course that seemed ok. Easy calf work after that. Knees weren’t really bothering me on the goblet box squats. So that was a plus. RDLs also not so bad on the knee. I figured that deadlifting wouldn’t be so bad today then. Rows with the band were good. Left shoulder is still tight but not the achy painful it was before. I was expecting some shoulder tightness on the push-ups but they actually went pretty good. Plank was easy. Then the biceps stretches. Into the hallway for the hip swings. Felt pretty good. On to deadlifts. Someone was using the lifting platform so I just did them right in front of it where really the only space available. Warmed up before moving on to the work sets. All gear on and doing triples with 10% jumps in weight. Reps in the suit is weird. I used a combination of metal plates and bumper plates to try and get it to feel similar to the hummer tire weight distribution. I felt like I was pressing orange juice out of my face with how tight the suit felt and how much pressure I was under at the bar. Never not awkward getting strapped to the bar in the suit from the floor. Weight felt easy that first set and was much the same the second set. This was encouraging. Suit doesn’t put me in a good position on the floor despite the rebound I get. Weight was starting to feel heavy and I was getting sweaty. Producing my on baby oil with how easily the bar was sliding up my thighs to lockout. Nicked my shin on the right side on one of the sets so was bleeding through that sock by the end. Second to last set, I felt that I could do 12-15 reps with it. Top set was a little bit tougher. I gripped it differently on the bar and I didn’t bother applying chalk. Made this a bit harder to hold on to with control, even with the straps. Put the weights away and got out of the suit before going upstairs to do weighted planks. Set it up with the weight I did my last set with last week. That was rough going for that much weight right off the bat. Must be crazy to do another set with it. Side plank to finish up the session. Weighted planks had beat my core up something fierce. I was sweating and cramping by the end of the side plank set and was just glad to be done with it and head home to rest some.