Mobility Prep
Yoke
200x50’ in 5.19 seconds
300x50’ in 5.81 seconds
400x50’ in 6.10 seconds
500x50’ in 7.32 seconds
550x50’ in 7.39 seconds
600x50’ in 7.98 seconds
Stone of Steel to Platform (60”, no support)
138x1
182x1
225.5x1
276x1
323.5x1
Atlas Stone to Platform (59”, tacky)
330x0 no lap
330x0 no lap
330x1
383x0 (22”) no lap
383x0 (22”) no lap
365x0 (22”) no lap
Comments: Today didn’t go well. It was like everything
was conspiring against me. 90 degrees today and very humid. My dad was helping
me with moving the new stone to the gym too. Traffic to the exit was backed up
with construction. Like gridlock for the next 40 miles so this meant I had to
take the turnpike to get to the gym. Travel time was about an hour and a half
so nearly double from being in traffic for 1 mile to get to an exit to avoid
the gridlock. So not happy about the increased drive time or spending money I
didn’t expect to be spending. It was really hot. Open air even with fans wasn’t
helping. I did my warm-up on the elliptical with the lights off and a fan going
so I didn’t overheat. I was feeling like I’d need to switch out my shirt after
I was done due to the sweat. Trying my best to stay hydrated. First up for
today was yoke. Last time had been three runs with 500lbs for 50’. This time I
was to do 500lbs, 550lbs and 600lbs. I had the yoke height 1 notch too high at
the start. I had it this high last time but I knew then it was too high. It was
going to have weight dragging on the ground if I took too long of a stride.
Took a bit longer to feel ready to move fast. False started on the 200lbs as
the pickup felt wrong. I didn’t feel very fast today. Only two sets (200lbs and
400lbs) were faster than last time. 500lbs was about a 3/4ths of a second off my best time and about half a second from
last time’s best run with 500lbs. I had a little bit of break between that and
550lbs helping with training partners. My breathing was off and I almost passed
out near the end but I fought through it. Ended up only being .07 of a second
slower than 500lbs. Better but not great. 600lbs for the last run. Couldn’t be
blacking out on this run. Barely finished in under 8 seconds. Half a second off
my best here. Then it was stones. Plan was stone of steel up to about 330lbs
and then tacky up for the real stones and try to either lift the new stone
(383lbs) or do 3-5 EMOM singles with the 365lbs stone. I was hoping for good
things on the real stones. I knew combating the sweat factor was going to be
key. This had me concerned with the stone of steel. Loading to the crash pad
tower again. I had it moved to be free standing as the big tires had been moved
inside and I wanted to be able to get the air moving inside from the left and
have the industrial fan blowing on me from the right. Knee and hips were a little
stiff to start but I felt good on the SOS today despite dealing with sweat. I
just knew I had to really crush the thing today. Plate jumps to start and then
I went to try and do 50lbs jumps after that so that I got close to 330lbs for
the last one. I had setup the crash pad to the side of the tower to hopefully
make it so I didn’t have to worry about leaving the tower by itself to bring it
over and then deload the SOS. It didn’t work out so good though. 323.5lbs was a
hard lift. It was slipping in my arms on the extension so I barely got it on
the tower. Trying to deload it to the side was a mistake as it took the tower
with it and totally missed the crash pad. I just left everything where it was
as I knew I had more to do and I didn’t want to become exhausted from being in
this heat before I did the hard work. So next up stones. Plan was to do 330lbs
for a single and then my new stone and depending on how that felt, go from
there. Probably just the 330lbs and then my new stone as I was wilting in this
heat. Wanted to do some soft tissue work on my left hamstring as it was feeling
tight but couldn’t find the stick tool and I didn’t want to get on the floor
for foam rolling as I’d probably just take a nap. I noticed that the tacky was
spreading a bit too easy today. I knew there was a problem when the 330lbs didn’t
come up right away. The tacky was too hot from sitting in the gym. Damn it.
Took two more tries to commit to the lift to get the stone in my lap. Once
there, extension with it was easy. This sucked. My new stone with sealant would
hopefully stick to the tacky better, even if it was too warm and viscous. Too
well as the bottom of it was sticking to the tacky on the mat that was older
and not as hot and my tacky was too easy to spread. I tried it once more after
it was unstuck but it just kept sliding as I stood up with it so I couldn’t
keep it close to lap it without pulling with my arms and that is a no-no here.
I tried the 365lbs just to see if I could salvage the stone session but no go.
Just overheated, sweaty and frustrated. Took a long time to clean off all the
tacky. By that point, it was really late in the afternoon. It was storming
outside and there was maybe 50’ total of space to use inside for dragging due
to all the equipment and people still here. I was kind of tempted to do the
sled dragging/vehicle dragging when I got home but that was before I got to my
SOS to clean up. The top wouldn’t come off. Must have been from falling from
about 5’ off the ground on to the turf. Required three people to pin it down
and use a 4’ bar to get enough leverage to get the bolt out. It appears that I
may have dented the bottom hemisphere as it doesn’t really want to lock on
tight anymore. Has to be in a certain spot now for it to seal. Not sure if the
seal is tight enough for me to go heavy on it without the halves spinning but
that was not the time to mess it to figure it out. I had a hard time keeping my
eyes open driving home even though the sun was back out in full force and dried
up all the rain from the storm. I just needed the day to end so I waited until
I cooled down enough to shower and went to bed early. I’ll need to be ready for
next time better. Nothing hurt so there’s that at least.
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