Mobility Prep
Yoke (Pitbull)
307x50’ in 6.10 seconds
407x50’ in 7.15 seconds
507x50’ in 7.79 seconds
607x50’ in 9.66 seconds
657x50’ in 10.41 seconds
707x50’ in 11.20 seconds
Vehicle Drags (1 minute sets)
carx135’3”
carx152’11”
carx157’0”
Stretching
Comments: Having to make adjustments due to the finger
injury changed this day quite a bit. Usually this is the yoke, stones and drag
day but since there was no guarantee I could safely lift stones (with or
without tacky) that was going to be dropped. Additionally, the gym in Lancaster
was having a powerlifting meet on Saturday so that would mean I’d need to go on
Sunday if I wanted to use the equipment there. Because of that, I figured it
was best to just do this workout at home with what I have since it was modified
so much. Not have to worry about driving, people being available to help with
stuff and not get the workout days out of whack again. Some convenience in one
aspect doesn’t mean convenience in all aspects haha. It has been windy and
stormy so there was a lot of debris on the street so I needed to do some
sweeping first. I also had to move my car to keep my neighbor from parking too
close to where I was planning to workout (good thing as they came home just as
I was about to start, they always park too close to my property side. You got a
two-car garage and driveway, use it). Also did other stuff to prep for the
session that I figured was best to get done before warming up so that I didn’t inadvertently
cooldown setting up later. Did my usual warm-up when I’m doing a home session of
dragging my prowler sled knock-off around the block. I had to rerig it up as I
took it apart for the chains I use to for leader chains on the front squats and
close grip benching. I also had took part of it the Lancaster gym with the
stupid Exer-Genie. Felt good to start and then my shoe came untied so I had to
stop to fix that. It has been almost a year since I’ve done this as some
neighbors had gotten a dog that didn’t appreciate the noise the drag was making
haha. The movement prep stuff took a little bit of figuring out too with doing
everything here. I got through everything. One thing I use with the 53lbs
kettlebell I had to use two 15lbs ones and it felt so light compared to that
one it was like a joke haha. So for today, I only had two things;
yoke and vehicle drags. Yoke was 50’ runs again. My street is a bit uphill so
rather than having to do uphill and downhill and readjust the camera setup each
time, I just reset the yoke downhill. My warm-ups were walking the empty yoke
(217lbs) down to the start from my garage and then some picks and empty runs.
Right hamstring was really tight. I was walking like a zombie at the start but
seemed to get better as I did warm-ups. The yoke I was using is my pitbull
strength one that I bought about 10yrs ago. Lot of mileage on this thing and I’ve
been spoiled with how the rouge fitness ones are at the gym in Lancaster. It
has been rained on, used by pro strongman and literally broke my back at one
point. It is definitely a lot tougher of a yoke with its wobbling and narrow
crossbar. I figured that even if I was having a bad day, I’d still be hitting
post injury PR since the most I’ve done on this yoke since the 2016 hard reset
is 652lbs. I didn’t want to deal with small plates really today so I just did
7lbs more on it for the sets. Knees were aching so my picks were slow and
controlled. I’d do a set and then strip all the weights off, pick it up to get
it over the finish line I made with nylon twine, and push it back to the start.
I could tell I was slow today but I’m always slower on this versus a sturdy
yoke with a thicker cross bar. I don’t think I realized how slow I was going
until I was finished. I felt like my stride had to be shorter so as not to drop
it but I kept trying to move fast. I didn’t feel like I was going to pass out
at any time. I had a little bit of misstep near the end of my run with 657lbs.
I never had any doubts I wasn’t going to finish these runs. I think I would’ve
been angry if I had done this workout with the rouge fitness yoke in Lancaster
and I was this slow but I’m realizing that these yoke workouts are generally
coming with some fatigue from the previous session. Usually heavy 18” singles
and then a lot of hip flexor abdominal work. More so with the back intensive
ssb partial gms I did. So fatigue is masking my true strength on these and that
is fine. I keep separate records on this yoke versus others and I perhaps don’t
need to make this one so much of a stranger depending on what comes up in
competition. So then it was vehicle drags. These have been written in but due
to not usually having someone around, it has been replaced with sled drags.
Pushes are easy, nothing really required. But the drags require rope of some
kind and some vehicles don’t have any easy setup for towing stuff. My car of
instance. Luckily my dad had his car and I was able to use that. Ideally, I’d
like tow straps but the nylon rope I had had to do. With other stuff being
dropped, instead of one all out minute set, this was to be three of those.
Initially tried this on my street but that wasn’t happening haha. Vehicle was
too heavy. So moved it my parent’s street which is flatter. First set was more
or less testing. I didn’t feel that beat or winded. Rest periods were how long
it took for the car to go around the block to get back to the start and reset
everything (cone placement, stop watch, measuring wheel and writing down the
numbers). Second set was better. I was setting a good pace but I stopped short
as I thought when my dad said “55” he said time. Restarting after that was hard
haha. Got the commands cleared for the last run. This was where the fatigue set
it. My legs were jelly and I was moving slower. I still managed to make that my
best distance in the time limit. Camera difficulties meant that run wasn’t
filmed haha. Legs were full so kind of hobbled and limped home to cool off and
stretch. Had the rest of the evening to relax and now I can just sleep in
Sunday.
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