Wednesday, January 8, 2020

January 7, 2020 – Week 6, Day 1

5 Minutes Precor AMT

Mobility Prep

12” Log Strict Presses + Push Presses
Dumbbells
25’sx10+5
35’sx5+5
Log
90x3+2
110x3+2
130x3+2
150x3+2
170x3+2
190x3+2

12” Log Push Presses
190x19

Neutral Grip Pulldowns
80x10
110x10
140x8
170x5
200x5
230x17 PR+1 rep & 10lbs

Push-ups
bwx15
bw+35x12
bw+55x25 PR+10lbs

Neutral Grip Precor Chest Supported Rows
110x10
160x8
200x5
250x5
300x26 PR+10lbs

Stretching

Comments: My sleep cycle is off. I need to correct it as I’m getting maybe 6hrs of sleep a night. Unsure why but work has been busy since Friday and doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Making things difficult with system issues so getting a backlog again after having things clear for almost a month. Got a deep tissue massage on Monday after work. I really needed it. Ended up extending my 60 minute session to 90 minutes. I actually felt a bit worn from it the next day but I didn’t want to get off the training schedule. It was tempting to just go home as I was tired and the snow tripled my usual commute time. I knew I was in for a late night. Not many people at the gym due to the weather so really only the dedicated. I do forget the annual influx of resolutioners that come in and you can have some good people watching. From a safe distance. Warming up felt good. My lower back was a little stiff but that’s ok. Axle was last week so log this week. Same plan as it has been the past three weeks. Strict and push presses and then a top set of push press.  Warmed up with dumbbells before heading into the rack. Strict pressing with the log felt better this time. Knees were really achy on the push pressing. Strict pressing felt better on the log this time around. Took the 5 minute rest and got ready. Probably went a little over that rest as I was nervous for some reason. My breathing and timing weren’t that great today but still managed a strong performance. I miscounted and thought I was at 17 reps before I took a bit longer of a pause but it was actually 18. I might have tired another if I had known I was only one away from 20 reps here. Didn’t feel like it was the best thing to try and struggle out another two reps since I had to pause there. I was little miffed that I didn’t get more reps but it is still good that reps are this high still with increasing weight. Pulldowns with the neutral grip. Followed that. I did need a little cooling down period haha. Same as regular pulldowns last week as in the same reps and weights with the plan being 230lbs for the max rep set. These are tougher for me than the regular style. Plan here being to try and get as many as I can get with somewhat good form and then let slop in to continue the set. And that is what I did. Push-ups after that. Was pretty easy for the work up sets again. My triceps, shoulders and pecs were sore from the deep tissue work. For the top set, I ended up using a band to wrap them together. I was getting fatigued and ended up pausing a little unlike last time to get 25 reps again. I’d have tried more but I came up uneven and it fell off my back. Probably a good sign to stop. Last thing was chest supported rows. My arms and back felt pumped and I actually felt really fatigued and weak at the start on these. But that seems to have passed as I got heavier weight for some reason. Felt stronger this time on that top set for the reps. I was spent by the end haha. I’m noticing that I can rep things out nonstop generally for about 40 seconds before I hit a wall when going all out it seems. I can go longer if I pace things. Home to stretch, do recovery work and eat a lot of tacos.


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