5 Minute Walk (.25 miles)
Mobility Prep
Goblet Squats to Box (15”)
40x15
40x15
1” Platform Deadlifts w/ bands
No Bands
45x10
135x5
Added Bands (+8lbs bottom/+46lbs top)
155x1
205x1
245x1
295x1
335x1
385x1
425x1
Added Straps
475x1
515x1
515x1
515x1
515x1
515x1
Ab Wheel
bwx20
Side Plank Raises
bwx25/25
Stretching
Comments: Another month of this shit year. Trying to stay in a positive frame of mind but not always realistic. Some days have to wonder if all the hard work and time is worth it. Do I even have any talent for this sport? Things are finally lining up where I can see my grandmother. It has been months due to COVID stuff and nursing home restrictions. Since stuff has to be planned in advance, this meant early afternoon Saturday. So I need to adjust things to work that into the schedule which would mean not sleeping in Saturday. So in order to facilitate that and not be feeling low energy come Saturday morning, it would probably be best to do my deadlift training during my lunch break so I can get right to eating dinner after work and get to bed earlier than I have been (close to Midnight most evenings). I was also kind of antsy to get the workout done. Warming up felt mostly good. Keeping an eye on the left shoulder and right knee. Some things are starting to progress. Feeling like maybe able to progress some more assuming things continue on the trend. But hard to say if training in the early afternoon as opposed to evening changes things with my joint stiffness and muscle aches. No fan today. I was sweating but a reasonablish amount. Saw two mosquitos in the garage. I managed to squash one near the end of the training. I had hoped it had gotten cold enough that they would be gone. Setup took some time but not as much since the band tension wasn’t very high today for deadlift so didn’t need all the fixings to anchor things down. Goblet squats felt so-so today. They kind of come and go with feeling bad or great. Trying to not hyperextend at lockout. It was time for deadlifting. The most bar weight week of this 4 week mini cycle. Like the other weeks, trying to add 10lbs to each as long as things are good. I’m trying to not rush the and yank the weight off the ground as it gets away from me, even if it moves fast. I decided from the start that I was going to add 15lbs. Reason being that I had the 10lbs bumper plates. I could have them on the bar and not worry about small plates being added to the end of the last set. Last time, I hadn’t planned on doing over 495lbs. There was definitely fatigue in my grip as I had to do a quick set down with 425lbs whereas last time I did 455lbs. Honestly, I had planned on strapping up after 425lbs anyways. I used my newer belt and got it to the same tightness I get on yoke and farmer’s walk. I guess I didn’t think I was using my ratchet belt on this height for them. Perhaps it works though in doing my thin belt the highest platform, 2 holes on the next week on new belt, 3 holes for this week and then ratchet on floor pulls. The added weight was noticeable. These were noticeably harder compared to last time. I reviewed times to make sure that it wasn’t my head. First pull was my fastest and two of the pulls were slower than my slowest pull last time. Had a little bit of the shaky leg going on the last two pulls. Last pull was the toughest. I held the lockout for a little bit before setting it down so might have skewed the number a little bit. I didn’t feel like I wasn’t going to be able to lift any of these singles and I didn’t get any weird pains in the shin like last time. Probably because I wasn’t just yanking the bar and banging my shin. I do have look at progress though as I’m doing multiple sets with essentially a weight I could only do for a single without bands and from the floor with my garage weights when the COVID stuff started. But it is never enough for me. Never fulfilled. Abdominal stuff after taking a break to clean up the deadlift stuff and get some fluids in me. My midsection was sore and feeling a burn doing the ab wheel. I wasn’t going to not get 20 reps after getting it last time. Side plank raises much more tolerable for these higher reps now that I got the foam mat for my elbow to rest on. I felt good and I was able to actually move and do these at a faster clip than usual. Ate lunch and stretched.
Mobility Prep
Goblet Squats to Box (15”)
40x15
40x15
1” Platform Deadlifts w/ bands
No Bands
45x10
135x5
Added Bands (+8lbs bottom/+46lbs top)
155x1
205x1
245x1
295x1
335x1
385x1
425x1
Added Straps
475x1
515x1
515x1
515x1
515x1
515x1
Ab Wheel
bwx20
Side Plank Raises
bwx25/25
Stretching
Comments: Another month of this shit year. Trying to stay in a positive frame of mind but not always realistic. Some days have to wonder if all the hard work and time is worth it. Do I even have any talent for this sport? Things are finally lining up where I can see my grandmother. It has been months due to COVID stuff and nursing home restrictions. Since stuff has to be planned in advance, this meant early afternoon Saturday. So I need to adjust things to work that into the schedule which would mean not sleeping in Saturday. So in order to facilitate that and not be feeling low energy come Saturday morning, it would probably be best to do my deadlift training during my lunch break so I can get right to eating dinner after work and get to bed earlier than I have been (close to Midnight most evenings). I was also kind of antsy to get the workout done. Warming up felt mostly good. Keeping an eye on the left shoulder and right knee. Some things are starting to progress. Feeling like maybe able to progress some more assuming things continue on the trend. But hard to say if training in the early afternoon as opposed to evening changes things with my joint stiffness and muscle aches. No fan today. I was sweating but a reasonablish amount. Saw two mosquitos in the garage. I managed to squash one near the end of the training. I had hoped it had gotten cold enough that they would be gone. Setup took some time but not as much since the band tension wasn’t very high today for deadlift so didn’t need all the fixings to anchor things down. Goblet squats felt so-so today. They kind of come and go with feeling bad or great. Trying to not hyperextend at lockout. It was time for deadlifting. The most bar weight week of this 4 week mini cycle. Like the other weeks, trying to add 10lbs to each as long as things are good. I’m trying to not rush the and yank the weight off the ground as it gets away from me, even if it moves fast. I decided from the start that I was going to add 15lbs. Reason being that I had the 10lbs bumper plates. I could have them on the bar and not worry about small plates being added to the end of the last set. Last time, I hadn’t planned on doing over 495lbs. There was definitely fatigue in my grip as I had to do a quick set down with 425lbs whereas last time I did 455lbs. Honestly, I had planned on strapping up after 425lbs anyways. I used my newer belt and got it to the same tightness I get on yoke and farmer’s walk. I guess I didn’t think I was using my ratchet belt on this height for them. Perhaps it works though in doing my thin belt the highest platform, 2 holes on the next week on new belt, 3 holes for this week and then ratchet on floor pulls. The added weight was noticeable. These were noticeably harder compared to last time. I reviewed times to make sure that it wasn’t my head. First pull was my fastest and two of the pulls were slower than my slowest pull last time. Had a little bit of the shaky leg going on the last two pulls. Last pull was the toughest. I held the lockout for a little bit before setting it down so might have skewed the number a little bit. I didn’t feel like I wasn’t going to be able to lift any of these singles and I didn’t get any weird pains in the shin like last time. Probably because I wasn’t just yanking the bar and banging my shin. I do have look at progress though as I’m doing multiple sets with essentially a weight I could only do for a single without bands and from the floor with my garage weights when the COVID stuff started. But it is never enough for me. Never fulfilled. Abdominal stuff after taking a break to clean up the deadlift stuff and get some fluids in me. My midsection was sore and feeling a burn doing the ab wheel. I wasn’t going to not get 20 reps after getting it last time. Side plank raises much more tolerable for these higher reps now that I got the foam mat for my elbow to rest on. I felt good and I was able to actually move and do these at a faster clip than usual. Ate lunch and stretched.
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