May 23, 2026 – Week 6, Day 3

Dynamic Warm Up

Axle Wagon Wheel Squats to Pads (27”)
35x15
125x7
191x5
257x3
301x2
351x1
400.5x1

Comments: I had felt strong last week. Not the case this week. Monday session had been rough with the heat and Wednesday session I was downright despising with how I was feeling. My hope was that I could make up recovery with only having half days with work Thursday and Friday so that I could be rested for Saturday training. My physical indicated my blood pressure was good (usually elevated) and my plus seemed a bit lower than usual (I don’t think it has been below 60bpm) so that metric seems good. Won’t get blood work done for like another 2 weeks though to get full picture. But I felt tired Thursday (didn’t walk as raining all day) and Friday (walked after work eventually). I had been feeling sciatic systems and my upper back/neck area just has been tense. Despite getting plenty of sleep, I didn’t feel rested. I felt stressed still. I had noticed that I was feeling annoyed and angry seeing other people’s training and a hint of an eye twitch happening while at work Friday. I didn’t really want to get out of bed Saturday morning. Really rainy and bad drivers so it took longer to get out there. The youth sports camp stuff still happening. Foam rolling I didn’t need much anywhere it seemed. Upper calves didn’t it the most. I was a little concerned with my right hamstring as that had felt tight the past few days but seemed fine today. Neck rehab stuff was ok, most stuff just felt tight rather than achy. Lower body stretching was fine. Dead hang felt nice. This workout had a couple changes again due world’s events. Starting things off with squats. Plan being to work up to 395-400lbs for 4x4 for the “lighter week”. I did purchase some new equipment (knee sleeves and neoprene shorts) to hopefully help with these going forward. My legs felt good at least but didn’t feel like I could get myself as tight in the back as last week. It was cold today at 48 which was like 50 degrees cooler than it was on Monday but I was still sweating quite hard. I didn’t want to turn on the fans in the gym for that. My last single didn’t inspire confidence but I went for it. Grinding 400lbs lift (I did misload by 5lbs) and I called it three. It felt tougher than last week’s weight and I know I could do another rep here, it wasn’t happening for 4 reps. I’m not handling this current training and feeling off like this after last week is getting in my head. I had no desire to stay at the gym after that and packed up things to head home. A younger guy asked me about strongman stuff (16yrs old) and I think that had me realize a bit how much my numbers are off from my best with how this week felt and that kind of made me more depressed and angry at myself. Driving home was also not great with the weather and I spent the rest of the day just kind of distracting and disassociating from things. I’m not sure what my next step is going to be here.