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Lower intensity sessions for the rest of this week. Still got to keep
the focus. Visualizing the events when I go for my walks. Daily light
massages to help with recovery. Want to make sure I’m on point day of
show. Some aches but not anywhere close to what I was feeling last week.
Started out with the AMT. Heart rate topped out at 155bpm. Felt good.
Calf raises were ok. Right side felt a little off but still somewhat
easy resp. Regular box touches were good. Almost lost count so means
they felt easy. Band rows were good too. Aiming for good movement.
Biceps stretch was good but right shoulder felt tighter than the left.
Squat therapy was alright. Minimal knee achiness. Trying to get my form
right and trying to think of hips then knees rather than both at the
same time. Hard to get it down pat. Maybe I’m overthinking it. Second
run through of box touches (sumo style), band rows and biceps stretch
was good. Hip airplanes were tough again. Kept losing my balance on both
sides so it took some time to get all the quality reps I needed. Not
sure what that was about. No pain so going well. On to weights. Only
exercise was box squats. Working up to what I feel is about 50% of what I
can do for a max single and then doing triples. Timed rest of two
minutes. Trying to work on form. I wasn’t too sure on warm-ups as I
didn’t want to overdo it but also didn’t want to be cold for the working
sets. I feel like 500lbs is a conservative top single at this time so I
went based off of that. First set felt a little heavier than I would
have liked. But it felt fine for the other sets. Trying to focus on my
form with the hips back and slow decent, staying tight, etc;. Maybe I’m
chasing too many rabbits at once. No set really felt like the second set
last week which made my knees ache so I think that was good. I did end
up rushing the fourth set as I had unracked the weight and someone
dropped a deadlift right behind me. Startled me a bit haha. Still
priming. One more workout for this cycle. Home to stretch, eat, watch a
bad movie, massage and sleep.
I’m a little taller than 6′6″ and I really like to lift weights. I’m a competitor in amateur strongman contests. My hope is to become a competitive professional strongman. Currently I'm training for Natural Strongman USA West Coast Championship in Poulsbo, WA on 5/17/2025. I’m not a major competitor yet and I have a long way to go but I’m having fun.
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