2.13.2012

Rest Periods Are Never Long Enough

Happy Monday baby!! Woke up feeling great today! Got plenty of rest last night. Actually made it to bed before 11p and think I was asleep even by 1115ish. The sickness is finally on it's way out of the house and the kids are back to sleeping through the night...just had to deal with Mya trying to sleep on my side of the bed so she could catch the breeze coming through the crack in the window. Got to the gym on time...might have been a minute or two early even...it's BACK SQUAT DAY FOLKS...SO YOU KNOW I"M EXCITED!!

Strength
Back Squat --- 60%x10x1, 70%x8x1, 75%x6x1, 80%x4x1
bar(10) - 135(10) - 185(5) - 225(5) --- 255(10) - 300(8) - 320(6) - 340(4)
- Focus was initiating with the hips back, big chest, flat back, getting as low as possible, and keeping the knees out while driving out the hole.
- Felt very strong throughout all sets. Everything felt light on the back. The higher rep counts are gonna take some time getting used too. Definitely had to work for some reps in the last two sets. Kept a good pace in all the sets.
- Excited to start this new squat cycle and see where I end up at the end of the next 8 weeks.

WOD
3 rounds of:
:45  Row (cals) [20-15-13] *Damper @ 10 for rds 1&2, 7 for rd 3*
:15   REST
:45  C2D Push Ups [38-24-22]
:15  REST
:45  Lateral Hops [56-47-52]
:15  REST
:45  T2B  [13-12-11]
:15  REST
1:00 REST
= 323
- This was a good one. That 15 seconds of rest just disappears as you are walking down the stairs after the row and I swear it never existed whenever I finished my lateral hops. Felt like I turned around to walk to the bar and buzzer blew. I'm getting better at T2B, but I still suck at em. I couldn't find a stinkin' groove in the kip at all. It was terrible. By the third round I found it very difficult to even breath while hanging on the bar because I was so winded. My biggest mistake was moving the damper down to 7 on the last row. I thought this might help since I was getting tired. It did not! All it did actually was slow me down because I was so used to pulling with more resistance that I felt slightly off balance pulling the whole round.
- Good effort...definitely left hurting a bit.

Cash Out
10 TGUs (20k) *alternate arm every rep*
- Needed to work on my shoulder and mid-line some more. Thought about going heavier, but 20k wound up being just right for my shoulder. Gonna continue to work these in after WODs. My shoulder felt great throughout the day afterwards.

Extra Credit (Lunch Time work)
3 rounds of 3:00 running clock
ME UB Strict HSPUs
30 Sit Ups
Rest the remainder of the round
= 10-7-5
- HSPUs were supposed to be the cash out at Prevail this morning, but I chose to do them later at school. My sit ups are super slow so I figured they would be good to toss in there. This was nothing more than just getting in some work on my weaknesses. It did just that.

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