Just What I Expected

Took the day off yesterday to rest my back, but still went to the gym in the evening to support my wife and others for Front Squat Max night. Excited to see everyone doing so well and pushing themselves. Juls has gotten a ton stronger, physically and mentally, so I've been secretly excited about this week because I know she will have some big PRs. She did awesome! She got a 50lb PR! Very proud of her. It was a bittersweet feeling for me though. I loved seeing everyone doing well, but frustrated I couldn't do it myself. I was tempted to try and get warmed up at one point, but deep down knew it would have been a dumb decision.
Woke up today feeling pretty stiff still. I'm happy that all the soreness is nothing more than muscular. There is no disc pain whatsoever and that is a huge relief. I actually thought about skipping out on the DP for a second as I laid back in bed. Being in season now though, I knew I had to get up and get moving. I was actually more excited for the WOD this morning than the Press Max, which is highly unusual. I've been dealing with some labrum/capsule issues in my shoudler for about 4-5 weeks now. Haven't been able to go overhead very heavy. I did not have high hopes of getting a PR on this one. I knew there was a chance though because it has actually been stiff, but pain free since last Wednesday.

Strength
Press 1RM
bar x 8, 95 x 5, 115 x 5, 135 x 3, 155, 185, 205, 225
- Shoulder actually felt real good during all the warm up sets. It was a little stiff, but no pain or tugs. I got to 205 and the bar slowed once it got above the eyes. It was a little tougher of a lift than I was hoping for. I debated on wasting the energy and seeing how 215 felt or if I should use what I got and go for 225 right then. I felt warm. I didn't think the jump was too much, not knowing how much my shoulder had left in it, and not wanting to put too many strenuous lifts on my back I decided to go for it. I got it to about my forehead and fought for a few seconds and bailed on it. I called it at that.
- My back is still sore and I have a big front squat max that I'm chasing, a deadlift, and possibly a clean PR that I really want waiting for me later in the week.

WOD 1
Tabata
    Pull Ups - 66
    Squats - 130
    Push Ups - 74
= 270

- This was a great WOD for me today. Not too much pressure on my back and I could work on continued movement through my lactic threshold.
- Pull Ups I started off with a 17-15. I was able to keep sets of 3s and 5s for the rest of the rounds. I was pretty happy with my ability to hang on the bar and keep pulling as the rounds went on.
- I've been working on my squats and was happy with the progress on this one. I stayed at 18/round for the first couple and then just focused on staying in motion during the round despite the burn.
- I started off with some good numbers in the first 2 rounds of push ups. I had 50 by the 4/5th (?) round and then set my goal at getting 75 and missed it by one.

WOD 2
100 DUs
21-15-9
 Ring Dips
 Sit Ups
100 DUs
= 8:17

WARM UP
Skin the Cat 3x5 - 60s REST

- That was harder than I thought. I'm obviously a lot more fatigued from this morning than I thought I was. First DUs all unbroken. Got through 10 dips and my arms were gone. Finished with 3s. My abs started burning right off the bat once I started sit ups. I think my last set of dips was 2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1...you gotta be kidding me!! Considering my arms were almost dead when I picked up  the rope for my last set of DUs, I almost went unbroken again. Set was 83-17. That made me extremely happy to be able to finish like that. Finishing DUs when my arms are fatigued is the reason I put them at the end of all my school WODs.
- STCs are gonna continue to be a staple of my school work. The stretch in the shoulder feels great and the core work is definitely helping (pretty sure that's why my abs were burning during the first set of sit ups). 
--Now it's time to eat lunch!!