Other than graduating, getting the JD, and qualifying to take the bar (you know, the very reasons one goes to law school 
) the time with my study partner and a few classmates was the best aspect of that otherwise-grueling experience.
How long until you finish your PhD?
Whoa, that’s horrible! Any idea why you have that specific of a nightmare??
It sounds tough for sure.
Ha, at this point I tell people that I am hanging out here. Maybr twoish more years?
4/18
1000% Awesome C1W2D2
Press from the floor 55x7x5
12 standing ab wheel
Deadlift 165x5,190x5,215x5
100 band pull aparts
BB curl 50x17,13,11
50 pushups
4/19
Six hill sprints + 1200m cooldown (6:04)
Felt pretty bad before, during, and after this.
4/20
1000% Awesome C1W2D3
4x7 pullups
Push press from the floor 60x5,70x5,77.5x5
Front squat 105x7x5
100 band pull aparts
3x16 lateral raises
3x60s plank + 20 situps, no rest
4/21
20 minute run
Didn’t track the distance but wanted to work up a sweat and dabble in the Dan John and Joe DeFranco podcasts. It was good to shake out my legs after the front squat volume day.
4/22
1000% Awesome C1W3D1
Pullups 10,2x7
Jumps
Front squat 100x5,110x5,125x5,140x1 PR
Push press from the floor 70x5x5
60 band pull aparts
10 min 80# sandbag carry + pushups whenever bag was dropped (38 total)
I went a little off program despite sleeping poorly and feeling a cramp. I failed 140 multiple times last year, so this was nice. It looked and felt pretty smooth, too.
Yeah it did! Congratulations.
congrats
Congrats.
Only thing better than grinding through a lift you’ve failed before is hitting that PR as smooth as you did
Hell yeah! Great to overcome a hurdle that you’ve failed before. Big confidence boost.
4/23
Jumps + 6x200m at the track.
I’m having a very social weekend, which overall is good for me right now. I have an extremely busy next couple of weeks both at work and outside of it. I won’t be able to squeeze in another full cycle of 1000% Awesome before I go on vacation – when I won’t touch a barbell for two weeks or so – but close to it. So, plugging away until then.
4/25
1000% Awesome C1W3D2
Deadlift 175x5,195x5 (misloaded – should have been 200), 225x5 PR
Press from the floor 55x5x5
BB curl 55x10,9,7
SA KB Press 12kgx3x8
20 standing ab wheel
70 band pull aparts
I’m so pleased with this because it looks and felt like I could have pulled another rep or two. Also a good way to end one of the nicest weekends I’ve had in a long time. I will be very crunched for time this week… tired from just thinking about it.
Haven’t checked in for a while, but I see you are still hitting PRs like a maniac.
I appreciate you checking in! It turns out that doing Deep Water and then not caring so much about lifting for months is working okay for me so far.
Sometimes the PRs come after the hard work is in the past, I have experienced that lots of times. I think of them as PRs that are already on the table, just waiting to be collected.
4/27
1000% Awesome C1W3D3
4x7 pullups
Push press from the floor 65x5,72.5x5,80x5
Front squat 105x6x5
Some lateral raises
100 band pull aparts
3x60s plank + 20 situps, no rest
3 mile run 23:05
Passed out before 9:30 last night. Had my best sleep in the past week, and I was up early enough to squeeze all of this into the morning! My shoulders aren’t feeling the greatest from overhead pressing three times per week, but maybe it’s what I need.
4/28
2 sets of Tabata running
Something quick. Didn’t want to get up this morning. Plus, I feel a deep knot in my upper back, which typically means I am due for a deload. Only two more weeks.
4/29
1000% Awesome C2W1D1
2x9 pullups
Jumps
Front squat 85x5,100x5,115x5
Push press from the floor 72.5x5x5
Belt squat +40x12, +30x23
SA BB row +50x16
Dips 20,13
50 band pull aparts
I am working from home today to take a break from doing so much and to not have to commute. It was nice to not rush through the training for the first time in a while.