I can’t believe some people actually think wrestling is real.
But regardless, it is entertaining as hell.
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Family Trip - Day 1
Sunday - 01 August 2021
Workout: None
Just didn’t happen.
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If the workout was ‘none’ and it ‘didn’t happen’ does this mean you did some ?
Hah! Double-negative. Wish that’s what it meant… But, no, I didn’t do anything.
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Family Trip - Day 2
Monday - 02 August 2021
Workout: None
We walked a lot, but that’s about it.
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Family Trip - Day 3
Tuesday - 03 August 2021
Workout: None
I’m beginning to see a pattern here…
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Everything ok mate ?
Yes, very good—just different. But thanks for asking!
On a trip with the wife and kids, been out-and-about most of each day doing touristy stuff. Having a blast, but working out just hasn’t been a priority…
We did a 3-mile hike today, so maybe that counts for something?
Returning home tomorrow, will fill in Friday and Saturday with conditioning or WOD stuff, and then restart P&FLT Cycle 2 on Sunday.
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Sounds like a great time to me. The training will always be there when you get back and you wont lose anything in a short break. Enjoy the family time.
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Don’t be swayed by this nonsense. Skip family outings to do burpees and wind sprints. I’ve found this approach works well: “Sorry, honey. These burpees ain’t gonna burp themselves. You and the kids have fun parasailing while I get shredded.”
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Or you go to a hotel with a kids club and the misses tells you to go to the gym so she can read her book in peace. Everyone wins.
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Family Trip - Day 4
Wednesday - 04 August 2021
Workout: None
We did a short 3-mile hike; not challenging, but great views.
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Family Trip - Day 5
Thursday - 05 August 2021
Workout: None
Drove home.
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All this time I didn’t realise you had a log on here! That’s what I get for only browsing my unread section these days.
Anyway, I’ve read the whole log today while I’ve had some downtime and it’s full of great work. I’ll definitely be following along and I’m tempted to follow a similar template to the one you are now once I start lifting more at the end of summer.
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Thanks for dropping in!
Really enjoying the 5/3/1 Prep & Fat Loss Training template. So much so, in fact, I’m considering continuing with that for awhile (or something very similar, maybe 5s PRO, 5x5 FSL) so I can continue to push my conditioning.
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Interlude - Day 1
Friday - 06 August 2021
Workout: Conditioning, 1245-1315 (30 minutes)
(Home)Work #27 WOD - for time: 25:43
25 burpees
50 air squats
75 sit-ups
100 lunges
75 sit-ups
50 air squats
25 burpees
Spent the morning regrouping from our trip, then on to this WOD, which seemed like a good way to get back into things. It’s for time, but as usual with these, I wasn’t in a hurry, just focusing on good reps. Sadly the sit-ups were difficult by the end, but it felt good to get the HR up and sweat for a reason.
May try to get in a little more work of some sort later, but at least I’m back on track now and can begin gathering steam.
Edit: I was feeling huge while on the trip. Could’ve just been the fact I was seeing myself in unfamiliar surroundings for the first time in a while (hotel mirror, reflection in shop windows, etc.), or maybe that I was eating a lot more carbs and so glycogen stores were exceptionally full. Certainly my waistline was big—lots of bloat when I eat carbs like that—but maybe I’m actually growing, 'cause my arms, traps, chest, even my legs, felt big.
In fact, one of the park rangers we encountered on Wednesday’s hike thought enough to say so, and I confess it feels good when people notice. (Hold on! This is the wrong thread for that kind of talk…)
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Interlude - Day 1
Friday - 06 August 2021
Workout: Hard conditioning, 1440-1455 (15 minutes)
Sled push - 16x50 yds, 90 + sled = 177 lbs
Goal: 15:00; Time: 13:35
That was a hard 13+ minutes, and my shins are absolutely killing me. Glad I got it in, though.
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Interlude - Day 2
Saturday - 07 August 2021
Workout: Easy conditioning + calves, 1100-1225 (85 minutes)
Weighted vest walk - 18 kg - 35 minutes
Bike@120 bpm - 15 minutes
SL CR - mtor - L/R - 20x6, 25x6 | 30x6 + isofail: 32s
Jump rope tabata - 8x20/10 - 2 rounds, 60 seconds rest between
Realized I could just do my usual Saturday (early) workout, so I did. Gonna try the Ellen WOD later, and follow-up with 140 more burpees and some BPAs.
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Interlude - Day 2
Saturday - 07 August 2021
Workout: Extra conditioning, 1420-1510 (50 minutes)
Ellen WOD - for time: 15:34
3 rounds of:
a) 20 burpees
b) 21 alternating DB snatch - 35 lbs
c) 12 DB thrusters - 2x35 lbs
140 1-pump burpees - 7x20, 20-second rest between
BPA - red - 3x(10 high + 10 mid + 10 low)
Holy crap! That workout exploits all of my weaknesses—conditioning, squats, overhead presses, mental fortitude. Thrusters really left me wiped out, had to rest a bit between rounds. Looks like I need to do more Ellen in the future.
I was really dragging going into the follow-up burpees, but found another gear in the last two sets, so that was good. Got 200 for the day. It’s really hot and I’m burning up, but we’re spending the afternoon at the pool, so that should help me come down a bit.
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Family Trip/Interlude - summary
Ended up taking 5 of the last 7 days off, but got some decent work in the past two days. Not ideal, but we had a really nice trip—it was a great way to wind down the summer and set the stage for our transition into fall.
Restarting Cycle 2 of P&FLT today, so it’s a 3s week. Goals for the week are nothing new:
- Complete all 4 lifting workouts within 45 minutes
- Continue extra conditioning and direct calf work
- Hit at least 200 burpees on conditioning days
- Add 2 kg to weighted vest for easy conditioning walks (20 kg total)
- Eat clean
Looking forward to a good week.
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