Started doing Weighted walks, i started with a 30kg vest just to try, did 1.5km and hated every single step, took the vest off for the last 500m Trying to find a way to carry it home lol…
Went down to 10kg, lets build it up rather than just beating myself up.
Totally not training related, but im taking care of my parents dogs these days, while they’re on vacation, so im staying at their place, last night the neighbours fence broke and about 120 cows had a stampede on my folks property, so i was up most of the night helping capture those wild beasts, thankfully they didnt break anything, other than the driveway and some grass areas. Litteraly shit everywhere btw.
We have horses, so we’re lucky the cows didnt break the horse fence, cows are alot easier to move around, a stressed horse is impossible.
Did some weighted squats and pushups after my walk yesterday, just to feel it out, might use it to accumulate some volume, ive been wanting to add some daily work besides my normal training, im thinking about alternating between weighted walks, squats and pushups, inverted rows in workout A, and then running, pullups, burpees, kb something on workout B… Lets start by getting used to the weight vest, and then being consistent with walking and running.
As for the walks, just general conditioning. Would fall under the “easy conditioning” category i guess. Takes a rather meditative walk with the doggos and turns it into an actual workout, works my calves, hamstrings, quads really well, been sore (the good kind of sore where you can still do everything) everyday since i started doing them, also really taxes the back (should probably ditch the lower back assistance work while trying to add weight to the vest), the only bad thing is the shoulder/neck area gets really uncomfortable, but i was tight in this area before so that has alot to say aswell.
And then there’s the calisthenics for added volume, i haven’t gotten to this part yet, but im pretty sure JW talks about it as WALRUS training in Forever, not sure how he feels about adding it on top of everything else tho… The weight vest here would just be to make it alittle bit more fun, im not strong enough to actually defend the need for a vest, non-weighted would probably be more optimal for my level.
Yeah man, I did that a couple of times before getting my vest, not as convinient but it works… I had 2 backpacks, 1 in front and 1 on the back with a 10kg plate in each…
3 sessions here, im on week 3, so after this week ill probably do a week of finding my training maxes and then plan out my training for the next 6 or 9 weeks
I got completely bodyslammed into the couch by a stomach bug, or what ever its called, couldnt move for a day, the next day was a little better, atleast i could get up and moving… Oh well this is between cycles, so not the worst timing for life to throw me a natural deload i guess.
Im starting S.V.R. II next week, i kinda wanted to go for the fullbody 4day Widowmaker, but that looks really hard, my recovery probably wont accept that at the moment, God is a beast also looks sexy, definitely wanna take a shot at both eventually.
Assistance will be WalRUS training
50 pushups
25 chinups
50bss,squats,swings
“Hard” conditioning will be running, 2 days, easy will be weighted walks, 3-5 days, ideally after training, might swap out for non weighted, long walks.
Daily neck work, probably supersetted with BPAs, FPs, curls etc.
Jumps and abs between sets for warmup sets, then back and abs for work sets.
Completely over the stomach issue, feels good man.
Did OHP and Squat today, working up to 60% for 5 as my deload.
Did some jumps, throws and abs inbetween, did my first ever full standing ab roll, ugly grind, but a rep is a rep.
Throws are really inconvinient, gotta run outside every time, ive got a 12pnd bowling Ball so that works, if i need something heavier ill take a bag and fill it with weights.
Using this deload week to do walrus training everyday, to be a little more prepared for the next cycle.
5s bench, 4 throws on 3 Warmup sets, row same weight and reps, 5 Bench abs between sets… The bench abs are starting to feel pretty controlled, definitely gaining some core strength.
