Notes: Changed things up and went supersets of dead-bench until I ran out of deads, then bench and rows until I ran out of bench. Just kinda over DB rowing and wanted to come into deads fresh. Plate change rests until topsets, then 90 second rests. Despite post nightshift queasiness/gut issues, I was strong coming into this workout. Those Poundstones continue to be effective. I was noting today how my forearms are really coming in and couldn’t think of what it was I was doing that would cause that, and then this totally reminded me.
Got a little night shift bloat going on. Made the belt fit weird. I’m truthfully getting fatigued eating all the damn time, so maybe this downtime will help recharge me a bit for Deep Water.
@ChongLordUno Thanks man, and absolutely true. She’s been pouring on the compliments, and I’ve been feeling more and more my old self. It’s been a BIG learning process. I only learn things the hard way, haha.
Got in a 35 minute weighted vest walk with the dogs. Tang Soo Do later tonight. On that front, I keep meaning to mention @kdjohn that I really dug that article you linked on karate punches. Total paradigm shift, and makes so much sense: not every punch has to be a knockout blow. And it’s funny: I’m so big on NOT having to be optimal in lifting, but apparently I didn’t bring that to martial arts.
I’m staying up all day to reset my clock like I normally do on my last night shift. So far so good, but my guts really can’t handle this schedule anymore: just always torn up and bloated. A product of trying to gain during this: normally I’d just eat like a bird during the shift, but now I’m putting away food about every half hour while my circadian rhythm is all jacked up. This is about the only time I remember I’m in my 30s: never had those kinda issues in my 20s.
I threw my tantrum over the work trip and now I have a plan. I’m going to plan on simply not being able to lift while I’m there, which will honestly give me some freedom. Far less to pack than usual. I’m going to throw in a ton of resistance bands and my running shoes and just plan on smashing conditioning and pump work when I can and just run BtM out of order for the final week. I’ll still get in the heavy 5x5 squat on Monday before I leave, which is really THE workout that needs doing. I’ll pack as much food as I can (those grassfed beef sticks will come in handy, along with jerky), and I got my 4" foreman-esque grill and microwave egg cooker at the ready. Found out the hotel rooms have a fridge, and I’m going to pack a foldable cooler as well to double the effect of that. I’ll probably throw in a shaker bottle too. If I can access to fitness room I’ll make use of what I can in there, but I’m currently planning on it being a no-sale due to COVID. Went to wodwell and there’s 330-something “no equipment” WODs listed, so I’ll have no shortage of ways to train. I’m planning on hitting my infamous “1000 push ups” workout early in the trip so I can just spend 4 days healing from it in time for my return to BtM.
Other planning; I’m working an early 12 on Saturday, so I’m no joke going to pack my prowler the night before and drive to the high school parking lot to push it there at like 0300. I’m doing it there because there’s no residential property nearby, so I run little risk of being an a-hole and waking up the neighborhood.
Juarez Valley Front Squats 265 w/5 six count burpees between sets
8
1
7
2
6
3
6
4
Time: 16:00
Transition immediately to EMOM daily work with 4 alternating 1 armed KB snatches as buy-in each round
15 rounds total
Belt squat stripset (no lockout)
34x150
3x125
3x100
4x75
4x50
4x25
5xAxle
Notes: Woke up feeling like I had been beaten by a bat, but once I got the bar across my collarbone things came back online. Tried out my new Cerberus strongman shorts
Comparing them to the blue rehbands, I’d say I like these more. They actually offer a little bit of support and I don’t sweat through them like I do the blues. They’re a little bit more slippery, so they kept rolling up doing the workout, which was minorly annoying, but that’s a small issue. Real trick will be to see how well they wash.
My legs were toast when it came time to the belt squats. I have to take a moment to appreciate how heavy the front squats have become on this workout: I’m up 80lbs since I started. I’ve been focusing on heavier weight through this cycle because it’s keeping the total volume low which, given how squat focused the actual lifting is ALONG with all the conditioning, seems like the right call. I also realized that anytime I include a “bonus” front squat workout in my hypertrophy blocks, the results are fantastic, so it’s a lesson I need to keep.
I feel you 100% here dude. We have very different lines of work but there’s some similarity in nutritional challenges. Mine tend to take the form of very long amounts of time spent not having the option of eating and intentionally de-hydrating as there is no guarantee of a bathroom break. That tends to be bookended with long drives or now that covid seems to be passing, airport stints. In reality these are just “drop in the bucket” inconveniences, but stringing together a bunch of them makes it feel like all progress is being halted haha.
100% dude. The dehydration is super real, and drove some health issues for me a few months back. Being away from a kitchen sucks too. People are too content to just eat garbage as a solution, and you tend to be the “weird one” for not wanting to get breakfast from a gas station, haha.
@ChongLordUno out of respect for my co-workers I tend to not bring fish, haha. I bring a TON of canned chicken though. I get my kiddo to help me pack for these trips, and it gets elaborate
That was 2 trips ago. We’ve gotten even crazier since then.
