Front squats
95x5
115x5
135x5
155x3
185x5
185x4
185x4
V-crunch:
3x12
GIANT SETS (ball - squat - core)
Med ball throws:
x5
Back squat:
205x4x6
Leg raise:
4x10
SUPER SETS (single leg - carry)
Bulgarian split squats:
3x12
Suitcase carry:
135x6x20’ (switch hands down and back)
Airdyne: 5 minutes
90s rest between first giant set, 120s rest between second, 60s rest between super sets. This workout was especially tough. I think low calories over the weekend might’ve gotten me here, as I don’t think the climbing this morning should’ve had a huge impact.
I’m in kind of a weird place with my training right now. What I’m doing is working and I shouldn’t abandon it, but I’m feeling a lot of temptation to dial everything back and go super simple.
It dawned on me today while climbing that I should take a little reality check with my goals: be strong, look good, be in shape, be mobile. I haven’t been doing a ton of stuff outside of lifting lately, as it’s really taken over as my main physical hobby. I appreciate that I’ve gotten bigger and stronger, but I’ve been a little too obsessive over training minutia, and feel beat up every time I try to do something that isn’t lifting.
Just some thoughts I needed to get out of my head, good to have a place to share with likeminded individuals.
Really wanted a 7th rep on the top set today, definitely had the strength for it, but things got all out of whack. Got one less rep on my initial breath than I hoped for, which made things trickier, then on the 6th rep I crashed into the floor joists pretty hard and shifted the weights a decent amount. Threw it off enough to just call the set. SSL went better so there’s that.
I should look into getting some spotter arms for my rack, as I’m enjoying the pin press but I’m not enjoying doing it kneeling.
Decided to simplify the assistance and hit three sets of ring pushups instead of the mechanical advantage thing I was doing. Did one final burnout set on the axle before starting my new favorite way to do curls.
Here’s my homemade sled (@TX_iron you’ll appreciate this bad boy). Cost me about $20 for the hardware and webbing, had the tire and lumber laying around. Took less than 10 minutes to slap it together, not sure why I didn’t do this sooner.
I love it! Nice touch with the wood in there to hold the weight up. That was exactly how I felt when I put it together, like how did something THAT simple take so long to get to lol. I won’t rest until every T-Nationer has made one.
Interesting workout options with the hill there man.
Man what a duality of a day. Had a really great climbing session this morning, had a really not so great lifting session this afternoon.
Not really sure what’s gotten into me lately, but I’m having a really hard time pushing through the discomfort of lifting. Overcoming that feeling is typically what gets me through workouts since I’m usually pretty good at not quitting when it’s all I want to do. Just a weird general malaise I’m working with, really energy sapping. Definitely not a cause for alarm unless it persists further into my non-physical life.
I’d say don’t force it. Maybe your body needs a little break after the comp prep and the comp itself. The post comp blues is relatively common and as you said yourself no reason to worry as long as it isn’t persisting for too long or until it begins to affect other areas
I think that’s probably a pretty accurate assessment dude. I’m feeling a lot better today already. I’ve got two weeks left to train as normal, then a short one preceding a vacation. This being the land of bad decisions, I’ll probably push through the last two weeks then enjoy the long break before getting back into the swing of things with some minor adjustments.
I don’t think that is a bad decision. Given you aren’t at risk of hurting yourself, then there is nothing wrong with having a little fun just for the sake of it
90s, 120s, and 60s rest for each combo. Front squats felt terrible, was having a hard time keeping a good brace. Back squats on the other hand felt fantastic, best they’ve felt in a long while, so I’ll call it a win.
Crappy workout. Woke up feeling a little sick. It’s a weird one, no headache, very minor post nasal drip/sore throat, occasional urge to vomit but not actually nauseous. All in all I don’t feel all that bad so I figured I’d be fine to train. The results speak for themselves. Could barely hold a brace long enough to get set after un-rack, and just very little to give. Planned to hit 10 on both AMRAPs today but it wasn’t in the cards. Just did some band stuff to flush the muscles because even silly assistance lifts felt like 500lbs today.
I got the flu shot for the first time in like 11 years. Wonder if thats got anything to do with it.
This workout really cleared up my sinuses, clogged back up now but I felt great for a couple hours when I was done. Made the sled workout into a full body deal with some upper pushing and pulling mixed in.
Haha, right there with you hombre. That’s a really creative session, I’m going to have to pilfer some of those ideas and distribute the workload across my body.
Decided to drop the AMRAP and deathsets for this workout. Think it was the right move given the sickness and my weekend plans.
@TX_iron Yeah man there’s a million ways to crack that particular egg. I made up for a shit upper body session the day before with some extra work using it. I’ll be looking forward to seeing what everyone else comes up with and taking those ideas haha.
Forearms got pretty beat to shit by the axle tonight, really pumped them up. Pulling was about what I figured but the pushing was harder than I anticipated for this week in the program. Could chalk it up to bad sleep and nutrition for basically the entire week, not overly concerned.
Fantastic day at the crag yesterday. Probably a top 4 climbing day ever. Hopefully the weather holds to get out next weekend too, don’t have much time left with this weather.
Just a quick one tonight, a little pressed for time. Went for the AMRAP instead of straight sets on my back squats tonight. Wanted 12, probably had it if I gutted out a couple ugly reps. The 10th rep moved decently quick, but my upper back basically folded over. That tends to be how I fail squats, usually plenty in my legs and lower core, but my top half can’t sustain the brace.
