You Know What Sucks, People Asking "You Still Training?"

Mon. 2-13-17

Low Incline DB Press/Low Cable Row
40s x20/60x20
50s x15/80x20
60s x12/100x15
80s x10/140x10
80s x8/140x10
70s x10/100x12

Cross Body Machine Press/Straight Arm Pulldowns
15,15,12,12 of each

Incline Hex Press
25s x15
40s x10x3

Cable Crossover
3x12

1 Arm Cable Row
3x12

Didn’t make it to the gym yesterday because I went fishing, so I combined yesterday and today’s workouts. Felt like crap this morning because I ate so much, and so poorly yesterday. Just bloated as hell. Couldn’t bring myself to do ab work, so I’ll use the ab wheel at the office later today. Will probably do some chins throughout the day too.

Tues. 2-14-17

Cable Lateral/Face Pulls
15/15 x3
10/12 x3
*Did windshield wipers between some sets

Muscle Snatch
95x5
135x3x5

Seated Machine Press
Sets of 6 with 15 sec rest for about 2:30, then had to drop to sets of 5 for the remainder of the 5:00

Wood Choppers
10 per side x3

Woke up at 1 am last night by a water line making a weird whistling/buzzing noise. Spent about 45 minutes trying to figure out where the noise was coming from and how to fix it. Took a little while to get back to sleep afterwards. Needless to say, I didn’t appreciate 4:30 am wake-up call and turned the alarm off. Had to move quick to get this one in on my lunch break.

Wed. 2-15-17

Up this AM for some conditioning. Tried to jog on the treadmill (it was raining), but shin splints made me stop after about 12:00. Did 18:00 on the elliptical after that.

Going to have to add some serious conditioning work back in soon. Planning a turkey hunting trip in the mountains in April. Right now, I’d be sucking wind trying to chase one up a hill.

Thurs. 2-16-17

AM
10 swings/5 pushups EMOM for 20:00

At lunch
Band Curls/Band Pushdowns
30/30 x3

Hammer Curls/Dips
20s x15/20
30s x12/15
40s x10/15
45s x10/15 x2

Cable Curls
4x10

Close Grip Bench
135x10
155x10
185x5,5,5,2,2 w/ 15 sec rest
135x8

Incline Curls/Cable Skull Crushers
4x10-15 w/ 4-5 sec neg on each

Got this one in during lunch today because my wife and one of the boys are at home sick as a dog. Figured I need to head home after work and help out around there.

Fri. 2-17-17

Jump Rope/Hollow Rocks
3:00/10
3:00/10
2:00/10
2:00/10
1:00/10
1:00/10
*did a burpee every time the rope stopped

20kg KB Snatch/Prowler Push
10R/100’
10L/100’
8R/100’
8L/100’
6R/100’
6L/100’

Wife is still pretty sick, so I stayed around the house

Sat. 2-18-17

2 mile run/walk thing.

Sun. 2-19-17

Day 1/Block 1

Conditioning
Tabata Jump Rope

rest a minute or so

Tabata Jumping Lunges

Box Jump/Double KB Front Squat/Seated Knee Ups
2/20k x10/10 x4

Swings/PVC Slide Outs*
20k x20/5 x5
*these are pretty much like fall outs, just sliding a piece of PVC pipe on the grass

Wheelbarrow Push
Loaded with a bunch of concrete blocks and pushed for around 10 minutes

Took the dog for a 2 mile walk

Going to use a modified Ashman template to try to get into shape before my backpacking trip. I made some great progress with this plan last year, hopefully it treats me well again.

Mon. 2-20-17

Chest Supported Row/Low Incline DB Bench/Side Planks
45x20/40s x20/5 breaths
70x15/50s x12/6 breaths
90x12/70s x10/6 breaths x3 rounds

Cable Flies/DB Curls
10/25s x10
10/30s x10 x2
10/30s x5, drop to 20s x5

Cable Lateral/Skull Crushers
20/55x10 x4

Conditioning
C2 - 500m
Dips - 15
x4 rounds

Tues. 2-21-17

20-25 miles of Ashtanga yoga in the am. I’ve got to get back to doing this more often. No amount of rolling, smashing, or mobilizing makes me feel as good as this does.

Wed. 2-22-17

Warm Up
Jump rope, bear crawl, gator crawl, lunges

Conditioning Circuit
Power Clean - 185x1
Lateral Jump Burpee - 2
Pull Ups - 3
EMOM for 5:00

1 Motion Tire Flip/Modified Sumo Deads/GHR Sit Ups

2/225x5/6 x2
2/275x5/6
2/315x5/6 x3

GHR/Split Squats/Bus Drivers
10/10/6 x3

Thurs. 2-23-17

Incline DB Row/Floor Press/Woodchoppers
30s x15/45x15/10
40s x10/95x5/10
45s x10/135x5/10
50s x10/185x5/10
55s x10/205x5/10 x3 rounds

Incline DB Bench/Hammer Curls/Side Planks
55s x15/25s x15/6 breaths x3 rounds

Cable Laterals/Face Pulls
20/20 x3

Conditioning Circuit
C2 - 500m
Dips - 15
Chins - 5
x4 rounds

In response to the title, it’s subjective. Rest is training too.