…sucks. I’m sick, I’m tired, and I feel like crap. My lifts are weak and my annual sinus infection is back. Burn in hell, annual sinus infection. Burn in hell.
Last Wednesday was an outdoor event.
- Warm Up
- I don’t remember the specifics.
- Main Event
- 100ft Walking Lunge
- 21x Burpees
- 100ft Walking Lunge
- 21x Swings @ 24kg KB
- 100ft Walking Lunge
- 18x Burpees
- 100ft Walking Lunge
- 18x Swings @ 24kg KB
- 100ft Walking Lunge
- 15x Burpees
- 100ft Walking Lunge
- 15x Swings @ 24kg KB
- 100ft Walking Lunge
- 12x Burpees
- 100ft Walking Lunge
- 12x Swings @ 24kg KB
- 100ft Walking Lunge
- 9x Burpees
- 100ft Walking Lunge
- 9x Swings @ 24kg KB
- 100ft Walking Lunge
- 6x Burpees
- 100ft Walking Lunge
- 6x Swings @ 24kg KB
- 100ft Walking Lunge
- 3x Burpees
- 100ft Walking Lunge
- 3x Swings @ 24kg KB
That was a lot of lunging.
Friday was Crappy
- Warm Up
- 5x (1x Power Snatch + 3x Overhead Squat) @ 70#
- 7x Pull Ups @ BW
- 5x (1x Power Snatch + 3x Overhead Squat) @ 95#
- 7x Pull Ups @ BW
- 3x (1x Power Snatch + 5x Overhead Squat) @ 115#
- 7x Pull Ups @ BW
- Work Sets
- 5x Bench Press @ 155#
- 5x Bench Press @ 180#
- 13x Bench Press @ 200#
When I woke up on Friday morning I was feeling just kinda run down. My fall allergies kept my head stuffy and I didn’t sleep well. Still, 13x @ 200# is nothing to scoff at. It’s a 1-rep increase since the last time I benched 200# and a theoretical 1RM of 287#.
That’s about the time things started to fall apart.
- Work Sets (cont.)
- 5x Squat @ 215#
- 5x Squat @ 250#
- 7x Squat @ 280#
Those squats felt terrible. My hips hurt. My lower back started cramping. My head felt like it was going to explode. 7x @ 280# is awful, considering the week before I did 7x @ 305#.
- 2x Assistance Work
- 10x Dips @ BW+35#
- 10x (ea. arm) 3-pt Row @ 70# DB
- 10x Squat @ 225#
- Plus One
- 10x Dips @ BW+35#
Most of you know I squat, press and deadlift sock-footed. Well, after my third round of dips I set my feet down and the dip belt slipped from my hips. The 35# plate previously hanging between my legs landed squarely on the top of my nearly naked right foot. That was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I said “screw it”, racked everything, took a shower and went to work. Bah.
Monday morning I felt no better. For this week and next I’m going to simply “go through the motions” - putting in base number of reps. Week after that I’ll get new actual 1RMs and we’ll start over again, hopefully rested and feeling better.
Monday
- Warm Up
- Jumping Rope
- Work Sets
- 3x Military Press @ 110#
- 3x Deadlift @ 280#
- 3x Military Press @ 125#
- 3x Deadlift @ 320#
- 3x Military Press @ 140#
- 3x Deadlift @ 360#
- 5x Assistance Work
- 10x Press @ 95#
- 10x Chin Ups @ BW
- 10x Deadlift @ 275#
So, besides my sinus infection and just generally feeling kinda worn down, Marathoner is having some shoulder issues. I don’t know the details - something about his scapula not tracking correctly. Anyway, nothing overhead nor any kind of pressing (no dips, no push ups, no nothing) for 6-10 weeks.
This week in lifting sucks.
2 Comments
Aw.
Some weeks are like that, dude. Here’s to next week!
Chris,
That’s a pretty stout circuit w/ the walking lunges, burpees, and swings.
Did you rest at all between legs or was it done once through? If not, those walking lunges had to be hell by the end.
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