Friday, July 5, 2013

7/5/13 Friday July 5, 2013 (1H SW, SN)

In Portland staying with my brother Pat at his place -

7:15am - Original Strength, Primal Move drills - 30 minutes

7:45am - Kettlebell warm up ("Standard")

1/2K halos - 12kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
1/2K pullover - 12 kg, 5X each leg

1/2K halos - 12kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
1/2K pullover - 16 kg, 5X each leg
Roll to press (TGU start) - shoulder cam shafts, each arm 16 kg

8:00am - Training session -1H SW, SN, timed session 15 minutes

Warm up -
TGU 16 kg roll to elbow, 3+3

GSq 20 kg, 10
1H SW 16 kg, 10 L/R

Timed set - 15 minutes

1H SW 20 kg, 10L, 10R, 10L, 10R - 5X (total of 100 reps per arm)

SN 16 kg, 5 L, 5 R 3X (15 reps per arm)

8:20am - Complete

Notes -  This was perfect and maybe edging towards even more than I was considering given Kevin's adage to take some rest..... I was glad I put the timer on things because that did prevent me from really going overboard.  The sets of the 1H SW with the 20 were surprisingly gassing - it was the second set of 10 on each arm without setting the bell down that was getting to me.  I do not ever go this high in reps but wanted to see what it would be like at a lighter weight.  The SN were just for some practice given that Kevin is green lighting me to SN again.  I focused on really waiting out the bell on the descent.  Several the reps felt really good doing that.  If I can consistently nail this technique, the SN could become a very doable lift for me.  Also it is clear I need to have tremendous stability in the L shoulder to successfully SN.  Have to keep on top of that constantly and continuing improving it.

7/4/13 Thursday July 4, 2013 (TGUs)

7:00am - Original Strength and Primal Move - 30 minutes

7:30am - Kettlebell warm up ("Standard")

1/2K halos - 8kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
1/2K pullover - 12 kg, 5X each leg

1/2K halos - 12kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
1/2K pullover - 16 kg, 5X each leg
Roll to press (TGU start) - shoulder cam shafts, each arm

7:45am - Training session - Focus on TGUs

Warm up -
Tall kneeling 1H press with 16 kg, 5 L/R

16kg, roll to elbow 3+3 L, R
16kg, 3+3, L, R (full getups without setting the bell down)

8:00am - Complete

Notes -  So today was Independence Day, and yesterday Kevin and I spoke about taking two rest days and then starting up again next Monday.  I have been going pretty here for about a month, making very consistent and pretty sizable gains from training session to training session.  The last time this occurred I overdid my press programming and it set me back well for months as I worked back to the basics.  So following protocol, you can't "always go heavy and then heavier" so it is the perfect time to dial it back, focus on technique, and then start up again.  So today was in that direction.