3/30/14 Sunday March 30, 2014 (interval running / pull ups / push ups)

Did not get going until mid afternoon Sunday.  Absolutely spectacular, warm-ish weather with a lot of sun in Seattle.  Amazing, and is the kind of day you live for to be outside and enjoy being alive.

Stayed nearly the same as last week but added one set as it was so nice; went with 3 minute running intervals, a total of 6 sets, which ended up being 36 minutes of running (30/5 last week).

Run 3 minutes, SL DLs 5/5, run 3 minutes, pullups 5, pushups 5
x 6

36 minutes running, 30 SL DLs per leg, 30 pullups, 30 pushups

So again the running felt fantastic.  Really got going fast (for me) on several of the intervals and one in particular I really pushed it, sprinted nearly the entire 3 minutes.  That was tough, felt pretty good to push it.  SL DLs are getting easier, at some point it would be sweet to turn these into some sort of progressions for pistol squats which really is a long-term strength goal.  I have a hard time imagining myself being able to do unweighted pistols but then again I am getting way closer to this achievement given better leg strength with the single leg work, improved recruitment of tension on a number of lifts, etc.  Something to discuss with Kevin and I think I need to read Naked Warrior really closely.

Did this work at a different part of Greenlake, over by the boat launch area for the rowing club.  There are some pull up rings over there and I wanted to see what they were like.  They are much nicer than the other ones by the tennis courts and kiddie playground where I usually train, so that was a pleasant surprise.  A little tougher too because they are a little closer to the ground, it actually forced me to raise my legs higher than usual in the hollow position so as to not touch the ground, so that was tough.  The 5th rep on the last 3 sets was tougher than I would have liked.  I was not at failure, but certainly closer than I wanted to be.  In that sense I am glad I added the 6th set as it would be good to build just a little bit of volume (very little bit) over time with these.