9/9/17 Saturday September 9, 2017 (DB 24kgs / 32kg 1H SW and crawling)

10:35am - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, Original Strength resets  - 30 minutes

11:05am - Kettlebell warm up

1/2K halos - 8kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
1/2K halos - 12kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
Arm bar 16kg, 1+1
Crooked Arm bar 16kg with 3 presses and rotations, 1/1

11:20am- Training session - DB 24kgs / 32kg 1H SW and crawling

3x:
20kg arm bar x 1/1
16kg BU TGU x 1/1
Bird Dogs x 5/5

3x:
DB 24kgs DL x 8
DB 24kgs CL x 6
DB 24kgs SS PR x 4

5x:
32kg 2H SW x 10
crawling

Band wrist extensions, 10 x 2 sets per hand
6lb sledgehammer hammer rotations, 10/10
6lb sledgehammer finger walks, 1/1, x 2

12:00pm - Complete

Notes - Writing this on Sunday evening.  After experiencing a lot of issues after training on Friday, which was massively disappointing after a few good days last week, an exceptional bodywork and acupuncture session on Thursday, Kevin and I did another reset for the training template, trying to do things that are corrective in nature / feel good (bird dogs, crawling) with KB movements that don't seem to aggravate things.  I felt pretty good all day yesterday on Saturday after training, went to a wedding yesterday evening, was fine.  Woke up Sunday morning and had a bad morning - didn't feel good yet again.  This has been a roller coaster.  I spent quite a bit of time during the Seahawks game stretching, doing soft rolls, hip flexor stretch, other OS work, supine groin stretch etc. and my body really responded well.  I seem to be very responsive to the OS work these days.  I can just tell I have some fairly significant cross body issues between my left shoulder (poor ROM, sensitive in the overhead position, arm just doesn't move smoothly as it should) and my right hip / lat (tight, right low lat lit up - these things are absolutely related.  The right hip and lat I am certain is pulling on my left side and that is why I actually feel the most discomfort in my left side).

What is going on here I think is the result of 7-8 months of intense activity in my personal life as it relates to getting engaged in February, signing for our new house in March, job issues in May, getting keys to the new house in June, selling my old house in July, turning 40 years old in August, and now, about to quit my job after 17 years and start a new one.  That's a ridiculous amount of stuff in one relatively short period of time and it's any wonder that now my body is barking a bit.  It's surprising this did not pop up sooner.  It's going to take some regrouping here, focusing on resting my body, and as far as training goes, doing things that are helpful and feel good, and going to have to set aside normal goals.  I am going to try and get into Kinetic this week for a check up as well as doing some other recuperative work.  This is a challenging time and I am hoping I can experience some consistent progress soon.

9/8/17 Friday September 8, 2017 (training with Kevin)

6:10am - Training with Kevin

An interesting day training.  We got warmed up, did some foam roll, then practiced rolling.  Trying to work on these issues of late with the left shoulder clearly being an issue, causing or caused by other problems.  Did some TGUs.  Focused on various one arm drills primarily one arm deadlifts, one arm deadlifts with a hold/pause at the bottom off the floor, one arm hike swing parks, one arm swings.  All with the 24kg. Trying to get the connections back between the hips, hinge, shoulders.  I definitely got a bit of a groove back and was feeling better about my swing, but after trying my left side felt shitty and I was not happy.  Texted Kevin and let him know that our focus on trying to fix the one arm issues, although noble, didn't seem to result in a good response from my body.

What is going on here I think is the result of 7-8 months of intense activity in my personal life as it relates to getting engaged in February, signing for our new house in March, job issues in May, getting keys to the new house in June, selling my old house in July, turning 40 years old in August, and now, about to quit my job after 17 years and start a new one.  That's a ridiculous amount of stuff in one relatively short period of time and it's any wonder that now my body is barking a bit.  It's surprising this did not pop up sooner.  It's going to take some regrouping here, focusing on resting my body, and as far as training goes, doing things that are helpful and feel good, and going to have to set aside normal goals.

7:15am - End