11/7/15 Saturday November 7, 2015 (BU FSQ 20kg / pistols / SLDLs + push-ups)

Writing this on Sunday evening late after a very long weekend, but very fun.  A co worker got married on Saturday night and I had one hell of a night.

I got training in during Saturday afternoon before the festivities began.

Primal move warm-up (feeling very good)

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)

16kg Roll to press (TGU start) - shoulder cam shafts, each arm
Arm bar 16kg, 1+1, x 2

Crooked Arm bar 16kg with 3 presses and rotations, 1/1

BU FSQ 20kg, 3/3
Push-ups, 5

Pistols, 1/1
Push-ups, 5

BU FSQ 20kg, 3/3
Push-ups, 5

SLDLs 20kg, 3/3
Push-ups, 5

BU FSQ 20kg, 3/3
Push-ups, 5

Total 9/9 BU FSQ 20kg, 25 push-ups

Notes - Good all around.  Noticed later in the evening and today, pretty tight in the R trap, same old spot, and R knee sore which I suspect was from the pistols.  Pistols didn't feel all that great.  Was not getting very good depth.  Hamstrings too tight.  Those are dropped and that's why I only did the one set.  No need to mess around with those right now but I just wanted to see if I still had the movement capability.

11/6/15 Friday November 6, 2015 (20kg CL/PR ladders, 32kg 2H SW)

7:10am - belly breathing, Primal Move practice   - 10 minutes (quick for one)

7:20am - 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)

16kg Roll to press (TGU start) - shoulder cam shafts, each arm
Arm bar 16kg, 1+1, x 2

Crooked Arm bar 16kg with 3 presses and rotations, 1/1

7:35am- Training session - 20kg CL/PR ladders, 32kg 2H SW

2x:
Glute raises, 5
49kg DL, 5
16kg half TGU, 1/1

7:50am - Break for work

8:45am - Resume

16kg TK PR, 3/3, x 3

20kg CL/PR, 1/1, 2/2, 3/3, 4/4 x 3

30 CL, 30 PR each arm (medium day, up from 1/1 2/2 3/3 last week)

12 minutes:
32kg 2H SW, go until form degrades, rest, do it again

Didn't count reps, but this went very well.

9:20am - Complete

Notes - Good day.  End of a training cycle, resting yesterday was a good idea.  Body is feeling sore, but it's not from training, I think I may be coming down with something.  Both of my kids are sick.  Need to get a great night's sleep tonight. Have to check with Kevin as to where I go from here for training but this has been very productive. 

11/5/15 Thursday November 5, 2015 (primal move )

6:45am - belly breathing, OS resets, Primal Move practice, lacrosse ball release  - 60 minutes

7:45am- Complete 

Notes - Decided just to do mobility and no kettlebell work today.  Feeling run down and a bit tight.  Need to rest.  Got an ok night's sleep. 

11/4/15 Wednesday November 4, 2015 (20kg CL/PR ladders, 24kg 2H, 1H SW, 20kg 1H SW)

9:00am - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, lacrosse ball release, hip and hamstring stretches, quadruped shoulder rotations against the wall   - 50 minutes (moving very slow, needed a lot of soft tissue work)

9:50am - 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)

16kg Roll to press (TGU start) - shoulder cam shafts, each arm
Arm bar 16kg, 1+1, x 2

Crooked Arm bar 16kg with 3 presses and rotations, 1/1

10:05am- Training session - 20kg CL/PR ladders, 24kg 2H, 1H SW, 20kg 1H SW

2x:
Glute raises, 5
49kg DL, 5
20kg TK PR, 3/3, x 2

20kg CL/PR, 1/1, 2/2, 3/3 x 3

18 CL, 18 PR each arm (light day, up from 1/1, 2/2 last week)

15 minutes:

Various alternating swing sets of the following

24kg 2H SW, go until form degrades, rest
24kg 2H SW HSP
20kg 1H SW
24kg 1H SW

Felt good to get reps in with the 1H 24kg.  Makes me really focus on the leg drive and hip snap.  Kept the reps low on those, but went well. Encouraging.  2H SW are very powerful these days, this is good.

10:45am - Complete

11:00am - Chiro adjustment

Notes - Late night last night, had to sleep in.  Slow start to the day, needed a lot of soft tissue work primarily on my thoracic spin on the R trap, and R pec, R scalenes on the neck, same spots that have been tight.  Got a chiropractic adjustment and other work after training that helps for sure.  Training itself felt good once I got going.  Grooving into a nice clean and press now that I have a number of reps under my belt the last few weeks.  Swings are powerful.  Some good things are happening, I just need to clean up this stuff on my R side a bit more.  

11/3/15 Tuesday November 3, 2015 (16kg TGUs, SLDLs)

6:50am - belly breathing, OS resets, Primal Move practice, lacrosse ball release  - 30 minutes

7:20am - 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)

16kg Roll to press (TGU start) - shoulder cam shafts, each arm
Arm bar 16kg, 1+1, x 2

Crooked Arm bar 16kg with 3 presses and rotations, 1/1

quadruped shoulder rotations against the wall

7:35am- Training session - 16kg TGUs, SLDLs

2x
16kg TGUs, 1/1
16kg SLDL, 5

7:50am - Complete

Notes - Uneventful.  Feeling pretty good all around. 

11/2/15 Monday November 2, 2015 (20kg CL/PR ladders, 28kg 2H SW)

7:20am - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, quadruped shoulder rotations against the wall   - 20 minutes

7:40am - 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)

16kg Roll to press (TGU start) - shoulder cam shafts, each arm
Arm bar 16kg, 1+1, x 2

Crooked Arm bar 16kg with 3 presses and rotations, 1/1

7:55am- Training session - 20kg CL/PR ladders, 28kg 2H SW

2x:
Glute raises, 5
48kg DL, 5
16kg half TGU, 1/1

Forgot to do TK PRs damn it

20kg CL/PR, 1/1, 2/2, 3/3, 4/4, 5/5, x 3

45 CL, 45 PR each arm (up from 1/1 2/2 3/3 4/4 or 30/30 last week)

2 minutes:
28kg 2H SW, go until form degrades, rest, go again

8:35am - Complete

9:00am - Acupuncture appt

10:35am - 8 minutes of 28kg 2H SW, go until form degrades, rest, go again , to get in 10 total minutes of swings

Notes - Very solid day of training.  Press volume got up there now once you take ladders to 5s.  The last round, last set of 5 was a little tougher than I would have expected with a 20kg, which is light for me.  Kevin was right to stay at the 20kg this week and just finish out the cycle to get to ladders of 5s.  This was good.  I realized I did not do my TK PRs in the warm-up after writing this, so that wasn't great, probably would have warmed up my shoulders even more for pressing but I felt pretty read to today actually with just arm bars and a couple of get-ups.  My swings had to get broken up between 2 minutes before I had to leave for an acupuncture appt and 8 minutes after I got back, to get in 10 total minutes, but that was fine.  2H SW are very powerful these days.  I like where I am at right now mainly because it feels like I am moving forward in a positive way.  

10/31/15 Saturday October 31, 2015 (24kg 2H SW + push-ups, TGUs)

Writing this on Saturday evening after a very busy day with my kids coaching soccer.

Found 20 minutes in the late afternoon at about 5:30pm at the house to bang out a quick session, after working in my yard for a couple of hours.

Primal move warm-up (feeling very good)

5x superset:

2H SW 24kg, 20
5 push-ups

Total of 100 2H SW 24kg, 25 push-ups

24kg TGUs to windmill position, 1/1, x 2

TGUs with the 24kg felt awesome, it has honestly been a long time since I did a TGU with a 24kg and I think I can get back to that now.  Lockout in the windmill position was excellent.  This is really good.