12/31/15 Thursday December 31, 2015 (20kg TGUs, 24kg 2H SW)

3:45pm - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, lacrosse ball release  - 30 minutes

4:15pm - Kettlebell warm up

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

Arm bar 16kg, 1+1, x 2

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

quadruped shoulder rotations against the wall

4:30pm- Training session - 20kg TGUs, 24kg 2H SW

20kg TGUs, 1/1, x 5
10 getups

24kg 2H SW, 10, x 10
100 2H SW

5:00pm - Complete

Notes - Back from San Diego.  I basically took Monday - Wednesday off this week, other than some primal move work and some walking.  It was a planned rest period and it was great to be able to do that.  Today I kept it simple, lighter weights, just to get the blood flowing.  Tomorrow I will do some KB aerobics with a light bell, 20kg, just to again get some blood flow.  This is the end of 2015, and I am ending on a real high note.  Body feels great, I have been in a recharging mode this month and have been enjoying a good progression in my training.  Added a lot of weight this year, probably 10 pounds, and have put on a lot of muscle in my shoulders, traps, lats, glutes, and quads, arms and chest too.  Pretty distributed all around and that reflects the good training templates that Kevin has designed for me.  I am looking forward to 2016 and the huge goal is to train for, attend, and pass the SFG2.  This is a big deal for me and it's going to take a lot of focus.  I am very excited to work with Kevin and start this process next week. 

12/26/15 Saturday December 26, 2015 (complex DB 16kg SW, FSQ, DB 16kg SN)

Did this work on Saturday afternoon at home

5:00pm - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, lacrosse ball release   - 15 minutes

5:15pm - 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

5:30pm- Training session - Complex DB 16kg SW / FSQ, DB 16kg SN

2x:
16kg TGU to windmill, 1/1
16kg GSq, 5

5x complex:
DB 16kg SW, 5, FSQ 5

2x:
DB 16kg  SN, 5

6:00pm - Finish

20 minute walk

Notes - This was a great training session, quick and fun.  I felt like trying some double snatches with the light bells just to see how they felt, and they actually felt great.  A double snatch is a fun movement to try, lots of hip drive concentration to really make the bells pop up. 

12/25/15 Friday December 25, 2015 (TGU ladder, 28kg KB aerobics)

9:10pm - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, lacrosse ball release   - 15 minutes

9:25pm - 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

9:40pm- Training session - TGU ladder, 28kg KB aerobics

16kg TGU to windmill, 1/1
20kg TGU to windmill, 1/1
24kg TGU to windmill, 1/1
28kg TGU to windmill, 1/1

28kg KB aerobics, CL 2, PR 2, FSQ 2, set down, switch hands, keep going

20 minutes

ended up doing 9 sets per arm, which is up from 1/1/1 for 12 sets last week, so 50% more volume - whoa that surprised me

2H SW 28kg, 10, x 2

10:10pm - Finish

Notes - Christmas day, beautiful day, had a great time with my kids at my ex wife's house and then ex sister in law's house.  It's good to be able to say that.  It's been a tough 3 years and over a year since our divorce was finalized on December 1, 2014, but things have moved forward and they will continue to move forward.  I have to keep working on my mindset but I have made a lot of strides over the years and I will continue to evolve and keep moving towards becoming the best version of myself possible.  As far as training goes I didn't train in the morning as I wanted to get down to Tacoma, but after spending the whole day away from the house I just had an itch to get the training in tonight instead of waiting for tomorrow, so I went ahead.  Unusual for me to train at night but it was kind of cool.  It's ok to switch things up every once in awhile and in fact it's good to be able to demonstrate some flexibility in training conditions.  The point is - get the work in.  I was a bit shocked to realize that I did 50% more volume with the 28kg than last weeks session, that's probably too much really, and if I had realized I think I would have taken more rest periods.  A couple of the 2nd reps on the press were not easy, I definitely was squeezing the shit out of the glutes and trying to press from them and the lats, vertical, no wasted movement.  A pretty damn good close to a 5 week cycle here and it's been outstanding.  Going to take some days off next week on a trip to CA for fun, will just do some primal move, get in some walking, I will throw in some crawling and a few push-ups perhaps but really not going to try and do much for several days and allow the body to rest and recover.  This is a great way for me to wind down 2015.  I am excited to get with Kevin and plan the training approach for early 2016.  

12/24/15 Thursday December 24, 2015 (soft tissue, primal move)

7:15am - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, lacrosse ball release  - 45 minutes

Notes - Did this from my parents' house in Portland.  Very light work this morning as we were hitting the road to get back to Seattle.  Mainly, just wanting to get in some primal move and do some mobility, no KBs.  I was tight again waking up in the R trap near the base of the neck, same old spot.  Just have to keep working it.  It responds well to the soft tissue work and mobility.  

12/23/15 Wednesday December 23, 2015 (24kg HSP, 24kg SN)

10:10am - belly breathing, foam roller, lacrosse ball work, Primal Move practice   - 25 minutes

10:35am - Kettlebell warm up

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

Arm bar 16kg, 1+1, x 2

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

10:50am- Training session - superset 24kg 2H SW HSP, 24kg SN

2x:
16kg half TGU to windmill position, 1/1
24kg DL, 10

10x:

24kg 2H SW Hike Swing Park, 5
24kg SN, 5/5

50 total 24kg 2H SW HSP
100 24kg SN (50/50 L/R) (up from 80, 40/40 last week)

24kg 2H SW, 10

11:20am - Complete

Notes - did this training down at my parents' house in Battleground.  Just brought a 12, 16 and a 24kg kettlebell down with me so I modified the training template for this bell, it worked very well.  Felt great to snatch that 24kg for 100 reps. I will work with Kevin, it's probably time to start using snatching to improve my conditioning now that I have built up to 100 reps with the 24kg, no issues at all.  Or we could go a different direction and use it for strength, if we wanted to keep going with the no timer approach but start putting in the 28kg, work up to the 32kg, etc.  I had worked up to the 32kg at one point in the early spring and that was real, real badass stuff.  

12/22/15 Tuesday December 22, 2015 (16kg TGUs, SLDLs)

8:45am - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, lacrosse ball release  - 30 minutes

9:15am - Kettlebell warm up

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

Arm bar 16kg, 1+1, x 2

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

quadruped shoulder rotations against the wall

9:30am- Training session - 16kg TGUs, 16kg SLDLs

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

9:40am - Complete

Notes - Did this from my parents' house in Portland.  Feeling very good other than pretty tight in the R trap at the base on the neck, old spot, it gets tight with overhead work, traveling, etc. Not surprising.  It responded well to  soft tissue work with the lacrosse ball.  All good. 

12/21/15 Monday December 21, 2015 (CL&PR ladders 24kg, 2H SW ladders 24/28/32kg)

9:15am - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, lacrosse ball release, foam roll   - 45 minutes (needing a lot of soft tissue work)

10:00am - 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, x 2

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

10:15am- Training session - 24kg CL & PR ladders, 2H SW ladders 24/28/32kg

2x:
16kg half TGU, 1/1
24kg GSq, 5

4x:
24kg CL and PR, 1/1, 2/2, 3/3, 4/4 (clean before every press)

40 total presses per arm (up 4 sets from 3 last week)

5x:
24kg 2H SW, 5
28kg 2H SW, 5
32kg 2H SW, 5

75 total 2H SW (backed off to 5 sets, felt like enough)

10:50am - Complete

Notes - .Long weekend.  Lots of holiday party stuff - Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights and it definitely has caught up with me.  Took my time today and got a very good session in and felt strong, but certainly needing to recover now for several days.  The groove on the press continues to improve.  I am very pleased with the progress here and as I have said a number of times, I can see this going on for some time if it make sense.  This has been very good.  L shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist - didn't notice a thing at all.  Seems like that is improving too, the consistent soft tissue work and adjusting training a little bit have been smart.  I think I can now go to some 1H SW but need to start lighter than what I was doing - 20kg over the weekend was easy, no issues.  I can start working in some 24kg 1H SW work I believe.  Need to build that slow to make sure it is all going ok.