Back-off week -How to avoid overtraining.

Every 4th week I make it a point to back off on the intensity at least a little bit.  If I train full-out 100% every time I train my progress slows down, I dont enjoy training as much and I am prone to injury.  Those are all signs of overtraining and if there is one thing I have learned as an up and coming old fucking man is how to avoid overtraining.

Typically Mondays are a day I try to set some sort of PR in the press and/or snatch but since it is back-off week I'm going a little lighter and mixing in some new stuff.

Strength Work: 5 kettlebell cleans followed 5 kettlebell presses x 8 sets w/16 kg bell.

My initial intention was to do traditional clean and presses but I have to set my legs quite wide apart for the clean and it felt funny adjusting my feel between the clean and the press.  I figured doing 5 cleans followed by 5 presses would give me the same results as 5 clean and presses. 

Conditioning Work: 8 sets of 20 reps 2-hand kettlebell swings on the minute.   First 4 sets with the 24kg bell, last 4 sets with the 18kg bell. 

Finished with the usual stretches, 10 breaths x 2 rounds of backbends on the ball, seated twists and forward bends.