No idea why I have been so flaky blogging my training in recent months. I've been training regularly and things were going good until early this week when I got sick. Feeling much better now but probably not training again until Monday. Whatever I caught took me off my feet for 2 days and a few days later I still feel fatigued.
My last session was this previous Monday 2/17
Clean and Press w/pair of 24kg bells - 3 ladders of 1,2,3,4, reps. The presses felt good but the cleans were sluggish as shit. I think I was already sick at this point but didn't realize it until the end of the day.
2 hand swings (5-6 lighter weight warmup sets) 32kg x 10 reps on the minute for 10 minutes
Swiss ball pushups 5 sets of 5 reps with feet elevated about a foot. Next step with these pushups is to see if I can do any with my feet and hands on a ball.
Hammer-grip pullups - 1,2,3,4 reps with 12 lb chain on neck
Front Squats w/double bells (# indicates total kilos) 16kg, 24, 32, 44 x 5 reps, 48kg x 5 sets x 5 reps
I have not squatted under any sort of load since my mid 20's so I am slowly working my way into these Front Squats.. I don't think I will ever do any back squats as I feel that it puts too much compression on my spine. I think I have one of those glass spines Pavel has written about. I have not had a problem with my lower back for almost 2 years and I want to keep that trend going. Like anything else I am going to go as heavy as I can and make progress a priority with these squats but I am going to do it at as low of intensity as I can handle. Max's 80% rule sounds about perfect for my introduction to heavy front squats.
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