Thursday, September 11, 2025

185 x 1 x 10 ,floor pushups 35,35,25,seated laterals 3 x 10

Super super solid.

the cues

Chest up
Lock in
Find the X

Had a hard time choosing which of the ten videos to put up as they all look the same!

The real key is getting totally locked in at the start and FINDING the X  as I press not just looking for it

 








171 at 12:30

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

35 lb ruck,

 3.5 miles

53:30 min

15:17 pace

15:34

15:12

15:14

14:47

two miles in 30:46 !

Perfect weather. Cool, overcast almost a drizzle and legs felt strong

Charlie Kirk got assassinated today as I started so all kinds of electronic distractions as the new came in 

What a tragedy

What a waste

What a Man though

Rest in Peace Charlie Kirk

Monday, September 08, 2025

Suunday 35 lb ruck

 Slow slow start, for about an hour! then my legs opened up a bit those those ten reps swing sets did the trick

35 lbs

9 laps

1:21

5.19 miles

15:37 ave pace/mile

16;10

15:49

15:10

15:04

169.8


Sunday, September 07, 2025

40 kg swings 10 x 5/5( 18 min) 40 kg belt squats 4 x 10 band rear delts 4 x 15, rev band curls 3 x 15

 This went well. I could immediately feel the difference in how much my legs were working especially the

later sets. I originally thought I'd ramp the sets up but now I'm thinking increasing reps per set from 5/5 to 8/8 over four weeks

My best condition  for sure was 10 sets of 10/10 but not ready to  even contemplate that now

Eights  are hard but not horrible


Need to go back to focusing on leg involvement rather than bell height

170.8

12.2

Thursday, September 04, 2025

180 x 1 x 5, 190 x 1 x 5, floor pushups 35, 30, 25, seated laterals 3 x 10 12s

 this went damn near perfect, Knees stayed locked and then was able to KEEP them locked during sticking point! Important  also to hold the weight after unracking on the body NOT in the  arms







BW at workout
171.4
10.0 !
60.4 !

169.8 at  am

Hot ruck

 Heat shape is definitely good now

35 lb ruck

6 laps

55 min

3.58 miles

15:30 ave pace

170.8

Monday, September 01, 2025

205 x 1, 210 x X, 210 x 7/8, 200 x 1 x 3, parallete pushups 30, 25, 18, rev band curls 2 x 17

 This went great. The 10 lb jump warmups from 135 to 195 really force me to focus on form and spee and NOT changing anything once I cross over to 205 +

Lost sight of the X ( HAVE to set up more forward than I think  ) but fixed it on second 210 attempt

Didn't lock it but the groove was great

Three down sets with 200 were strong

 





5 am bw 169.8
         bf 13.3
11:30  170.8
            12.2!
water = 60.5

Sunday, August 31, 2025

48 kg swings 20 x 5 (28 min) 48 kg belt squats 3 x 8,band rear delts 4 x15

 These were hard but went ok. Decent height, decent power, cardio was fine

But it's too close to maximum effort.At first I thought  I needed to do these weekly in some fashion as they don't seem to be getting easier  just hitting it once a month

Then, I realized I really need to go lighter and focus more on power and less on max strength with this move

So I decided to use the 40kg each week and ladder the volume instead of the weight each week

Something like this

week one 40 kg 10 x 5/5

week two 40 x 12 x  5/5

week three 40 x 14 x 5/5

week three 40 x 16 x 5/5

lets see  how that goes

the 40 has always  been my 'perfect' heavy bell

lets see if that's still true

170.0

12.2 (bath)


185 x 1 x 10 ,floor pushups 35,35,25,seated laterals 3 x 10

Super super solid. the cues Chest up Lock in Find the X Had a hard time choosing which of the ten videos to put up as they all look the same...