New PR!

Had a kick-butt workout today and at the end of it, hit a PR in pullups! I did 20 pullups for the first time in my life at a BW of 199.

I ended up doing two workouts today, first by myself, then I got hit up by my SSD PT instructor counterparts who asked me to join them. Who was I to say no?

Workout 1

swings 16 kg
45 swings (2 hand and 1 hand L/R) Round 1
55 Swings (") Round 2
65 Swings (") Round 3
55 Swings (") Round 4
Rest time ranged btwn 60secs. and 180 secs.

Clean
32kg 5 sets of 5 L/R

OHS
Oly bar
5x5
Oly bar + 10 lbs
2 x 5
TGU
Oly Bar

1 x 3 L/R

Team workout
4 stations of tire flips x 5, sled pulls x 10, KB C& J x 5 L/R and tire skedgehammer slans ( 5L/R)

The 4 stations were set up on a standard running track. How many rounds in 20 mins?
I did 4 rounds.
Then,
OH KB waiter walk
50 yds L/R

TGU
24kg 3 x 2 L/R

THEN, we went back to the pullup bar where I hit my best pullups number, ever. 20.

(Earlier in the week: treadmill interval runs Sun. and Tues. C & P TNT cables 3 magenta, Mon. got a Bosu ball and started playing around with it. Wed. was a quick 15 minute swings workout. )

The world is getting crazier, but the sheepdogs are keeping the wolves at bay. Stay sharp to your surroundings, and "it is better to fight on our feet, than surrender on our knees. Stand tall!

Away from the Numbers

To quote The Jam circa 1977-78.

I have been away from the blogosphere but not away from training. No excuses, but I have thought of you all, and have checked your blogs from time to time.

Training with the recruits, last official day with the senior class yesterday before their 5 mile run final. Had a 1RM snatch test, and many were able to easily snatch the bulldog! I was stoked for them. I used that energy and snatched/windmilled the bulldog. (Never tried it before, just fed off their energey, and got a windmill PR)

Got my cholesterol reading when I was at Cooper and was dismayed to find my HDL was below 40 mg/dl. NOT GOOD. Making changes to food intake, as well as paying more attention to my cardio based training as opposed to focusing on power lifts for now.

In a nutshell, pushups, pullups, clean and presses with the TNT cables, JM drills and treadmill interval running have been the mainstays for the past few weeks. Have not done much KB since I got back from Dallas. Don't know why. I know the stress is building up exponentially with 2 academies, and the Dimension workshop 3 weeks away for MIDP.

Still keeping the body moving! Sorry I missed Shook at Ken's seminar. An expected situation arose which prevented me from attending Ken's seminar, and I know that a good time was had by all.

I am still here, my brothers, just a little under the radar for the time being. At the end of MIDP, things will definitely change.