DIY

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

I'm going to try to update more frequently. We'll see how that goes.

My lifting this week:

Mon: Deadlifts, 295x8

Wed: Bench, 175x8

Thurs: Squat, 270x5

This was our 5/3/1 week of 5/3/1. I felt good about everything here except my squat, which sucks absolute balls. I know I need to be stretching out my hips a bit more and just generally get a bit more mobile. On a recent EFS Q&A, Marc Bartley talked about this book which I downloaded. I'm gonna try and do some of these stretches twice a week before bed, as well as being more diligent about my warm ups and foam rolling, and hopefully I can work some of this out.

Next week is our deload week. I probably need it, but I'm not sure how easy I'll be able to take it. When I'm in the gym, I usually feel like killing it, not taking it easy - otherwise, why else am I there? So this will be a new thing for me.

Cardio:

Monday: sprints in my backyard, 30 yd sprint, touch, sprint back, touch, etc. Do this for 15 secs, rest 30, repeat. Did these for 10 min after deadlifts and tried to get 90 yd each time.

Tuesday: Walked 9 holes of golf, met Sean at Xavier afterwards. We took turns running with the sandbag up the stairs between O'Connor and the Armory. We went left shoulder, right shoulder, Zercher carry, repeat. Best time was Sean at 25.6 secs. We went up and down 6 times. After Sean's 6th trip, he vomited for about 2 minutes straight. It appeared to be a gallon of liquid. I felt pretty nauseous too, so we turned it in for the night.

Wednesday: no cardio, besides yard work, but we supersetted our bench accessory work, and that kept my heart rate pretty well elevated

Thursday: Ran 2 miles in 19 minutes. Running is boring, but I'm gonna keep it in the mix. It's a nice feeling of accomplishment when I force myself to get through it.

Friday and Saturday: No cardio. Lots of sleep. 18 holes of golf on Saturday. Then Sean and I built the platform in the video below. It's pretty awesome.

Never done reverse hypers for real before, so it's hard to say how closely this approximates the real thing, but I think it's pretty rad. I felt like Matt Hoffman working out in a polo shirt.