So very glad I did not push it last night. I just read the Greasing the Groove approach and found the research fascinating. All my time in the military I was always taught to push until maximum failure. I even had Rhabdomyalisis after I got out because I was too stupid to listen to my body. You would have thought that getting Rhabdo a year ago would have woken me up, but unfortunately I did a pullup challenge where I did 152 pullups within an hour or so. The results were: soreness, stiffness, extreme failure, and constant exhaustion all last week.
Hopefully I have learned by now...
Warmup
3x5 Goblet Squats 12kg, 16kg, 16kg
3x5 HB
3x5 Halos 5/5 12, 16kg, 16kg
Wanted to jump up to the 24kg for the warmup but stayed with the 16kg. Glad I did!
Swings 5x10 24kg
Get ups 5/5 16kg, 24kg, 16kg, 24kg, 16kg pausing 5 seconds with the 16kg
Soju and Tuba
16kg 4x1
Even though I wanted to jump up and crush the 24kg in the Get up I think my body knew better and this time I listened. So I decided to pause 5 seconds at each transition point with the 16kg. The 16kg felt very light and the pause helped me really dial in my technique. I finished the S&S portion feeling pretty good.
I have recently wanted to increase pressing strength after trying to press a 65lb sandbag over my head with some guys training for a goruck heavy, tough, light. So I took Michael Scott's Soju and Tuba press program.
I have to also mention here that my motivation for getting up today is my wife. She recently joined a ladies group that workout outside rain, shine, or storm doing bootcamp style workouts. She didn''t get any sleep last night because of our daughter and she chose to go out and make herself better. I don't know where all my discipline and motivation has gone, but it sure as hell is back now!