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Volleyball on Wednesday. We played a younger, inexperienced team, and beat them... but I'm predicting that when we play them again in 6 months or whatever, they will probably whup our old butts.

Thursday was another miss. There was a 1 hour window of opportunity... but during that window my body said I should really take a nap. Getting old.

5/6 15:30

WGS sequence
SQT 240x5, 270x3, 300#x6
BP 170x5, 190x3, 215#x5
Circuit x3
- KB snatch x10 24
- KB BU press 2x5 16
- KB snatch x10 24
- LTK x5
Chop wood carry water x4
 
5/7 09:45

WGS sequence
KB snatch 18x5 32
Chin-ups 18x1
TGU 10x1 32
Heavy bag tabata

Good day, got my HR solidly into the red zone during the tabata; reaquiring some go-hard skill. TGUs felt easy, looking forward to getting the 40 back into the rotation.

I was a little sore from yesterday's barbell session, and I was struck by the thought that, back when I was younger, I thought being sore meant I needed to stretch. Not that stretching isn't a good thing... but I appreciate now the two aren't really related.

This afternoon was our first baseball practice of the season. Amazing how much energy that takes.
 
Bret S. said:
Those are great for shoulders and overall strength, used to do 'scap pushups' on a dip station too. Very strong sub scaps are essential I believe to most everything in the strength realm.
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I've been trying for a while to improve my overhead mobility, with not a lot of results. Figured it's worth giving these a shot.
 
Bret S. said:
Volleyball helps with OH mobility? Seems you need some really good mobility mojo to play.
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I would say volleyball requires good OH mobility... it doesn't necessarily help it. I have at least noticed a lot less shoulder soreness from volleyball since I started focusing on more overhead work - I used to get it very frequently, now it's rare, even though I'm hitting harder. So that's certainly been a plus.
 
Volleyball on Wednesday. We played ok, went 2 and 1. I had one hit I was particularly proud of - a demolarizer, if you will.

No training on Thursday or Friday, due to some "routine" medical stuff. At the risk of oversharing... I guess my colon looks generally OK. (y)... :eek:

5/21 17:00

WGS sequence
SQT 210x5, 245x5, 275#x8
BP 150x5, 175x5, 195x8
Pull-ups 3,4,6,4,3
Circuit x3
- KB snatch x10 24
- BU KB press 2x5 16
- KB snatch x10 24
- Wall handstand 30s
- LTK x5
Chop wood carry water x5
 
Emotionally tough day. One kid throwing up all day long, the other banged up pretty bad in a bike wreck. Both are on the mend... but came pretty close to throwing in the towel on today. Glad I didn't.

5/23 20:45

WGS sequence
DL 300x3, 340x3, 385#x6
OP 100x3, 115x3, 130#x7
Ab wheel sequence x3
Circuit x3
- Push-ups x12
- GSQT x10 24
- Scap pull-ups x10
- BB rows x10 75#
Chop wood carry water x5
 
Volleyball Wednesday, another 2-1 night.

So, I mentioned one of the kids having a bike wreck. That was my boy... and turns out he broke his wrist. Nothing horrific, he ought to be back to normal in a few weeks. But this will be the second baseball season in a row where he has to sit out with an injury. He's heartbroken, baseball is his favorite sport, and he's really been looking forward to showing off his pitching. Of course, as his dad, I'm heartbroken too. And, as the coach of the team... I just lost my best pitcher, hitter, and outfielder. #$%*!

5/27 07:30

35min treadmill run/walk 2.4m

5/27 13:30

WGS sequence
SQT 230x3, 260x3, 295#x7
BP 160x3, 185x3, 205#x8
Pull-ups 3,5,6,5,3
Circuit x3
- KB snatch x10 24
- BU KB press 2x5 16
- KB snatch x10 24
- Wall handstand 30s
- LTK x5
Chop wood carry water x5
 
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