WhatWouldHulkDo
Level 8 Valued Member
Hey there, StrongFirst. Friendly neighborhood Hulk here.
By way of re-introduction: 47 yo male from the US, ex college discuss thrower, proud dad to a couple of teenagers... who I may yet decide to eat if things go sideways, who knows.
Took some time off from logging/reading here since life got a little hectic. But I ain't been slack, I've still been training regularly. I got into a rhythm for a while where I was doing pretty much every strength move I could think of roughly once a week - barbells, kettlebells, bodyweight, you name it. It was great - a lot of fun, and I felt very strong and "put together", so to speak.
But, cramming so many different movements into limited time (and recovery), something had to fall by the wayside... and it was running. In the pre-COVID days, I would run 4 10k races + an OCR or two every year, now I'm really not in shape for any of that. I got bigger and stronger - but really, I don't want to be bigger anymore. Time for this extra 20# I'm lugging around to go.
So, over the last couple months, I've been refocusing. Figure it's time to start logging again, since some of the other demands on my time eased up - and I find myself forgetting what I did last session from time to time. Priorities right now:
#1: Get back into 60-minute 10k shape.
I just finished up a couch-to-10k program based on time, which I got here: Couch To 10K | No Problem!
My mileage for that last week was just under 11 (I'm really slow), goal now is to slowly work my weekly mileage up to 15.
#2: TSC strength
I don't know if I'll ever get to do a TSC again, since there don't seem to be any host gyms nearby, but it's still a fun set of movements. At this point, just trying to maintain some deadlift strength - I swear it felt like 50 lbs just disappeared from my deadlift as soon as I started running again. Mixing weighted pull-ups with ROP-style ladders. And getting in some swings/snatches where there's room.
#3: Overhead press
For whatever reason, this has always been a weakness for me, and I've been in the mood to address it. Plus, it feels like the lift that seems to interfere the least with running recovery. Mixing barbell press with ROP-style ladders.
Let's get to work.
By way of re-introduction: 47 yo male from the US, ex college discuss thrower, proud dad to a couple of teenagers... who I may yet decide to eat if things go sideways, who knows.
Took some time off from logging/reading here since life got a little hectic. But I ain't been slack, I've still been training regularly. I got into a rhythm for a while where I was doing pretty much every strength move I could think of roughly once a week - barbells, kettlebells, bodyweight, you name it. It was great - a lot of fun, and I felt very strong and "put together", so to speak.
But, cramming so many different movements into limited time (and recovery), something had to fall by the wayside... and it was running. In the pre-COVID days, I would run 4 10k races + an OCR or two every year, now I'm really not in shape for any of that. I got bigger and stronger - but really, I don't want to be bigger anymore. Time for this extra 20# I'm lugging around to go.
So, over the last couple months, I've been refocusing. Figure it's time to start logging again, since some of the other demands on my time eased up - and I find myself forgetting what I did last session from time to time. Priorities right now:
#1: Get back into 60-minute 10k shape.
I just finished up a couch-to-10k program based on time, which I got here: Couch To 10K | No Problem!
My mileage for that last week was just under 11 (I'm really slow), goal now is to slowly work my weekly mileage up to 15.
#2: TSC strength
I don't know if I'll ever get to do a TSC again, since there don't seem to be any host gyms nearby, but it's still a fun set of movements. At this point, just trying to maintain some deadlift strength - I swear it felt like 50 lbs just disappeared from my deadlift as soon as I started running again. Mixing weighted pull-ups with ROP-style ladders. And getting in some swings/snatches where there's room.
#3: Overhead press
For whatever reason, this has always been a weakness for me, and I've been in the mood to address it. Plus, it feels like the lift that seems to interfere the least with running recovery. Mixing barbell press with ROP-style ladders.
Let's get to work.
