27 July 2012, Week 3 Cycle 1 Squat

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Great workout today (pb’s are always good!).  I think I had a good nights sleep, for some reason my body has started waking me up 15mins before my alarm! As if 5am wasn’t early enough.

Worked in with someone today which is usually not great but they just did most of the same weights as myself, meant the workout was a bit slow with all the talking but it could have been worse!  Got a decent video out of it too…

My new Nike Romaleos 2 were delivered yesterday so a PB squat is definitely a good way to test them.  I intend on writing a full review of them soon but my first impressions of them are really good!  Also managed to wear my new Shieke belt the correct way round which helped!

Not a good day for food after throwing one of my meals on the floor at work!  Doh!

Squat
5 x 58kg
5 x 72kg
3 x 87kg
5 x 109kg
3 x 123kg
2 x 138kg
10 x 80kg
10 x 80kg
10 x 80kg
10 x 80kg
10 x 80kg

 

Leg Curl
10 x 50kg
10 x 50kg
10 x 50kg
10 x 50kg
10 x 50kg

 

21 July, 2012 Sprints and things

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Who gets up at 5am on a Saturday?  Me apparently!

I made my early morning walking cardio much more interesting with some short all out sprints, hill repeats, jumps…  I think those crossfit videos are having an effect on me!  I spent a lot of the time looking for a good hurdle (ended up with a small flat bench) as I’d really like to improve my agility and be able to vault fences/gates with ease (although I might be able to do it now, but for some reason my confidence is lacking).  I’ve decided to put in some cleans and snatches (steady) into the 531 programme as well, doing as Wendler says and doing one of them before squats and deadlifts.  Initially I think I may just use the Burgener warm up before every session that I can as this covers all the points of both lifts and will help me get some technique down.  I definitely need some lifting shoes though…

Walking/sprinting/jumping
1hr9mins
6.45km

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