From "Enter The Kettlebell" by Pavel Tsatsouline, Page 82: "A passing-by jarhead buddy of his joked, “Are those your legs, or are you riding a chicken?!” Fighting men ride chickens - got a problem with that?" I am not a fighting man but I choose to ride chickens, to be strong and thin. A few months shy of my 57th birthday, I also want to be healthy in every way possible.
Thursday, July 30, 2020
July 30, 2020: Variety
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
July 29, 2020: DL (C1, W4, D1)
July 28, 2020: Variety
Monday, July 27, 2020
July 27, 2020: Variety
Saturday, July 25, 2020
July 25, 2020: DL (C1, W3, D3)
Today, Saturday: cossack seq w/ 6 kg WM x 3, then additional 3, 2, 2 WM, total 10, progress. DL: 125 x 3, narrow sumo, double overhand 130 x 2, narrow sumo, r/u 140 x 2, conventional, l/u 150 x 1, conventional, l/u 140 x 2, conventional, l/u 130 x 2, conventional, r/u
Thursday, July 23, 2020
July 23, 2020: DL (C1, W3, D2)
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
July 22, 2020: Variety
long break
cossack seq + WM x 3, then WM x 3, then WM x 2, all w/ 6 kg
long break
Q+D style 18 kg SN
00:00 5L
00:45 5R
01:30 5L
02:15 5R
05:00 5L
05:45 5R
06:30 5L
07:15 5R
10:00 5L
10:45 5R
11:30 5L
12:15 5R - total 60 reps
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
July 21, 2020: DL (C1, W3, D1)
drive
Monday
walk, jog about a mile, actually - slow but kept it going. Very hot outside.
drive more
Today, Tuesday
left shoulder feeling tight, must be something to do w/ driving
mow the lawn
cut down a tree in the front yard
left shoulder even tighter
cossack seq + WM, then 2 more WM, all WM @6 kg. Shoulder popped/click on left side, still sore but better
left shoulder still tight, some windmills helped. Feels like after-effect of pneumonia shot a week ago
DL: NL was supposed to be 20 but added a mistaken rep. Changed next session to be 1 fewer reps @125
125 x 4, narrow sumo, r/u - in shorts, shins not happy, switch to soccer socks and DL slippers
125 x 1, conventional, r/u - screwed up, was supposed to be 130, no break, add 2.5's, and go
130 x 3, conventional, r/u
140 x 2, conventional, l/u
125 x 3, conventional, l/u
130 x 3, conventional, r/u
140 x 2, conventional, l/u
130 x 2, conventional, r/u
140 x 2, conventional, l/u
Saturday, July 18, 2020
July 18, 2020 DL (C1, W2, D3)
Thursday, July 16, 2020
July 16, 2020: DL (C1, W2, D2)
DL: similar to Monday's (C1, W2, D1), just fewer reps in each set, 21 lifts instead of 26
125 x 4, conventional, r/u
130 x 2, conventional, l/u
140 x 2, conventional, l/u
125 x 4, conventional, r/u
130 x 2, conventional, r/u
140 x 2, conventional, l/u
125 x 3, conventional, r/u
140 x 2, conventional, l/u
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
July 14-15: Variety
Monday, July 13, 2020
July 13, 2020: DL (C1, W2, D1)
Saturday, July 11, 2020
July 11, 2020: Variety
WM: 2 x R/L @ 6 kg during, and then 3 x R/L @ 4 kg afterwards
Note that the WM is rehab, not strength training. When my form isn't good on these, it pinches my bad disc on the right side. Good form helps, bad form hurts, so the focus is on a perfect setup and perfect form. This, along with some regular hamstring stretching and the regular cossack sequence, is yielding progress for me.
A few bar hangs during the day.
A short, after dinner walk.
Friday, July 10, 2020
July 10, 2020: DL (C1, W1, D2)
A longish walk, about 3 miles
WM: 6 kg x 1R, 1L - excellent again
Thursday, July 9, 2020
July 9, 2020 - Variety
July 8, 2020: Variety
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
July 7, 2020: DL (C1, W1, D1)
Friday's plan: 150 x 2, 140 x 3, 130 x 3, 125 x 6 (NL=14) as
Friday, July 3, 2020
July 3, 2020: DL (P2, W4, D3)
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Variety
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
July 1, 2020: DL (P2, W4, D2)
Rings: StC + partial FL x 1
MP: bar, stretch at top
Shoulder "dislocate" stretch with a stick
Rings: StC + partial FL x 1
MP: bar, stretch at top
NB: for rings, not doing anything fancy like stretching hamstrings or trying to L-sit on the way up, just curl up, get a decently low StC, then come back and hold a closer-to-parallel FL.
NL = 18
5 x 125, 8 x 130, 4 x 140, 1 x 150 as
2 x 125, conventional, r/u
3 x 125, conventional, l/u
3 x 130, conventional, r/u
2 x 140, conventional, l/u
1 x 150, conventional, l/u - better than on Monday
2 x 140, conventional, l/u
5 x 130, conventional, l/u
Recovering from my overtraining and undersleeping - had naps each of the last two days, feeling much better.