Off-season training

[GoodGirlGonePlaid]

So I decided to take a tip from Alan & recruit some ladies to train with. Unfortunately there's not a big university close to my house, but I was pleasantly surprised to find a "Pole Dancing School" a mere block and a half away. I think I'll stop by today and see if I can recruit some of the athletes to train with. Will let you know how it goes...

They'd probably be pretty good, actually!

[Alan H]

Deadlift Day

I've been thinking about alternating DL's with Zercher Squats in my routine because of the lower back compression issue. I've been back from this workout for about an hour now, no issues yet. We'll see.

I gave two units of blood two days ago, and was just a little bit dizzy after a set during this workout, so I kept the pace on the slow side with lots of recovery.

This was kind of a biggie...

Stretch Cage...the usual
Station bike warmup ... 4 min
Deadlifts ... 2 x 6 x 185 / 2 x 4 225 / 4 x 275 ...then decided to go for it, see if I could crack the magic number. Answer: I CAN. 2 x 300, and honestly, it was pretty easy.

core 1 ... incline situps; 10 lb plate x 17
caore 2 ... hammer wind ab crushers .. 2 x 8 x 12 lb ball

Zercher squats ... 6 x 135 then decided to keep reps low and see how high I could go. 4 x 160 / 2 x 185 / 2 x 205 and there was a bit more in the tank but that's enough .. In the future I'll do sets at about 165-175 for a while.

Elliptical - easy 8 minutes

I'm kind of stoked to have gotten past the 300 mental threshold in DL's. Every one of those is another 16th of an inch in WOB.