Sunday, March 29, 2009

Holy hamstrings

Got up this morning and thought I had no chance of having a good workout today. Slept a solid 8.5 hours (for the first time in ages) but it was a gray, rainy day, I felt sluggish, and my hamstrings were downright angry. Yesterday's workout was a tough one, but I didn't expect to feel it this much. I could tell something was off warming up. Double unders weren't happening and even the basic bounce was causing me difficulty at first.

As I finished the warmup, however, I figured out the cause of my malaise. I had pizza and beer for dinner last night. I was at a niece's birthday party and wasn't prepared for the carb fest. That was the first pizza dinner I'd had since at least November, maybe as far back as August, and my energy levels were all screwed up as a result. Knowing this was oddly reassuring. I told myself that I was stronger than I felt, and brought a little extra attitude to my workout. It didn't cure everything, but it gave me the confidence that if I warmed up to it, I could pull some heavy deads.
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Warmup
Jump rope 5:00
Boz OHS
TGU-windmill, 45x3

Heavy stuff
Deadlift 45x5, 135x5, 185x3, 225x2, 275x1, 295x1, 305x5, 320x5 (new 5RM)

Metcon
Josh

21-15-9

    95# OHS
    2 pullups
8:12

Core work
Getup-situp 20x5 each, 30x5 each
SLRR 30x5 each, 40x5 each


My pullups sucked and were broken to hell and back, but I managed the OHS unbroken, which felt good. Maybe I could have gone faster on the pullups, but I felt like I was on the edge of muscular failure the whole time and thought that would kill my metcon. Guess I should have pushed a little harder, but given how I felt coming in, this was a good showing.

3 comments:

Jenn said...

I think the lack of pizza and beer alone would keep me from committing to Paleo eating. :p

Still, you recognized the cause of your sluggishness and pushed through. Nice work with the new 5RM for deads.

Question - what are SLRRs?

Patrick Haskell said...

I still drink beer, just not very often. Pizza, on the other hand...

SLRR = Single-leg renegade rows (can be quite an adventure with round dumbbells)

STEVE LAMPL said...

Patrick,

Very nice blog site! Keep up the inspiring work!