This Past Week (8/29-9/4)

This past week was my deload week for SMS 10. Sunday was my squat deload, and everything went as planned. I thought I was going to be able to get a nice, relaxing yoga practice in after, but instead of doing the beginner's class for an hour, I decided to do the regular class for an hour and a half. Big mistake. What I was hoping would be a great Shivasina ended up being 90 minutes of shoulder isometrics. Sweet.

Monday was my bench deload and, per usual, the deload lift went well. Afterwards I ran sprints on the basketball court. I ran a sweet sixteen (sideline to sideline 16 times in under a minute), then did a 12, 8, and 4, resting 60 seconds between the sets. I was gassed by the end and actually threw up twice after I finished, but I ran them a lot better than I thought I was going to. I had a few sessions on Monday, and all and all it was a really good day.

Tuesday I had an early-morning session and then did plyos after. Even though my body weight has been going up the past five weeks or so, I feel really good when it comes to jumping and moving, and I know that doing the Self Made plyo program is a huge contributor to that feeling.

Wednesday was my deadlift deload. It was also my 23rd birthday. I had a couple sessions early in the morning, then hit up the weight room to move some poundage. The lift was solid, nothing spectacular, and the rest of the day I spent reading and studying until my sessions in the evening.

Thursday I had an earlier start than on Wednesday, and that earlier start turned in to a long day at the gym. I didn't train at all on Thursday because of the hours I was working and also so I could just give my body a day off.

Friday was my last day of SMS 10. It was my military deload and I had a plyo session too. There were a few training sessions throughout the day, intermingled with reading back at my apartment. Even though I really liked SMS 10, I have to say that I'm very happy to be done with the isometric portions of it. I am hoping those holds will allow me to break out of the little plateaus I was in and allow me to start bumping up my working maxes again.

Saturday morning I played pickup basketball at the gym for a couple hours. Like I said earlier, even though I have been putting on weight I feel like I am moving a lot better than I was this summer. I spent the rest of the day relaxing and studying for the CSCS.

Well, that's all for this past week. Now it's time to go live this one.

Get big or die tryin'.