Sunday morning I did my squat workout and followed it with a yoga session. I hit my box squat singles easy, which didn't necessarily surprise me because I lowered my working max for box squats down to 405, but it felt good nonetheless. Yoga was exactly what I was needing it to be, and Sunday evening I had a league basketball game. We only had five guys for the game so I played all 40 minutes, but with the running clock it wasn't that bad.
Monday was my flat bench day. The past few months I have been at the same working max for my flat bench, which I chose to do because I have been struggling through my working sets. With my singles weight at 315 this day, I wasn't sure how I would handle that. I had only hit 315 once before, and that was after a week's rest. Let me tell you though, I felt great this day. I didn't put triple plates on the bar, but there is no doubt in my mind that I could have hit it. I went 1x1 at 295, 1x1 at 300, and 2x1 at 305, all without a spotter. That's how confident I felt. Then I repped 225 thirteen times, which was a new PR for me. I think after this phase I can finally bump my working max up.
Tuesdays are normally the days when I do plyos, but man I felt awful this day. So I just took Tuesday as a total off day, which my body greatly appreciated.
Wednesday I was back at it with my deadlifts. My sumo pull is definitely stronger than my conventional pull, so I have lowered my working max for SMS 11 and SMS 12 to take this in to consideration. I hit my singles nicely, but I did have to alternate my grip from my standard overhand grip to an alternating grip, which is a stronger grip but I don't prefer to use it because I am concerned about potential injury using this grip.
Thursday was my conditioning day. I completed the plyo workout that I was supposed to do on Tuesday and ran sprints afterwards. I burned over 500 calories in that 25 minutes, and felt gassed after.
Friday was my military press day and I set another PR in the weight room, hitting singles at 205.
Saturday morning I played pickup basketball to finish out the training week.
I bought a new book this week, "The IMPACT! Body Plan" by Todd Durkin, who I worked for during the summer of 2009. I finished it on Saturday, and let me tell you, it is a GREAT book. If you are looking for a new book on fitness, wellness, and nutrition, I HIGHLY recommend this book.
That's all for this past week. Now I gotta go live this one.
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