Friday I crashed and burned hard after a great Thursday night workout. The flu hit me Friday morning, and by noon I was completely out of commission. It really sucked, because Saturday morning was sprint training @ XLR8, and I didn't get to participate. Brandon did though, and he absolutely killed it. He was able to run 20mph again, and gave an attempt @ 21mph. He only last 3 seconds, but it was a balance thing, and he will be able to give it another shot in the coming month.
Sunday, Steve and I hit the gym, and we hit it hard. I hadn't walked out of the gym feeling like I sprinted for an hour and a half, ever, especially after only lifting weights. But we really hit it hard. We started with power cleans, and got up to 145, but it was limited rest in between, and it got us warmed up quickly. Next, we moved on to squats. We did them a little different this time, and honestly, we may stick with this method. On minimal rest, this was our sequence. 135, 225, 275, 295, 315, 225, 185, 135. At the end of that, we were absolutely done, but we still had upright rows, shrugs, and dead lifts to do. Upright rows, and shrugs we do as super sets. So we got through those relatively easy. Dead lifts we decided to do a little different as well. We stayed at 135, but we had to do 50 reps, with minimal rest. I'd do as many as I could, then Steve would jump on, do his set, then i'd jump on immediately do my next set, and so on. Needless to say, I was complete jello by the end of our workout.
This morning, Brandon and I went to run routes, it was my first session wearing my helmet. I was very happy that the helmet did not impede my vision at all. Also, the shield did not fog up at all, even though I was breathing pretty hard. I was able to make the catches I would be expected to make. The next step is to incorporate shoulder pads, and see how limited my range of motion is.
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