Training Log Archive: Becks

Wow, central New Haven is very deserted at 6.20am. Cycled into work because the cats woke me up at 5 and I couldn't get back to sleep because of the overwhelming need to do many things to do and also, the potential for an actual definitive result in the ongoing experiment of disaster. Stay posted viewers. Now I've built this up it's totally going to have failed.

C • Deserted 4

Experiment worked! Unfortunately it didn't get the answer my boss wanted, but did get the answer I'd long suspected, that there was not much going on above background in this case. I am finally happy I've done the definitive experiment to prove that though, which is excellent.

I know this sounds kind of ridiculous, but Rob and I were up and down stairs moving significant weights all day, and today I am stupidly full of DOMs, so it counts. Not much of a rest day. Devil cats surprisingly happy in their new environment, though a little bit clingy. Back to the old place today to clean up, eurgh.

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C • Devil cats happy 2

Circuitous run towards the lab in search of coffee. Felt a little bit stuff up still, but getting there. Lovely morning, shame there will be not much outside fun this weekend!

Green goo coming out of everywhere this morning and HR a bit jumpy, so took it easy on the exercise. Sleeping Giant has got a very colourful jacket on now - hope it's not all gone in a week's time!

Also, I only caught the last ten minutes of the VP debate last night, but I thought Biden's answer on abortion rights was absolutely on the button.

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Yey! I finally have a success in an experiment that has proved impossible for around 8 months now.

Boo - this means I get to spend most of the weekend in the lab doing the actual experiment before my parents arrive. And move house at the same time. Interesting concept...

C • Moving 3

Easy jog. HR shot up as soon as I stepped out of the car, and my nose is still a bit bunged up, so this turned into a 70% of max HR kind of day. Jogging very, very slowly.

Workout today was pretty easy, went very light on the weights and treated it more as a flexibility and recovery session than anything else. Good warm up with lunge complexes and stuff, and then 4 sets of 5 fast OH squats (25lb), 10 ring rows, 15 butterfly sit ups, with 3 mins rest. Pretty chilled, which was good.

Oooh, chilly out there this morning, until the sun popped out properly and warmed everything up. Felt stiff in the hammies from last night for the first few minutes, but by the end was the best running of the week so far. No lower back stiffness this time from deadlifting, which is a very good thing. I think Jeremy's ideas about addressing the bar before you step in sound funny but actually work.

Well that was exciting. Sitting at the lap top eating brekkie, and the whole house shakes. I exclaim WTF, and Rob goes "Shit, a car just crashed into the tree outside." Shoes on, run down, four pretty shaken up but fine people in the road outside. Rob is on the phone to 911 and I bring them inside because it's pissing it down and cold and two of them are little kids, one with a bust nose. Try and clean her up while her Mum calls her Mum, there's a lot of blood but I think she's fine. Very upset though. When Rob's off the phone he talks to the guy, not the driver, who says an interesting story - they were rear ended further up the street, decided to chase the vehicle, which turned the wrong way up the one way street next door, they followed it but took the corner badly and smashed into the tree. It must have been fast, our whole house shook considerably and the tree lost of few branches.

Everyone looked fine, but sore necks in the morning I imagine. I wonder what the police were told. If the one we heard is true, what did they expect to do when they caught them? They didn't manage to get the license plate. Anyway, I should take a shower and get to work now.

C • Golly! I can safely predict... 7

Really fun strength class. Warm up - got my first toes to bar, yey, then some mobility then:

2 x 10 each side DB external rotations - 10lb

14 minutes to build to 1RM deadlift - got to 188 this time - PR!

10 minutes to build to max box jump - got 33 inches. The problem is that the biggest box is 30 and then you have to stack plates, and my head thinks I can't do it even though I probably can.

Brittany got on the board today with her deadlift (235, awesome) and I could have made it with my box jump, but want to get a bit higher first!

Easy morning run. Wet out today. Bit tired after last night, didn't refuel quickly enough. Overestimated how far I could get in the time and had to walk back quite a way, through many mini people in raincoats. Tiny feet is going to have plenty of friends in the neighbourhood!

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Snot central today! Feel okay energy levels wise though, so I presume it is whatever was on my chest working its way out. Mmmm!

Cross Fit Endurance. Killer! The usual strides and technique work which is really good, and then a pairs workout. 20 cals on the airdyne, then jump off, put a band round your waist, and run up and down the gym with your partner providing mega resistance. My legs were jelly after the first one, it was really hard! worked with Isabel and I managed 5 sets I think, and she did 4. Really fun, the endurance crowd is a good one.

After a wonderful evening of giggles with Alex and Ed, dropped Rob off at the station and then went for my mini run. It was a lovely morning, and my legs no longer feel like lead.

Back to Cross Fit! Lots of shoulder mobility and stuff, then work to 5 tough push presses. Then 5 sets of: 5 push presses, 10 burpees into jumping pull ups, rest 3 minutes. Not too difficult way to start off, I only used 58lb on the push presses which probably wasn't quite enough, but ho hum.