Blah. This sucked. 😦

“Week 1”

• 5 reps – Squat (working max: 250#)
  • 2x5x45 (warmup)
  • 1x5x100
  • 1x5x125
  • 1x53x150
  • 1x5x165 (work)
  • 1x5x190
  • 1x5x215
• Asst. #1 – Squat
  • 5 x 10 x 100
• Asst. #2 – Leg Curls
  • 5 x 10 x 65
• GPP – Sprints
  • Tabata style (20 sec. sprint, 10 sec. walk)
  • 4 “reps” (8 reps is one Tabata set)

Well, today sucked.

You can see on my work set that what should have been >5 reps was only 5 reps. I know why tho. You know how I’ve been having “light headed” issues when I pick up heavy weights? That happened. I’ve been trying to experiment to find ways to mitigate it, such as not doing any deep breaths before I get under the bar, deep breath, tighten up, lift bar, assume position, then breathe a couple of times to get my head back, then start reps. Well, I did that and thought things were well enough, but as each rep progressed I could feel my head hating it and things getting worse. I don’t know why. By the 5th rep I knew there was no way I’d make the 6th, so I racked it.

I’m annoyed, but I’ll live with it because it happened. Plus I have been debating backing off due to the addition of sprints. Given what happened today I am going to back off the rest of this cycle to the previous cycle’s numbers. I don’t need to exceed the numbers, at least work to meet them. Because again, I’m trying to ensure my body can adapt to the sprint workload. That’s a bit more important.

Or, I could make an excuse that I was lifting heavier today because I know I put on 5# from eating over the long Thanksgiving weekend. 😉 Yeah, I slacked on eating because I took the long week as a mental health break. It worked well, not only napping, but a bit of improvement in my sleep schedule (getting more sleep at night). The only reason I feel bummed today is 1. it’s back to the day job, 2. I didn’t get enough reps on that last set. But oh well.

And sprints today…. I’ll be sticking with 4 for a bit longer, tho oddly I felt like I could have gone 5. I only didn’t because I already had quite a leg workout and don’t want to push it too hard and affect recovery. I’ll try going for 5 on Wednesday.