Today – not so good.

I’m tired. Sleep has been poor all week – thank you Daylight Saving Time. And some other things have me run down, so despite feeling awesome yesterday, today I was gassed from the get go. I figured with all the wear and tear coupled with the fact tomorrow I’ll be leading classes all day at KR Training, I needed to cut back today to not dig too deep a recovery hole. Let my body recover so I can go into next week strong.

Thus, I treated today kinda like a deload, cutting things in half. Most were scheduled for 5 sets, but I only did 3. Weights were the same as scheduled. Reps were kept like “4/fail” — enough to get some work, but no where near exhaustion.

I am wondering if this is situational, or actually is training-related. That is, is it due to the poor sleep? Or could it be this is too much? The MPT is very high volume, and moderate-to-high frequency. There are a few variables one can change in training: intensity, frequency, volume. Generally it needs to be a balancing act of inverse proportions. For example, if intensity is high, you shouldn’t also have high frequency and high volume; instead, maybe medium frequency and low volume. Well, this variation on the template puts me into high intensity (relatively speaking), so it may be things are too much — and I need to change my regulation on it regarding volume. Not sure, but it’s an interesting thought.

RP Physique, Mesocycle 1.1, week 3

• Hex-Bar Deadlift
  • bar x 10
  • 135 x 5
  • 225 x 3
  • 275 x 1
  • 290 x 6
  • 290 x 6
  • 290 x 6
• Low-Bar Good Morning
  • bar x 10
  • 125 x 8
  • 125 x 8
  • 125 x 8
• Leg Press
  • 135 x 10
  • 245 x 5
  • 370 x 8
  • 370 x 8
  • 370 x 8
• Calves on Leg Press
  • 130 x 8
  • 130 x 8
  • 130 x 8
• Barbell Curl
  • 45 x 10
  • 65 x 5
  • 80 x 8
  • 80 x 8
  • 80 x 8
• Barbell Shrug
  • 185 x 10
  • 275 x 8
  • 275 x 8
  • 275 x 8