WR Training-Thursday-Sunday

Squat 3 x 5

Pull up 3 x 5

Press 3 x 5

Row 3 x 5

Lever Work

Breakdown

Combining Thursday and Friday and will be taking the test of the weekend off due to heading out backpacking.

*To my athletes, I’ll be reachable again Monday and we can catch up then.

Thought of the day: I’ve been on this pain piece for the last few days, mostly because this is where athletes go wrong.

It’s easy to stick with things when they are hunky dory, but when you have pain and discomfort it’s also easy to say “let’s take a rest day”.

Unless you came out too hard or too quick, which you will know by a drastic change in your training plan, rest days are rarely the answer. Often times, they are even harmful to your long term health.

Our bodies are designed to heal under load.

WR Training-Wednesday

Active Rest Day!

Hour or so cardio and maybe a run.

Breakdown

Nothing new.

Thought of the day: Pain is part of training. I know there is this softer gentler attitude that’s prevalent in today’s society, but leave that at the door.

This is not to say that we are masochists, but if you want to make change, you HAVE to stress the body.

Stressing anything comes with pain.

And, stopping when that pain hits often means you’ll never reach the goals you set out for.

We do not seek out pain for the sake of it, but when we hit that point, we can’t shy away from it.

We adapt, we work around it, or through it, but we move forward.