Cardio, calves and stretching

Today is sort of a day off...

I did 25 minutes of cardio with 10 lb ankle weights on, did a good full-body stretch, and did some calf burnouts.  Not much weight logged today, but it did loosen me up a bit, which I need, as tomorrow is set to be a squat day.

Thanks for reading!

Tonight was all about back.  Brian joined me for a varied routine on deadlift with straight bar and hex bar work, using band resistance to tax the top end of the lifts.  Here is a quick video of the heaviest set I did, which was more about speed, than anything:

And here is today's workout:

				Weight	Reps	Total
Deadlift			100 lbs bands	135	6	810
Speed focus			100 lbs bands	225	3	675
			250 lbs bands	225	3	675
			250 lbs bands	275	3	825
Deadlift hex bar			100 lbs bands	135	6	810
Speed focus			100 lbs bands	225	3	675
			100 lbs bands	225	3	675
			100 lbs bands	225	3	675
			100 lbs bands	225	3	675
			100 lbs bands	225	3	675
Bent rows axle from floor				115	15	1725
				115	15	1725
				115	15	1725
Hip thrusts bands				200	25	5000
				200	25	5000
Leg kick-backs with bands				50	40	2000
				50	40	2000
				50	40	2000
Abs				60	220	13200

Cardio and shoulders

Over the past couple of days I've been working in some shoulder rehab lifts as time would allow, and yesterday, was roped into playing basketball, again.  While I need the cardio, that puts the hurt on for a couple of days as I'm not in that sort of shape...my lift tonight with Brian is going to be tough as a result, but I'm sure I'll pull through!  Just updating on that for the moment, and will be deadlifting later today.  Thanks for reading!

Pressing and Farmer's

Brian came over today and we hit some overhead with log and axle, and some light farmer's picks.  No video today, nor much to report as it has been a light week due to my cold, so I'll just post the lift, and hope next week is more productive!

				Weight	Reps
Seated log press				65	10
				65	10
				115	8
				165	6
				185	5
				205	5
Seated lockout log press				205	6
				235	6
Seated lockout axle				205	6
				255	6
				255	6
Farmer's picks				135	16
				225	10
				225	10

Deadlift speed day

Still recovering from my cold/flu/whatever, so I'm light on energy.  As a result, my lift is light on weight and focused on speed with bands.

 Here is a pic of my new deadlift platoform where I'm doing the band deadlifts:

And here is today's lift:

				Weight	Reps
Deadlift with 100 lbs of bands+				warm-up
				45	8
				135	4
				225	4
~50% work with band resistance				275	3
				275	3
With bands feels like 375 at lockout				275	3
Stretching
			18	min cardio

I'm still sick!

Our entire household is sick with RSV which is not fun.  I probably shouldn't have lifted on Saturday and definitely am out for today.  Here is a video that Brian took at our last workout of us doing sandbag (about a minute or so in).  8 of these in a row like this is really hard and taxes your cardio quite a bit!

Heavy yoke day

Working up on the yoke to feel the weight on my back.  We did static lifts to over 800 lbs today and it felt pretty good!  We hit a medley of other things at Brian's and I hit some auxiliary stuff when I got home to round out the week.  I've been sick for the past few days and missed a couple of lifts, so today was in part about catching up.  Here are the static yoke lifts in a video:

And here is today's workout:

				Weight	Reps
Super yoke				105	20
				105	20
				285	20
				285	20
				285	20
				385	20
Static yoke picks				385	6
				565	6
				655	3
				745	3
				815	6
Sand bag				165	8
				165	8
Triceps extensions				50	30
				75	30
				75	30
Hip extensions				200	20
				200	25
				200	30
Abs				60	250
Curls using bands				50	20
				75	25
				75	30
			10	min cardio