30 June 2014 - The month of dietary restriction is nearly here.

26 June

0610 hrs

 Trap Bar Fireman’s Carry

1 x 100m x 200 lbs

1 x 100m x 170

1 x 50m x 170 lbs

1 x 150 m x 170 lbs

Rev Hyper 2 x 10 x 50 lbs

Head Harness

1 x 17 x 35

2 x 17 x 45

Ab Wheel 2 x 13

According to the program it was supposed to be 400 yards x 200 lbs Wheel Barrow walk. I figured the Trap bar Fireman’s carry was a decent compromise this time around. The knurling on this cheap a** bar felt great as it ripped into my hands. The balance point was totally weird. So in other words it was fun. The other stuff was because I have too much energy and wanted to get some blood flow in those areas without breaking the essence of Matt Wenning’s Template. I did go to Jits later in the day for a 1 hr class.

27 June

1014 hrs

The whole idea is to get this done as quickly as possible with solid technique. 11 Min this week.

KB Swings (1 min rest)

3 x 1 min x 35 lbs (avg swing rate was 38 reps a min and getting smoother and snappier)

Rear Delt Rows (EFS Strap)

3 x 20 x EFS Black Mini Band

Wanted to stay in the gym and get this whole series done quickly as prescribed. The band worked excellent. I will keep this for the Friday speed sessions.

GHR (changed the foot position by moving it back one hole)

1 x 27 reps

1 x 8 x EFS Red Mini band…Dropset…1 x 8 x No band

Matt calls for Leg Curls in the book but with my knee being altered I have no desire to do either Leg curls or seated leg extensions. My knee is solid and feels great. I plan on keeping it that way. So as a compromise I have been doing the GHR instead. I will add the bands from time to time but the goal is to work up to sets of 50. The GHR also seems to be helping my glute activation which in turn helps stabilize my hip discomfort that is dwindling daily but I do have to stay on it.

 

Modified Silverback Saturday

28 June

1715 hrs

Pull Ups 10 x 4

AMRAP Curl 1 x 105 reps x 55 lbs

Head harness 3 x 50 reps x 25 lbs

Prowler Sprints 6 x 20m x 50lbs

At this point I left my training log behind but the gym staff found it during their rounds Monday morning so I managed to get it back. This session is purely for me to get my Pull ups in. AMRAP Curls are for my elbow health (& Ego). Head harness is because my neck is still not 20”. Prowler work was just simply to put me in the state of mind that is induced by hard conditioning. I simply ran the 20m as fast as I was able and rested until i was ready to go again. 

30 June

0728 hrs

15 min Light jog

Step Ups (1min rest)

2 x 1min x 20 lbs

Next time it will be 1 min per leg at a time.

Face Pulls 3 x 20 x 65 lbs

Standing Ab Crunch (w/EFS Strap) 3 x 10 x 95 lbs

Today everything other than the 15 min Jog was slightly off from the template as I was missing my book until the end of my training session. Glad I got it back. Tomorrow is the stair climber again. I plan doing more weight and more stairs this time. 

Lastly as for the month of Dietary restriction. it is not much. Cutting all the processed crap out completely. Cutting out Sugar (the white stuff in all its forms) completely. It is summer so i will imbibe, once per week. Lots of veggies and dead animal which is the norm any how. Just cleaning up the extra curricular things. I let things relax the past month for 2 reasons:

1. i was starting a new template and had no idea what my energy requirements would be from day to day. 

2. I had just come home from enforced dietary restriction so i was down a few pounds so i had some room for error so to speak. 

So no i am not going off the fucking deep end and living on Tuna and dry rice or anything. just doing what i should be doing. The harsher restrictions are to come later. This is all a process and I have it all mapped out. 

More Kits this week and i start a Wednesday night yoga class so that i stretch more and make it useful flexibility.

Keep Moving Forward, Keep Getting Strong(er)