John’s Ramblings

I’ve been a bit scattered the last few days, getting the house ready for sale as well as maintaining work commitments.   Yesterday I had a full day of work, plus I had to move my home office from the top floor to the second floor to accommodate some “staging” magic that the real estate agent wants to do today.  After work, but before my workout with Luka at Hocevar Performance I had to re-caulk the shower in the first floor bathroom.  With that much on my to-do list, my last meal of the afternoon was around 2 p.m.  I can’t really eat after 4 with a strenuous workout looming at 7, but I completely bonked in the middle of some pretty dense sets last night.

Warmups, including some rather intense hamstring/hip stretches I’ll have to video for you sometime, then:

• 10 x 36 kg kettlebell swings
• Standing long jumps, 30 yards
• sprint, 30 yards

2 x Kettlebell progression set:

With each kb in turn, 24 kg, 20 kg, 16 kg

• 1 arm swings
• cleans
• jerk, push press, military press
• bent-over rows

the 24kg bell got 4 reps each, 5 for the 20, 6 for the 16.

Insert sound of John “Bonking” in the middle of that set. I mixed up my recovery drink and started sipping, but it was too little too late.

Modified Tabata Intervals:

• 30 seconds of 36 kg kettlebell swings
• rest 30 seconds
• pushups, 30 seconds
• rest 30 seconds
• repeat

Tabata drill #2:

• jump, squat and hold, 30 seconds
• rest 30 seconds
• Bodyweight rows on the Blast Straps, 30 seconds
• rest 30 seconds

Fastest 30 seconds I’ve ever experienced!

Came home exhausted, ready to shower and flop.  Shower is out of commission due to aforementioned caulk.  True, we have other plumbing in the house, but all had to wait because it was time for sweaty-man to move furniture.  A large china hutch had to be moved from our second floor, up the hill to the house across the street (we sold it to them).  I grabbed the “downhill” side and the neighbor grabbed the other.  He set down his side no less than 4 times during the trip, while I just channeled my last deadlift session at 285.  “You want to put your side down too?” “No, thank you.”

Splashed myself off in the upstairs tub, called it a night.

New personal low for weigh-in this morning, so not eating did pay one small dividend!

Tags: exercise, hocevar performance, intervals, kettlebell, workout

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