Starting Week 6

Weight: 180 1/2 lbs

This is start of my sixth week of a twelve week training cycle. This is the first time I have set out and planned an extended cycle together with back-off weeks. Thus far I am:

• enjoying my training sessions
  
• making steady measurable progress.
  

Last night was one of those great nights that yielded PRs for:

• Single MaxVO2 session
  
• MaxVO2 volume
• Single day training volume (29k+ lbs),

Considering the volume I am feeling decent this morning. Normally 320 24kg snatches would leave me with very sore AC shoulder joints .. this morning just a little stiffness .. Z should help take care of that.

Morning standard routine:

Z-Health: Neural Warm-up Level 2 (Dynamic Joint Mobility Drills)

Back & Ab Complex: 1 set
A1:BW x 1 x 10 Heavy blue band Goodmorning
A2: BW x 1 x 10 Ab wheel on the knee rollouts, 5 sec hold and rollback

(BW + 15 lbs) x 2 x 10 Reverse Hyper on home-brew setup

Back & Ab Complex: 1 set
A1:BW x 1 x 10 Heavy blue band Goodmorning
A2: BW x 1 x 10 Ab wheel on the knee rollouts, 5 sec hold and rollback

Elbow complex: 3 sets
A1: 1 x 4 reverse wrist curl with 10 lb shot-put
A2: 1 x 5 wrist curl with 10 lb shot-put

That's it for today. The effects of Yesterday's heavy volume hit me around 4pm when I realized I was very tired and needed to rest for the remainder of the day.

It turns out that there is another TSC out there, namely the Tractor Supply Company. Its a nationwide franchise I discovered on one of the lifting forums. I picked up two 4'x6', 3/4" thick stall mats to replace the interlocking 3/4" rubber flooring I purchased from Sports Authority(it's already torn in several places). The stall mats, at least sixty pounds a piece, are indestructible in comparison and gave me much more solid footing.