TRAINING LOG: Pingleton

Wednesday, February 10

I am purposely pushing my recovery a bit, partially for scheduling reasons.  I am definitely not fully recovered.

Clean-Grip High Pulls (main sets up to mid-chest, with quick reset, in kg) - 60x5, 70x5, 80x4, 90x4, 100x4x5 (5 sets of 4 reps)

Front Squats (100% raw, ATG, in kg) - 100x3, 110x3, 120x3, 130x3, 140x3x3

Seated Box Jumps (into full squat to static standing recovery)- 37"x1x3, 39.75"x1, 40.5"x6

Depth Jumps onto Box (from 18" box, into full squat to static standing recovery) - 40.5"x2, 41.25"x10

Not surprisingly, the depth jumps felt more throwing-specific and due to landing on box did not feel much harder on body than box jumps.

Wednesday, February 17

Hang Cleans (minimal dip at catch, in kg) - 60x5, 70x5, 80x3, 90x3, 100x3, 110x2, 120x1, 125x1, 110x3x6

Front Squats (100% raw, ATG, in kg) - 80x3, 100x3, 120x3, 130x3, 140x3x3

Depth Jumps onto Box (from 18" box, into full squat to static standing recovery) - 37"x1x3, 39.75"x1x3, 40.5"x1x3, 41.25"x1x12

Tuesday, February 23

Hang Cleans (NO dip at catch, in kg) - 60x5x2, 70x5, 80x4, 90x3, 100x3, 110x3x8 (all really good - felt like some volume with moderate weight today)

Was going to do Snatch-grip deads but I got interrupted for too long, so:

Kettlebell Swings - 70#x15x4

1 quick set of 20 strict V-sits/Jacks for abs

Friday, February 26

Hang Cleans (minimal dip at catch, in kg) - 60x5x2, 80x3, 90x3, 100x3, 110x3, 115x2x6 (all pretty good, despite not feeling very fresh or explosive today)

Front Squats (100% raw, ATG, in kg) - 80x3, 100x3, 110x3, 120x3, legs felt tight and almost sore for some reason so I decided not to continue.  Not sure why legs feel this way.

Swings with 8" loading pin + V-grip handle (very dynamic) - 95lbs x 10 x 6 sets

Greg Hadley wrote: When are we going to see some video?

Soon?  3-4 weeks at the most, I would think.  Anything specific you would like to see?  Nothing I am doing is very special compared to what you are putting up! 

I would definitely like to video some plyo workouts come Spring, and perhaps some more basic box jumping before that.  I am curious to see if I can get my hurdle hops back to a respectable level at my age.  Single jumps are one thing, but multiple jumps are MUCH harder (and MUCH harder on one's body...).  My basic depth jumps have been going okay recently (very short amortization phase between boxes) but jumping over a series of high hurdles is still much tougher.  Feels AWESOME if you are in shape for it though.  Almost like flying if you are really good!

Tuesday, March 2

My low back felt really tight and generally bad yesterday and energy was low.  Felt better this morning, but decided to change things up a bit.

Seated Box Jumps (static landing up to full stand) - 36.5"x1x3, 40.33"x1x3 (better ones to half squat), 42.33"x1x6, 44.0"x1x6, 44.5"x1x3 (Felt great! All SOLID, but max for today.  My navel is at about 44" in shoes.  Need to get some video of this soon.) 

Hip Snatch (in kg) - 60x3, 70x3, 80x3, 90x2x6 (First time for these in about 10 weeks.)

Swings with 8" loading pin + V-grip handle (very dynamic) - 95lbs x 10 x 4 sets

"I can get my hurdle hops back to a respectable level at my age"

Now I have a visual.  Its good seeing more ole' timers training the way we do...

Age is just a state of mind...  Let me know of your recovery methods.  Thats the hardest thing i struggle with- my mind says go go go but sometimes my body has other plans.

Thanks

Gene

Like the quote...but then all the GF's say I have to grow up...WHAT?!?!

I have always had a long recovery time, but noticing that it has become more demanding too.  At 40 I have found that getting out of bed has a whole lot more ache to it if I try to push like I was 20's.  Was able to just ignore it when I was 30...but starting to get to me.

More recovery would probably take care of that, but I got goals! 

Thursday, March 4

Hang Cleans (minimal dip at catch, in kg) - 60x5x2, 80x3, 90x3, 100x3, 110x3, 115x2x6

Snatch-Grip Deads (collar to collar grip, in kg) - 120x3, 140x3x5 (These are just plain hard work.  Felt crappy after last set, despite submax weight.)

Seated Box Jumps (static landing up to full stand) - 36.5"x1x4, 38.5"x3, 40.33"x1x12 (all very easy but did not feel the need to go any higher today)

Monday, March 15

Started the day participating in a training camp for young high potential T&F throwers.  I was participating in the camp as an example, not really coaching. This morning session included extensive dynamic warmup (more than I usually bother doing), and a bunch of tossing and drills with a 5kg medball, often using boxes for preloading the legs.

Later:  Hang Cleans (minimal dip at catch, in kg) - 60x5x2, 80x3, 90x3, 100x3, 110x3, 115x2, 120x2x6

Front Squats (100% raw, ATG, in kg) - 80x3, 100x3, 110x3, 120x3, 130x3, 140x3, 150x2x2

Wednesday, March 17

A bit of discus technique and stretching in the morning. 

Later, I hit the overheads with the 16# shot for the first time since last fall (it is nearly a record-warm day here today).  Legs were tired and I wasn't psyched up, but I did a bunch of throws with the best 8 all over 46'6" with the best being 47'4" (14.43m).  Not great, but I was neither shooting for nor expecting great today.

I followed the overheads with some WOB tosses with a plate loaded implement weighing 45#.  These felt okay.

Tuesday, March 23

My hamstring was feeling much better today so I tried to do some hang cleans, just up to 110k for triples, which felt fine through 100k, but then I tweaked the injury again on my first set at 110k. 

I probably should have left things alone for another couple of days, but I really wanted to get back to training and wa strying to be careful.  Now I am back to square 1 for what should probably be another week.  Grrrr...