Musings - Long Day

"I learned . . . the real limitations of training are NOT what workout you can conjure up, but what you can recover from."
Mark Reifkind, Master RKC

I have never met Mark but I like his blog because he is into yoga and has been around long enough to have his own collection of nagging injuries to manage which I can relate to.

Thursday spent six miles on the elliptical and that was it; had to get home and feed the masses and keep Rose ball happy.  Expected to train Friday, but early trial call stretched to mid morning and now trailing again, not knowing whether we will start again on Wednesday, so back to grinding.  No workout, but probably needed the rest anyway.

But I like to try to get at least 22 miles, two yoga sessions, and three circuit training sessions per week.  Which left a busy Saturday.  Morning was another drenching 90 minute vinyasa class; a lot of plank and core work early, then into crow, which I held ok.  Series from warrior two, multiple slow variations then to warrior three left front leg screaming, half moon was great, good opposition in the arms, totally locked down; the one leg stuff later was shaky.

Came home, Marsh walk with Ian Brigid and Rose, which got weekly mileage to 23.  Neede to finish with a workout, to line up for next week.

Seemed implausible but starting around six went like this

28kg rows 12 l/r
single leg deadlifts, 16kg 10 l/r
clean & press, 20kg 5 l/r
two bell deadlifts, 28kg and 22kg
3x

windmills, 20kg 8 l/r
30 swings, 28kg 10, to 20kg 20
TGUS 2 28 1/r x 2
Snatches, 20 kg 5 l/r x2
3x

Clean and press had not been in since early August; shoulders were trashed.  But this felt great, felt like I could have done five with the 28 on the right side, left sucked the first circuit, but felt ok for the second two.

Wanted to do 3,2,1 ladder on the TGU with the 28kg, but had never done a 2/2 and the three felt like it was really questionable.  2/2 was hard enough.  Overall a pretty light session, but had been a long day . . . long recovery hike tomorrow to start the week, and a hard blowout Monday.