2/24/2015

A. Back squat, 2-2-2-2-2 @65% 1RM, 10x1, begin a set every :60
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6-8 sets:
500m row @85%- goal is tough but sustainable pace across all sets
:90 walk rest (5:00 after middle set)
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10:00 mobility work of choice

A. complete @175
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2:02.3
2:02.2
2:02.2
2:02.1
2:02.2
2:02.3
2:01.9
2:02.3
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complete


Back squats were very easy. I was a little bummed I wasn't able to do front squats, I haven't done them in a long time and I was pretty excited to see them in my programming but it's not worth fucking up my hand. Front squats, we will meet another day.

The rows felt great. I was shocked at how good my breathing was on this. Before I started, I decided I would try to hold between a 2:03-2:05 pace since I had :30 less rest than last week. After the first set, my pace was a 2:02 so I was like okay well let's just do this and see how it goes. I made my new goal to hold a 2:02 for each row and I was able to do it. My breathing was excellent, the only sets that got tough were the 4th and 8th. I was pretty surprised I was able to bring the pace down this week, especially since I had less rest. I think a lot of it was mental, I knew I only had to do 8 sets and I would get to rest after 4 instead of 5. Either way, I am really happy about my numbers on this. I can tell my breathing has improved a lot and I'm just much better mentally as well.