According to the schedule, Monday morning is lifting time. With all the biking (and soon running), I'm not doing any leg work, just three sessions a week for upper body (avoiding the "Christian Bale in The Machinist" look). I change the set-rep scheme every time, and alternate the "plane of movement". So after a pretty good night's rest, I did:
Upper Body - Vertical: heavy day
Movement prep warm-up
Chaosbringer (combination lift): 2x4/75 lbs
Pullups: 8x3/+20 lbs (last set was 2 reps +20, 1 rep bw)
Military press: 6x3/85 lbs, 2x3/80 lbs
Prehab work for core, hips and shoulder capsule
While I was warming up, I realized that in a few weeks, I'll have to wake up around 5 to make it to the pool for 5:45 twice a week. That's early, even for me. I'll also have to switch to a "lift after work" schedule, which will require some rearranging of other parts of my day. I guess that's some of the sacrifice for this Ironman thing.
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Speaking of the Christian Bale look... miserable weather and schedule constraints forced me onto the indoor trainer today for the first time since April.
I have a Polar HR chest strap that I use only on the trainer. In April, it fit nice and snug. I put it on this morning, and it literally fell straight down.
This left me feeling confused and concerned. I didn't think that ribcages could shrink... I hope that doesn't mean I have decreased my lung capacity! ;)
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