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.
Speaking of the Christian Bale look... miserable weather and schedule constraints forced me onto the indoor trainer today for the first time since April.
ReplyDeleteI 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! ;)